Leninist Party Organization & Structure (pt. 1/2)- PSMLS Audio

Please enjoy the first of a two-part series over the Party pamphlet "Organization and Structure of the Communist Party." This pamphlet outlines the foundational principles of how a Leninist Bolshevik party is structured and organized. Marxist-Leninists understand that real Communists are only those actively working in a Leninist Party and engaging in Party work on behalf of the working class. Interested in attending a class? Email info@psmls.org for more information 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/ca/shop/third... 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/contact/ Party of Communists USA Website: https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/ Timecode Key: (Q&A) = Question & Answer / Response 0:00 Introduction 0:31 Reading 1 2:55 Socialism w/ American characteristics? (Q&A) 8:15 Anti-vanguard groups? (Q&A) 10:10 Reading 2 11:32 In touch with the masses? (Q&A) 13:23 "Tailing" the masses 14:29 Carde & leadership 15:10 Stalin on the CPUSA 16:03 "Tailin the masses cont. 16:49 Organic nature of the Party? (Q&A) 18:05 Vanguardism in the west 19:25 Reading 3 21:44 "Power-hungry" Communists 24:12 Bureaucratic dualism 24:50 Constant common struggle 25:19 More dualism 25:49 Leninist Parties vs. Bourgeois Parties 26:18 Criticisms of bureaucracy? (Q&A) 30:28 Reading 4 31:57 Connecting Party organs w/ members (Q&A) 33:54 Establishing an identity 35:11 Formal democracy? (Q&A) 37:39 More Party & the masses 40:43 Bureaucracy & the state 41:27 Anarchism: "individualist socialism" 45:36 Reading 5 48:27 Build the Party 49:11 Contradictions under socialism 49:36 Capitalist hegemony 50:02 Modern applicability? 51:09 National vs. local work? (Q&A) 51:59 State of American Communist movement? (Q&A) 54:38 Democratic centralism 55:52 Things haven't changed that much 56:16 Discipline 57:17 Party before & after the revolution? (Q&A) 58:14 More on discipline 58:42 Party work's importance 59:09 Strengthen rank-and-file 59:21 On "book worship" 1:01:49 Communism vs. fascism? (Q&A) 1:04:07 Even more dualism 1:05:12 William Z. Foster 1:05:53 Watch our "Factionalism" class 1:06:37 Facebook individualism 1:07:04 Why join PCUSA? 1:08:47 PCUSA is you 1:09:07 Why McCarthyism happened 1:10:25 Ending