The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the fourth part of a five-part series covering the pamphlet "Party Building and Political Leadership" by comrades William Z. Foster, James Ford, Charles Krumbein, and Alex Bittleman. This specific episode pulls primarily from comrade James Ford's contribution to the pamphlet. Strengthening the Party, particularly within ethnic and diverse communities, is an essential component of building the Communist movement. This text should prove useful to anyone looking to help build socialism in the United States.
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Literature Used In This Class:
Party Building and Political Leadership by William Z. Foster, James Ford, Alex Bittleman, and Charles Krumbein (1937)
https://archive.org/details/PartyBuil...
Recommended Literature:
The Meaning of San Rafael by Henry Winston (1971)
https://ourcloud.usvanguard.net/s/3Fk...
Foundations of Leninism by J.V. Stalin (1924)
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/jv-st...
Mastering Bolshevism by J.V. Stalin (1937)
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/josep...
Guidelines on the Organizational Structure of Communist Parties, on the Methods and Content of their Work by the Third Congress of the Communist International (1921)
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/third...
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The Communist Party A Manual on Organization by J. Peters (1935)
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/j-pet...
The Way Out by Earl Browder (1941)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/brow...
History of the Communist Party USA by William Z. Foster (1952)
https://archive.org/details/history-o...
Toward Soviet America by William Z. Foster (1932)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/fost...
PSMLS Website:
http://peoplesschool.org/contact/
Party of Communists USA Website:
https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/
Timecode Key:
(Q&A) = Question & Answer/Response
0:00 Introduction
0:40 Reading/Lecture 1
10:27 Avoiding imitation? (Q&A)
12:55 Mass org importance
13:50 Reading/Lecture 2
20:18 New technology
21:20 Reading/Lecture 3
28:13 Skepticism of black community
33:37 Latino recruiting
34:42 Alabama crop sharers (Q&A)
35:28 Mutual aid
37:08 Communist subculture
38:11 CPUSA & ethnic communities
39:12 Meaning of San Rafael
39:29 Ending
