The People’s School for Marxist-Leninist Studies

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

1:20 October 7, 2023

4:45 Video - Israel Admits Burning Hundreds of People in October 7

5:30 Video - Survivor Speaks: Israeli forces shot their own civilians

11:15 Q&A 1

18:40 Background on Hamas

31:55 Q&A 2

51:35 Video - Israel Apache helicopters strike Hamas targets with chain gun and missiles

54:25 The Oslo Accords

1:02:10 Q&A 3

1:27:10 Video - Scott RItter on Israel-Palestine Relations

1:30:50 Q&A 4 and Conclusion

The PSMLS presents a class on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Kiev and the life of Nikolai Vatutin, a Soviet military commander during the Great Patriotic War who played a key role in the victory in Kiev.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

0:50 Nikolai Vatutin - Early Life to the Great Patriotic War

9:40 Video - Clip from Liberation Movie #2: Breakthrough

32:00 Video - Speeches of Zhukov and Vatutin After Victory

34:40 Q&A 1

42:20 The Death of Nikolai Vatutin

47:30 Video - Ukronazis take down Vatutin's monument

50:20 Q&A 2 and Conclusion

Continuing our series on the History of U.S. Imperialism from where we left off at the end of WW2, we will be delving into the early years of the international struggle between Western Imperialism and the world Communist movement following the end of the Second World War up to 1960. This will include happenings domestically, such as severe repression of the Communist movement, the Civil Rights movement and its connection to the Communist movement, and the movement against conscription. This class will also cover international events, such as the U.S. military interventions in Greece, Korea, Iran, Guatemala, Cuba and more, as well as the nuclear flashpoints, what was happening in Germany, US-Soviet Relations etc.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

3:55 Text - Red Baiters Menace America - Eugene Dennis - 1946

7:00 Text - Excerpt from "Free Speech in the Good War" by Richard Steele

16:55 Q&A 1

32:10 Return to Presentation

35:20 Q&A 2

45:15 Cold War: International Front

1:00:00 Q&A 3

1:14:30 Cold War: International Front - Korean War

1:22:05 Q&A 4 and Conclusion

The PSMLS presents a class on the documentary Babi Yar: Lessons of History. This video tells the story of the Babi Yar Massacre, a horrendous event carried out by Fascists in occupied Ukraine at the Babi Yar ravine near Kiev. "Babi Yar: Lessons of History" dates to the 1970s, and it was released in the West in the 1980s. It was originally produced by Soviet filmmakers through the Ukrainian Studio of TV Films. The film depicts the horrors of the Nazi occupation of Ukraine and the massacre of Jewish people during the Holocaust at Babi Yar, where they were buried in a mass grave outside of Kiev. The film is a historical account of events and warns nations about the dangers of Neo-Nazi ideologies around the world, especially in the United States. The events are told from the perspective of Ukrainian-Jewish poet Vitaly Korotich through voice over that is intertwined with survivor testimonies and archival footage.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

3:00 Beginning of Babi Yar Video

16:35 Q&A 1

26:30 Continuing Babi Yar Video

38:15 Q&A 2

45:40 The Survivor of Babi Yar Massacre

53:35 Q&A 3

56:20 Finishing Babi Yar Video

1:12:10 Q&A 4 and Conclusion

1:16:50 Babi Yar Nazi Executions

1:18:40 Conclusion

The PSMLS presents a much-needed class on the Hungarian Counter-Revolution of 1956. We’ll be delving into some of the background information of Hungary before and during WW2 with the fascist Horthyite regime, as well as the conditions which led to the 1956 Counter-Revolution after WW2. The class will examine the 1956 counter-revolution itself and the response to it by the USSR, something that is misrepresented by western sources. Lastly, we will draw parallels between this event and more recent events, such as the Euromaidan coup in Ukraine in 2013/2014.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

3:10 Historical Background

9:30 Q&A 1

27:40 Conditions that Led to the 1956 Counter Revolution

38:15 Q&A 2

57:30 The Hungarian Counter-Revolution

1:14:15 Video - Last Broadcast of "Free Hungarian Radio" Before Soviet Tanks Rolled In

