The People’s School for Marxist-Leninist Studies

Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:45 Claudia Jones 7:45 Q&A 1 13:20 W. E. B. DuBois 23:10 Q&A 2 34:30 Other Black Communists 41:10 Q&A 3 and Conclusion

Join the PSMLS as we watch and discuss the RT documentary "Black in the USSR", which tells the story of African-American immigrants who found a home in the Soviet Union and their experience in the world’s first workers state. This is a presentation from the Black Liberation Commission of the Party of Communists USA along with US Friends of the Soviet People to highlight what it was like for Black...

The PSMLS presents a class on the 79th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, featuring Professor Barry Lituchy, Director of the Jasenovac Research Institute. The Jasenovac Research Institute was founded on the belief that the failure to learn the lessons of the genocide committed against Serbs, Jews and Gypsies during the Second World War rests at the very core of recent events in the Balkan...

January 27th, 2024 marks 80 years since the infamous Siege of Leningrad came to an end with a Soviet victory that foreshadowed the ultimate Nazi defeat. As we have done before with the 80th Anniversaries of famous parts of the Great Patriotic War such as the Victory at Stalingrad, Battle of Kursk and Liberation of Ukraine, we will hold a class to study this siege and honor those who fought to hold...

Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:00 Background: The Soviet Constitution of 1977 7:15 Q&A 1 15:55 Film - In the USSR, the Right to Work 34:25 Q&A 2 45:30 Film - In the USSR, the Right to Housing 1:02:10 Q&A 3 and Conclusion

This class is our next installment in this series on the history of U.S. imperialism. With the last class leaving us at the end of the Cold War and the counter-revolution in the Soviet Union, we will now cover the subsequent rise of American unipolarity. This class spans from 1991-2005. First we will address the counter-revolution in the USSR and counter-revolutions across the world at the beginni...

The PSMLS presents a class on "The Popular Front" by Earl Browder, former CPUSA General Secretary. We will be explaining the concept of the Popular Front strategy and how it would be significant in 2024, as well as discussing the Ultraleftist Trotskyite position on the Popular Front. Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunis...

This week's class was on Soviet Holiday cartoons along with a short history of the celebrations of the holidays in the USSR. We showed a variety of cartoons from the Soviet Union from the 1920s to the 1970s. Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:00 Video - The New Year's Tree - 19...

Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:20 The Soviet Union on the Two State Solution 7:50 Q&A 1 38:30 The Ideological Stance of the Soviet Union Towards the Israel-Palestine Issue 49:00 Q&A 2 1:17:20 Soviet Relationships with the Middle East After 1948 1:22:55 Q&A 3 and Conclusion

The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents chapter 1 of Lenin's monumental work "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism", addressing the concentration of production and monopolies under imperialism. #Lenin #Leninism #Leninists #Imperialism #Imperialismo #Capitalism #Communism #Socialism #Marxism #MarxismLeninism #PSMLS #PCUSA This work can be found and purchased through our par...

Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:20 October 7, 2023 4:45 Video - Israel Admits Burning Hundreds of People in October 7 5:30 Video - Survivor Speaks: Israeli forces shot their own civilians 11:15 Q&A 1 18:40 Background on Hamas 31:55 Q&A 2 51:35 Video - Israel Apache helicopte...

The PSMLS presents a class on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Kiev and the life of Nikolai Vatutin, a Soviet military commander during the Great Patriotic War who played a key role in the victory in Kiev. Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:50 Nikolai Vatutin - Early L...

Continuing our series on the History of U.S. Imperialism from where we left off at the end of WW2, we will be delving into the early years of the international struggle between Western Imperialism and the world Communist movement following the end of the Second World War up to 1960. This will include happenings domestically, such as severe repression of the Communist movement, the Civil Rights mov...

The PSMLS presents a class on the documentary Babi Yar: Lessons of History. This video tells the story of the Babi Yar Massacre, a horrendous event carried out by Fascists in occupied Ukraine at the Babi Yar ravine near Kiev. "Babi Yar: Lessons of History" dates to the 1970s, and it was released in the West in the 1980s. It was originally produced by Soviet filmmakers through the Ukrainian Studio...

The PSMLS presents a much-needed class on the Hungarian Counter-Revolution of 1956. We’ll be delving into some of the background information of Hungary before and during WW2 with the fascist Horthyite regime, as well as the conditions which led to the 1956 Counter-Revolution after WW2. The class will examine the 1956 counter-revolution itself and the response to it by the USSR, something that is m...

The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the preface and introduction of Lenin's monumental work "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism." #Lenin #Leninism #Leninists #Imperialism #Imperialismo #Capitalism #Communism #Socialism #Marxism #MarxismLeninism #PSMLS #PCUSA 00:16 - Preface 03:22 - Preface to the French and German Editions, I 04:59 - Preface to the French and German...

The PSMLS presents a class on the Great Patriotic War and the Great Fatherland Liberation War in the DPRK. The class examines how the anti-fascist war from 1941-1945 paved the way for the creation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:...

The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a class exploring the history of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, as well as the background of the Indochinese Communist Party and the Vietnamese intervention in Kampuchea which brought about the People's Republic of Kampuchea. We'll look at the ultra-leftist genocidal crimes in Democratic Kampuchea and understand the relation of this conflict t...

This class is our next installment in this series on the history of U.S. imperialism. It covers the events and developments between 1975 and 1990, the supposed end of the Cold War. We’ll cover the interventions in Grenada, Libya, Panama and more, as well as other interference abroad, such as the Iran-Contra Affair, the propping up of the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, and the extent of US involvement...

October 3rd, 2023 was the 30th Anniversary of Black October of 1993. Black October was the name for the events which took place in Russia in 1993 when the new, capitalist Yeltsin administration attacked the House of Soviets, arrested lawmakers, ended the regional and local Soviets and all their institutions and adopted a new constitution for the country, beginning a period of Yeltsinite “shock the...

September 11th, 2023 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Chilean Coup of 1973, in which the Popular Unity Government was overthrown by the Chilean Armed Forces led by the fascist dictator Augusto Pinochet, and Salvador Allende was assassinated. We will mark this anniversary by learning about the background of what was happening in Latin America in the late ’60s and early ’70s, learning about the cou...

In this class we study the history of Marxist-Leninist education in America, including our Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies. This will be covering multiple different party-sponsored schools that operated between the early 20th century and today, and discussing the importance of party sponsored collective education. This is a great first class if you’re new to the school and want to know...

This is a presentation from the Animal Rights Commission of the Party of Communists USA (PCUSA) called “Why Animal Rights?” It focuses on a dialectical view of the animal rights question rather than a moral one. The presentation explains how speciesism is a form of chauvinism and how our level of consciousness should evolve as the reality changes. Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist S...

What do Marxist-Leninists think about the current housing struggle, and what do we think housing will look like in the future? The Housing Commission of the Party of Communists USA (PCUSA) presents a class on the housing struggle, looking at books on the subject including Blueprint for Survival and Life without Landlords. Visit us at: Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us P...

The PSMLS continues its series on U.S. Imperialism, picking up where we left off at the end of the Dawn of the Cold War, 1960. This class explores U.S. Imperialism in the 15 year period between 1960 and 1975, from the US response to the Cuban Revolution all the way to the Fall of Saigon, during the Height of the Cold War, where tensions were at their highest, battles were at their bloodiest, coups...