April 22nd marks the 156th Anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Lenin, architect of the first workers and peasants government in the world set up in Russia in 1917.
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The April Theses were directives issued by Lenin upon his return from exile in 1917. They called for Soviet control of the state and influenced the Russian Revolution. Join us at 8pm EST on Tuesday, April 21st to learn more. peoplesschool.us/lenins-contr...
Lenin outlines how imperialism is the final, monopolistic stage of capitalism, driven by the need for new resources leading to the division of the world and inter-imperialist conflict. Join us at 8pm EST on Tuesday, April 14th to learn more.
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In his autobiography, Here I Stand, legendary singer and activist, Paul Robeson, asserts that socialism is the key to overthrowing colonialism and combating racism in the United States and worldwide. Join us at 8pm EST on Tuesday, April 7th to learn more. peoplesschool.us/civil-rights...
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the "Rebel Girl," was a beloved labor leader and first woman to become the National Chair of the CPUSA. This class will also cover Clara Zetkin's book Lenin on the Woman Question. Join us at 8pm EST on Tuesday, March 31st to learn more. peoplesschool.us/elizabeth-gu...
Women played an integral role in the building of socialism in the USSR, inspiring women to fight for their political rights around the world. Stay tuned for clips from a rare Soviet film about women in the USSR at 8pm EST on Tuesday, March 24th! peoplesschool.us/women-in-the...
Socialist Jim ("Big Jim") Larkin was an Irish trade union leader who founded of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU). To learn more about Big Jim and the Irish-American Connolly Council, join us at 8pm EST on Tuesday, March 17th!
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Women for Racial and Economic Equality will present about the women's suffrage movement and the historical Seneca Falls Convention. Join us on Tuesday, March 3rd at 8:00pm EST to learn more about how the suffrage movement fit into the broader progressive movements. peoplesschool.us/seneca-falls...
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Season 2 of View From Left Field is here, we are now the official podcast of MPD Coalition, catch episode 1 on all your favorite podcast platforms:
Fascism is Here — View From Left Field Season 2 Episode 1
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Born February 23, 1868, W.E.B. DuBois devoted his long life to the cause of racial equality. Though he joined the Communist Party in 1961, his work, especially Black Reconstruction in America, displayed a shift toward Marxism-Leninism. Comrade DuBois was truly a genius ahead of his time.
In the second half of the 20th Century, Nelson Mandela, African National Congress, and South African Communist Party defeated racist apartheid in South Africa. Join us at 8pm EST on Tuesday, February 24 to learn more about black liberation in South Africa! peoplesschool.us/south-africa...
put the country on a century's long drive for racial equality.
The PCUSA is committed to carrying on the torch he passed.
On the anniversary of Frederick Douglass' passing, the PCUSA celebrates his heroism.
Frederick Douglass' legacy will forever be one that led America in tremendous strides that abolished slavery, granted citizenship and suffrage for African Americans and ...
Communists have long held that the Civil War was the completion of the bourgeois revolution in the US, on this President's Day. We honor Abraham Lincoln who saw the role that labor would eventually play as the basis of a future proletarian revolution.
Today, cadre in New Jersey paid a visit to the Paul Robeson memorial in New Brunswick.
In dialectical materialism, there are no purely good or purely bad figures. Despite certain contradictions, George Washington, a bourgeois revolutionist, and his revolutionary organizations smashed the remnants of feudalism and British colonialism in America and forged the path towards democracy.
For the third week of Black History Month, we highlight Comrade Benjamin J. Davis Jr. In 1933, Davis became a lifelong Communist Party member. Davis is most famous as the Communist Councilman from Harlem. Join us at 8pm EST on Tuesday, February 17th to learn more! peoplesschool.us/biography-of...
As announced at last week's @peoplesschoolus.bsky.social, Anna Louise Strong's classic work, "The Soviets Expected It" is now available. This work is gives an in person account of the pre-war period in the Soviet Union, get your copy today
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As announced at last week's @peoplesschoolus.bsky.social, published in collaboration with @m4pd.bsky.social member, Labor United Educational League, William Z. Foster's classic pamphlet "Organize the Unorganized" is now available.
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PCUSA Educational in the Anti-Monopoly Coalition, you can find the full video here:
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New class video out on YouTube, watch Part 2 of our series on The Perils of Fascism now!!
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Missed us tonight? We have classes every Tuesday from 8pm-9:30pm Eastern Time. Join us next week as we present, a Biography of Benjamin Davis.
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Enjoy this class from May of last years, "Asian Americans in the Labor Movement" in collaboration with the Asian American Friendship Congress
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February 4 was the birthday of Civil Rights Icon and Fellow Traveler, Rosa Parks, the PCUSA honors this great leader in the fight for Black Liberation in the US.
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Missed us tonight? We have classes every Tuesday from 8pm-9:30pm Eastern Time. Join us next week as we present, Strategy for a Black Agenda by Henry Winston.
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In Black Reconstruction in America, WEB DuBois analyses the struggle between classes in the fight against racism that ensued the post-Civil War South. Join us at 8:00 PM EST Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 for part one of this class series to learn more.
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Liu Shaoqi's How to be a Good Communist, describes the forms of opportunism encountered in Marxist-Leninist Parties. Shaoqi outlines how comrades can avoid falling for these pitfalls. Join us at 8:00 PM EST Tuesday, January 27th 2026 to learn more!
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Tonight the MPD Board of Directors met as representatives from each of the Coalition organizations shared ideas for working together to build the coalition. We received updates from each Org's work, as well as, began planning this year's MPD Today publication.