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Classical Marxism——————–
The foundational texts and concepts strictly written and conceived by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.Tier 1Communist Manifesto (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/index.htm🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knCYXFisM4kTheses on Feuerbach (1845) by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/theses/theses.htm🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA-Gn8q47csWage Labour and Capital (1847) by Karl Marx
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/wage-labour/🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6llbLvm3RAcPrinciples of Communism (1847) by Friedrich Engels
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGcpspooZvkCritique of the Gotha Programme (1875) by Karl Marx
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIkR-0NeOzwSocialism: Utopian and Scientific (1880) by Friedrich Engels
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4_BiWhvVyATier 2The Holy Family (1844) by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/holy-family/On The Jewish Question (1844) by Karl Marx
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/jewish-question/🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu7jgrQ_oF8Conditions of the Working Class in England (1845) by Friedrich Engels
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/condition-working-class/🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDaK6b6eZrgThe Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (1952) by Karl Marx
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orxXeE8kn4UValue, Price and Profit (1865) by Karl Marx
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1865/value-price-profit/🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjhVZW3HJzMThe Civil War in France (1871) by Karl Marx
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1871/civil-war-france/🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSWrTzJFrnQTier 3Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right (1843) by Karl Marx
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1843/critique-hpr/🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b78lwj_TNVIEconomic and Philosophic Manuscripts (1844) by Karl Marx
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/preface.htmThe German Ideology (1846) by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/german-ideology/🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERf6Qvqwr6gThe Poverty of Philosophy (1847) by Karl Marx
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/poverty-philosophy/🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNy2A2ZpSEUGrundrisse (1858) by Karl Marx
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1857/grundrisse/Anti-Dühring (1877) by Friedrich Engels
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1877/anti-duhring/🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bATakOyA0zcThe Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884) by Friedrich Engels
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1884/origin-family/🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W2GaAs5VLoDAS KAPITALCapital: A Critique of Political Economy (1867) by Karl Marx
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German Idealism——————–
Philosophical movement that generally argues that the mind’s structures (reason, self-consciousness) play an active role in shaping reality and experience, centering on how freedom, subjectivity, and the unity of subject and object grounds knowledge and moral life. Hugely influential in revolutionary socialist currents.Critique of Pure Reason (1781) by Immanuel Kant
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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4280/4280-h/4280-h.htmFoundations of the Science of Knowledge (1794) by Johann Gottlieb Fichte
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https://dn720207.ca.archive.org/0/items/thescienceofknow00fichuoft/thescienceofknow00fichuoft.pdfThe Phenomenology of Spirit (1801) by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/works/ph/phconten.htmThe Essence of Christianity (1841) by Ludwig Feuerbach
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https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/47025/pg47025-images.htmlThe Jewish Question (1843) by Bruno Bauer
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Utopian Socialism——————–
Early socialist current that imagined ideal, cooperative communities and peaceful social reforms achieved by moral persuasion and voluntary association rather than class struggle or revolution.The Social Contract (1762) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/46333/pg46333-images.htmlThe Wealth of Nations (1776) by Adam Smith
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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3300/3300-h/3300-h.htmThe Theory of the Four Movements (1808) by Charles Fourier
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https://libcom.org/article/theory-four-movements-charles-fourierA New View of Society and Other Writings (1813) by Robert Owen
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/economics/owen/society/index.htmOn the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1817) by David Ricardo
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https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33310/pg33310-images.htmlNew Christianity (1825) by Henri de Saint-Simon
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/New_Christianity.pdfHoly History of Mankind (1837) by Moses Hess
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https://ia801505.us.archive.org/23/items/119933_20230725/Moses%20Hess.%20The%20Holy%20History%20of%20Mankind%20and%20Other%20Writings.pdfPrinciples of Political Economy (1848) by John Stuart Mill
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https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/30107/pg30107-images.htmlInstructions pour une prise d'armes (1866) by Louis Auguste Blanqui
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Classical Anarchism——————–
Rejects the state and hierarchical authority, serves as the basis for modern and contemporary Anarchism. Variants include Mutualism, Anarcho-Collectivism and Individualist anarchism.Tier 1What is Property? (1840) by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/pierre-joseph-proudhon-what-is-property-an-inquiry-into-the-principle-of-right-and-of-governmen🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeoynLwP3u4Collectivism (1872) by Adhémar Schwitzguébel
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/adhemar-schwitzguebel-collectivismTier 2The Philosophy of Poverty (1846) by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/pierre-joseph-proudhon-system-of-economical-contradictions-or-the-philosophy-of-povertyGod and the State (1871) by Mikhail Bakunin
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/michail-bakunin-god-and-the-state🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLArnrsxwWYIdeas on Social Organisation (1876) by James Guillaume
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/james-guillaume-ideas-on-social-organizationTier 3Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness (1793) by William Godwin
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/godwin-political-justiceThe Ego and Its Own (1844) by Max Stirner
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stirner/ego-and-its-own.htm🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBOex4R61OoStatism and Anarchy (1873) by Mikhail Bakunin
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Orthodox Marxism——————–
Treats Marxism as a scientific, historical-materialist doctrine. Generally arguing that capitalism contains objective economic contradictions that makes proletarian revolution and socialism inevitable. Therefore, political organization, class struggle, and economic analysis are central.Tier 1The Present Position of the Socialist Movement in Germany (1896) by Wilhelm Liebknecht
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/liebknecht-w/1896/06/essex-lecture.htmlErfurt Program (1891) by Karl Kautsky
