The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the fifth and final part of our five-part series covering the pamphlet "Party Building and Political Leadership" by comrades William Z. Foster, James Ford, Charles Krumbein, and Alex Bittleman. This part talks about the importance of understanding Marxism-Leninism as a science, as well as the importance of being able to adequately study, learn, and apply Marxism-Leninism in our time. 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...
History of the Communist Party USA by William Z. Foster (1952)
https://archive.org/details/history-o...
PSMLS Website:
http://peoplesschool.org
Party of Communists USA Website:
https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/
Timecode Key:
(Q&A) = Question & Answer/Response
0:00 Introduction
0:25 Reading/Lecture 1
5:09 Staying consistent
5:34 African People's Socialist Party (Q&A)
7:02 Enver Hoxha
7:50 Center the class struggle
8:35 Reading/Lecture 2
15:30 Science of Marxism-Leninism
17:18 PCUSA vs. CPUSA
17:37 Black & Red
17:47 Hammer and Hoe
17:54 Science of Marxism-Leninism cont.
18:59 Concluding remarks & ending
