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Charleston DSA Reader

Charleston DSA Reader

Session readings, discussion questions, and a glossary of the people, organizations, and ideas behind the texts.
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Syllabus

  1. Session 1: The Socialist Program~1 h 45 minWed, Aug 19

    ★ Programme: Lessons of Erfurt · ★ The Erfurt Program (German SDP, 1891) · ★ Workers Deserve More: The DSA Program · RSDLP Program (Russia, 1903) · Socialist Party of America Platform (1912) · Towards 2026: The Fight for Recognition

  2. Session 2: The Party~2 h 25 minWed, Sep 2

    ★ Lenin Rediscovered, Chapter 1: The Merger of Socialism and the Worker Movement · ★ Zenith: Faction or Tendency? · Democracy and Socialism: The Two Edges of Marxism's Knife · Anatomy of the Micro-Sect

  3. Session 3: Scientific Socialism~1 h 50 minWed, Sep 16

    ★ The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism · ★ Socialism, Utopian and Scientific, Part I: Utopian Socialism · ★ Socialism, Utopian and Scientific, Part II: Dialectics · ★ Socialism, Utopian and Scientific, Part III: Historical Materialism · The Science of Solidarity