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https://www.marxists.org/history/international/social-democracy/1891/erfurt-program.htmWhat Means This Strike? (1898) by Daniel DeLeon
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/deleon/works/1898/980211.htmThe Burning Question of Trade Unionism (1904) by Daniel DeLeon
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGe1aEA4UOwThe Main Enemy Is At Home! (1914) by Karl Liebknecht
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/liebknecht-k/works/1915/05/main-enemy-home.htmTier 2Socialism and the Political Struggle (1883) by Georgi Plekhanov
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/plekhanov/1883/struggle/index.htmThe Class Struggle (Erfurt Program) (1892) by Karl Kautsky
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMCOEZ8xjqMOn the Role of the Individual in History (1898) by Georgi Plekhanov
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQCUjwmSSk4Reform or Revolution? (1900) by Rosa Luxemburg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVZgtmGmyl4Militarism and Anti-Militarism (1907) by Karl Liebknecht
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/liebknecht-k/works/1907/militarism-antimilitarism/index.htmThe Mass Strike, the Political Party and the Trade Unions (1906) by Rosa Luxemburg
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1906/mass-strike/The Historic Accomplishment of Karl Marx (1908) by Karl Kautsky
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/1908/histacc/index.htmlThe National Question and Autonomy (1908) by Rosa Luxemburg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vkL6ZUnzccThe Road to Power (1909) by Karl Kautsky
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/1909/power/Tier 3The Development of the Monist View of History (1895) by Georgi Plekhanov
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/plekhanov/1895/monist/index.htmNo Compromise – No Political Trading (1899) by Wilhelm Liebknecht
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/liebknecht-w/1899/nocomp/index.htm🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlYu23bMNhgThe Socialist Crisis in France (1901) by Rosa Luxemburg
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1901/socialist-crisis-france/index.htmThe Social Revolution (1902) by Karl Kautsky
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/1902/socrev/Socialist Reconstruction of Society (1905) by Daniel DeLeon
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzF6QXNIWV0The Foundations of Christianity (1908) by Karl Kautsky
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/1908/christ/index.htmThe Accumulation of Capital (1913) by Rosa Luxemburg
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Anarcho-Communism——————–
Advocates for abolishing the state, capitalism, and private ownership of the means of production in favor of decentralized, voluntary communes with common ownership and distribution "from each according to ability, to each according to need." Variants include Platformism, Syncreticism, and Magonism.Tier 1Catechism of a Revolutionary (1869) by Sergey Nechayev
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7kviqQa6ZUTo Manual Workers, Supporters of Political Action (1876) by François Dumartheray
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/francois-dumartheray-to-manual-workers-supporters-of-political-actionAnarchy and Communism (1880) by Carlo Cafiero
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/carlo-cafiero-anarchy-and-communismOur Revolution (1881) by Carlo Cafiero
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/cafiero/1881/our-revolution.htmlA Word to Tramps (1884) by Lucy Parsons
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lucy-e-parsons-to-trampsWords of a Rebel (1885) by Peter Kropotkin
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/kropotkin-peter/1885/words-of-a-rebel/index.htmlI Am an Anarchist (1886) by Lucy Parsons
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lucy-e-parsons-i-am-an-anarchistAnarchy (1891) by Errico Malatesta
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-anarchyManifesto of the Mexican Liberal Party (1911) by Ricardo Flores Magón
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https://www.marxists.org/subject/anarchism/ricardo-flores-magon/1911/manifesto-of-the-mexican-liberal-party.htmlThe Anarchist Synthesis (1927) by Sébastien Faure
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/sebastien-faure-the-anarchist-synthesisA Project of Anarchist Organisation (1927) by Errico Malatesta
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-a-project-of-anarchist-organisationThe ABC of Communist Anarchism (1929) by Alexander Berkman
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/berkman/1929/what-is-communist-anarchism/index.htmlTier 2Fields, Factories and Workshops (1899) by Peter Kropotkin
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-fields-factories-and-workshops-or-industry-combined-with-agriculture-and-brain-wAt the Café: Conversations on Anarchism (1922) by Errico Malatesta
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/malatesta/1922/at-the-cafe/index.htmlOn Synthesis (1924) by Volin
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https://www.marxists.org/subject/anarchism/voline/1924/on-synthesis.htmlThe Struggle Against the State and Other Essays (1926) by Nestor Makhno
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/makhno-nestor/works/1926/struggle-against-the-state/index.htmlTier 3The Conquest of Bread (1892) by Peter Kropotkin
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/kropotkin-peter/1892/bread.htmMutual Aid (1902) by Peter Kropotkin
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/kropotkin-peter/1902/mutual-aid/index.htmHistory of the Makhnovist Movement (1918–1921) (1923) by Peter Arshinov
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-arshinov-history-of-the-makhnovist-movement-1918-1921The Russian Revolution in the Ukraine (1926) by Nestor Makhno
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/nestor-makhno-the-russian-revolution-in-the-ukraineOrganizational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists (Draft) (1926) by Various Authors
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Leninism——————–
Based on the works of Vladimir Lenin, argues for a disciplined vanguard party using democratic centralism to seize state power and establish a temporary dictatorship of the proletariat to lead the transition from capitalism to socialism.Tier 1What Is To Be Done? (1902) by Vladimir Lenin
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-eCCtzsiXYRevolutionary Adventurism (1902) by Vladimir Lenin
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovPbNQ9JqjASocialism and Religion (1905) by Vladimir Lenin
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKMlcPb1ttwThree Source and Three Component Parts of Marxism (1913) by Vladimir Lenin
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOAII71GaFYThe ABC of Communism (1920) by Nikolai Buhkarin & Evgenii Preobrazhensky
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVVnjwBQHH0Tier 2Two Tactics of Social Democracy in the Democratic Revolution (1905) by Vladimir Lenin
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQsWA4HCGuYThe Right of Nations to Self-Determination (1914) by Vladimir Lenin
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bbODqyoeM0Imperialism and World Economy (1915) by Nikolai Bukharin
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Uj5GE1h1UThe Proletarian Revolution and Renegade Kautsky (1918) by Vladimir Lenin
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_IWmgY8k2A“Left-Wing” Communism: an Infantile Disorder (1920) by Vladimir Lenin
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh84f8czc7gTier 3Materialism and Empirio-Criticism (1909) by Vladimir Lenin
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1908/mec/Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (1917) by Vladimir Lenin
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFtUKPPYmqkThe State and Revolution (1917) by Vladimir Lenin
