“Without revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary movement” – Vladimir Lenin, What is to be done, 1902

This Week’s Class

Before the abolition of slavery in the United States, a complex network of heroic black and white abolitionists was developed to liberate the slave plantations of the South and set the wheel in motion for the dismantling of the chattel slave economy altogether. This network was called the Underground Railroad. Join us at 8pm EST/5pm PST on February 4th!

Please join us on February 4, 2025 at 8:00 pm EST/5:00 pm PST.

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The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies is part of a long line of American communist party sponsored schools, such as the Workers Schools, the Jefferson School of Social Science, the Center for Marxist Education and the Peoples School for Marxist Studies. We were founded in 2016, and have come a long way from classes on conference calls to professional weekly virtual classes, and will continue striving to bring Marxist-Leninist education to the masses. The classes cost nothing and the knowledge is worth everything!

We hold classes online every week on Tuesdays at 8 pm EST/5 pm PST. These are public classes on Zoom that are organized into sections of presentations, and discussion periods. Join our classes and participate in collective education!

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On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black woman, was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Following the arrest, boycotts lasted over a year in what would be known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This movement would be a major step in the dismantling of the Jim Crow South and bringing about political equality between white and black Americans. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:50 Rosa Parks and Lead-up to the Boycott 3:45 Video - Rosa Parks Interview with Larry King 6:40 Q&A 1 13:15 The Montgomery Bus Boycott 22:30 Video - Martin Luther King, Jr. 24:40 Q&A 2 39:40 Video - Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech on the End of the Boycott 47:10 Q&A 3 and Conclusion Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net New Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.store
Montgomery Bus Boycott – PSMLS Class
On January 27, 1945, the Soviet Red Army 322nd Rifle Division saved the lives of 7,000 Jews from the horrors of Auschwitz-Birkenau Labor and Death Camps where over a million Jews, Romani, and Communists were systematically exterminated or worked to death. Join us as we team up with the Jewish Peoples Schule and US Friends of the Soviet People to discuss this horrific event and lessons for today. This class originally included clips from "The Liberation of Auschwitz", which has been removed here due to copyright restrictions. The video can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V0RMf2qU18&rco=1 Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net New Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.store Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction and Q&A 1 36:00 Section 2 - Remnants of Nazi Germany Linger On 54:10 Q&A 2 and Conclusion
Liberation of Auschwitz – PSMLS Class
In January 1937, the Flint Sit-Down Strike, the “strike heard around the world,” challenged General Motors in what would transform the UAW forever. Join us as the Harry Bridges School of Labor again leads our class for Part 2 of a two-week presentation on the Flint Sit-Down Strike. Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net New Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.store Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:10 Section 1 - Battle of the Running Bulls - Beginning of Negotiations 13:30 Q&A 1 15:45 Section 2 - GM Counterattacks, and Sit-Downers Take Chevy No. 4 29:50 Q&A 2 42:05 Section 3 - The Workers Win! 49:10 Q&A 3 and Conclusion
The Flint Sit-Down Strike, Part 2 – PSMLS Class
In January 1936, the Flint Sit-Down Strike, the “strike heard around the world,” challenged General Motors in what would transform the UAW forever. In this class, the Harry Bridges School of Labor again leads Part 1 of a two-week presentation on the Flint Sit-Down Strike. Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net New Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.store Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:45 Section 1 - What is a Sit-Down Strike? / Organizing at General Motors 14:40 Q&A 1 24:30 Section 2 - Strike Actions Begin 33:55 Q&A 2 38:10 Section 3 - Life as a Sit-Downer 53:00 Q&A 3 and Conclusion
The Flint Sit-Down Strike, Part 1 – PSMLS Class
