The People’s School for Marxist-Leninist Studies
Episodes
East Palestine Rail Disaster - PSMLS Class
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we look at the East Palestine Rail Disaster that occurred on February 3rd, 2023, and analyze why it happened and what happened after the ev...
The Leninist Path To Coalition Building - PSMLS Class
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we read from V. I. Lenin, W. Z. Foster, Earl Browder, and others on the necessity of building broad coalitions in the fight against fascism...
Overview Of One Year Of War In Ukraine, Part 2 - PSMLS Class
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for the second half of our class on the last year of war in Ukraine! We will be covering events from the Nordstream 2 sabotage up to the prese...
Black Communists Of The 20th Century - PSMLS Class
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To end off Black History Month here in the United States, the Black Liberation Commission of the Party of Communists USA (PCUSA) presents a class on B...
Overview Of One Year Of War In Ukraine - PSMLS Class
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This class gives an overview of events in the first year of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine. We touch on important flashpoints, such as the ...
Fascism In Ukraine, Part 2 - Comrade Kayla Popuchet From The PCUSA - PSMLS Presents
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comrade Kayla Popuchet of the PCUSA speaks on Midwestern Marx with an analysis of contemporary fascism in Ukraine. Learn more about Midwestern Marx h...
Fascism In Ukraine, Part 1 - Professor Barry Lituchy - PSMLS Presents
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Barry Lituchy speaks at the Left Forum in 2015 on the history of fascism in Ukraine up to the present day. Connect with PSMLS: https://link...
The Multipolar World II - PSMLS Class
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Multipolar World II - PSMLS Class by PSMLS
The Multipolar World - PSMLS Class
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a class presented by the Peace and Solidarity Commission of the Party of Communists USA on the emerging Multipolar World. This first class...
The Communist Vol. II, "The Crisis Of The Black Panther Party" - PSMLS Reads
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a reading of "The Crisis of the Black Panther Party" wrote by comrade Henry Winston in 1973 a...
Stalingrad - PSMLS Class
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a class celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the Victory at the Battle of Stalingrad on Februa...
Fascism In The Present Day - PSMLS Class
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's class from the People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies (PSMLS), we examine fascism as it stands in the present day in different co...
Political Organizing - PSMLS Class
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us on for another "Skills and Tactics" class as we dive into political organizing! This is critical information for Marxist-Leninists to understa...
Broken Rainbow - PSMLS Class
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Indigenous People's Commission of the Party of Communists USA presents a film viewing of "Broken Rainbow" about the 1983 forced removal of Navajo ...
The Communist Vol. II, "Fighting Fascism In Ukraine" - PSMLS Reads
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a reading of "Is it Justifiable to Fight Fascism in Ukraine?" from the Russian Communist Work...
Ultra - Leftism - PSMLS Class
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For our first class recorded in 2023, we study the history of left deviation in the Communist movement along with some passages from Lenin's "Left-Win...
Guerrilla Warfare - Ch1, Pt6: Suburban Warfare
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents Chapter 1, Part 6 of Che Guevara's classic handbook on Guerrilla Warfare (1961). In this sec...
Guerrilla Warfare - Ch1, Pt5: Warfare On Unfavorable Ground
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents Chapter 1, Part 5 of Che Guevara's classic handbook on Guerrilla Warfare (1961). In this sec...
Kampuchea; The Revolution Rescued By Irwin Silber - Ch 1: Introduction - PSMLS Reads
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents Chapter 1 of Irwin Silber's book "Kampuchea: The Revolution Rescued". Silber details the d...
Guerrilla Warfare - Ch1, Pt4: Warfare On Favorable Ground
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents Chapter 1, Part 4 of Che Guevara's classic handbook on Guerrilla Warfare (1961). In this sec...
Counterrevolution In The USSR - PSMLS Audio
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A class on the counter-revolution in the USSR. Here we read from the text Socialism Betrayed and learn how the counter-revolution impacted the future ...
Washington's Secret War Against Afghanistan By Philip Bonosky - Ch 1: Antique Land - PSMLS Reads
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents Chapter 1 of Philip Bonosky's 1985 book "Washington's Secret War Against Afghanistan". Phili...
Guerrilla Warfare - Ch1, Pt3: Guerrilla Tactics
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents Chapter 1, Part 3 of Che Guevara's classic handbook on Guerrilla Warfare (1961). In this sec...
Guerrilla Warfare - Ch1, Pt2: Guerrilla Strategy
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents Chapter 1, Part 2 of Che Guevara's classic handbook on Guerrilla Warfare (1961). In this sec...