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrfLQsyUYigHistorical Materialism: A System of Sociology (1921) by Nikolai Bukharin
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Syndicalism——————–
Tendency that aims to replace capitalism and the state by organizing workers into trade-union syndicates using direct action, such as general strikes, in order to take control of production and self-manage the economy.Tier 1Anarchism and the Workers' Unions (1895) by Fernand Pelloutier
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https://libcom.org/article/anarchism-and-workers-unions-fernand-pelloutierSabotage (1898) by Émile Pouget
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/pouget/1898/sabotage.htmThe General Strike (1911) by Bill Haywood
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https://archive.iww.org/history/library/Haywood/GeneralStrike/The Conscious Withdrawal of the Workers' Industrial Efficiency (1917) by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
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https://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/flynn/1917/sabotage.htmTier 2Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice (1938) by Rudolf Rocker
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/rudolf-rocker-anarchosyndicalismOne Big Union (2000) by the Industrial Workers of the World
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/industrial-workers-of-the-world-one-big-unionTier 3Industrial Socialism (1911) by Bill Haywood
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https://archive.iww.org/history/library/Haywood/IndSocialism/The Autobiography of Mother Jones (1925) by Mother Jones
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https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/65079/pg65079-images.htmlAnarchists in the Spanish Revolution (1990) by José Peirats
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Marxism-Leninism——————–
Institutionalized doctrine that fuses Marx’s theory with Lenin’s praxis as codified official party ideology, applying the idea of historical materialism to a practical program of revolutionary vanguardism and a state-led transition to socialism.Tier 1Dialectical and Historical Materialism (1938) by Joseph Stalin
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1938/09.htmThe Path Which Led Me To Leninism (1960) by Ho Chi Minh
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/ho-chi-minh/works/1960/04/x01.htmThe Khruschevites (1976) by Enver Hoxha
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hoxha/works/1976/khruschevites/index.htmTier 2Marxism and the National Question (1913) by Joseph Stalin
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1913/03a.htmWorkers Manage Factories in Yugoslavia (1950) by Josip Broz Tito
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/tito/1950/06/26.htmMarxism and Problems of Linguistics (1950) by Joseph Stalin
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1950/jun/20.htmHistory Will Absolve Me (1953) by Fidel Castro
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https://www.marxists.org/history/cuba/archive/castro/1953/10/16.htmGuerilla Warfare (1961) by Che Guevara
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https://www.cheguevara.org/Guerrilla-Warfare.pdfEurocommunism is Anti-Communism (1980) by Enver Hoxha
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hoxha/works/euroco/env2-1.htmTier 3Foundations of Leninism (1924) by Joseph Stalin
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1924/foundations-leninism/The People's Front (1938) by Earl Browder
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/browder/peoples-front/index.htmEconomic Problems of Socialism in the USSR (1951) by Joseph Stalin
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1951/economic-problems/index.htmImperialism and the Revolution (1979) by Enver Hoxha
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hoxha/works/imp_rev/toc.htmRevolution in Laos: Practice and Prospects (1981) by Kaysone Phomvihane
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https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Revolution_in_LaosWomen's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle (1990) by Thomas Sankara
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https://files.libcom.org/files/thomas-sankara-womens-liberation-and-the-african-freedom-struggle.pdf——————–
Illegalism and Insurrectionary Anarchism——————–
Both support propaganda of the deed as a method of revolutionary struggle, with Illegalism having roots in Individualist Anarchism while Insurrectionary Anarchism shares overlap with Anarcho-Communism.Tier 1A Letter from Mazas Prison (1886) by Clément Duval
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/clement-duval-a-letter-from-cleement-duvalWhy I Was a Burglar (1905) by Marius Jacob
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/marius-jacob-why-i-was-a-burglarByzantinism and Limpness (1909) by Michel Antoine
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/michel-antoine-byzantinism-and-limpnessIs the Illegalist Anarchist Our Comrade? (1911) by Émile Armand
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/emile-armand-is-the-illegalist-anarchist-our-comradeTwo Lectures on the Bonnot Affair (1912) by Victor Serge
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/victor-serge-two-lectures-on-the-bonnot-affairTier 2The Anarchism of Émile Armand (1907) by Émile Armand
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/emile-armand-the-anarchism-of-emile-armandToward the Creative Nothing (1924) by Renzo Novatore
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/renzo-novatore-toward-the-creative-nothingThe Principal of Organization to the Light of Anarchism (1927) by Luigi Galleani
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/luigi-galleani-the-principal-of-organization-to-the-light-of-anarchismArmed Joy (1977) by Alfredo Bonnano
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alfredo-m-bonanno-armed-joyTier 3The Ego and Its Own (1844) by Max Stirner
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stirner/ego-and-its-own.htm🎧 ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBOex4R61OoAgainst War, Against Peace, For The Social Revolution (1914) by Luigi Galleani
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/luigi-galleani-against-war-against-peace-for-the-social-revolutionThe End of Anarchism? (1925) by Luigi Galleani
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/luigi-galleani-the-end-of-anarchismAnarchists Never Surrender (1938) by Victor Serge
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/victor-serge-anarchists-never-surrenderThe Bonnot Gang (1987) by Richard Parry
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/richard-parry-the-bonnot-gang-the-story-of-the-french-illegalistsThe Coming Insurrection (2007) by The Invisible Committee
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Trotskyism——————–
Based on Leon Trotsky's work, stresses permanent revolution, proletarian internationalism, and an opposition to bureaucratic degeneration.Tier 1The Lessons of October (1924) by Leon Trotsky
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1924/lessons/index.htmThe Transitional Program (1938) by Leon Trotsky
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1938/tp/Their Morals and Ours (1938) by Leon Trotsky
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1938/morals/morals.htmFascism: What It Is and How to Fight It (1944) by Leon Trotsky
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1944/1944-fas.htmTier 2Terrorism and Communism (1920) by Leon Trotsky
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1920/terrcomm/index.htmThe Permanent Revolution and Results and Prospects (1930) by Leon Trotsky
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1931/tpr/index.htmTier 3The Third International After Lenin (1928) by Leon Trotsky
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1928/3rd/index.htmHistory of the Russian Revolution (1930) by Leon Trotsky
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1930/hrr/The Revolution Betrayed (1936) by Leon Trotsky
