Leninist Party of a New Type (pt. 3/4) - PSMLS Audio

The People’s School for Marxist-Leninist Studies

Please enjoy the third part of a four-part series on the basic tenets of a Leninist Party (i.e. a Party of a New Type). This episode discusses an article by Gaspar Jorge Garcia Gallo of the Communist Party of Cuba, which discusses the themes of revisionism and opportunism. We hope you learn something new! Interested in attending a class? Email [e-mail] for more information Literature Used In This Class: Revisionism, Opportunism, Poly-Marxism by Gaspar Jorge Garcia Gallo (1974). Republished by the S.I.M.S.G. (Staten Island Marxist Study Group) in 1989 under the Educational Department of the Staten Island Club of the Communist Party U.S.A. https://ourcloud.usvanguard.net/s/4pe... Recommended Literature: Foundations of Leninism by J.V. Stalin (1924) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/jv-st... The Communist Party A Manual on Organization by J. Peters (1935) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/j-pet... History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) by the C.C. of the CPSU (1939) https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar... History of the Three Internationals by William Z. Foster (1955) https://www.marxists.org/archive/brow... Stalin's Speeches on the CPUSA by J.V. Stalin (1929) https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar... PSMLS Website: http://peoplesschool.org/contact/ Party of Communists USA Website: https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/ Timecode Key: (Q&A) = Question & Answer / Response 0:00 Lecture 1 7:49 Leninism vs. Maoism? (Q&A) 8:47 Opportunist examples? (Q&A) 9:54 Litmus test? (Q&A) 11:44 Disagreements on definitions? (Q&A) 12:47 "Revisionism"? (Q&A) 16:05 Staying dialectical? (Q&A) 18:40 "Class reductionism" (Q&A) 21:32 DSA deception 22:02 What constitutes revisionism? (Q&A) 23:58 Lecture 2 30:28 Poly-Marxism rejects Leninism 33:19 Contemporary Poly-Marxists? (Q&A) 34:00 Sino-Soviet split 35:24 Opportunist DSA 36:21 CPUSA decay? (Q&A) 39:24 Stalin on Revisionism 40:59 "Individual" Marxism 41:55 Bourgeois baggage 42:23 Poly-Marxism has failed 45:53 When reality changes the truth changes? (Q&A) 48:28 More reading recommendations 48:49 CPUSA's "Reflections on Socialism" 51:43 Even more reading recommendations 52:11 Anarchists: not our allies 55:06 And even more reading recommendations 55:56 "Social Fascism?" (Q&A) 57:39 PSMLS combats these trends 58:22 DSA experience 58:55 Communist "center"? (Q&A) 1:01:26 Market socialism? (Q&A) 1:05:34 Poly-Marxism rejects vanguardism 1:06:00 Molotov Remembers 1:07:09 Ideology, strategy & tactics 1:08:16 Breadtube breeding reactionary ideology 1:08:52 Venom of liberalism 1:10:18 Another Stalin quote 1:11:37 Online "Marxism" 1:12:29 Final reading recommendations 1:13:17 Concluding remarks