Where To Go After The Manifesto?

[Redcoat1774]

I'm reading through the Communist Manifesto and was wondering where i dhould go after I get finished with it. Any suggestions?

-New Marxist

[Janus]

Maybe try some of Marx's economics works such as Wage Labor & Capital?

[Raj Radical]

First off, welcome, glad to have you. I feel like im still new to communism as well even though ive been around it for a long time.


Id definetly read the Anarchist FAQ (http://www.infoshop.org/faq/index.html) as soon as possible. You may be thinking "anarchy, what the fuck?". But you'll find that all forms of libertarian emancipation of the proletariat are one movement. Great read overall.

Principles of Communism by Engles

Society of the Spectacle By Guy Debord

Profit over people by Noam Chomsky (anything by Noam Chomsky is great, really, but this particular piece is short and simple and really explains modern neo-liberal capitalism)

Theres tons more but this is just off the top of my head. A good idea is to just start to look around these forums for references to literature.

[Led Zeppelin]

I recommend reading some Lenin. His works are more popularly written and therefore more easier to understand than Marx or Engels' works.

[Severian]

Some other good, short introductory Marxist classics include:

Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Engels
Wage-Labor and Capital by Marx - Janus mentioned this one
Imperialism by Lenin
State and Revolution by Lenin
Reform or Revolution by Luxemburg

[Connolly]

I would recommend "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" by Engles.

Its pretty easy to understand - its also interesting to read :D

[Janus]

I third that. :P

It's definitely a lot easier to read than Anti-Duhring.

[kurt]

I always liked the German Ideology, by Marx of course.