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The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a class over the book Socialism Betrayed by Roger Keeran and Thomas Kenny. This is a highly important work discussing the dissolution of the Soviet Union. We hope you learn something new!

Interested in attending a class? Email info@psmls.org for more information

Literature Used In This Class:

Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union by Roger Keeran and Thoms Kenny
https://valleysunderground.files.word...​

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...​

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...​

Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder by V.I. Lenin (1920)
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/vi-le...​

The New Economic Policy by V.I. Lenin (1921)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/leni...​

Recommended Viewing:

Mission to Moscow by Michael Curtiz (1943)

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
1:07​ Bukharin
4:23​ New Economic Policy
11:12​ Stalin & Bukharin
12:14​ Stalin & heavy industry
12:34​ Stalin was a Marxist-Leninist
13:31​ How did Stalin come out ahead? (Q&A)
15:39​ Publication controversy
16:35​ Don't create a middle class
18:29​ Role of anarchists? (Q&A)
19:21​ Stalin's resignations? (Q&A)
21:45​ Don't create a middle-class cont.
22:59​ Stalin's plan
25:40​ Market socialism
28:12​ Trotsky's impotence
28:33​ Book link in the description
28:45​ Kulaks aren't your friend
29:36​ Conclusion