Railroad Workers Struggle - PSMLS Audio
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we conver an issue that's developing in the labor world, the railroad workers struggle of 2022. We'll be explaining some terminology relate...
International Workers Order (IWO) Pt 2 Of 2 - PSMLS Audio
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week's class is on an organization that was affiliated with the Communist Party USA which lived from 1930 until 1954, and which had ~155,000 memb...
International Workers Order (IWO) Pt 1 Of 2 - PSMLS Audio
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week's class is on an organization that was affiliated with the Communist Party USA which lived from 1930 until 1954, and which had ~155,000 memb...
Guerrilla Warfare - Ch 1, Pt 1: Essence Of Guerrilla Warfare - Che Guevara - PSMLS Reads
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents Chapter 1, Part 1 of Che Guevara's classic handbook on Guerrilla Warfare (1961). In this sec...
Skills And Tactics: Political Outreach
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for another class on practical skills and tactics that we can use in our work as we take a look at political outreach and the different forms ...
November Revolution - PSMLS Audio
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this class we study the November Revolution, also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution, in which the Soviets took power in 1917. Connec...
Political Economy - PSMLS Audio
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this class we study and discuss selections from Value, Price and Profit by Karl Marx, as well as a textbook on Political Economy put out by the Aca...
Dialectical Materialism - PSMLS Audio
24 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we study Dialectical Materialism, the philosophy of Marxist-Leninists, something we should be especially familiar with and applying at all ...
Black October Of 1993 - PSMLS Audio
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we study the assault on the Supreme Soviet by forces of the Russian Federation in 1993, known as Black October, and its relation to the cur...
Guerrilla Warfare (Preface) By Ernesto Che Guevara - PSMLS Reads
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the preface to Che Guevara's classic handbook on Guerrilla Warfare (1961). In this preface, ...
Propaganda Distribution - PSMLS Audio
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we study propaganda, explore different methods of propaganda distribution, and listen to comrades who have experience with distributing pro...
Why Communism (ch. 3) - PSMLS Reads
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the third chapter of Moissaye J. Olgin's phenomenal text: "Why Communism?" (1933). In this c...
Cuban Missile Crisis 60th Anniversary
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the PSMLS class of 10/18/22 and 10/20/22, we studied the Cuban Missile Crisis on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. The crisis has many parallel...
Soviet - Afghan War And The Truth About Afghan History - PSMLS Audio
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this PSMLS class from September 13, 2022, we studied the history of Afghanistan, particularly the history of the so-called “Soviet-Afghan War” ...
Life And Work Of Karl Marx ─ PSMLS Reads
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a selected article from Volume 12, No. 3 of "The Communist," put out by the Communist Party ...
Revolutionary Cuba ─ PSMLS Audio
14 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The PSMLS presents this full length class hosted by the Latino Commission of the Party of Communists USA and a guest speaker from Midwestern Marx on t...
Congratulations On The Great Victory In The Fatherland Liberation War ─ PSMLS Reels
13 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents this reading of Order No. 470 of the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army by comrad...
Fascism In Europe (pt. 2/2) ─ PSMLS Audio
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy the second part of our series where we host comrade Dr. Barry Lituchy from Brooklyn College for lectures on fascism in Europe. It is vita...
Fascism In Europe (pt. 1/2) ─ PSMLS Audio
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fascism In Europe (pt. 1/2) ─ PSMLS Audio by PSMLS
Lenin And Stalin As Mass Leaders ─ PSMLS Reads
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents selected articles from Volume 18, No. 12 of "The Communist," put out by the Communist Party ...
Marx And Working Class Unity ─ PSMLS Reads
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents selected articles from Volume 12, No. 5 of "The Communist," put out by the Communist Party U...
Leninism And Our Party ─ PSMLS Reads
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents selected articles from Volume 9, No. 1 of "The Communist," put out by the Communist Party US...
The Bolshevists: Gravediggers Of Capitalism ─ PSMLS Reads
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of an article by comrade C.E. Ruthenberg entitled "The Bolshevists: Gravediggers of Capitalism," published in January ...
USSR Anthem With American Communists ─ PSMLS Music
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this instrumental of the USSR anthem paying tribute to American Communists. The workers of this country will inevitably achieve victory over the...
The Right Of Revolution ─ PSMLS Reads
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of A. Landy's 1929 article "The Right of Revolution: An American Revolutionary Tradition" published in that year's Jul...
A Defense Of The Science Of Marxism - Leninism ─ PSMLS Reads
02 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of a Red Patriot article entitled "A Defense of the Science of Marxism-Leninism," by Xavier, published June 2022. Red ...
