The People’s School for Marxist-Leninist Studies

This week's class is on an organization that was affiliated with the Communist Party USA which lived from 1930 until 1954, and which had ~155,000 members at one point in time: The International Workers Order! Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: eepurl.com/h9YxPb Timestamps: 0:00 Introduc...

This week's class is on an organization that was affiliated with the Communist Party USA which lived from 1930 until 1954, and which had ~155,000 members at one point in time: The International Workers Order! Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:00 Der Arbeter Ring (The Workmen's Circle) 4:05 International Workers Order 5:55 Q&A 1 23:00 The Life of the International Workers Order 36:20 Q&A 2 50:30 The...

The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents Chapter 1, Part 1 of Che Guevara's classic handbook on Guerrilla Warfare (1961). In this section, Che describes the basic essence of guerrilla warfare. Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: eepurl.com/h9YxPb

Join us for another class on practical skills and tactics that we can use in our work as we take a look at political outreach and the different forms it takes! Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: eepurl.com/h9YxPb Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:50 Different Types of Outreach 2:10 Commun...

In this class we study the November Revolution, also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution, in which the Soviets took power in 1917. Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: eepurl.com/h9YxPb Literature Used in the Class: The October Revolution by Joseph Stalin 10 Days That Shook th...

In this class we study and discuss selections from Value, Price and Profit by Karl Marx, as well as a textbook on Political Economy put out by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: eepurl.com/h9YxPb Literature Used in the Class: Value, Price, and Profit...

Join us as we study Dialectical Materialism, the philosophy of Marxist-Leninists, something we should be especially familiar with and applying at all times in our life as we see and experience the world around us. Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: eepurl.com/h9YxPb Literature Used in t...

Join us as we study the assault on the Supreme Soviet by forces of the Russian Federation in 1993, known as Black October, and its relation to the current day. Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb Media Used in the Class: Tanks in Moscow, Blood on the Stre...

The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the preface to Che Guevara's classic handbook on Guerrilla Warfare (1961). In this preface, titled "The Spirit of Che Guevara", American journalist I. F. Stone describes his impressions of Che upon meeting him in Havana in 1960. Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom c...

Join us as we study propaganda, explore different methods of propaganda distribution, and listen to comrades who have experience with distributing propaganda! Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: eepurl.com/h9YxPb Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:25 Tailoring Propaganda to the Situation 3:...

The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the third chapter of Moissaye J. Olgin's phenomenal text: "Why Communism?" (1933). In this chapter, Olgin explains how Communism solves many of the problems which workers face under Capitalism. Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday:...

In the PSMLS class of 10/18/22 and 10/20/22, we studied the Cuban Missile Crisis on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. The crisis has many parallels to our current situation, where Western imperialist aggression and NATO-backed fascism have brought the world to the brink of nuclear war once again. Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notifie...

In this PSMLS class from September 13, 2022, we studied the history of Afghanistan, particularly the history of the so-called “Soviet-Afghan War” and the socialist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan that lasted from 1978 to 1992. We also briefly touched on the history of the formations of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the 20 years war in Afghanistan and the current state of...

The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a selected article from Volume 12, No. 3 of "The Communist," put out by the Communist Party USA in March 1933. This article by Max Bedacht entitled "Life and Work of Karl Marx" explores the rich life of the key founder and leader of revolutionary working-class theory and practice. Comrade Marx's life was in every way connected with the stru...

The PSMLS presents this full length class hosted by the Latino Commission of the Party of Communists USA and a guest speaker from Midwestern Marx on the 26th of July Movement and the broader revolutionary history of Cuba. It is vitally important for Communists in the United States to study, understand, and appreciate the contributions that the Cuban people, particularly the Cuban Communists, have...

The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents this reading of Order No. 470 of the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army by comrade Kim Il-sung, written July 27, 1953. Today the Korean people celebrate the 69th anniversary of their great victory in the war of liberation from the yoke of US imperialism. American communists must stand in unflinching solidarity with our comrades i...

Please enjoy the second part of our series where we host comrade Dr. Barry Lituchy from Brooklyn College for lectures on fascism in Europe. It is vitally important for us as Communists today to understand the significant role that fascism is playing in the current US/EU/NATO conflict with Russia. Comrade Georgi Dimitrov put it correctly when he said that "Fascism acts in the interests of the extre...

Fascism In Europe (pt. 1/2) ─ PSMLS Audio by PSMLS

The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents selected articles from Volume 18, No. 12 of "The Communist," put out by the Communist Party USA in December 1939. This article by William Z. Foster entitled "Lenin and Stalin as Mass Leaders" goes into the particular historical significance of the contributions of comrades Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin to the world Communist movement. Th...

The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents selected articles from Volume 12, No. 5 of "The Communist," put out by the Communist Party USA in May 1933. This article by Andre Marty entitled "Marx and Working Class Unity" dives into the origins of the struggle for 'unity' among the ranks of the working class, particularly as it relates to the First International. Today, the slogan of '...

The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents selected articles from Volume 9, No. 1 of "The Communist," put out by the Communist Party USA in January 1930. This article by Max Bedacht is entitled "Leninism and Our Party." What is the historical relationship between Leninism and the Communist Party USA? How did Leninism shape the development of the Party? Which Party is carrying on the...

Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of an article by comrade C.E. Ruthenberg entitled "The Bolshevists: Gravediggers of Capitalism," published in January 1919 in The Ohio Socialist. Today we celebrate comrade Ruthenberg's 140th birthday and we consider this video a tribute to his contributions to the Communist movement in America. This article was written prior to the establishment of what was then fo...

Enjoy this instrumental of the USSR anthem paying tribute to American Communists. The workers of this country will inevitably achieve victory over the capitalist class, and it is of vital importance to pay tribute to all those who gave their lives for the cause of Communism. The PSMLS and PCUSA are helping rebuild the Bolshevik movement in America and are following in the footsteps of those depict...

Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of A. Landy's 1929 article "The Right of Revolution: An American Revolutionary Tradition" published in that year's July edition of "The Communist," the former theoretical organ of the CPUSA, and the current theoretical organ of the PCUSA. Landy lays out a brilliant case as to why the right of revolution is indeed an American tradition, as well as why it is important...

Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of a Red Patriot article entitled "A Defense of the Science of Marxism-Leninism," by Xavier, published June 2022. Red Patriot is the official organ of the Central Committee of the League of Young Communists USA (LYCUSA) and provides its readers with a Communist analysis of contemporary issues confronting American youth. This article explains why Marxism-Leninism is...