Issued: As an internal document, n.d. [1979].
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Introduction by Paul Costello: The TMLC developed this study guide in 1977-78 and subsequently used it as an internal education program for members. The TMLC rejected the prevailing tradition of many NCM groups in using internal education to simply inculcate cadre with the “correct line.” The TMLC instead wanted to show cadre the history of line struggles and train them to think for themselves, to analyze different lines, and be able to evaluate and critique them. Hence the readings and discussion questions accompanying the various sessions.
Week #1: Before the First International
Week #2: The First International
Week #4: The Second International
Week #5: Bernstein’s Revisionism
Weeks #6-7: The Russian Party Building Experience
Week #8: The Collapse of the Second International
Week #9: The Founding of the Third International
Week #10: The Program of the Communist International
Week #11: The Third Period and Social Fascism
Week #12: The Seventh Comintern Congress
Week #13: The Dissolution of the Comintern
Week #14: Communist Information Bureau
Week #15: Khrushchev on Stalin
Week #16: The Sino-Soviet Dispute
Week #17: The Theory of Capitalist Restoration
Week #18: The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
Week #19: The Theory of the “Three Worlds”
Week #21: Conclusions and Sum-up