How to Be a Good Communist (pt. 2/2) - PSMLS Audio

Please enjoy the second part of a two-part PSMLS series on Liu Shaoqi's crucial 1939 text: How to Be a Good Communist. We may go around calling ourselves Communists, but what does this actually entail? What does it mean to truly be a good Communist? Interested in attending a class? Email info@psmls.org for more information Literature Used In This Class: How to Be a Good Communist by Liu Shaoqi (Chs. 2 & 3) (1939) https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...​ https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...​ Recommended Literature: The Communist Party A Manual on Organization by J. Peters (1935) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/j-pet...​ 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...​ Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder by V.I. Lenin (1920) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/vi-le...​ Mastering Bolshevism by J.V. Stalin (1937) http://www.marx2mao.com/Stalin/MB37.html​ The State and Revolution by V.I. Lenin (1917) https://www.marxists.org/archive/leni...​ Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels (1880) https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx...​ How to Be a Good Communist by Liu Shaoqi (1939) https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...​ Ending Song: The Internationale (DPRK) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lDD-...​ 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 0:21​ Reading section 1 6:57​ Jimmy Higgins work 9:06​ Cult of personality? (Q&A) 13:37​ Lenin's clarity 14:57​ Understanding ML theory? (Q&A) 15:47​ Philistines? (Q&A) 17:34​ Reading section 2 23:05​ Scientific socialism 23:30​ Reds (movie) 23:59​ Wheat from the chaff? (Q&A) 27:08​ Marx & Lenin in perspective 28:45​ Reading vs. understanding 2