For our first class recorded in 2023, we study the history of left deviation in the Communist movement along with some passages from Lenin's "Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder".Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/peoplesschoolSign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: eepurl.com/h9YxPbLiterature Used in the Class:Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder by V. I. Leninnewoutlookpublishers.store/shop/theory/left-wing-c…Timestamps:0:00 Introduction0:27 Opening remarks by PCUSA General Secretary1:23 Section 1: What is Ultra-Leftism?2:51 Examples of Ultra-Leftism3:22 History of Ultra-Leftism: Origins - 1850s to 1920s4:45 History of Ultra-Leftism: Trotsky & The Left Opposition6:04 History of Ultra-Leftism: Maoism7:55 Why can't peasantry be revolutionary vanguard? (Q&A)9:47 Chinese Ideology was Developed by their Material Conditions (Q&A)11:30 Ultra-Left & Ultra-Right both oppose the Center of Marxism-Leninism (Q&A)13:09 "Trotsky poses as a left, helps the right" quote (Q&A)13:23 What is anarcho-syndicalism (Q&A)15:12 Does Ultra-Left have veneer of authoritarianism? (Q&A)16:13 Is Hoxhaism Ultra-Leftist? (Q&A)18:11 Section 2: History of Ultra-Leftism: New Leftism20:44 History of Ultra-Leftism: Current Day23:29 Anarchists attacked PCUSA in California; Experience with Red Guards (Q&A)25:04 To what extent did an industrial proletariat exist at time of Chinese revolution, what did they view them as? (Q&A)28:18 Chinese revolutionaries didn't have access to urban proletariat (Q&A)29:01 History of anarcho-syndicalists and trotskyists in Minneapolis (Q&A)30:17 Anarchists, Ultra-Leftists cannot stop the rise of fascism (Q&A)31:17 Critical Theory is a post-modern deviation that is ideologically driven (Q&A)32:23 What does PSL believe? Is Trotskyism a form of fascism (Q&A)35:04 Is there a particular class element to all of these deviations? (Q&A)37:57 Section 3: Reading of "Left-Wing Communism - An Infantile Disorder"48:02 What is the direction that the Chinese Communist Party is taking today? (Q&A)50:35 On Ultra-Leftist nature of idea of "Settler-Colonialism" (Q&A)51:32 Is Xi Jin Ping taking China in a more socialist driven direction? (Q&A)55:17 Section 4: Continued reading of "Left-Wing Communism - An Infantile Disorder"1:04:32 How and when do we compromise with the bourgeois today? (Q&A)1:06:35 Believe China is unquestionably socialist (Q&A)