1:16:50 Q&A 3

1:22:30 Drawing Parallels to Today and Euromaidan

1:31:40 Q&A 4 and Conclusion

The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the preface and introduction of Lenin's monumental work "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism." #Lenin #Leninism #Leninists #Imperialism #Imperialismo #Capitalism #Communism #Socialism #Marxism #MarxismLeninism #PSMLS #PCUSA

00:16 - Preface

03:22 - Preface to the French and German Editions, I

04:59 - Preface to the French and German Editions, II

08:56 - Preface to the French and German Editions, III

11:13 - Preface to the French and German Editions, IV

13:34 - Preface to the French and German Editions, V

17:29 - Introduction

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The PSMLS presents a class on the Great Patriotic War and the Great Fatherland Liberation War in the DPRK. The class examines how the anti-fascist war from 1941-1945 paved the way for the creation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

2:15 Korea Under Japanese Colonialism

13:15 Q&A 1

23:30 Liberation of the DPRK

29:05 Q&A 2

40:00 Hiroshima and Nagasaki US Nuclear Strikes

48:40 Video - The US Started the Korean War

55:00 Text - Proclamation No. 1 by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur

58:45 Q&A 3

1:05:20 Video - The US Started the Korean War, continued

1:09:00 Conclusion

The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a class exploring the history of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, as well as the background of the Indochinese Communist Party and the Vietnamese intervention in Kampuchea which brought about the People's Republic of Kampuchea. We'll look at the ultra-leftist genocidal crimes in Democratic Kampuchea and understand the relation of this conflict to the Sino-Soviet split.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

1:30 Background - Indochina Communists

3:30 Text - Kampuchea: The Revolution Rescued by Irwin Silber

9:30 Origin of the Khmer Rouge

12:10 Q&A 1

21:20 "Democratic Kampuchea" Pol Pot, Khmer Rouge and Genocide

21:30 Text Continued

35:40 Q&A 2

49:00 Video - The Cambodian Genocide

52:00 Text Continued

58:00 Q&A 3 and Conclusion

This class is our next installment in this series on the history of U.S. imperialism. It covers the events and developments between 1975 and 1990, the supposed end of the Cold War. We’ll cover the interventions in Grenada, Libya, Panama and more, as well as other interference abroad, such as the Iran-Contra Affair, the propping up of the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, and the extent of US involvement with the counter-revolution throughout the Eastern Bloc.

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Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us

Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net

Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

1:30 Interventions in West Asia

2:40 Text - Afghanistan: Washington's Secret War by Phillip Bonosky

9:30 Iran - Revolution & Hostage Crisis

13:10 Q&A 1

22:00 Interventions in Latin America

26:10 Video - US Invades Grenada News Footage from 1983

29:40 Q&A 2

47:00 Interventions in Africa and Other International Events

54:00 Q&A 3

1:09:50 Domestic Events: The Reagan Era

1:17:20 Q&A 4 and Conclusion

October 3rd, 2023 was the 30th Anniversary of Black October of 1993. Black October was the name for the events which took place in Russia in 1993 when the new, capitalist Yeltsin administration attacked the House of Soviets, arrested lawmakers, ended the regional and local Soviets and all their institutions and adopted a new constitution for the country, beginning a period of Yeltsinite “shock therapy” capitalism in Russia that severely impacted the Russian people.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

1:30 Video Explaining Events of Black October 1993

3:50 Text - Protection of the House of the Soviets in the October Days of 1993

11:15 Q&A 1

19:55 US Support for Black October

21:00 Text - Telephone Convo in September 1993 - Yeltsin and Clinton

26:00 Video - Footage of Black October 1993

31:00 Text - Telephone Convo in October 1993 - Yeltsin and Clinton

37:20 Text - Secretary Christopher's Meeting with Yeltsin in October 1993

38:40 Q&A 2

50:45 Significance of Black October

52:25 Video - They Were Us, We Are Them

57:05 Q&A 3 and Conclusion