Laos: History and Politics - PSMLS Audio

The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a class on Laos. This is a country we have seen many Western communists hungry to learn more about. This class should be a great aid to that. Please enjoy! Interested in attending a class? Email info@psmls.org for more information Literature Used In This Class: Cash And Violence In Laos And Vietnam by Anna Louise Strong https://archive.org/details/anna-loui...​ Recommended Literature: This Monstrous War by Wilfred G. Burchett (1953) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/wilfr...​ PSMLS Website: http://peoplesschool.org/contact/​ Party of Communists USA Website: https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/​ Timecode Key: (Q&A) = Question & Answer / Response 0:00​ Laos Introduction 0:23​ Reading Session (Ch. 2) 6:53​ Discussion Break 1 7:03​ Laotian Civil War Info 7:27​ Which materials the French in Laos for? (Q&A) 9:05​ Trade in Indochina 9:36​ Unanswered Indochinese unique development question 10:15​ Role of the Khmer Rouge (Q&A) 11:11​ Indochinese Communist Party? (Q&A) 11:45​ Anna Louise Strong 13:00​ Kingdom of Laos 15:30​ Reading Session (Ch. 4) 21:20​ Reading Addendum 22:56​ "Huck" and Private Property 26:00​ Indochinese Communist Party split? (Q&A) 26:56​ Guatemala comparisons 28:16​ National Liberation 29:44​ Party was clandestine till the 1970s? (Q&A) 30:53​ Stalin's role 32:02​ Mao's role 32:53​ Lecture intro 33:09​ Ho Chi Minh trail & bombing of Laos 35:20​ Laos after independence 37:19​ Modern Laos 38:19​ Bombing of Laos 39:15​ Unanswered colonization question 39:49​ Book recommendation 40:30​ General comments 41:37​ Laos modern development 42:47​ Drug trade in Indochina? (Q&A) 43:38​ Laos: a victim of imperialism 46:08​ Comecon explanation 46:59​ Conclusion