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1936/revbet/——————–
Anarcho-Pacificism——————–
https://blogs.law.columbia.edu/uprising1313/files/2017/10/Civil-Disobedience-by-Henry-David-Thoreau.pdf——————–
Maoism——————–
Developed by Mao Zedong, argues for peasant-led revolution, protracted people’s war, mass mobilization, and adapting Marxist strategy to agrarian societies.Tier 1Analysis of The Classes In Chinese Society (1926) by Mao Zedong
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_1.htmOppose Book Worship (1930) by Mao Zedong
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-6/mswv6_11.htmBe Concerned With the Well-Being of the Masses, Pay Attention to Methods of Work (1934) by Mao Zedong
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_10.htmCombat Liberalism (1937) by Mao Zedong
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_03.htmServe The People (1944) by Mao Zedong
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_19.htmBombard The Headquarters (1966) by Mao Zedong
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-9/mswv9_63.htmTier 2On Contradiction (1937) by Mao Zedong
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htmOn Practice' (1937) by Mao Zedong
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_16.htmOn Protracted War (1938) by Mao Zedong
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_09.htmOn New Democracy (1940) by Mao Zedong
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_26.htmTier 3Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement In Hunan (1927) by Mao Zedong
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_2.htmOn Guerrilla Warfare (1937) by Mao Zedong
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/1937/guerrilla-warfare/The Chinese Revolution and the Chinese Communist Party (1939) by Mao Zedong
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_23.htmOn the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People (1957) by Mao Zedong
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-5/mswv5_58.htmQuotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (1964) by Mao Zedong
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Marxism-Leninism-Maoism——————–
Treats Maoism as a higher stage of Marxism–Leninism, emphasizing peasant-led, protracted people’s war, the mass line, and continuing revolution to prevent bureaucratic degeneration.Tier 1On Gonzalo Thought (1988) by the Communist Party of Peru
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https://michaelharrison.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/On-Gonzalo-Thought-1st-Congress.pdfMarxism-Leninism-Maoism or Revisionism? (1990) by Prachanda
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https://www.bannedthought.net/Nepal/Problems-Prospects/p_mlmor_revisionism.htmlTier 2General Political Line (1988) by the Communist Party of Peru
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https://bannedthought.net/Peru/CPP/Documents/GeneralPoliticalLineOfTheCommunistPartyOfPeru-1988-OCR.pdfThe Great Leap Forward: An Inevitable Need of History (2001) by the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
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https://www.bannedthought.net/Nepal/Worker/Worker-07/GreatLeapForward-Prachanda-010200.htmHold High the Bright Red Banner of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism (2004) by the Communist Party of India (Maoist)
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https://www.bannedthought.net/India/CPI-Maoist-Docs/Founding/MLM-pamphlet.pdfTier 3On the Bourgeois-Democratic State (1961) by Abimael Guzmán
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https://bannedthought.net/Peru/Gonzalo/Guzman-OnTheBourgeois-DemocraticState-1961-Thesis-OCR-sm.pdfPhilippine Society and Revolution (1970) by Amado Guerrero
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https://www.marxists.org/history/philippines/cpp/guerrero/1970/psr.htmProblems & Prospects of Revolution in Nepal (2004) by Prachanda and the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
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Socialism with Chinese Characteristics——————–
Adapts and institutionalizes Marxism–Leninism to Chinese conditions by marrying one-party rule and state control of strategic sectors with market-oriented reforms to drive modernization.Tier 1Emancipate the Mind, Seek Truth From Facts and Unite As One In Looking to the Future (1978) by Deng Xiaoping
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/deng-xiaoping/1978/110.htmUphold the Four Cardinal Principles (1979) by Deng Xiaoping
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/deng-xiaoping/1979/115.htmWe Can Develop A Market Economy Under Socialism (1979) by Deng Xiaoping
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/deng-xiaoping/1979/152.htmTo Build Socialism We Must First Develop the Productive Forces (1980) by Deng Xiaoping
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/deng-xiaoping/1980/101.htmTier 2On the Reform of the System of Party and State Leadership (1980) by Deng Xiaoping
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/deng-xiaoping/1980/220.htmTier 3Build Socialism With Chinese Characteristics (1984) by Deng Xiaoping
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https://www.bannedthought.net/China/Individuals/DengXiaoping/DengXiaoping-BuildSocialismWithChineseCharacteristics.pdfOn the “Three Represents” (2000) by Jiang Zemin
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https://archive.org/details/JiangZeminThreeRepresentsReport to the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (2007) by Hu Jintao
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https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-10/24/content_6204564.htmThe Governance of China (2014) by Xi Jinping
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https://www.bannedthought.net/China/Individuals/XiJinping/XiJinping-TheGovernanceOfChina.pdf——————–
Maoism-Third Worldism——————–
Blends Maoist strategy with Third-Worldist analysis, arguing the revolutionary proletariat is concentrated in oppressed (Global South) countries while much First-World labor is seen as privileged or comprador.Tier 1Long Live the Victory of People’s War! (1965) by Lin Bao
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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/lin-biao/1965/09/peoples_war/index.htmMessage to the Tricontinental (1967) by Che Guevara
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/1967/04/16.htmTier 2White-Settler Colonialism and the Myth of Investment Imperialism (1972) by Arghiri Emmanuel
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https://pdfhost.io/v/QUJ7qnsaq_WhiteSettler_Colonialism_and_the_Myth_of_Investment_ImperialismUnequal Development (1973) by Samir Amin
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https://www.prisoncensorship.info/archive/books/Economics/UnequalDevelopment_SamirAmin.pdfForeign Trade and the Law of Value (1979) by Anwar Shaikh
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https://sci-hub.ru/https://www.jstor.org/stable/40402184📖 ·
https://sci-hub.ru/https://www.jstor.org/stable/40402218Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat (1983) by J. Sakai
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https://readsettlers.org/text-index.htmlEurocentrism (1989) by Samir Amin
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https://contrapoder.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/08.-AMIN.pdfThe Wealth of (Some) Nations (2019) by Zak Cope
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https://leftypol.org/edu/src/1655353202103-0.pdfTier 3Accumulation on a World Scale (1971) by Samir Amin
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https://annas-archive.org/md5/89ae1cfad31b7ba8d06acbdba571f721Unequal Exchange: A Study of the Imperialism of Trade (1972) by Arghiri Emmanuel
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https://www.prisoncensorship.info/archive/books/Economics/UnequalExchange_ArghiriEmmanuel.pdfDelinking: Towards a Polycentric World (1986) by Samir Amin
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https://libgen.gl/edition.php?id=138497885Divided World, Divided Class (2012) by Zak Cope
