Please enjoy the first of a two-part series covering the constitution of the Party of Communists USA (PCUSA), the only Marxist-Leninist Bolshevik Party of a New Type in the US. This series is a great introduction to what a Bolshevik Party constitution looks like and how the structure of Bolshevik Parties is connected to the history of the world Communist movement.
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Literature Used In This Class:
Constitution of the Party of Communists USA (PCUSA)
https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/abou...
Recommended Literature:
The Communist Party A Manual on Organization by J. Peters (1935)
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/j-pet...
Foundations of Leninism by J.V. Stalin (1924)
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/jv-st...
History of the Three Internationals by William Z. Foster (1955)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/brow...
Why Communism? by Moissaye J. Olgin (1933)
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/moiss...
History of the Communist Party of the United States 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
0:14 Reading 1
3:00 The term 'vanguard'
3:39 Reading 2
6:07 Additional commissions
6:25 CC vs. PB? (Q&A)
7:26 Dialectical & historical materialism? (Q&A)
9:15 'The Communist' magazine? (Q&A)
10:11 Constitution's history
10:39 Reading 3
11:26 PCUSA's Pledge
13:36 Reading 3 cont.
14:42 Carry the torch
15:11 Pledge's history? (Q&A)
17:21 Reading 4
20:41 Criticism & self-criticism
21:36 Bureaucracy? (Q&A)
23:23 Reading 5
26:30 Crisis in the Socialist Party
28:19 Stalin on criticism
28:39 Good standing? (Q&A)
29:47 Concluding remarks & ending
