What’s some accessible, entry-level Socialist literature?
What’s some accessible, entry-level Socialist literature?
Chase Thomas
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James Long
The Black Book of Communism
Jonathan Campbell
The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason
Elijah Murphy
Das Kapital 1
or the stuff the german Opposing Viewpoint is publishing (Grundrisse-kind of Marxists), e.g. their condensed version of the Capital:
Eli Reed
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropist is a really good entry point.
Capitalist Realism for contemporary(ish) take.
Then back to
Communist Manifesto/Critique of the Gotha Programme
Lenin's State and Revolution for orthodox marxism
Some excerpts from Gramsci (mainly on hegemony), Althusser on Ideology for less orthodox Marxism
After that, look for a direction you find interesting, whether has a cultural focus (Frankfurt school, althusser), Lenin/Mao orthodox Marxism, economic focus (Luxemburg/mandel), ecosocialism (Murray Bookchin I suppose?), Ultraleftism/post-Marxism (Bordiga, Camatte).
Also since he's a current meme, Zizek is worth reading at some stage. Don't take anything he says too seriously tho.
I'm sure there's a chart here somewhere.
Owen Williams
Anything by Sorel
Hudson Green
Engels- socialism: utopian and scientific
Chompsky- gobberment in the future
Its hard to find stuff which doesn't lean towards Communism or Anarchism. I recommend learning both. Bookchin's talks are always interesting, although hes a first worldist.
The Finnish Bolshevik is a good source for Marxism-Leninism.
Levi Sullivan
Homage to Catalonia
Down and Out in London and Paris
Anthony Stewart
The absolute chad, Micahel Parenti
Nolan Howard
I never understand faggots like you
"I want to be X please tell me how to be X"
Literal poser LARPer
If you're interested in Marxism (which sounds like what you mean, not socialism in general, as Marx is just one socialist thinker and not the first) then read Marx
But if you're approaching it because you want to LARP as a socialist then you're intellectually worthless
Just like the online-Nazis who have never read Mein Kampf in their life and have no desire to actually engage with the ideas as they are, they just want to have enough information to justify their LARP
Dont be one of those faggots
Blake Collins
Sounds like an indoctrinated stalinist asshole
Nathan Moore
I dont think you want to be a communist, i,m not going to persade you. you should think long and hard about the free market, communism, how both have been tried.
Nathan Flores
i too love genocide denial. yeah bro milosevic did nothing wrong
Eli Reed
God and the State
Communist Manifesto obviously but you won't understand most of the references to obscure socialist groups that existed at the time.
dont know what else to read.
he comes off as larpy but i dont think he's a socialist yet so lay off a bit.
based boomer.
Alexander Lee
>trotskyism
>entry level
Chase Cook
>Go to work
>Get angry at your boss
>Think about what exactly you're doing, how much you're getting paid, why you're doing it, if you're getting paid enough for your labour
>Look at your boss doing fuck all and realize he's getting paid more then you
The slippery slope begins there
Levi Jenkins
HAHAHa socialism is just for angsty teens that hate thier boss
Angel White
Your boss does more than you, you just think paperwork isnt the same as physical labor. In reality he's doing that job because he's smarter than you and he worked his way into that position. He gets paid more because without him there's nobody to ensure you are doing your job properly. He manages multiple people and is responsible for their behaviour and their work.
Becoming a commie because you have teenage angst towards authority is just about the most pathetic thing I've ever heard.
Isaiah Jones
how those boots taste anons
Luis Parker
>burger flipper thinks his work is more valuable than technical work
Cute
Aaron Sanders
>Workers rise up! (i dont actually work because i am lazy)
You
Bentley Perry
>fuckin burger flipper thinks he's actually important what a retard nobody cares about shit jobs
>what? oh sorry, I was lost in thought. you can take my order, I'll have a big mac please
Jayden Thompson
you can hate you boss and still be a capitalist user.
Jack Martinez
Zizek should be taken seriously