American Communist Movement (pt. 3/5) - PSMLS Audio

Please enjoy the third 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 Watch the Series: Part 1: https://youtu.be/qt-UtQrvJmU Part 2: https://youtu.be/6z_2s5tDt_A Part 4: https://youtu.be/rC47mjz5Xqk Part 5: https://youtu.be/TGm63bqqLBA Literature Used In This Class: 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... 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... PSMLS Website: http://peoplesschool.org/contact/ Party of Communists USA Website: https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/ Timecode Key: (Q&A) = Question & Answer/Response 0:00 Review 2:25 Splits in the Communist movement 4:20 Fusion line 5:43 Early 1980s 6:47 Gorbachev & Perestroika 9:39 CPUSA split 10:37 21 Preconditions? (Q&A) 14:14 CPUSA 1991? (Q&A) 17:17 "Fusion" Parties? (Q&A) 18:04 Committees of Correspondence? (Q&A) 20:01 Communist Party structure 22:01 CPUSA post-2000 24:04 U.S. Friends of the Soviet People 25:36 Birth of PCUSA 26:16 Workers World & PSL 29:06 Post-2000 purges? (Q&A) 30:34 Conclusion