Basic Reading List

[AdamWebster]

I've read little Leftist works sub Communist Manifesto and numerous leftist Articles, and I was wandering what books I should read to give me a good, broad knowledge on the subject and different revolutionaries perspectives.

[bad ideas actualised by alcohol]

http://www.revleft.com/vb/showthread.php?t=168086
I think you can get something from this thread.

[TrotskistMarx]

Dear friend, sorry that I wrote this article in caps, I just copied and pasted it from a text document i have stored in my computer. I hope you like this array and list of book writters, and philosophers and political scientists. I also included some movies that you can watch to increase the revolutionary passions and emotions, and music groups. Thanks.


ACCORDING TO MY STUDIES OF PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, HISTORY AND THE BIOGRAPHIES OF REVOLUTIONARIES, THESE ARE THE BEST WRITTERS TO TURN YOU INTO A POWERFUL REVOLUTIONARY. SO PLEASE GO TO http://www.amazon.com/, ANOTHER GOOD PLACE FOR FREE WHOLE BOOKS FROM THESE PHILOSOPHERS IS http://www.marxists.org

SO BUY ALL THE BOOKS WRITTEN BY THESE WRITTERS: KARL MARX, VLADIMIR LENIN, JOSEPH STALIN, MAO TSE TUNG, NICHOLAS MACHIAVELLI, FREDRICH NIETZSCHE (BUY ALL HIS BOOKS, THE PHILOSOPHER OF THE SUPERMAN, VERY IMPORTANT), PLATO, ARISTOTLE, HEGEL, LUDWIG FEUERBACH, LEON TROTSKY, THUCYDIDES, MONTESQUIEU, LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, BLAISE PASCAL, HOMER, MICHAEL FOUCAULT, SWIFT, LESSING, MIRABEAU, GALIANI, FRANZ KAFKA, ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER, HERDER, DOSTOYESVKY, HOMER, HUME, SPINOZA, VICTOR HUGO, KANT, ROUSSEAU, JACK KEROUACK, VOLTAIRE, SPINOZA, LESAGE, REGNARD, DANCOURT, GALIANI, GOETHE, PROSPER MERIMEE, ARTHUR RIMBAUD, ANTHONY ARTAUD, MONTAIGNE, GUSTAVE FLABUERT, BERKELEY, WITTINGSTEIN, JOSE INGENIEROS, MIGUEL UNAMUNOS, FERNANDO SAVATER, JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET, LOPE DE VEGA, HABERMAS, MARCUSE, JULIAN JAYNES, DERRIDA, THEODOR ADORNO, DELEUZE, ALBERT CAMUS, ALDOUS HUXLEY, CARL JUNG, WILLIAM BLAKE, WILLIAM JAMES, ALLEN GINGSBERG, MICHAEL MCCLURE, HENRY DAVID THOREAU, HERDEGGER, MONTAIGNE, THOMAS PAYNE, EDGAR ALLAN POE, OSCAR WILDE, HENRY MILLER, RALPH WALDO EMERSON, JOHN STEINBECK, CHARLES BAUDELIERE, EDUARDO GALEANO, WILLIAM SHAKESPERE, GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ, OCTAVIO PAZ, MIGUEL CERVANTES, FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA, FRANCISCO DE QUEVEDO, GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUES

HERE IS ANOTHER LIST OF BOOK-WRITTERS THAT YOU MIGHT FIND IN http://www.marxists.org AND http://marxists.org/archive/selected-marxists.htm OR BUY THEM FROM http://www.amazon.com/ Karl Marx, Fredrich Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Tse Tung, Trotsky, Allan Maass, Gramsci, Karl Kautsky, Daniel Deleon, Clara Zetkin, James Connolly, Rosa Luxemburg, Alexandra Kollontai, Georg Lukács, Karl Korsch, José Carlos Mariátegui, CLR James, Ted Grant, Sam Marcy, Tom Engelhardt, Bob Avakian, Fred Goldstein, Chris Hedges, Michael Parenti, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, George Padmore, Hal Draper, Paul Mattick, Paul Lafargue, Paul Craig Roberts, James Petras, Joe Bageant

BUY THE BIOGRAPHIES OF: THOMAS PAYNE, VLADIMIR LENIN, BUENAVENTURA DURRUTI, PATRICK HENRY, HUGO CHAVEZ (WRITTEN BY ALEYDA GUEVARA, CHE GUEVARA'S DAUGHTER), CHE GUEVARA, FIDEL CASTRO, GEORGE WASHINGTON, THOMAS JEFFERSON, JFK, MALCOM X, FRED HAMPTON, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JIM MORRISON, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, EUGENE DEBS.

AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC OF: ICE T, MOLOTOV, MOLOTOV U.K.S, TOOL, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, TRACEY CHAPMAN, MELVINS, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, SUBHUMANS, THE SEX PISTOLS, NIRVANA, THE DOORS, THE WHO, PINK FLOYD, JIMMY HENDRIX, SNOOP DOGGY DOG, SILVIO RODRIGUEZ, ALI PRIMERA, SOUNDGARDEN, JANES ADDICTION, NINE INCH NAILS, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, ALICE IN CHAINS, COLLECTIVE SOUL, DINOSAUR JR., OUR LADY PEACE, AFGHAN WHIGS, U2, THE POLICE, STING, GENESIS, GREEN DAY, PUNK ROCK, AND VERY REBELLIOUS MUSIC IN ORDER TO ELEVATE THE REVOLUTIONARY INSTINCTS AND WILL TO POWER IN ORDER TO DESTROY THE CAPITALIST CLASS !!

AND WATCH THE FOLLOWING MOVIES: THE MATRIX TRILOGY, LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY, THE HOBBIT, ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES, ROBIN HOOD 2010, KING ARTHUR, BRAVEHEART, CHE GUEVARA WITH BENICIO DEL TORO, GLADIATOR

THESE REALIST THINKERS, PHILOSOPHERS, MUSICIANS AND MOVIES WILL GIVE LEFTISTS, PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISTS THE NECESSARY EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL POWER NEEDED IN ORDER TO DESTROY AND OVERTHROW THE UNFAIR OLIGARCHIC CAPITALIST SYSTEM . BECAUSE AS NIETZSCHE SAID: "AS A TOOL OF POWER WORKS KNOWLEDGE, A REALITY THAT GROWS AS POWER GROWS"

HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH YOUR READING AND WITH THE LIST OF REVOLUTIONARY MARXIST MUSIC LIKE TOOL AND RAGE AGAINST THE CAPITALIST MACHINE !!





I've read little Leftist works sub Communist Manifesto and numerous leftist Articles, and I was wandering what books I should read to give me a good, broad knowledge on the subject and different revolutionaries perspectives.

[o well this is ok I guess]

Well, the "my favourite authors" list above aside....
Straight up, you're fucked if you don't read Marx's complete works. Marxism has been a pretty big thing, so there's a lot of stuff that plain doesn't make sense unless you've given Capital and shit a go. Man fucking everyone needs to fucking reference Marx in their fucking preface for some reason fuck.

[Per Levy]

SO BUY ALL THE BOOKS WRITTEN BY THESE WRITTERS: KARL MARX, VLADIMIR LENIN, JOSEPH STALIN, MAO TSE TUNG, NICHOLAS MACHIAVELLI, FREDRICH NIETZSCHE (BUY ALL HIS BOOKS, THE PHILOSOPHER OF THE SUPERMAN, VERY IMPORTANT), PLATO, ARISTOTLE, HEGEL, LUDWIG FEUERBACH, LEON TROTSKY, THUCYDIDES, MONTESQUIEU, LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, BLAISE PASCAL, HOMER, MICHAEL FOUCAULT, SWIFT, LESSING, MIRABEAU, GALIANI, FRANZ KAFKA, ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER, HERDER, DOSTOYESVKY, HOMER, HUME, SPINOZA, VICTOR HUGO, KANT, ROUSSEAU, JACK KEROUACK, VOLTAIRE, SPINOZA, LESAGE, REGNARD, DANCOURT, GALIANI, GOETHE, PROSPER MERIMEE, ARTHUR RIMBAUD, ANTHONY ARTAUD, MONTAIGNE, GUSTAVE FLABUERT, BERKELEY, WITTINGSTEIN, JOSE INGENIEROS, MIGUEL UNAMUNOS, FERNANDO SAVATER, JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET, LOPE DE VEGA, HABERMAS, MARCUSE, JULIAN JAYNES, DERRIDA, THEODOR ADORNO, DELEUZE, ALBERT CAMUS, ALDOUS HUXLEY, CARL JUNG, WILLIAM BLAKE, WILLIAM JAMES, ALLEN GINGSBERG, MICHAEL MCCLURE, HENRY DAVID THOREAU, HERDEGGER, MONTAIGNE, THOMAS PAYNE, EDGAR ALLAN POE, OSCAR WILDE, HENRY MILLER, RALPH WALDO EMERSON, JOHN STEINBECK, CHARLES BAUDELIERE, EDUARDO GALEANO, WILLIAM SHAKESPERE, GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ, OCTAVIO PAZ, MIGUEL CERVANTES, FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA, FRANCISCO DE QUEVEDO, GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUES and all the other stuff

