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Please enjoy this class on the August Revolution in Vietnam against the Japanese fascists in 1945. The class will review a bit of history about comrade Ho Chi Minh and look at a bit of the history following the August Revolution with the struggle against French Colonialism. The Peoples School defends the revolution in Vietnam, and we are proud of our Marxist-Leninist comrades there that led a successful struggle against American imperialism in the heat of the Cold War. Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb Donate to the GoFundMe for our legal case: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-fund-to-defend-against-wreckers Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 3:30 French Colonialism and Ho Chi Minh 14:15 Video - Vietnam's Proclamation of Independence 22:15 Q&A 1 47:40 National Liberation - August Revolution 49:50 Video - August Revolution Every Day Mapped 53:20 Q&A 2 1:12:45 National Liberation, continued 1:15:45 Video - Battle at Dien Bien Phu Documentary 1:25:50 Q&A 3 and Conclusion

The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents part two of our class on the American Revolution. We will be looking at the Revolution from 1776 on, the Confederated Period, and the significance of the US Constitution. This class will provide evidence for the progressive character of the American Revolution, and we will argue against the narrative that upholds that the American Revolution was a reactionary counter-revolution. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:05 The Revolutionary War 1776-1783 6:50 Q&A 1 17:10 The Newborn USA, and The US Constitution 21:45 Video - The United States Constitution and Bill of Rights 27:45 Q&A 2 36:05 Polemic Against Ultra-Left Narratives on the Revolution 49:20 Q&A 3 and Conclusion

This is the third part of our series on the History of US Imperialism, this time on American Imperialism during and immediately after WW2. During this time the United States was an imperialist power that gained from its participation in, and played a progressive role in, the United Front with other allies, including the Soviet Union, to defeat the fascist Axis powers. We’ll also cover how American businessmen collaborated with the Nazis, and how the United States and other western imperialists absorbed Nazis after the war. Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb Donate to the GoFundMe for our legal case: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-fund-to-defend-against-wreckers Visit our bookstore: https://newoutlookpublishers.store/ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:25 Series Recap 3:30 American Collaboration with Nazi Germany 9:40 Traitors in American History: Lessons from the Moscow Trials - Reading 1 11:25 Q&A 1 25:10 The United States in World War II 30:15 History of the CPUSA, Chapter 28 - World War II - Reading 2 32:40 The Truth about the Atomic Bombs 34:20 Q&A 2 59:30 Post-War Imperialist Activity 1:06:20 Q&A 3 1:27:30: Conclusion

80 years ago, on July 12th, 1943, the Soviets launched their counter-offensive against the Nazi “Operation Citadel” at Kursk, a little city northeast of the border with the Ukrainian SSR. That month saw the largest tank battle in human history, and was only 5 months after the victory of Stalingrad, the bloodiest battle in human history which we learned about in February with it’s 80 year anniversary. We will honor these Soviet victories up until 80th anniversary of VE and VJ Days in 2025. This week we will learn about the Battle of Kursk, and we will honor those Soviets that served in this battle, and remind ourselves of the current struggle against western backed fascism. Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb Donate to the GoFundMe for our legal case: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-fund-to-defend-against-wreckers Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 3:30 Prelude 7:50 The Unknown War - Video Part 1 15:10 Q&A 1 34:10 The Battle of Kursk: Operation Citadel 38:15 The Unknown War - Video Part 2 57:30 Q&A 2 1:04:20 The Battle of Kursk: The Soviet Counter-Offensive 1:07:00 The Uknown War - Video Part 3 1:16:45 - The Battle of Kursk: Victory Salute! 1:19:30 Q&A 3 and Conclusion

This is the second class in our series on the history of U.S. imperialism, this time delving into the American intervention in WW1, further development of American imperialism and the role of the United State in the interwar years. Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb Donate to the GoFundMe for our legal case: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-fund-to-defend-against-wreckers Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:15 The Untold History of the United States - Clip 1 5:30 The Great War - World War I 10:45 History of the CPUSA - WW1: Social-Democratic Betrayal - Reading 1 14:50 Q&A 1 31:30 The Untold History of the United States - Clip 2 43:20 American Intervention in the First World War 44:40 History of the CPUSA - WW1: Social-Democratic Betrayal - Reading 2 50:00 Q&A 2 1:05:30 The Untold History of the United States - Clip 3 1:15:40 The Interwar Years 1:19:25 Q&A 3 and Conclusion

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. Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb 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. Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb 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. Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb 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. Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb 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

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. Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb 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

The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies endorsed the International US-Cuba Normalization Conference in March of 2023 and our National Director of the Peoples School, Kamryn Stringfield, attended the event and tabled for the PSMLS and the Party of Communists USA. We met many wonderful people from Cuba and the United States who all shared the same goal: Lifting the blockade on Cuba! We give thanks to the National Network on Cuba for hosting the event and letting us be there! Also apologies to our viewers and the activists involved for the delay in the posting of this. #CubaSiBloqueoNo #unblockcuba #vivalacuba

