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I Found An Enlightening Article On Dialectical Materialism
For a long time I did not understand dialectics but had enough trust in the works of Marx, Engels and Lenin to know that it was not mysticism but a real philosophy underpinning their theories. I found this enlightening article which makes me understand the fundamental of dialectics in an accessible way. Check it out:
http://www.marxist.com/pickard-diale...aterialism.htm
Once you finish that one you can move on to Trotsky's article:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/tro...939/12/abc.htm
Once you finish Trotsky's article you can read Bertell Ollman's book Dance of the Dialectic
https://www.nyu.edu/projects/ollman/books/dd.php
Who are the oppressors? The few: the King, the capitalist and a handful of other overseers and superintendents. Who are the oppressed? The many: the nations of the earth; the valuable personages; the workers; they that make the bread that the soft-handed and idle eat.
---- Mark Twain
If you can get copies of the three volumes by Maurice Cornforth, they are a MUST read. they are easily the most readible books on Marxist-Leninist philosophy I've ever read and I'm indebted for actually finding them. they are very well lucid and well-written and have been a constant source of reference for many years when I wasn't sure on a "finer point" of discussion. They ussually come up second hand on ebay but I have seen online versions occassionally.
Deatils below:
vol.1 Dialectical Materialism (first published: 1952)
vol.2 Historical Materialism (first published:1953)
vol.3 Theory of Knowledge (first published:1954)
