The Moscow Trials (pt. 1/2) by Sam Darcy - PSMLS Audio

The People’s School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the first part of a two-part series on the Moscow Trials, as covered in the memoirs of Comrade Sam Darcy. Please enjoy! Interested in attending a class? Email info@psmls.org for more information Watch the series: Part 2: https://youtu.be/ey8ExwqmaPI​ Literature Used In This Class: The Moscow Trials by Sam Darcy (From His Memoirs) (No Link Available) Recommended Literature On The Moscow Trials: An Eye-Witness At The Wreckers' Trial by Sam Darcy https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/...​ Trial Of The Group Of Conspirators Of The ‘Bloc Of Rights And Trotskyists’: The Crushing Of The Traitors – A Triumph For Peace And Socialism by Harry Pollitt https://www.marxists.org/archive/poll...​ History Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) Short Course (Chapter 12, Section 4) https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...​. Evidence Of Leon Trotsky’s Collaboration With Germany And Japan by Grover Furr (PDF Download) https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...​ PSMLS Website: http://peoplesschool.org/contact/​ Party of Communists USA Website: https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/​ Timecode Key: (Q&A) = Question & Answer / Response 0:00​ Reading section 1 6:15​ U.S.S.R. & Weimar Germany 8:46​ Myth of "fabricated charges" 9:41​ Influence of Machiavelli? (Q&A) 12:25​ Counter-revolutionary movies 15:25​ Reading section 2 20:51​ Most dangerous counter-revolutionary? (Q&A) 21:36​ Courtroom boasting? (Q&A) 22:13​ Historical context? (Q&A) 23:56​ Reading section 3 32:45​ Importance of the trials 33:37​ The Prince? (Q&A) 34:04​ Mistakes? (Q&A) 35:42​ Literature & agitprop 36:40​ Dialectical analysis 37:05​ Mission to Moscow 37:39​ Socialism beats capitalism 38:14​ Other sources? (Q&A) 40:29​ John Dewey 41:26​ Popularity in Mexico 41:33​ Conclusion