Study Socialism with the CPUSA Missouri-Kansas District
Organizing and education go hand in hand. These study guides bring together classic Marxist texts and CPUSA materials from our own files so comrades across Missouri and Kansas can build a shared foundation.
Work through each part with your club or a local study circle. Connect every lesson to the campaigns you are running -- union drives, tenant fights, anti-racist coalitions -- so our ideas guide our organizing.
We cannot build a better world unless we understand the one we live in.
Part 1: Understanding Capitalism
Expose exploitation at its root. Part 1 studies how capital takes the wealth workers create, why crises erupt, and how imperialism shapes life across Missouri and Kansas.
- Includes on-site PDFs of Marx's Wage-Labor and Capital and Lenin's Imperialism.
- Listen to audio summaries that break down surplus value and profit.
Part 2: What Is Scientific Socialism?
Shift from criticism to strategy. Learn how we study history, map class forces, and plan the road to socialism in the United States.
- Study Engels's Socialism: Utopian and Scientific and Principles of Communism.
- Connect theory to action with CPUSA program documents hosted on this site.
Part 3: Leninism and Organization
Turn theory into disciplined action. Explore Lenin's lessons on building a strong party rooted in the struggles of working people.
- Download local copies of What Is to Be Done?, The State and Revolution, and more.
- Listen to district-produced audio on democratic centralism and party-building.
Understanding the CPUSA
Ready to go deeper on party structure, history, and leadership? Visit the companion resource hub.
- Read CPUSA organizational manuals, club guides, and historical studies.
- Access audio trainings to support your club's development.