Which communist reading should I read 1st?

[RED RAGE]

Can anyone tell me what would be a good Communist book or reading to read 1st for some1 who hasnt read up much on other Communist theories by others. Please help me out, cheers.
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[Spiteful]

First, you should read books about capitalism so you can get a growing hatred toward it. Then move on to commie books.

[Anonymous]

read "a letter to the proletariat" by Marx

[Pete]

the communist manifesto. man and socialism in cuba. that is the extent of my theory reading. most is just hating capitalism and liking people in gerneal. yes my punctation sucks. i am getting over smoking a cigar while being sick because of my asthma.

[chamo]

See if you can get "A beginners guide to capitalism" It mocks capitalism and is very satirically funny.

[Kez]

State and Revolution - Lenin (Essential)
Imperialism the highest stage of Capitalism - Lenin
The Teachings of Marx - Lenin (Essential)
Stalin - Trotsky
Left Wing Communism - Lenin
Communist Manifesto - Marx (Essential)
Private property, Family [not sure about title] - Engels (Essential)

[RED RAGE]

Thanks, but can any of you give me any webpage addresses where I can get these from?

[Just Joe]

if you understand the basic nature of politics and econmomics, the easiest place to start is Marx's 'the demands of the Communist party'. some of his points are only related to 19th century Germany, but you get the idea of what Communists want.

http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works.../1848/03/24.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/03/24.htm)

the go straight into 'the communist manifesto' for a more theoretical and historic approach to class struggle:

http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works...festo/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/index.htm)

for some in depth economic talk, go onto 'Kapital':

http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works...67-c1/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/index.htm)

that shoud keep you going for a while.

[Pete]

The Origins of the Family, Private Property and the State by Frierich Engels (that is the title Kamo was referring to I believe)

[CheViveToday]

You can find most of the books mentioned in this thread here-http://www.leftbooks.com

(Edited by CheViveToday at 10:03 pm on Mar. 2, 2003)

[peaccenicked]

This is probably one of the easiest or coolest ways to get started.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby...684/basics.html (http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/2684/basics.html)

[Wenty]

state and revolution is boring compared to the commie manifesto.

Reading online is good actually, marxists.org is good as suggested.

http://www.marx2mao.org

http://www.marxist.com

both pretty good if your still interested

[hazard]

There is only one book, and thus, there is only one book that should be read.

The Communist Manifesto

[Resorte]

The communist manifesto and Capital by Marx.

[Pete]

Check out the last page of the Reading list, there is a link to a comprehensive list of books.

[praxis1966]

If you want to move through the evolution of communist/socialist idealism start with Manifesto (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451527100/qid=1049076455/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-2318044-7057711), then Hegemony and Revolution (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0520050576/qid=1049076626/sr=12-3/102-2318044-7057711?v=glance&s=books), and if you can get through those Pedagogy of the Oppressed (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0826412769/qid=1049076894/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-2318044-7057711?v=glance&s=books) is also an excellent read.

[praxis1966]

As a matter of fact, I think Pedagogy of the Oppressed is the best of the three, although some of the die hard Marxists on this site might like to burn me at the stake as a heretic for saying that (jk).