Originally posted by
[email protected] 29 2004, 06:48 PM
Hi, I just wanted to intoduce myself to everyone. I'll be hanging out here asking questions to gain more knowledge about Che, Socialism, Marxism-Leninism, etc. I started getting interested about communism when I read about it in history class last year, then I went out and purchased "The Communist Manifesto." The first time reading it was a bit confusing though. I need to pick up some books on Che, any suggestions?
Indeed, the Manifesto is a fairly complicated piece of literature.
For a piece by Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx's "partner in crime", that essentially "cuts the crap of Marxism", to use Redstar2000's words, see The Principles of Communism (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm), from marxists.org.
There's an online archive of Che's writings at the Che Guevara Archive (http://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/index.htm), also from marxists.org.
For a biography on Che, I suggest Che Guevara - A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson. It's a bit thick, but very well written with pretty pictures in the middle.