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https://www.prisoncensorship.info/archive/books/Economics/DividedWorldDividedClass_ZakCope.pdf——————–
Juche——————–
The official state ideology of North Korea, stressing political independence, economic self-sufficiency, self-defense, and the central role of the leader in guiding the nation.Tier 1For the Establishment of a United Party of the Working Masses (1946) by Kim Il Sung
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/kim-il-sung/1946/08/29.pdfOn the Occasion of the Founding of the Korean People’s Army (1948) by Kim Il Sung
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/kim-il-sung/1948/02/08.pdfOn Eliminating Dogmatism and Formalism and Establishing Juche in Ideological Work (1955) by Kim Il Sung
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/kim-il-sung/1955/12/28.htmTen Principles for the Establishment of a Monolithic Ideological System (1974) by Kim Il Sung
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https://www2.law.columbia.edu/course_00S_L9436_001/North%20Korea%20materials/10%20principles%20of%20juche.htmlThe Juche Idea is an Idea that Has Inherited and Developed the Progressive Ideologies of Mankind (1986) by Kim Jong Il
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/kim-jong-il/works/The-Juche-Idea-Is-An-Idea-That-Has-Inherited-And-Developed-The-Progressive-Ideologies-Of-Mankind.pdfOurs is the Socialism of Juche (1994) by Kim Il Sung
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/kim-il-sung/1994/04/16.pdfThe Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a Juche-Oriented Socialist State with Invincible Might (2008) by Kim Jong Il
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/kim-jong-il/works/The-Democratic-Peoples-Republic-Of-Korea-Is-A-Juche-Oriented-Socialist-State-With-Invincible-Might.pdfLet Us March Forward Dynamically Towards Final Victory, Holding Higher the Banner of Songun (2012) by Kim Jong Un
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http://www.korean-books.com.kp/KBMbooks/en/work/leader3/1201.pdfTier 2On the Juche Idea (1982) by Kim Jong Il
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/kim-jong-il/works/On-The-Juche-Idea.pdfOur Socialism Centred on the Masses Shall Not Perish (1991) by Kim Jong Il
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/kim-jong-il/works/Our-Socialism-Centred-On-The-Masses-Shall-Not-Perish.pdfTier 3On Juche in Our Revolution (1975) by Kim Il Sung
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https://archive.org/details/KimJucheRevolutionVol1——————–
Italian Left-Communism——————–
Insisting on strict Marxist orthodoxy, rejecting parliamentarism, reformist trade unions and united fronts, while promoting a revolutionary, party-centered alternative to both social democracy and Marxism-Leninism.Tier 1Party and Class (1921) by Amadeo Bordiga
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1921/party-class.htmBourgeois Violence and Proletarian Defence (1946) by Onorato Damen
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/damen/1946/bourgeois-violence.htmProletarian Dictatorship and Class Party (1951) by Amadeo Bordiga
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1951/class-party.htmCentralised Party, Yes – Centralism over the Party, No! (1951) by Onorato Damen
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/damen/1951/centralised.htmTier 2Party and Class Action (1921) by Amadeo Bordiga
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1921/classact.htmThe Democratic Principle (1922) by Amadeo Bordiga
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1922/democratic-principle.htmThe Lyons Theses (1926) by Amadeo Bordiga
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1926/lyons-theses.htmThe Communist Left in the Third International (1926) by Amadeo Bordiga
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1926/comintern.htmDialogue with Stalin (1952) by Amadeo Bordiga
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1952/stalin.htmWe Defend the Italian Left (1966) by Onorato Damen
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/damen/1966/defend.htmTier 3The Fundamentals for a Marxist Orientation (1946) by Amadeo Bordiga
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1946/orientation.htmBordiga — Beyond the Myth and the Rhetoric (1970) by Onorato Damen
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https://www.leftcom.org/files/2018-10-02-damen-bordiga.pdf——————–
Council Communism——————–
Favors workers’ councils as the basis of proletarian power and organization as opposed to vanguard party centralism, arguing for direct, self-managed, council-based socialism.Tier 1World Revolution and Communist Tactics (1920) by Anton Pannekoek
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/pannekoe/1920/communist-tactics.htmThe Revolution Is Not A Party Affair (1920) by Otto Rühle
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/ruhle/1920/ruhle02.htmThe Lenin Legend (1935) by Paul Mattick
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/mattick-paul/1935/lenin-legend.htmWhy Past Revolutionary Movements Have Failed (1940) by Anton Pannekoek
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/pannekoe/1940/revo.htmThe Party and Class (1941) by Anton Pannekoek
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/pannekoe/1941/party-class.htmThe Failure of the Working Class (1946) by Anton Pannekoek
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/pannekoe/1946/failure-working-class.htmTier 2Imperialism, the World War and Social Democracy (1914) by Herman Gorter
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/gorter/1914/imperialism.htmThe World Revolution (1918) by Herman Gorter
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/gorter/1918/world-revolution.htmReport from Moscow (1920) by Otto Rühle
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/ruhle/1920/ruhle01.htmLenin As Philosopher (1938) by Anton Pannekoek
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/pannekoe/1938/lenin/index.htmThe Struggle Against Fascism Begins with the Struggle Against Bolshevism (1939) by Otto Rühle
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/ruhle/1939/ruhle01.htmSpontaneity and Organisation (1949) by Paul Mattick
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/mattick-paul/1949/spontaneity.htmTier 3An Open Letter to Comrade Lenin (1920) by Herman Gorter
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/gorter/1920/open-letter.htmWorkers' Councils (1942) by Anton Pannekoek
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/pannekoe/1947/workers-councils.htmMarx and Keynes: The Limits of the Mixed Economy (1969) by Paul Mattick
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https://www.marxists.org/archive/mattick-paul/1969/marx-keynes/index.htmAnti-Bolshevik Communism (1978) by Paul Mattick
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https://files.libcom.org/files/paul-mattick-anti-bolshevik-communism-2007_0.pdf——————–
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What is the last book you read, or are reading? Is it any good? What's it about?
>>2543514Belongs in
>>>/edu/ we have enough pinned threads already
>>2543538Mods should merge /leftypol/ and /edu/ TBH. Or better yet just delete /leftypol/ and make /edu/ the main board
>>2543514Some of these links are defunct. C'mon guys get it together.
I will never read(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
>>2543537Last book I read was Set the Night on Fire by Mike Davis and Jon Wiener, pretty big book about the socioeconomic world of Los Angeles in the 1960s. Of course there's plenty of details about the movement ecosystem both liberal and radical (I'll make special note of the LAPD being so psycho that it at times brought liberals and apoliticals together with the latter), but the authors do a really good job of hammering in the changing economic landscape (ie the movement of high tech manufacturing jobs like aerospace to the outskirts of the city while the inner city languishes with lower tier manufacturing leaving in droves, the development of a galaxy of small suburban cities, etc).
