advise me

[darth_revan]

Yeah, can anyone advise me one? i havent read a book about communism yet (im using sites now).

[Urban Guerrilla]

The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
:hammer:

[Led Zeppelin]

Great article by Lenin: The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/mar/x01.htm).

[Axel1917]

Well, I would recommend getting works of Marx and Engels via means of the Marx-Engels Collected Works from Progress Publishers. It is a 50 volume set, and you get a good deal of works in each volume. I think that the volumes average around $25.00 apiece. See http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/cw/index.htm for what those volumes contain.

I will note that a lot of complete books can be read online at http://www.marxists.org

It is hard to recommend just one book. There are many to choose from, and many that need to be read to get an understanding of Marxism.

As previously mentioned, the Communist Manifesto is a good place to start.

Try some of these works:

http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/sw/index.htm

For an understanding of the transistion to socialism and to communism, how the state is abolished, etc, I would recommend Lenin's The State and Revolution.

Progress Publishers also put forth a Lenin Collected Works, I believe in 47 volumes; 45 volumes being the works, and #46 and #47 being indexes. The articles themselves are fine, but there may be a Stalinist footnote here and there. These works can be a bit hard to find, as they were printed from the 1960's to late 1970's, but I think that they are a good way to acuquire Lenin's works for a lower price.

[barret]

http://www.marx2mao.com has many complete speaches, books, essays, etc that are related to communism.

[ComradeOm]

I actually started off with "Dynamics of Social Change" by International Publishers. Its a overview of Marxist theory that gives an introduction to most major concepts before using extracts from the various writings of Marx, Engels and Lenin to explain them in their words. Its a good way to get an overall grasp of the concepts involved.

[OleMarxco]

I suggest reading everything by Rosa Luxembourg and perhaps Proudhon (on Marxists.org, first and foremost the most reliable source) and avoiding anything with the name "Stalin", "Lenin" or, to a lesser degree, "Trotsky", in it ;)

And of course, Marx and Engels.

[darth_revan]

if mods allow, can anyone send me ebooks or torrents of ebooks? [email protected]

[Forward Union]

Originally posted by [email protected] 6 2005, 06:55 PM
I suggest reading everything by Rosa Luxembourg and perhaps Proudhon (on Marxists.org, first and foremost the most reliable source) and avoiding anything with the name "Stalin", "Lenin" or, to a lesser degree, "Trotsky", in it ;)

And of course, Marx and Engels.
Best suggestiosn yet.

[violencia.Proletariat]

check out conquest of bread by peter kropotkin

[tunes]

I started on The Principles of Communism (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm) by Engels. Great place to start.

[enigma2517]

Now and After: The ABC of Communist Anarchism by Alexander Berkman.

Really easy read but thought provoking at the same time.

Available in full here

http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archi...whatis_toc.html (http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/bright/berkman/comanarchism/whatis_toc.html)

[The Garbage Disposal Unit]

INTRODUCING MARX (http://www.iconbooks.co.uk/cov.cfm?isbn=1-84046-055-5)

This book is an absolute must-read for young revolutionists of every stripe.

ANARCHY: An Anthology Of Emma Goldman's Mother Earth is also interesting, though perhaps particularly to those with an interest in history, and American Anarchist history.

[workersunity]

that 50 volume set of marx/engels is now my prime want

[Axel1917]

Originally posted by [email protected] 7 2005, 08:15 PM
that 50 volume set of marx/engels is now my prime want
It would be nice to have the whole set, but at roughly $25.00 per volume or so, it would cost at least $1250.00 for the whole set.

[Scars]

Originally posted by Axel1917+Oct 10 2005, 05:39 PM--> (Axel1917 @ Oct 10 2005, 05:39 PM)
[email protected] 7 2005, 08:15 PM
that 50 volume set of marx/engels is now my prime want
It would be nice to have the whole set, but at roughly $25.00 per volume or so, it would cost at least $1250.00 for the whole set. [/b]
Between the USSR's foreign publishing house and China's there have been millions of copies printed and distributed in English. My suggestion would be looking at second hand bookstores, that's where I've got most of my books. You can generally get smaller ones for a couple of dollars, hardcovers are generally around $10-15.

And buying all 50 volumes of Marx/Engels is not really the most productive thing you can do. About half of it will be irrelivant.