yeah if he would buy all the stuff from all of these people then he would be poor if he wasnt that before allready, and amazon is probally happy for your little advertisment. not to mention that he asked for a "basic" reading list and not a "you should listen to this" list.


I've read little Leftist works sub Communist Manifesto and numerous leftist Articles, and I was wandering what books I should read to give me a good, broad knowledge on the subject and different revolutionaries perspectives.

if you want some stuff that is relativly easy to read i'd say "abc of communism" by nikolai bucharin, "Wage Labour and Capital" by marx, "State and Revolution" by lenin there is of course much much more and much more leftist thought that wasnt even touched on, but these 3 works wont kill you thats for sure and give youo at least somewhat of a start.

[Per Levy]

AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC OF: ICE T, MOLOTOV, MOLOTOV U.K.S, TOOL, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, TRACEY CHAPMAN, MELVINS, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, SUBHUMANS, THE SEX PISTOLS, NIRVANA, THE DOORS, THE WHO, PINK FLOYD, JIMMY HENDRIX, SNOOP DOGGY DOG, SILVIO RODRIGUEZ, ALI PRIMERA, SOUNDGARDEN, JANES ADDICTION, NINE INCH NAILS, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, ALICE IN CHAINS, COLLECTIVE SOUL, DINOSAUR JR., OUR LADY PEACE, AFGHAN WHIGS, U2, THE POLICE, STING, GENESIS, GREEN DAY, PUNK ROCK, AND VERY REBELLIOUS MUSIC IN ORDER TO ELEVATE THE REVOLUTIONARY INSTINCTS AND WILL TO POWER IN ORDER TO DESTROY THE CAPITALIST CLASS !!

mmh no mayhem or darkthrone, lame. btw are you fucking serious?


AND WATCH THE FOLLOWING MOVIES: THE MATRIX TRILOGY, LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY, THE HOBBIT, ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES, ROBIN HOOD 2010, KING ARTHUR, BRAVEHEART, CHE GUEVARA WITH BENICIO DEL TORO, GLADIATOR

wow, matrix trilogy, really? the first one ok, worth a watch but the other 2 are garbage. also how is he supposed to watch "the hobbit" when its not even out and still in the makeing? troll harder next time.

[Die Neue Zeit]

I've read little Leftist works sub Communist Manifesto and numerous leftist Articles, and I was wandering what books I should read to give me a good, broad knowledge on the subject and different revolutionaries perspectives.

Try this:

http://radicalebooks.blogspot.com/2009/07/revolutionary-strategy-by-mike-mcnair.html (see the Mirrors there)

http://www.revleft.com/vb/group.php?groupid=205 (book reproduced here)

[Ostrinski]

Essential Writings of Karl Marx
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Writings-Karl-Marx-Philosophic/dp/1934941867/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330756149&sr=1-1

Essential Writings of Friedrich Engels
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Writings-Friedrich-Engels-Scientific/dp/1610010035/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330756168&sr=1-1

Rosa Luxemburg Speaks
http://www.amazon.com/Rosa-Luxemburg-Speaks/dp/0873481461/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330756100&sr=1-1

Essential Works of Lenin
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Works-Lenin-Other-Writings/dp/0486253333/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330756126&sr=1-1

These are practical.

[TrotskistMarx]

hahaha, indeed I forgot that The Hobbit movie is not out yet, haha



mmh no mayhem or darkthrone, lame. btw are you fucking serious?



wow, matrix trilogy, really? the first one ok, worth a watch but the other 2 are garbage. also how is he supposed to watch "the hobbit" when its not even out and still in the makeing? troll harder next time.

