recommend me some books

[che_phoenix]

the only books i can think of are the communist manafesto, motorcycle diaries (pretty much any che book)

any other that i should read to broaden my understanding of my leftist side?

[Pawn Power]

Well, if you are a beginner I would start with The Principles of Communism (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm) by Frederick Engels.
Also try this (http://www.revolutionaryleft.com/index.php?showtopic=5983), Malte has made links for a Beginners Guide.
For a great modern day perspective read RedStar2000, here (http://redstar2000papers.fightcapitalism.net/)

those are not realy books, but various readings

[Saint-Just]

I do not think it is really worth reading the motorcycle diaries. Read Che's Man and Socialism. And read Quotations from the Chairman Mao Zedong

[In Search of True Thinkers]

While the man is not a total leftist I find Noam Chomsky's works to be quite enlightening, and they pertain to recent times. You can start with Hegemony or Survival or for a short and consise read try Meadia Control.

[RhetoricalAbsurdity]

Originally posted by In Search of True [email protected] 7 2005, 12:40 AM
While the man is not a total leftist I find Noam Chomsky's works to be quite enlightening, and they pertain to recent times. You can start with Hegemony or Survival or for a short and consise read try Meadia Control.
I was just going to suggest him. I'm currently reading Power and Terror, a collection of his speeches and interviews, and the man is brilliant.

[Kez]

Aye chomsky sometimes makes decent arguments against capitalism, which is good to know when in a debate or discussion, unfortunately his alternative to capitalism and the methods for it are much flawed, however, as i said his arguments against capitalism are decent

[che_phoenix]

i went to go buy man and socialism, and they say its not printing anymore


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[Bolshevist]

It is here: http://tinyurl.com/56fad

[king Royale]

The Zapatista Reader-Mark Hayden
Shadows of Tender Fury-Subcommandante Marcos
The Huey P. Newton Reader

[robb226]

If you want to have doubts about faith read, The Future of an Illusion by Freud. I personally don't care for him too much, but this book basically explains how religion is and always will be central to human ideas just because we are always trying to tell ourselves that there is meaning to life and that we will be rewarded later.

[Tycoon4aLL]

Read Das Kapital by Karl Marx , last couple of chapters where finished by Endels after Marx died.

[S.J.]

Try Brave New World Aldous Huxley, The Revolution Betrayed Leo Trotsky and Breakfast Of Champions Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The latter is just something a little lighter, enjoy.

[Maynard]

It really depends on what you are interested in..with Marx, I wouldn't start with Capital, a book like the Marx-Engels Reader is a good place to start instead.




While the man is not a total leftist I find Noam Chomsky's works to be quite enlightening
I'm not sure exactly what you define as a total leftist but Chomsky is a Anarcho- syndicalist. I would defiantly seek out some Chomsky, Understanding Power may be a good place to start. As for Che Guevara, I think the best book would be the Che Guevara reader, because of its wide range.

[Elmo]

Read "who moved my cheese"....absolutley NOTHING to do with communism or politics, the fun thing is it has nothing to do with cheese either....

[Raisa]

Originally posted by [email protected] 3 2005, 12:44 AM
the only books i can think of are the communist manafesto, motorcycle diaries (pretty much any che book)

any other that i should read to broaden my understanding of my leftist side?
A very good book to read is "The Black Panthers Speak" by Philip S. Phoner.
It has alot of essays and writings from various Black Panthers, and it talks about class struggle and such in modern America. It is not a very hard book to read.
Check that out!

[anarchocommie]

Being an anti authoritarian my favorite books list usualy consist of Noam Chomsky-Understanding Power..and Alex Berkman-what Is Anarchism?....two books I am saving up for myself is Workers Councils by Anton Pannekoak and Anarcho-Syndicalism Theory in Practice by Rudolf Rocker..and yet two others that are not yet published will be so Im anticipating is chomsky on Anarchism and a Print version of the anarchist faq..all above titles available from..or will be available from www.akpress.org I also like A Peoples History Of the United states...and a great che biography is the one by Jon Lee Anderson.

[SonofRage]

Daniel Guerin's Anarchism: From Theory to Practice is better than Berkman's book as an intro, but I own both so either would be good. I'd also recommend Kropotkin's Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution and Reading Capital Politically by Harry Cleaver

[octovia]

teenage liberation handbook

[EMS]

George Orwell 1984 and animal farm(widely misinterpreted in the west as anti-communist, when in fact orwell was just anti-authoritarian)

[Rage Against the Right]

Find some old Howard Zinn, his new stuff is sort of cracked out and senial.

[trex]

read 1984. In order to become a communist, you must.

And the DaVinci code. It looks like communism clashes with religion.

Demons&Angels is a good read, too.