Something that really struck me in this vein was the auto plants finally desegregating (offering a leg up for some people trapped at a worse factory job), only for the auto plants to be caught in the grips of outsourcing anyway.
It and other pieces of Mike Davis' work like Prisoners of the American Dream and City of Quartz are so good.
That guy truly had a sense for description and fiery condemnation.
>>2543537I'm reading Capital right now, it's taking a while to get through, it's very dense. It's unsurprisingly very good tho, everything feels so meticulous. Like Karl is taking you by the hand and just going through everything step by step
High I.Q High Quality thread, blessed mods for pinning this.
>>2543961
Marxism-Lassalism-/usapol/ism principally /usapol/ism
0 anarchist theory. How is this even sticky?
>>2544560>anarchismBro, you need to be at least 18 to use this site.
I'm out of touch with the leftypol zeitgeist when it comes to reading, do you guys like Bataille here?
>>2544650if you seriously think anarchism is just for children you are retarded
>>2544760these uyghas dont read
>>2543961
read deleuze and guattari, they like schizos not normies
>>2543587mods went beast mode with this one
>>2547119I like the attempt at a super thoro reading list, but this one has some serious flaws. Here is my by no means exhaustive critique:
* The Holy Family in tier 1. Da fuq? This is the single most esoteric work by Marx and Engels I have read. There's some interesting stuff in there about the 1789 French Revolution etc., but most of the book was written for a select circle of 1840s philosophy postgrads. Seriously, just try reading chapter 1.
* The Jewish Question is actually readable, but likewise does not belong in tier 1
* Theses on Feuerbach is good but really needs a companion piece to make any sense to beginners. I recommend what Engels wrote for that purpose:
Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy. Put it after
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific. Engels thought that those two were good enough to preclude publishing The German Ideology and The Holy Family.
* Move Wage Labour and Capital and Value, Price and Profit to Tier 1; move Marx's 1844 manuscripts to Tier 3 or scrap (important but written in Hegelese)
Utopian Socialism:
* I'm not well versed in this subject, but I know for sure that Adam Smith and David Ricardo do not belong there.
Orthodox Marxism:
Here is something I am well versed on. Immediately the Plekhanov piece in tier 1 stands out to me - I haven't read it, but I don't get the impression it was a canonical work at all? Maybe not even in Russia, but certainly not in the rest of the world.
* Why so much Daniel DeLeon? Again a figure I've neglected, but the fact that his name is mispelled "DeLion" doesn't bode well.
Your Kautsky selection could be a lot better:
* Tier 1 really deserves
The Historic Accomplishment of Karl Marx. It's damn good on its own merits, but IMO it's also the perfect introduction to how Second International era "orthodoxy" approached political strategy and programmatic unity (contra today's "vanguard parties"). Also, it's the original source of the "German philosophy, English economics, and French socialism" dictum that's typically attributed to Lenin.
* Next to the actual Erfurt Program, add Kautsky's wildly popular semi-official commentary on it: published in English as
The Class Struggle. The translation is a bit weak, but it remains a good agitational introduction to Marxian economics and is an overlooked foundational text on the concept of the "lumpenproletiat".
* Foundations of Christianity is a fun read, but if you want something that teaches you something about Orthodox Marxism, I'd sub it in for
The Social Revolution, another wildly popular work for its time that provides the canonical view of what a socialist revolution and the socialization of industry would look like. This is another work with a shoddy translation; the later 1903 translation is superior tho.
* For Rosa Luxemburg, I'd dump The Accumulation of Capital (another work which is well known but extremely difficult to read) and sub it in for
The Socialist Crisis in France, an engaging work about revolutionary strategy and the need to reject coalition with pro-capitalist parties. Her pamphlet
The Mass Strike should also be here somewhere, although there she becomes less orthodox (maybe for a "mass action left" reading list?)
* Finally, we need some Wilhelm Liekbnecht in here somewhere - a huge, huge, huge influence on Orthodox Marxist political strategy who has sadly been overshadowed by his martyred son. I happen to think that this lecture is one of the fastest possible overviews of SPD political strategy for tier 1:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/liebknecht-w/1896/06/essex-lecture.html* Secondly, we need his
No Compromise, No Political Trading in here somewhere. This is another semi-canonical work (to which Lenin wrote a forward) which I know made a MASSIVE impact on the Socialist Party of America:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/liebknecht-w/1899/nocomp/index.htm* Thirdly, I happen to like the
Voices of Revolt collection of his speeches, which are both a good intro to how Orthodox Marxists worked in parliament and just rousing propaganda in their own right. Another pick for tier 1. See:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/liebknecht-w/revolt/index.htmlWew, I wrote a lot more that I expected. Hope this helps
>>2547155thx for the constructive critique! I'll def consider some of these thoughts
>>2547155As far as the Plekhanov piece goes, per Tony Cliff:
>Exposed the main fallacies of the Populists and counterposed to their ideas the principles of Marxism. The importance of its new ideas prompted Lenin to compare this pamphet with the Communist Manifesto for its effect on the Russian working class movement". https://www.marxists.org/archive/cliff/works/1957/01/plekhanov.htmAlso, fun fact, a miss-attributed popular Lenin quote originates from Plekhanov's text
>For without revolutionary theory there is no revolutionary movement in the true sense of the word.https://www.marxists.org/archive/plekhanov/1883/struggle/chap3.htm >>2547162Reading Cliff's article jogged my memory of another early Plekhanov piece:
Our Differences, which I have definitely seen referenced a lot more than Socialism and the Political Struggle. I haven't read either however, so I'm not one to judge. (The other two Plekhanov pieces I
have read and are excellent choices).
I have a few more suggestions to make for the list:
* For Lenin, The State and Revolution and Imperialism The Highest Stage of Capitalism should be in at least tier 2, and probably tier 1. They're uber famous and deliberately written for a mass audience, there's no need to slog through book-length works like
Two Tactics first (which should be in tiers 2 or 3).
* What Is To Be Done is an important work, but it was written in very specific circumstances that Lenin himself admitted could cause confusion to a general audience: "[Republication] is not desirable; the translation must at least be issued with good commentaries, which would have to be written by a Russian comrade very well acquainted with the history of the Communist Party of Russia, in order to avoid false application." Fortunately, Lars Lih has done just that with his magisterial work
Lenin Rediscovered, which I recommend to everyone that wants to read
What Is To Be Done. It's still in copyright, but this is leftypol.
