PCUSA Constitution (pt. 1/2) - PSMLS Audio

The People’s School for Marxist-Leninist Studies

Please enjoy the first of a two-part series covering the constitution of the Party of Communists USA (PCUSA), the only Marxist-Leninist Bolshevik Party of a New Type in the US. This series is a great introduction to what a Bolshevik Party constitution looks like and how the structure of Bolshevik Parties is connected to the history of the world Communist movement. Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/PSMLS Literature Used In This Class: Constitution of the Party of Communists USA (PCUSA) https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/abou... 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... History of the Three Internationals by William Z. Foster (1955) https://www.marxists.org/archive/brow... Why Communism? by Moissaye J. Olgin (1933) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/moiss... History of the Communist Party of the United States by William Z. Foster (1952) https://archive.org/details/history-o... PSMLS Website: http://peoplesschool.org Party of Communists USA Website: https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/ Timecode Key: (Q&A) = Question & Answer / Response 0:00 Introduction 0:14 Reading 1 3:00 The term 'vanguard' 3:39 Reading 2 6:07 Additional commissions 6:25 CC vs. PB? (Q&A) 7:26 Dialectical & historical materialism? (Q&A) 9:15 'The Communist' magazine? (Q&A) 10:11 Constitution's history 10:39 Reading 3 11:26 PCUSA's Pledge 13:36 Reading 3 cont. 14:42 Carry the torch 15:11 Pledge's history? (Q&A) 17:21 Reading 4 20:41 Criticism & self-criticism 21:36 Bureaucracy? (Q&A) 23:23 Reading 5 26:30 Crisis in the Socialist Party 28:19 Stalin on criticism 28:39 Good standing? (Q&A) 29:47 Concluding remarks & ending