Commusist/Socialist Summer Reading - any suggestions

[truthaddict11]

gonna be bored as fuck this summer so i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for books i could read about communism and socialism and how they work more. i would like to get books that i dont have to pay much money for so if you could suggest some books i can get at the library or online for free that would be great

[Nateddi]

I found the Cambridge Companion to Marx at my local library; it seemed as a relatively good marx summary to me.

I just received my autographed copy of Killing Hope by William Blum, I plan on spending the rest of the summer on it.

[suffianr]

Here's a heavy, if you want: Russia At War (1941-1945) by Alexander Werth.

Lots of detail, interviews, personal anecdotes and I think it's a good read because it was written from the perspective of a Russian who wasn't a commie, so you won't find any discrepancies in detail (most official Soviet accounts of WW2 included bloated figures of death tolls and casualties of war; for purely propaganda purposes).

[Supermodel]

I like biographies myself, so go to the library and pick up biographies of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao.

[Bakunjin]

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