This week we look at the history behind International Workers Day, also known as May Day, and learn about the communist legacy associated with it. This is a great class to attend before May Day events! Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:45 The Struggle for the Eight Hour Day 2:10 Reading - History of May Day by Alexander Trachtenberg 10:30 Q&A 1 17:40 1886 Haymarket Affair 21:55 Video: The Haymarket Trial 24:15 Reading - History of May Day, continued 28:20 Reading - May Day: A Short History by Philip S. Foner 32:55 Q&A 2 44:30 Aftermath Haymarket; Communist Legacy of May Day 46:05 Reading - History of May Day, continued 52:15 Q&A 3 1:07:45 Conclusion

The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a reading of "National Reunification Across the Taiwan Strait", written by Li Wen for the Qiushi Journal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. The article was re-published in Volume II of The Communist. The Communist is the official theoretical organ of the Ideological Department of the Central Committee of The Party of Communists USA. Volume II can be purchased here: https://newoutlookpublishers.store/shop/theory/the-communist-vol-2/ Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb

The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents Chapter 2, Parts 1, 2, and 3 of Che Guevara's classic handbook on Guerrilla Warfare (1961) - "The Guerrilla Fighter: Social Reformer", "The Guerrilla Fighter as Combatant", and "Organization of a Guerrilla Band" Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb Timestamps: 0:00 Part 1: The Guerrilla Fighter: Social Reformer 7:20 Part 2: The Guerrilla Fighter as Combatant 35:00 Part 3: Organization of a Guerrilla Band

Join us as we read from V. I. Lenin, W. Z. Foster, Earl Browder, and others on the necessity of building broad coalitions in the fight against fascism. This is a very important class that we want all our comrades to pay close attention to and implement in their work. Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:05 Sectarianism and its Consequences 2:15 Reading from Lenin's "Left-Wing Communism", chapter 6 3:35 The CPUSA and the LaFollette Movement 4:40 Reading from W. Z. Foster's "History of the CPUSA", chapter 15 6:35 Q&A 1 15:15 Coalition Building - The People's Front Against Fascism 16:45 Reading from Browder's "The People's Front", chapter 10 18:40 The French Communist Party's "Outstretched Hand" 21:15 Q&A 2 34:45 The Popular Front in Practice 35:05 Reading from "The Communist International, Volume III" 37:55 Q&A 3 50:25 Conclusion

To end off Black History Month here in the United States, the Black Liberation Commission of the Party of Communists USA (PCUSA) presents a class on Black Communists of the 20th Century. Please join us and learn about the wonderful contributions of these comrades to our movement. Learn more about the Party of Communists USA: https://partyofcommunistsusa.net/ Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:55 The Age of Proletarian Revolution 2:20 Harry Haywood 3:35 The Scottsboro Boys 4:40 Angelo Herndon 5:40 James W. Ford 6:35 Q&A 1 20:05 The Anti-Fascist Period 22:15 The Post-War McCarthy Period 22:50 Paul Robeson Testifying At the House Un-American Activities Committee 34:30 Claudia Jones 35:10 Esther Cooper Jackson 35:40 Rosa Parks 36:10 W. E. B. DuBois 37:10 Q&A 2 55:45 Civil Rights Era 56:15 Henry Winston 58:20 Paul Robeson 59:25 Conclusion

Join us for the second class presented by the Peace and Solidarity Commission of the Party of Communists USA on the emerging Multipolar World. This class focuses on current developments in the Middle East and Latin America. Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:00 The Middle East 3:00 Israel 4:15 Q&A 1 13:00 Gamal Abdul Nasser and Arab Nationalism 14:40 Iranian National Liberation 19:00 Q&A 2 32:45 The "War on Terror" and the Arab Spring 34:15 Saudi Arabia and its shift towards China and Russia 35:40 Q&A 3 44:15 Latin America 46:50 Bolivia 49:00 Brazil 51:00 Cuba 52:00 Venezuela 52:40 Haiti 54:00 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru 56:20 ALBA 57:15 Q&A 4 and Conclusion

Join us for a class presented by the Peace and Solidarity Commission of the Party of Communists USA on the emerging Multipolar World. This first class will focus on current developments in Europe and East Asia. Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:40 BRICS 2:50 Shanghai Cooperation Organization 4:30 Q&A 1 15:00 Europe: From Gladio to Ukraine 15:30 Operation Gladio 17:20 NATO's Drive Eastward 19:00 US-backed Coup in Ukraine 22:30 Mass Demonstrations 23:20 Pyotr Simonenko 24:50 Ukraine's Attempt to Provoke NATO 26:00 Q&A 2 38:30 China and Taiwan 41:00 Xinjiang and the "Uyghur Genocide" 46:25 DPRK and South Korea 48:20 India 49:45 The Peasant Movement 51:25 Final Q&A 59:25 Conclusion

The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a class celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the Victory at the Battle of Stalingrad on February 2nd, 1943. This was a major turning point in the second World War, leading to the defeat of Nazi Germany. Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb Timestamps: 0:00 "The Sacred War" (Song) 2:25 Introduction 4:05 Prelude to Stalingrad 8:05 Q&A 1 14:35 Battle of Stalingrad 22:35 Q&A 2 32:55 "The Unknown War" (Documentary) 46:15 Q&A 3 51:30 "The Unknown War" continued 1:03:55 "The Motherland Calls" (Video) 1:06:15 Q&A 4 1:08:35 Map of the Region 1:11:45 Conclusion 1:17:55 "Katyusha" (Song)