Leninist Party of a New Type (pt. 2/4) - PSMLS Audio

Please enjoy the second part of a four-part series on the basic tenets of a Leninist Party (i.e. a Party of a New Type). It is very easy for individuals on the left to consider themselves Communists. Marxist-Leninists understand that Communists are part of a collective, and are not driven by individualism. Interested in attending a class? Email info@psmls.org for more information Literature Used In This Class: N/A Recommended Literature: Foundations of Leninism by J.V. Stalin (1924) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/jv-st... The Communist Party A Manual on Organization by J. Peters (1935) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/j-pet... 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... History of the Three Internationals by William Z. Foster (1955) https://www.marxists.org/archive/brow... Toward Soviet America by William Z. Foster (1932) http://ouleft.org/wp-content/uploads/... 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 1:02 Opening Lecture 7:13 On "role models" 8:17 Honesty 9:03 Obligations 9:52 "Left" Communism 11:15 Revolutionary love 13:02 Join & leave 14:01 Oaths 14:48 Organizational attrition 15:26 More join & leave 16:17 Youth on "vows" 18:08 Contracts 19:34 Loyalty 21:37 Role of the individual 22:44 Leaving the Party? (Q&A) 31:52 Individualist baggage 32:36 Bertolt Brecht quote 36:29 Bourgeois baggage 37:43 Reviving collectivism 38:31 Building collectivism? (Q&A) 40:20 Battling liberalism 41:03 Baggage & individualism 42:08 On anti-collectivism 43:08 Promoting collectivism 43:46 Saying something "wrong" 44:52 More on the individual 49:20 George Orwell & individualism? (Q&A) 52:19 Socialism Betrayed 54:14 Identifying bourgeois tendencies? (Q&A) 56:29 Democratic centralism 57:00 Trotsky's individu