[TrotskistMarx]

Brospierre: I think that there also articles in the internet about introductions to socialism, and introduction to marxism. I think Alan Maass from http://www.socialistworker.org has a book called "The Case for Socialism", and other books as introductions to marxism and socialism. Thanks




Essential Writings of Karl Marx
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Writings-Karl-Marx-Philosophic/dp/1934941867/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330756149&sr=1-1

Essential Writings of Friedrich Engels
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Writings-Friedrich-Engels-Scientific/dp/1610010035/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330756168&sr=1-1

Rosa Luxemburg Speaks
http://www.amazon.com/Rosa-Luxemburg-Speaks/dp/0873481461/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330756100&sr=1-1

Essential Works of Lenin
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Works-Lenin-Other-Writings/dp/0486253333/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330756126&sr=1-1

These are practical.

[Drowzy_Shooter]

needs more kropotkin

[Ostrinski]

needs more kropotkinCouldn't have suggested any yourself, I see. I'll do the honors then.

Mutual Aid
http://www.amazon.com/Mutual-Aid-Evolution-Classic-Reprint/dp/1440051801/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330759602&sr=1-1

The Conquest of Bread
http://www.amazon.com/Conquest-History-Political-Social-Science/dp/0486478505/ref=wl_it_dp_o_npd?ie=UTF8&coliid=I132P7SSP5OJRH&colid=23KFET23M5JI1

[daft punk]

http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/books_pamphlets/The_Case_for_Socialism


The Case for Socialism

The case for socialism (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/books_pamphlets/The_Case_for_Socialism/1)
The Socialist Party's demands include: (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/books_pamphlets/The_Case_for_Socialism/2)
Capitalists in crisis (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/books_pamphlets/The_Case_for_Socialism/3)
Marx was right (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/books_pamphlets/The_Case_for_Socialism/4)
Keynes revisited? (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/books_pamphlets/The_Case_for_Socialism/5)
A global crisis, and the particular crisis in Britain (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/books_pamphlets/The_Case_for_Socialism/6)
Young people (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/books_pamphlets/The_Case_for_Socialism/7)
Pensions (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/books_pamphlets/The_Case_for_Socialism/8)
Public services (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/books_pamphlets/The_Case_for_Socialism/9)
Unemployment and the working week (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/books_pamphlets/The_Case_for_Socialism/10)
The socialist alternative (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/books_pamphlets/The_Case_for_Socialism/11)
Time for a new mass workers' party (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/books_pamphlets/The_Case_for_Socialism/12)
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The case for socialism



By Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary

[daft punk]

a socialist world is possible


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introduction to the 30th anniversary edition of the history of the cwi

by Peter Taaffe

preface (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p00.html)
introduction (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p01.html)
Greenspan declares triumph of "market economies" (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p02.html)
big movements of peoples (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p03.html)
first stages of global revolt (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p04.html)
the 'internationals' (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p05.html)
scottish socialist party (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p06.html)
abandonment of marxist position (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p07.html)
united secretariat of the fourth international (USFI) (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p08.html)
trotsky and the revolutionary party (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p09.html)
the permanent revolution (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p10.html)
china, yugoslavia and cuba (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p11.html)
lost opportunities in france (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p12.html)
the revolutionary party today (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p13.html)
the transitional programme (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p14.html)
SWP’s electoralism (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p15.html)
marxists in broad formations (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p16.html)
democracy and the party (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p17.html)
SWP’s reformism (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p18.html)
'morenoite' tendencies (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p19.html)
an international or a "post box"? (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p20.html)
class collaborationism in brazil (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p21.html)
revolutionary events impending (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p22.html)
references (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p23.html)
postscript: building the cwi (1998-2004) (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p24.html)
glossary (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p25.html)

contents - back - next (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/history2/p00.html)
home (http://www.socialistworld.net/index.html) - publications (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/pubs.html)

[daft punk]

Cuba: Socialism and Democracy

http://www.socialistworld.net/img/20110117Grafik2541504042004472392.jpg
by Peter Taaffe

acknowledgements (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/Cuba/cuacknow.html)
introduction (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/Cuba/cuintro.html)
cuba today (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/Cuba/cu1.html)
lenin and castro (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/Cuba/cu2.html)
world balance of forces (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/Cuba/cu3.html)
a privileged elite? (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/Cuba/cu4.html)
foreign policy (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/Cuba/cu5.html)
cuba's future (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/Cuba/cu6.html)

appendix:
1) the cuban revolution (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/Cuba/cuapp1.html)
2) power in the hands of the elite (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/Cuba/cuapp2.html)
3) for a socialist caribbean (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/Cuba/cuapp3.html)
references (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/Cuba/curef.html)
bibliography (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/Cuba/cubibliog.html)

contents - back - next (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/Cuba/cuacknow.html)
home (http://www.socialistworld.net/index.html) - publications (http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/pubs.html)

