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What helped me understand Marxism? A thread:
-Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 is an in-depth analysis of capitalism by Marx/Engles that pre-dates Capital: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/Economic-Philosophic-Manuscripts-1844.pdf
-Here are my notes on this work if anyone is interested. https://medium.com/@amisais77/understanding-m-my-notes-from-marx-wages-of-labor-1ddf0f00760e
-Here are my notes on this work if anyone is interested. https://medium.com/@amisais77/understanding-m-my-notes-from-marx-wages-of-labor-1ddf0f00760e
-ANYTHING written by Che Guevara. Can’t get more real then by reading texts by a hero who actually dedicated his life to the cause. There’s a whole archive of his works here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/works.htm.
-The State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin talks about the need for revolution, and the role of the working class in that revolution in order to overthrow capitalism: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/
-Jose Mariategui: His theories describe imperialism through a Latin American lens, something that often gets ignored a lot when talking about theory. You can check that out here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/mariateg/works/7-interpretive-essays/index.htm
-To Die for the People by Huey P Newton is easily one of my favorite books. It’s palpable, unlike a lot of other hard to digest theoretical books because it talks about the real life experiences of the Black Panther Party. You can get a free PDF here: http://libtips.org/main/4F5EDF7985899B624CCA26C7FF1E07A0
-Assata Shakurs biography is not theory heavy, but it should required reading for communists everywhere. Actual working class oppression experiences > constantly running to dry theory for answers.
https://ia803003.us.archive.org/27/items/Assata/assata%20shakur%20an%20biography.pdf
https://ia803003.us.archive.org/27/items/Assata/assata%20shakur%20an%20biography.pdf
-There are also other mediums that are good for learning theory, like podcasts. This one is really good, I recommend the older episodes. Revolutionary Left Radio. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/revolutionary-left-radio/id1218054701
Sandinistas: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/sandinista-revolution
What is to Be Done: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/red-menace-what-is-to-be-done-lenin
IMF: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/imf
Fred Hampton: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/fred-hampton
Postmodernism: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/postmodernism-the-cultural-logic-of-late-capitalism
Sankara: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/sankara-the-che-of-africa
Historical Materialism: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/historical-materialism-a-marxist-theory-of-history
What is to Be Done: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/red-menace-what-is-to-be-done-lenin
IMF: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/imf
Fred Hampton: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/fred-hampton
Postmodernism: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/postmodernism-the-cultural-logic-of-late-capitalism
Sankara: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/sankara-the-che-of-africa
Historical Materialism: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/historical-materialism-a-marxist-theory-of-history
State & Rev: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/state-and-revolution-marx-lenin-the-dictatorship-of-the-proletariat
Mao: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/mao-zedong-and-the-chinese-revolution
Chile: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/chile
DPRK: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/communist-study
China:
https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/in-defense-of-china-as-a-socialist-state-w-ajit-singh
PSL: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/title
Mao: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/mao-zedong-and-the-chinese-revolution
Chile: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/chile
DPRK: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/communist-study
China:
https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/in-defense-of-china-as-a-socialist-state-w-ajit-singh
PSL: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/title
OMG I AM A FOOL: please also read Open Viens of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano thank u uwu
