The People’s School for Marxist-Leninist Studies PSMLS

This class covers the 1950's framing and execution of comrades Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, by the US government and the history of the campaign that is still continuing to reopen the case and bring justice for them. This comes at a time of heightened repression of communists and anti-imperialists as another Cold War looms. Every year we pay tribute to the Rosenbergs. So join us and learn their story.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:00 The Atom Bomb Hoax and the Start of the Cold War
19:20 Q&A 1
39:00 Film Excerpt - Can the Rosenberg Case Be Reopened?
51:55 If We Die - Poem by Ethel Rosenberg
53:10 The Rosenberg-Sobell Case: A Prosecution Fraud
1:03:10 Q&A 2
1:18:30 Film Excerpt 2 - Can the Rosenberg Case Be Reopened?
1:21:50 Letter to Congress on Reopening the Rosenberg Case
1:25:25 Conclusion

This week we will attempt to understand the history of American aggression toward the People's Republic of China and how the current crises around Taiwan, Korea, the South China Sea and more are bringing us closer to a war with China. This is important as events rapidly develop in the area and we should understand this subject before a major event occurs in the area.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:00 China Basic Information
2:30 Historical Background 1895-1949
11:30 Q&A 1
34:20 Historical Background 1949-2010
44:30 CGTN Video on One-China Principle and the Taiwan Question
47:10 Q&A 2
1:15:00 Present Situation
1:16:15 Clip From Oliver Stone's History of the United States - Episode 12
1:24:30 Video - Biden Stating US Troops Will be Deployed to Taiwan in Case of Chinese Invasion
1:27:15 Q&A 3 and Conclusion

For LGBT+ Pride Month, the LGBT+ Commission of the Party of Communists USA presents a class on the LGBT+ Struggle. This is an important class as we are working to raise the level of consciousness in the Communist movement about the LGBT+ question and provide a Marxist-Leninist, positive analysis of the LGBT+ community.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:45 What is the "LGBT+ Community"?
2:45 The History of the LGBT+ Community
12:15 Video on the Nazi persecution of LGBT+ people
13:55 Q&A 1
39:55 Communists and the LGBT+ Struggle
50:40 Towards a Scientific Analysis of the Gay Question - Los Angeles Research Group
56:35 Q&A 2
1:17:00 The LGBT+ Struggle Today
1:20:25 Liberation vs Liberalism - LGBT+ Movement in the 21st Century
1:28:25 Q&A 3 and Conclusion

Join us as we start a series on the History of U.S. Imperialism. This is crucial history for American communists to thoroughly understand in order to be equipped to fight American imperialism today. We're starting with the origins of U.S. Imperialism focusing on the period of the late 19th and early 20th century before the First World War.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:35 American Capitalist Expansion
4:50 Q&A 1
14:55 Beginnings of American Imperialism
21:40 Q&A 2
30:25 1898: Pacific Islands and Spanish-American War
32:20 Untold History of the United States, Video Excerpt I
37:30 Annexation of Hawaii and Acquisition of Samoa
39:00 Q&A 3
42:30 Untold History of the United States, Video Excerpt II
46:10 Panama Canal and the Banana Wars
48:10 Untold History of the United States, Video Excerpt III
51:10 American Imperialism in 1914
53:00 Q&A 4 and Conclusion

Paris Commune - PSMLS Class by PSMLS

The PSMLS and the PCUSA stand with those fighting the war against Ukrainian fascism, and with this class, we seek to explain the history of Ukrainian fascism. There is a history that goes back nearly a century of Ukrainian nationalism and collaboration with Nazis and more that matters and should be understood by everybody before they evaluate the current war. We’re going to do our best to sum up that history and explain the rise of the current Ukrainian fascist state we see today.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:55 Video - Fascism in Ukraine, from Midwestern Marx
2:50 Q&A 1
6:55 Origins of Ukrainian Fascism
21:25 Q&A 2
30:10 Reemergence of Ukrainian Fascism 1995-2014
38:10 Q&A 3
47:20 Fascist Ukraine 2014-Present, Reading - "Donbass Cowboy"
53:00 Maidan and Odessa Clashes, Video - "8 Years Before"
57:30 War in Donbas, Video - "Ukraine: An Everlasting Present"
1:01:55 Q&A 4 and Conclusion