Class description: This week’s class discusses the development and status of China's economy. The first part begins by clarifying the debate over China's economy and emphasizing the historical, material, and...
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China class 3: Twin tasks of the revolution (1949-1979)
Class description: This week’s class covers the first 30 years of the People’s Republic, the period of the initial construction of socialism and the struggle between two lines. After liberation in 1949, China set about...
China class 2: National liberation and class struggle (1919-1949)
Class description: This second class covers the 30 years from 1919 to 1949, during which the revolution grew from a collection of Marxist reading groups to the establishment of the People’s Republic. We examine the founding...
China class 1: From Imperial China to the Century of Humiliation (1800-1919)
Class description: The first class in the series is devoted to tracing the decline of the ancient imperial order in China under the combined attacks of Western imperialism and domestic rebellion in the course of the 19th and...
Revolution Manifesto Class 6: Conclusions and the Cuban Revolution
Introduction: The purpose of this final class is to investigate another concrete example of a workers’ state and how this has developed over time. We will summarize our study of The State and Revolution by using it to discuss revolutionary organizing in the U.S....
Revolution Manifesto Class 5: From the Paris Commune to the Soviet Union
Introduction: The purpose of this class is to develop a more sophisticated understanding of the withering away of the state as it relates to economics and the mode of production. The class will also focus on the historical experience of the Soviet Union to investigate...
Revolution Manifesto Class 4: Revolution in the U.S.
Introduction: The purpose of this class is to continue developing a Marxist-Leninist understanding of the state and to apply this knowledge to the U.S. context. Learning objectives and outcomes: At the end of class 4, comrades will: Have an understanding of the class...
Revolution Manifesto Class 3: Revolution and the Transformation of Everyday Life
Introduction: The purpose of this class is to continue our historical-materialist investigation into the nature and significance of the state. In this class we turn to two examples, one general and one specific: pre-class societies and the Paris Commune of 1871. Both...
Revolution Manifesto Class 2: Historical Materialism and Our World
Introduction: The purpose of this class is to develop a more sophisticated appreciation of the concept of the withering away of the state and to engage the historical evidence that proves the necessity of focusing on questions of state power. Learning objectives and...