* The ABC of Communism is a good choice, but you should note it was co-authored by Preobrazhensky.
Trotskyism:
* Ditch his Stalin biography. It was never that great, and the marxists.org translation mutilates it further. I'd move
The Revolution Betrayed to its place, and then add
The Third International After Lenin to tier 3.
* Also,
Their Morals and Ours is one of Trotsky's best essays. It's definitely something to be aware of, but it also doesn't have a whole lot of import to political practice and what makes Trotskyism different from ML etc., so I'm not sure whether it deserves to be on the list.
Finally, I'll ask one more time: Why so much Daniel De Leon? He has a tiny but devoted cult following, but his impact on American socialism (let alone worldwide socialism) was negligible, and on top of that he really isn't that "orthodox" at all. If you must have an American socialist in there I'd recommend Louis B. Boudin's
Theoretical System of Karl Marx instead, which
did make a big impact in Europe as an orthodox survey of Marx's Capital.
what are the essential books about Stalin that debunk all the lies about him
>>2545763Anarchism is for edgy teen that want to smoke pot without mommy and dad say something against, or for older pedos that doesn't like the state laws against fondling children. COPE and SEETHE, anarkiddie.
(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) >>2548586None, because you want glazzing of Stalin, not the truth about him government.
>>2549029ok the truth about his goverment then
>>2549053>>2549053"everyday stalinism" it's a book about stalinism from the view of daily life
High quality thread
>>2548586Losurdo is the thinking ML’s Grover Furr
Anons I need your help. It seems to me years ago I saw a quote from Marx which was something like "Das volk allein ist das Konkretum" (the people only is concrete). But I cannot find anything on Google, so I must be getting the quote wrong.
Can anyone help me find the real/correct quote or did it never exist and I'm hallucinating?
flood detected post discarded fuck you buggy piece of shit website
>>2554825>>2555336 (me)
Nevermind, here it is:
>Als wäre nicht das Volk der wirkliche Staat. Der Staat ist ein Abstraktum. Das Volk allein ist das Konkretum.http://www.zeno.org/Philosophie/M/Marx,+Karl/Zur+Kritik+der+Hegelschen+Rechtsphilosophie >>2555347And in English:
>As though the people [das Volk] were not the real state. The state is an abstraction; the people alone is the concrete.https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1843/critique-hpr/ch02.htm >reading guide thread
100000 I.Q thread
>>2556068There are hundreds if not thousands of communist books to read. Guides on where to start or what to read for a specific questions is highly helpful.
>>2556111Bro, you got me wrong, I wasn't make fun of it, I think is a great thread actually a genuine high quality high I.Q thread
Does anyone have "obscure" theory to recommend? Not well know thinkers, I discover a japanese marxist called Kozo Uno, his work seem arcane as fuck, some high level hegelian-marxist economics synthesis.
Any good obscure thinker that you think could be more famous around here?
>>2578051Andrew R. Gallimore with the book Reality Switch Technologies
>>2543514Comrades, any guides to help organize a strike?
Lenin's Teachings on the Party [Organizational Foundations of Bolshevism] (1924)
________
Author: Vl. Sorin
Publisher: Moskovsky rabochy
Genre: #History , #political science , #art
Format: DJVU
Quality: Good scan
Illustrations: No illustrations
Pages: 257
Language: Russian
Year of publication: 1924
________
Description:
This brochure presents only a brief outline, or rather a summary, of Lenin's organizational teaching. The exposition cannot be called complete (far from all issues are covered), nor even (some issues are touched upon briefly, others in greater detail), nor literary. Here, only the most general outline of the Bolshevik understanding of the party and party spirit is presented. A thorough exploration of the immense wealth of organizational ideas of Lenin and the Bolsheviks will be necessary before the reader can be offered a comprehensive exposition of the Leninist or Bolshevik teachings on the party of the proletariat. Such work requires considerable time. Meanwhile, time is of the essence. It is impossible to educate newcomers (and not only newcomers) in the spirit of Leninism without devoting maximum attention to their assimilation of Lenin's organizational ideas. Giving the Leninist Appeal a proper understanding of the Party and Party spirit is perhaps one of the most important, if not the most important, tasks of intra-Party propaganda. Based on these considerations, we felt justified in offering a genuine outline of Lenin's teachings on the Party to the attention of broad Party circles. This brochure aims to promote Leninism primarily among new Party members. We consider excerpts from Lenin to be the most important part of the brochure.
Before reading this brochure, the reader should take into account the following three points.
First, a preliminary acquaintance with Comrade Zinoviev's "History of the Party" is absolutely necessary.
Second, the important and complex question of consciousness (and spontaneity) is presented in roughly the same stark formulation as Lenin's "What Is to Be Done?"
Third. If several excerpts from Lenin, taken from the same work, are cited in sequence, then only the first (highest) excerpt is provided with an indication of the source.
Bonus material:
https://www.whatnextjournal.org.uk/Pages/Back/Wnext12/Lenin.htmlstill making my way through capital vol 1. finally on part c of machinery and large industry. god damn i'm never gonna finish this book
>30 books on how drugs are le good and should be legalized
No, I already saw 2 people becoming schizo after taking drugs for shit and giggles, that shit should kept ilegal.
>>2592022Childish argument, prohibition does not prevent abuse.
>>2592022It wasn't until prohibition started that drug abuse rates began to skyrocket, the fact that you jump on the negatives of generalizing drugs to stgimatize rather than the fact that they have beneficial uses is pretty damning evidence you've been affected by the drug war propaganda, ignoring that certain "drugs" are also used to treat schizophrenia whilst broadly condeming "drugs" can only come to a holistic conclusion of christian science.
Does anybody have a pdf of the new Gabriel Rockhill book?
What do y'all think of the idea that you need to read only half a dozen well-chosen leftist books and then spend the rest of your time reading STEM books.
Do as I say, not as I do. I don't do this myself – I'm a haphazard mess when it comes to reading. But the idea occurred to me when China took a massive dump on burger AI lords. The technical area seems like the best way to shit on big capital these days.
>>2608756>technical areaarena*
>guys we need to do some serious theory heavy reading
>lemme post a photo of a PHYSICAL COPY of the communist manifesto (10 pages) to prove I mean business!