Marxism And Anarchism ─ PSMLS Reads
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of Emilian Yaroslavski's 1934 article "Marxism and Anarchism" published in that year's December edition of "The Commun...
Hymn Of The World Federation Of Democratic Youth (WFDY) (Instrumental) ─ PSMLS Music
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this instrumental of the Hymn of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY). The English lyrics have been included in this description for ...
What Is Fascism ─ PSMLS Reads
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of L. Magyar's 1934 article "What is Fascism?" published in that year's April edition of "The Communist," the former t...
The International Significance Of Bolshevism ─ PSMLS Reads
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a 1932 article entitled "The International Significance of Bolshevism" by M.H.C. from Vol. 1...
The Beginnings Of Revolutionary Political Action In The U.S.A. ─ PSMLS Reads
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a 1933 article entitled "The Beginnings of Revolutionary Political Action in the U.S.A." by ...
The Ren*zification Of Western Germany ─ PSMLS Reads
11 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of comrade Moses Miller's 1950 pamphlet "N*zis Preferred: The Ren*zification of Western Germany." This text masterfull...
The Party And Party Discipline By Lenin ─ PSMLS Reads
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a 1929 article entitled "The Party and Party Discipline" by V.I. Lenin from Vol. 8, No. 3 of...
The Study Of Lenin And Our Party ─ PSMLS Reads
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a 1932 article entitled "To The Study of Lenin and Our Party" by Alexander Bittelman from Vo...
The Relation Of Theory To Practice ─ PSMLS Reads
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents selected articles from Volume 9, No. 1 of "The Communist," put out by the Communist Party US...
CPUSA Leadership (pt. 3/3) ─ PSMLS Audio
04 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The third and final part of our series on current CPUSA leadership covers the "Best Things About Marxism" according to current CPUSA co-chair Joe Sims...
Lenin: The Party Of A New Type ─ PSMLS Reads
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents Chapter 20 from comrade William Z. Foster's 1955 work entitled "History of the Three Interna...
Finland: The Facts ─ PSMLS Reads
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a pamphlet by the Russia Today Society, an Anglo-Soviet friendship organization set up as a ...
The Bolshevik Revolution And Marxism In America ─ PSMLS Reads
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents 3 selected sections from William Z. Foster's 1952 work entitled "History of the Communist Pa...
The Communist Vol. 1, No. 1 ─ PSMLS Reads
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents selected articles from the first publication of "The Communist," put out by the United Commu...
The Path Which Led Me To Leninism By Ho Chi Minh ─ PSMLS Reads
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents this piece of the Selected Works of Ho Chi Minh Vol. 4 (Foreign Languages Publishing House),...
The History Of Ukrainian Fascism - PSMLS Presents
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This video dives into the terrifying history of Ukrainian fascism and its relation to the current Kyiv regime. In the face of furious pro-Ukraine prop...
LYC May Day Speech 2022 - PSMLS Clips
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This clip is a speech given by comrade Laura R. from the League of Young Communists USA (LYCUSA). The LYC is the youth league of the only Bolshevik Pa...
The Other Germany The GDR (ch. 5) - PSMLS Translated
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a translated book (originally Spanish) by comrade Luis Corvalán. Corvalán was the General ...
PCUSA May Day Speech 2022 - PSMLS Clips
07 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This clip is a speech given by comrade Lee from the Party of Communists USA (PCUSA). This past Sunday, our Party comrades participated in May Day demo...
For The Emancipation Of Black People From Imperialism - PSMLS Reads
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a July 1929 report to the 2nd World Congress of the League Against Imperialism at Frankfort,...
Fundamentals Of Marxism - Leninism (pt. 1/2) - PSMLS Audio
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy the first episode covering the 1961 Soviet text "Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism." This episode covers the significance of the Marxist-L...
Trotsky The Traitor By Alex Bittelman (ch. 5) - PSMLS Reads
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the fifth and final chapter of comrade Alexander Bittelman's 1937 pamphlet entitled "Trotsky...
Socialism Betrayed (pt. 3/3) - PSMLS Audio
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the third and final part of a three-part series over the book "Socialism Betrayed" by Roger ...
Trotsky The Traitor By Alex Bittelman (ch. 4) - PSMLS Reads
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the fourth chapter of comrade Alexander Bittelman's 1937 pamphlet entitled "Trotsky the Trai...
Trotsky The Traitor By Alex Bittelman (ch. 3) - PSMLS Reads
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the third chapter of comrade Alexander Bittelman's 1937 pamphlet entitled "Trotsky the Trait...
