American Communist Movement (pt. 1/5) - PSMLS Audio

Please enjoy the first 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 Note: This class was recorded on 2/15/18, not on 2/8/18. We apologize for the incorrect date on the screen. Watch the series: Part 2: https://youtu.be/6z_2s5tDt_A Part 3: https://youtu.be/0B7NBjMz9ms Part 4: https://youtu.be/rC47mjz5Xqk Part 5: https://youtu.be/TGm63bqqLBA 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... 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... 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 0:42 Socialist Party split 1:10 Mensheviks vs. Bolsheviks 2:27 Positions on the First Split 4:06 Major split in the 1950s 5:15 Split into PSL 6:51 Split over Revisionism 8:54 Split to the New Left 11:18 Comintern importance 11:46 PCUSA is new or old left? (Q&A) 13:08 Concurrent context 13:43 PCUSA wasn't a split 14:43 Rise of the Maoists 15:34 New Left & Vietnam 17:57 Red-baiting i