Way to out yourself as pseudo, reddit mod.
No one ever asks what happened to the disappeared children. Here's what. They were taken to the Deep Underground Bases where they were held hostage for adrenachrome extraction and tortured so that their blood has fresh adrenaline in it. So teams of special forces soldiers like the US Navy SEAL David Goggins led missions into the Deep Bases to rescue or neutralize the adrenachrome slaves (put them out of their misery as they had become like rabid zombies due to years of satanic torture rituals.
https://youtube.com/shorts/K105jsI076Q?si=nPYvMm5FXLTfXDaUNavy SEAL David Goggins and his team returning to base from a rescue operation to save the MK-ULTRA adrenachrome children. "We lost a lot of good men today"
>>2611275>the wageslave rat race doesnt le motivate you? ITS DA WEED!! you are hecking mentally ill, chud!psychiatry is a meme
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Good youtubers to learn theory?
is there a consensus on what are the best Kant translations?
What's some /obscure/ theory books that you think people should read more?
>>2697635afaik there's only one that anyone use anymore, the blue one with the fuckass portrait cover. At least thats what every prof I know uses.
>>2703071Early (sociological) Baudrillard is worth reading, for instance 'The Consumer Society' is very well done even if you can disagree with his post-Marxist takeaway. More recently Tiqqun on cybernetics isn't so bad. Very recently, 'Where does a body begin?' was short and quite clear. I'm not sure what counts as obscure. From that same press, I've heard 'exocapitalism' is pretty good but haven't had a chance to look at it yet. I quite like Ellul as well, that's somewhat obscure I suppose. Yuk Hui is writing some interesting stuff but I wouldn't be sure how to qualify his politics. Probably a lib. Most obscure I can get is Ulysse Malcoeur's "neo-leviathan" monograph which seems now to have been erased from the internet, but which is well thought out and intensely pessimistic. That first run of his press too had another interesting essay called like cyanomaterialism or something I forget. Late Baudrillard is my favorite, but it's hard not to come away from reading it with any sort of hope for the future really.
>>258868020-30 pages a day has you finishing even the longest books in at most 3 months.
>>2706233System of Objects is a good gateway. Tiqqun/Invis Committee is the last word on current theory. Interested that they're still doing 'the body'
>>2706233>>2706233What was the idea of this "new leviathan" idea feom this Ulysses dude? Couldn't find anywhere.
Looking for contemporary work I skimmed while ago that looks at Engels' Origin of Family… in light of recent anthropological research. Anyone know?
>>2707492Paraphasing: Climate change poses a "wicked" problem for states who then have to decide whether to adjust accordingly or fall behind. The facade of moral behaviour drops and we're left with "the politics of the lifeboat" in which states prioritize security to the detriment of all else. A return to the worst excesses of fascism and colonialism, likely without the accompanying rhetoric.
Beside those classic thinkers presented in the list by OP, what's some modern thinkers and author that one should read? Late 20th century to early 21th century author.
>>2751737Steven Lukes, Fanon, Sankara.
>>2765261I fucking hate that McMansion ass suburb with over priced poorly built houses. But it looks
nice and that's all that matters.
What's LeftyPol CONSENSUS on Continental philosophy?
>>2771202Historical dialectics can be considered a form of contintental philosophy. So, outright approval.
>>2773523no it fucking can't
> Throughout the civilised world the teachings of Marx evoke the utmost hostility and hatred of all bourgeois science (both official and liberal), which regards Marxism as a kind of “pernicious sect”. And no other attitude is to be expected, for there can be no “impartial” social science in a society based on class struggle. In one way or another, all official and liberal science defends wage-slavery, whereas Marxism has declared relentless war on that slavery. To expect science to be impartial in a wage-slave society is as foolishly naïve as to expect impartiality from manufacturers on the question of whether workers’ wages ought not to be increased by decreasing the profits of capital.
> But this is not all. The history of philosophy and the history of social science show with perfect clarity that there is nothing resembling “sectarianism” in Marxism, in the sense of its being a hidebound, petrified doctrine, a doctrine which arose away from the high road of the development of world civilisation. On the contrary, the genius of Marx consists precisely in his having furnished answers to questions already raised by the foremost minds of mankind. His doctrine emerged as the direct and immediate continuation of the teachings of the greatest representatives of philosophy, political economy and socialism.
> The Marxist doctrine is omnipotent because it is true. It is comprehensive and harmonious, and provides men with an integral world outlook irreconcilable with any form of superstition, reaction, or defence of bourgeois oppression. It is the legitimate successor to the best that man produced in the nineteenth century, as represented by German philosophy, English political economy and French socialism. engels:
> …modern materialism is essentially dialectic, and no longer needs any philosophy standing above the other sciences…. That which still survives, independently, of all earlier philosophy is the science of thought and its laws — formal logic and dialectics. Everything else is subsumed in the positive science of nature and history.
>>2782250"everything that can be invented has been invented" - some retard in 1899
>>2785697name one invention made after 1899. that's right, you cant.
>>2543514The people you're working with are idiots.
Your boss isn't an idiot he's just evil.
If the bourgeoisie are not slain, you will never be paid for what you provide.
The big trick that is played on mankind is that you grow up around so many good people. People who will treat you well. Your boss is not like this.
When he pays you your below livable wage, that is what you will be paid for the remainder of your stay.
So what if you can do your job faster? Will you get paid more? No you won't. You are paid by the hour. Your boss has done this before. Your boss does not need to pay more. He pays by the hour. Remember this is very important, this exact definition and interpretation is how you will be treated.
If you do make something better and faster he will take what you have provided and give it to someone else. Then he will fire you.
Your boss has taken the wealth from so many smart people before you. You can see it all around the factory. Furthermore he knows when he can't take anymore from you, he's done this before.
He has made many promises that he will never keep.
>>2785697this is pretty clearly not what engels is saying here. he's taking a materialist perspective, not a universal academic perspective; he's vindicated by the fact any attempt to create a "post-marxist" materialism has generally resulted in the creation of more Idealism, usually negated in the next historical instance
>>2788550Not sure what you mean by "post-marxist" but,
Nearly all of Debord's predictions of how every human interaction would be monetized and replaced with a screen have come true.
The Matrix chat invites don't work, when you click on them it claims the server is set to private
>>2543514what is the pic of the guy holdng book from? sorry esl
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