September 02

Communist University. SACP

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http://www.sacp.org.za/main.php?include=cuniversity/main.html

Generic Courses

The list below is linked to sets of texts for use in self-education study circles.

This list will be added to, gradually, until there is a sufficient resource for all general purposes.


Indexes

 

Introductions

Basics

 

- Introduction, Basic Course

National Democratic Revolution

 

- Introduction, NDR Course

 

 

 

Development, Rural and Urban

 

- Introduction, Development Course

No Woman, No Revolution

 

- Introduction, Women & Revolution

 

 

 

Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume 1

 

- Introduction, Capital, Volume 1

Lenin’s The State and Revolution

 

- Introduction, State and Revolution

 

 

 

Anti-Imperialism, War and Peace

 

- Introduction, International

Philosophy and Religion

 

- Introduction, Philosophy

 

The linked texts will shortly be available from branches of Jetline throughout South Africa.

Please click on the Jetline logo below to view an explanation of the procedure:

http://groups.google.com/group/Communist-University
November 10

Twenty Years After Fall Of Berlin Wall: Report Of An International Public Opinion Poll

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Wide dissatisfaction with capitalism: twenty years after fall of Berlin Wall

This site provides free access to a BBC world Service poll conducted by GlobeScan Incorporated and The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) of the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland. The 27 page report contains the results of a public opinion poll conducted in November 2009. On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and communism in Europe in 1989, it asked citizens from different nations a variety of questions relating to their opinion on the disintegration/ break up of the Soviet Union (USSR), attitudes towards state control of industry and capitalism in general. Information on the methodology of the survey is provided. Participants include individuals in former communist eastern Bloc nations.From Intute.ac.uk

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/nov09/BBC_BerlinWall_Nov09_rpt.pdf

June 29

Communist Culture. Slavoj Zizek

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Slavoj Zizek's Masterclass : notes towards a definition of a communist culture
Slavoj Zizek's Masterclass 'Notes towards a Definition of a Communist Culture' was a series of lectures held at Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, London from 15 to 19 June 2009. It is available via the Backdoor Broadcasting Company as a series of podcasts (10 hours in total). Each item can be downloaded separately as a podcast using the links given on the website. The lectures (and associated discussions) analyse aspects of modern thought and culture in an attempt to discern elements of a possible communist culture. Topics include: utopias; architecture as ideology; Wagner's ring cycle as a communist narrative; populism and democracy and environment, identity, multiculturalism and the definition of communist culture. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website. From Intute.ac.uk
http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2009/06/slavoj-zizek-masterclass-notes-towards-a
May 20

Twentieth Century Communism, A Blog

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Twentieth Century communism
This political blog is maintained by the staff of Twentieth Century Communism: a journal of international history (formerly known as formerly the Communist History Network Newsletter 1996-2008) ISSN 1758-6437. It is intended to supplement the journal by offering regular updates on new book launches, conferences, websites and research about Communist parties and communist political thought. The main focus of interest is on the period 1919-1991. Topics covered include: the Russian revolution, communist parties in Eastern Europe, China and elsewhere in the world. Links are provided to the website of the main journal. From Intute.ac.uk
http://c20c.wordpress.com/
February 23

Fall Of Communist States In Europe, 1989

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Making the history of 1989: the fall of communism in Eastern Europe
Making the History of 1989 is an excellent online resource for teaching history at undergraduate level, focusing on the collapse of communism across the GDR and Eastern Europe. Created by the Center for History and New Media with input from historians and political scientists, it makes available diverse primary source material with detailed guidance on how to use it for teaching purposes. Clear and easy to use, the site comprises: a lengthy introductory essay covering events across East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Albania, Romania and Yugoslavia, setting them in historical, political and geographical context; primary sources (translated documents and images) organised by country and tagged for effective searching; video interviews with scholars who personally experienced these events, in thematic sections with transcripts; teaching modules and case studies for classroom use. Modules include: the Catholic Church in Poland; nationalities in the USSR; economies in transition; everyday life in Eastern Europe; Solidarity; the unique experience of Romania. Each module provides: selected primary sources; teaching strategies; lesson plans; source-based questions; an annotated bibliography. Case studies use selected primary sources to explore themes such as: consumerism in Poland; memory in East Germany; remembering Tiananmen Square; surnames and nationality; women in Romania; humour as resistance; Soviet health posters. Seminal moments such as: Reagan's speech at the Brandenburg Gate; President Havel's Czech Independence Day speech and the Bratislava protest on the anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion are also used as case studies with video and documentary source material. From Intute.ac.uk
http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/