[daft punk]

http://marxist.net/
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http://www.marxism.org.uk/

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Introducing Marxism


http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/cover100.gif
1. Introduction (http://www.marxism.org.uk/pack/intro.html)
2. A different Outlook: Marxist Philosophy. (http://www.marxism.org.uk/pack/dialetics.html)
3. Capitalism's big con: Understanding Marxist economics (http://www.marxism.org.uk/pack/economics.html)
4. What is the State? (http://www.marxism.org.uk/pack/state.html)
5. More than just kings and queens – the Marxist view of history (http://www.marxism.org.uk/pack/history.html)
6. Changing the world: The Role Of A Revolutionary Party (http://www.marxism.org.uk/pack/party.html)

On the Socialist Party (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/) website

Lenin: The Historic Service Of Marx And Engels (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/WhatIsMarxism.htm#article1) and

Lenin: The Three Sources And Three Component Parts Of Marxism
Marx: Marxist view of the development of human society
Engels: The materialist conception of history
The "division of labour"
The "economic conditions"
Lenin: The Historical Destiny Of The Teaching Of Karl Marx (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/WhatIsMarxism2.htm#article7) and

Lenin: On The Theory Of Marxism
Trotsky: The Philosophy of Marxism: dialectical materialism

Marxism (http://www.marxist.net/)on Marxist.net (http://www.marxist.net/)

http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/marx50.jpg (http://www.marxist.net/marx/index.html)Karl Marx
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifThe Communist Manifesto (http://www.marxist.net/marx/index.html)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifMarxist view of the development of human society (http://www.marxist.net/marx/w2frame.htm?WhatIsMarxism3.htm)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/engels50.jpg (http://www.marxist.net/marx/w2frame.htm?WhatIsMarxism3.htm#article4)Frederick Engels
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifThe materialist conception of history (http://www.marxist.net/marx/w2frame.htm?WhatIsMarxism3.htm#article4)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifThe "division of labour" (http://www.marxist.net/marx/w2frame.htm?WhatIsMarxism3.htm#article5)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifThe "economic conditions" (http://www.marxist.net/marx/w2frame.htm?WhatIsMarxism3.htm#article6)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/lenin50.jpg (http://www.marxist.net/lenin/staterev/index.html)Vladimir Lenin
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifThe State and Revolution (http://www.marxist.net/lenin/staterev/index.html)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifThe Historic Service Of Marx And Engels (http://www.marxist.net/marx/w2frame.htm?WhatIsMarxism.htm#article1)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifThe Three Sources And Three Component Parts Of Marxism (http://www.marxist.net/marx/w2frame.htm?WhatIsMarxism.htm#article2)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifThe Historical Destiny Of The Teaching Of Karl Marx (http://www.marxist.net/marx/w2frame.htm?WhatIsMarxism2.htm)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifOn The Theory Of Marxism (http://www.marxist.net/marx/w2frame.htm?WhatIsMarxism2.htm#article8)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/trotsky50.jpg (http://www.marxist.net/trotsky/russia/index.html)Leon Trotsky
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifIn Defence of October (http://www.marxist.net/trotsky/russia/index.html)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifStalinism and Bolshevism (http://www.marxist.net/trotsky/russia/r2frame.htm?stalin.html)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifLessons of October (http://www.marxist.net/trotsky/russia/r2frame.htm?lessons.htm)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifThe Class, The Party and the Leadership (http://www.marxist.net/trotsky/cpl/index.html)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifTransitional Programme (http://www.marxist.net/trotsky/programme/index.html)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifThe ABC Of Dialectical Materialism (http://www.marxist.net/marx/w2frame.htm?WhatIsMarxism4.htm)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifMarxism and Individual Terrorism (http://www.marxist.net/trotsky/t2frame.htm?againstterror2.htm#T1)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifLeon Trotsky’s Assassination (http://www.marxist.net/trotsky/life/life.htm)

http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/connolly.jpg (http://www.marxist.net/ireland/connolly/socialism/index.html)James Connolly
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifSocialism Made Easy (http://www.marxist.net/ireland/connolly/socialism/index.html)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifThe Friends of Small Nationalities (http://www.marxist.net/ireland/connolly/connelly1914.htm)
http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifLabour in Irish History (http://www.marxist.net/ireland/connolly/labour/index.html)
Also see