Class Reductionism - PSMLS Clips
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this clip from our 2021 class " Leninist Party of a New Type pt. 3," that discusses a term that has recently floated around in ultra-left and ra...
Trotsky The Traitor By Alex Bittelman (ch. 2) - PSMLS Reads
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the second chapter of comrade Alexander Bittelman's 1937 pamphlet entitled "Trotsky the Trai...
Trotsky The Traitor By Alex Bittelman (ch. 1) - PSMLS Reads
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the first chapter of comrade Alexander Bittelman's 1937 pamphlet entitled "Trotsky the Trait...
Socialism Betrayed (pt. 2/3) - PSMLS Audio
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the second part of a three-part series over the book "Socialism Betrayed" by Roger Keeran an...
The Other Germany The GDR (ch. 4) - PSMLS Translated
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a translated book (originally Spanish) by comrade Luis Corvalán. Corvalán was the General ...
The "Communist" Label - PSMLS Clips
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this clip from our 2021 class " 'Left-Wing' Communism: An Infantile Disorder pt. 5," that discusses the "Communist" label. Why do so-called "rev...
Broad Struggles of the 1930s - PSMLS Audio
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this class going over a portion of comrade William Z. Foster's 1952 text "The History of the Communist Party of the United States of America." T...
What is PSMLS? - PSMLS Clips
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this clip from our 2018 class "PSMLS Origins and History" covering the historic role that is currently being played by the People's School for M...
Leninism and Revisionism - PSMLS Reads
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a reading from the first publication of "The Communist," put out by the Ideological Departme...
The Other Germany: The GDR (ch. 3) - PSMLS Translated
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a translated book (originally Spanish) by comrade Luis Corvalán. Corvalán was the General ...
PCUSA Constitution (pt. 1/2) - PSMLS Audio
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy the first of a two-part series covering the constitution of the Party of Communists USA (PCUSA), the only Marxist-Leninist Bolshevik Part...
Party Building & Political Leadership (pt. 5/5) - PSMLS Audio
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the fifth and final part of our five-part series covering the pamphlet "Party Building and P...
Huey Long is Not Your Friend - PSMLS Clips
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Some of those in the broader American leftist community misunderstand Huey Long to be a friend of the working class. Far from being any sort of "socia...
CPUSA Leadership (pt. 2/3) - PSMLS Audio
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The second part of our series on current CPUSA leadership continues covering the "Worst Things About Marxism" according to current CPUSA co-chair Joe ...
Opportunism and the Collapse of the Third International - PSMLS Reads
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a reading from the first publication of "The Communist," put out by the Ideological Departme...
We Are Communists - PSMLS Clips
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this PSMLS Clip derived from the 2021 class "CPUSA Leadership pt. 1/3." Do we call ourselves Communists? Do we call ourselves Marxist-Leninists?...
International Women's Day (pt. 1/2) - PSMLS Audio
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a study on the radical origins of International Women's Day! As comrade Mao Zedong correctly...
Soviet "Anti-Semitism": The Big Lie! - PSMLS Reads
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of Moses Miller's 1950 pamphlet "Soviet 'Anti-Semitism': The Big Lie!" This pamphlet decisively debunks the conspirato...
From Eurocommunism to Present Opportunism - PSMLS Reads
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a reading of the article "From Eurocommunism to Present Opportunism" by Raúl Martinez Turre...
Communism vs. Fascism by William Z. Foster - PSMLS Reads
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy this PSMLS reading of comrade William Z.Foster's 1941 pamphlet "Communism vs. Fascism." The lumping together of these two polar opposite ...
Current CPUSA Leadership Issues - PSMLS Clips
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this PSMLS Clip derived from the 2021 class "CPUSA Leadership pt. 1/3." How does somebody like Joe Sims earn their way to a key leadership posit...
The Other Germany: The GDR (ch. 2) - PSMLS Translated
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a translated book (originally Spanish) by comrade Luis Corvalán. Corvalán was the General ...
Letter on the Eve of the October Revolution by V.I. Lenin - PSMLS Reads
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the letter written by comrade V.I. Lenin to the central committee members of the Russian Soc...
Get Away From The Computer - PSMLS Clips
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this PSMLS Clip! This is derived from the 2021 class " "Left-Wing Communism: an Infantile Disorder (pt. 5/5)." We hope this clip is a call to ac...
Leninist Party of a New Type (pt. 4/4) - PSMLS Audio- PSMLS
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy the fourth and final part of a four-part series on the basic tenets of a Leninist Party (i.e. a Party of a New Type). This episode goes i...