Socialist Realism: Working Class Art - PSMLS Audio

This People’s School for Marxist-Leninist Studies class features a guest lecturer from the Arts and Culture Commission of the PCUSA. If you can get through the subpar audio quality (we apologize) in this episode, you're sure to learn something new! Interested in attending a class? Email info@psmls.org for more information No Literature Used In This Class Recommended Reading: Man & Socialism in Cuba by Che Guevara (1965) http://209.151.22.101/Cuba-Che/Guevar...​ Jews Without Money by Michael Gold (2004) No link available Recommended Viewing: Man with a Movie Camera by Dziga Vertov (1929) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGYZ5...​ Recommended Listening: Risen from Ruins by Hanns Eisler (1949) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1CyP...​ PSMLS Website: http://peoplesschool.org/contact/​ Party of Communists USA Website: https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/​ Timecode Key: (Q) = Question (A) = Answer / Response **S.R. = Socialist Realism** 0:00​ Introduction 0:41​ Opening Lecture 2:57​ S.R. = synthesis of other art forms? (Q&A) 4:22​ 10 Days reference 4:58​ S.R. vs. Cultural Revolution 5:45​ Dialectical progression 6:22​ 3 trends in Soviet Art 10:12​ Ultraleft connections to S.R.? (Q&A) 10:51​ Progressive elements of S.R.? (Q&A) 12:30​ Why is S.R. important? (Q&A) 13:30​ Brutalism & Independence? (Q's&A's) 16:30​ Musical examples 16:58​ 4 Guiding principles 20:37​ Old vs. new Art contradictions? (Q&A) 22:50​ Was modern art banned? (Q&A) 23:00​ Art as a hobby? (Q&A) 23:50​ Art under Khrushchev 24:33​ Art after Khrushchev 24:57​ Not just Russia 25:39​ Lecture conclusion 28:11​ Our contributions 29:26​ L.A. Communist mural 29:45​ Art and morality 30:48​ Art and the masses 31:32​ How to apply today? (Q&A) 32:26​ U.S.S.R. & art 32:55​ Art and the national question (Q&A) 33:31​ Che Guevara quote 34:13​ Soviet sound 34:27​ Growth of culture 35:19​ The Soviet man? (Q&A) 36:16​ Diego Rivera 36:30​ Hanns Eisler 37:18​ Conclusion