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

Please enjoy the fifth and final 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 2: https://youtu.be/6z_2s5tDt_A Part 3: https://youtu.be/0B7NBjMz9ms Part 4: https://youtu.be/rC47mjz5Xqk 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... Socialism Betrayed by Roger Keeran & Thomas Kenny (2010) https://valleysunderground.files.word... 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 0:49 Civil rights period 2:00 Youth radicalization 2:41 "New left" 5:15 70s & the peasantry 5:51 American peasant class? (Q&A) 8:31 Lumpenproletariat? (Q&A) 10:05 Sino-Soviet split's impact? (Q&A) 12:27 Stalin as an excuse for Mao 16:23 More lumpenproletariat? (Q&A) 16:50 Role of Vietnam? (Q&A) 22:23 Even more lumpenproletariat? (Q&A) 22:58 Trade-unionism? (Q&A) 24:57 U.S.S.R. experiences? (Q&A) 28:53 Khrushchev & Brezhnev? (Q&A) 32:52 Socialism Betrayed 33:32 Leadership & trust 33:57 Ending