Socialism (http://www.socialism.org.uk/) on What is Socialism? (http://www.socialism.org.uk/) website

http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/splogoredround.gif (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/)

[daft punk]

all links clickable so feel free to dip in here and there and browse around. The introducing Marxism thing is a good starting point to get to grips with actual Marxism. It explains the core theory - dialectical materialism.

Another good one on that is http://www.marxism.org.uk/images/triangle.gifThe ABC Of Dialectical Materialism (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.marxist.net/marx/w2frame.htm?WhatIsMarxism4.htm)

[Aurora]

Eh, i'm a former member of the CWI and i hope to be a member again soon but really that sort of advertising isn't called for, it makes this thread ugly to read and if everyone did this the site would be unreadable.
I'd be pretty annoyed if an SWPer filled a thread with Harman, Callinicos or Cliff books ya know what i mean?

[robbo203]

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Sod it. Lets join in the fun and offer a real socialist alternative to reformist offerings provided by our over enthusiastic SPEW spammer

http://solfed.org.uk/ (http://marxist.net/)
[url]http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/
http://worldincommon.org/
http://www.libertariancommunist.org/
http://libcom.org/
http://www.freedompress.org.uk/news/
http://lib-com.blogspot.com/
http://www.spacesofhope.org/

There's many more where that come from, but thats enough to get going on with ;)

[daft punk]

Eh, i'm a former member of the CWI and i hope to be a member again soon but really that sort of advertising isn't called for, it makes this thread ugly to read and if everyone did this the site would be unreadable.
I'd be pretty annoyed if an SWPer filled a thread with Harman, Callinicos or Cliff books ya know what i mean?

er, I dunno comrade

http://socialistparty.net/images/stories/join%20icon.jpg (http://socialistparty.net/home/join)

[daft punk]

Sod it. Lets join in the fun and offer a real socialist alternative to reformist offerings provided by our over enthusiastic SPEW spammer

http://solfed.org.uk/
http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/
http://worldincommon.org/
http://www.libertariancommunist.org/
http://libcom.org/
http://www.freedompress.org.uk/news/
http://lib-com.blogspot.com/
http://www.spacesofhope.org/

There's many more where that come from, but thats enough to get going on with ;)


You missed out

http://infoshop.org/page/AnAnarchistFAQ

ANARCHIST FAQ

I still fail to see why you think the CWI is reformist. Maybe you should start a thread explaining your views and how they differ from the CWI's supposed reformism. Don't do it here.

[AdamWebster]

Ok thanks for the help, I'll head to the library today and seems I'll be checking out quite a few books :P
Definately will be getting Lenins work, as well as Das Kapital. May delve into Trotsky as well, but Stalinism and Maoism don't really seem ideal to me, so I may skip on them.
Once again, Thanks :D

[daft punk]

you can read it all online. marxists.org

[GoddessCleoLover]

For the basics, one could start with The Communist Manifesto and The ABCs of Communism by Nikolai Bukharin and Evgen Preobrazhensky. The next step would be to begin to come to grips with Capital (Marx, of course). I strongly recommend watching a series of lectures available on line by Professor David Harvey as an adjunct to any foray into reading Capital.

[Gold Against The Soul]

Sod it. Lets join in the fun and offer a real socialist alternative to reformist offerings provided by our over enthusiastic SPEW spammer

Not reformist, just not very effective. Stalls, paper sales, petitions (not sent anywhere, just to get contacts), intervening in struggle (read: opportunities for recruitment) and losing deposits in places where the groundwork simply hasn't been done. In an age when the working class have lost faith in socialism, this is a sure fire way to get nowhere very fast.

[daft punk]

Exactly, spam and education.

[Gold Against The Soul]

Exactly, spam and education.

Yep, sub-Jehovah-Witness, with about as much interest from the working class! :)

[Domela Nieuwenhuis]

Noone interested in some communism 101?

Maybe Plato's The republic?
Or Thomas More's Utopia?