From 1936 to 1939, brave patriots from all over the world joined in the struggle to safeguard the Spanish Republic and democracy against the Hitler-Mussolini backed General Francisco Franco. In the United States, the volunteers, which were sourced and led greatly by the CPUSA but also included anti-fascist fellow travelers, made up the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net New Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.store Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:10 Section 1 - Why the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Was Formed 5:20 Video - Interviews with Abraham Lincoln Brigade Veterans 13:00 Q&A 1 27:30 Section 2 - What the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Did 30:30 Song - El Quinto Regimiento 32:50 Q&A 2 41:05 Section 3 - Legacy of the Abraham Lincoln Brigades 42:45 Video - Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archive (ALBA) 50:00 Q&A 3 and Conclusion
Abraham Lincoln Brigade – PSMLS Class
Unlike in the US where Christmas is spotlighted, the Soviet Union emphasized the New Year as the big winter holiday. Christmas, Hanukkah, and other religion-based holidays were celebrated but the socialist state focused on New Year’s as it signified the coming of the new. In many Soviet holiday cards, we observe Ded Moroz, or Father Frost as he is known in English, with either a cosmonaut, a rocket, or generally modern innovations. This signified that it was labor, organized for the good of humanity, and not mysticism, that brought joy to the people. Join us for a light-hearted class for New Year’s Eve! Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net New Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.store Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:05 Section 1 - Soviet Celebrations of Christmas and New Years 3:55 Cartoon - Soviet Toys 14:55 Cartoon - New Year's Eve 25:00 Q&A 1 28:55 Section 2 - New Year's Addresses 30:25 Brezhnev's New Year's Greetings 37:50 1982 Soviet Union New Year's Greetings 48:20 Q&A 2 and Conclusion
Holiday Celebrations in the Soviet Union – PSMLS Class
On December 17, 1951, black communist heroes William L. Patterson and Paul Robeson submitted a petition to the United Nations. This petition put out by the Civil Rights Congress called attention to the over 10,000 lynchings of black Americans (likely much more that went unreported) committed since the abolition of slavery in 1865. Further, "We Charge Genocide" highlights the inactivity of the US government to deal with these lynchings. Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net New Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.store Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:25 Section 1 - Background of the Petition 12:20 Q&A 1 13:10 Section 2 - The Opening Statement 27:30 Q&A 2 39:45 Section 3 - We Charge Genocide 59:25 Q&A 3 and Conclusion
We Charge Genocide – PSMLS Class
As we work to build a Labor-Led Anti-Monopoly coalition, we decided to put the spotlight on a progressive hero during the Popular Front Period and subsequent Post-War Period. This man, Vito Marcantonio, bravely fought against attacks on labor, civil liberties, communists, and socialists during the outbreak of McCarthyism. He was the only Congressperson to voice opposition to the US-initiated Korean War in 1950. Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net New Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.store Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:48 Section 1 - Introduction to IPPACA, Anti-Monopoly Coalition, and the American Labor Party 9:50 Q&A 1 14:40 The November 1938 Election and Career of Marcantonio 31:15 Q&A 2 47:35 Audio of Marcantonio's and Robeson's speech, Q&A 3, and Conclusion
Vito Marcantonio: A True People's Politician – PSMLS Class
Communists have long understood that art is an expression of the mode of production of a society. As such, art in the Soviet Union represented its socialist mode of production. Rather than looking from the lens of the individual, Soviet art represented the perspective of the collective. Soviet art presents itself as society with the proletariat and farmers that built it. The art generally presents itself as positive and realistic to show that we do not need fantasy to bring about a progressive society. Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net New Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.store Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:54 Section 1 - Socialist Realism - What is Art to the USSR? Socialist Realism vs. Abstract Expressionism 2:30 Video - From Socialist Realism and the Concept of the Ideal 2017 Lecture by Angela Harutyunyan 5:45 Q&A 1 14:45 Section 2 - Art Movements Throughout Soviet History 18:15 Video - Russian Avant-Garde 35:35 Video - Socialist Realism 43:05 Q&A 2 51:30 Section 3 - Famous Soviet Artists, and Famous Events in Soviet Art 1:00:00 Q&A 3 and Conclusion
Communism and Art in the Soviet Union – PSMLS Class
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