American Communist Movement (pt. 2/5) - PSMLS Audio

Please enjoy the second part of a five-part PSMLS series covering the history of the American Communist Movement, with the obvious international context necessary to comprehend its development. You probably know a lot about the C.P.S.U., but how much do you know about American Communist history? We hope you learn something new! Interested in attending a class? Email info@psmls.org for more information Watch the Series: Part 1: https://youtu.be/qt-UtQrvJmU Part 3: https://youtu.be/0B7NBjMz9ms Part 4: https://youtu.be/rC47mjz5Xqk Part 5: https://youtu.be/TGm63bqqLBA No Literature Used In This Class Recommended Literature: History of the Three Internationals by William Z. Foster (1955) https://www.marxists.org/archive/brow... History of the Communist Party of the United States by William Z. Foster (1952) http://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/ The Communist Party A Manual on Organization by J. Peters (1935) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/j-pet... Toward Soviet America by William Z. Foster (1932) http://ouleft.org/wp-content/uploads/... 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... 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 0:45 Communist Youth Groups 4:38 Old vs. New Left 5:59 Robert F. Williams 7:13 Sino-Soviet Split? (Q&A) 9:10 Chicago 7 & SDS? (Q&A) 12:37 Changes in the U.S.A. 14:12 More Old vs. New Left 18:01 SDS and Marxism 22:38 New Left & the U.S.S.R. 24:58 SDS & Weather Underground? (Q&A) 26:58 Superstructure vs. Base? (Q&A) 28:47 Dialectics & the New Left 30:40 SDS & Occupy Wall St.? (Q&A) 32:02 Historical Context 32:35 SDS experience 32:59 SDS & the Draft 33:14 More Dialectics & the New Left 33:3