Cuban Missile Crisis 60th Anniversary

The People’s School for Marxist-Leninist Studies

In the PSMLS class of 10/18/22 and 10/20/22, we studied the Cuban Missile Crisis on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. The crisis has many parallels to our current situation, where Western imperialist aggression and NATO-backed fascism have brought the world to the brink of nuclear war once again. Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: eepurl.com/h9YxPb Content Used in Class: "The Cuban Missile Crisis Explained in 20 Minutes" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UbVu... Letter from Khruschev to Kennedy, October 27, 1962 microsites.jfklibrary.org/cmc/oct27/doc4.html Letter from Kennedy to Khruschev, October 28, 1962 microsites.jfklibrary.org/cmc/oct28/ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction - Background to the Cuban Missile Crisis 2:55 Video Section 1 from "The Cuban Missile Crisis Explained in 20 Minutes" 8:05 Q&A 9:26 Castro's Threat of First Strike was a Mistake 11:58 America Started It; Nuclear War is Never Worth It 13:40 Video Section 2 20:00 Reading from Khruschev's Letter to Kennedy 22:50 Sino-Soviet split; Mao's Support for Nuclear War 25:30 In Nuclear War, the First One to Shoot is the Second to Die 27:00 Close Calls between the USA and the Soviet Union 29:35 Nuclear Deterrence 32:10 Duck and Cover; Cold War Paranoia 35:50 Video Section 3 42:40 Q&A 44:20 Zelensky urging NATO to carry out "Preventative" First Strikes 45:40 Both Imperialism and the Communist Movement Are Divided Today 49:00 Poland has Agreed to Host NATO's Nuclear Weapons 53:35 Video Section 4 56:40 Q&A 57:00 Khruschev's Letter: Untie the Knot 1:01:30 Putting Missiles in Cuba Got Them Out of Turkey 1:03:20 Why We Call Each Other "Comrade" 1:06:30 Why the US Put Nuclear Weapons in Turkey 1:09:00 Khrushchev's Letter: Proposal for Resolution 1:12:00 Kennedy's Response 1:15:30 Q&A 1:19:10 Dr. Strangelove 1:19:45 Conclusion - The Importance of Our Work The People's School needs you! Email [e-mail] if you are interested in volunteering for any of the following roles: Facilitators* Moderators Web Controls* Audio Design Video Design Narrators** * Requires reliable internet connection ** Requires decent quality recording equipment This is the official channel of the People’s School for Marxist Leninist Studies and any other channel posing as the People’s School should be disregarded and does not reflect the official content, curriculum or decisions of the People’s School for Marxist Leninist Studies.