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== Unit 1: The Basics == | == Unit 1: The Basics == | ||
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=== General Socialist Introduction === <!-- PLEASE LINK TO PDF FILES WHEN POSSIBLE FOR PROVIDE EASILY OBTAINABLE OFFLINE VERSIONS --> | === General Socialist Introduction === <!-- PLEASE LINK TO PDF FILES WHEN POSSIBLE FOR PROVIDE EASILY OBTAINABLE OFFLINE VERSIONS --> | ||
* [https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/principles-communism.pdf | * [[Library:The Principles of Communism|The Principles of Communism]] — Friedrich Engels<sup>[[Principles of Communism|(more information)]]</sup><sup>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/principles-communism.pdf (PDF)]</sup> | ||
* [https://www.exponentialimprovement.com/cms/uploads/Einstein%20on%20Why%20Socialism.pdf Why Socialism?] — Albert Einstein <!-- (PARTIAL) --> | * [https://www.exponentialimprovement.com/cms/uploads/Einstein%20on%20Why%20Socialism.pdf Why Socialism?] — Albert Einstein <!-- (PARTIAL) --> | ||
* [https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/10/authority.htm On Authority] — Friedrich Engels | * [https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/10/authority.htm On Authority] — Friedrich Engels | ||
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=== Marxist Foundations === | === Marxist Foundations === | ||
* [https://www.marxists.org/admin/books/manifesto/Manifesto.pdf Manifesto of the Communist Party] — Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels | * [https://www.marxists.org/admin/books/manifesto/Manifesto.pdf Manifesto of the Communist Party] — Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels<sup>[[The Communist Manifesto|(more information)]]</sup> | ||
* [https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/Engels_Socialism_Utopian_and_Scientific.pdf Socialism: Utopian and Scientific] — Friedrich Engels | * [https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/Engels_Socialism_Utopian_and_Scientific.pdf Socialism: Utopian and Scientific] — Friedrich Engels | ||
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* [https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/Marx_The_German_Ideology.pdf The German Ideology] — Karl Marx | * [https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/Marx_The_German_Ideology.pdf The German Ideology] — Karl Marx | ||
* [https://www-dweb-cors.dev.archive.org/download/dialectical_and_historical_materialism/dialectical_and_historical_materialism.pdf Dialectical and Historical Materialism] - Josef Stalin [https://theredspectre.com/uploads/1/4/7/5/147568787/j-1.pdf (reading guide)] | * [https://www-dweb-cors.dev.archive.org/download/dialectical_and_historical_materialism/dialectical_and_historical_materialism.pdf Dialectical and Historical Materialism] - Josef Stalin<sup>[https://theredspectre.com/uploads/1/4/7/5/147568787/j-1.pdf (reading guide)]</sup> | ||
* [https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/C16-Critique-of-the-Gotha-Program-1st-Printing.pdf Critique of the Gotha Program] — Karl Marx | * [https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/C16-Critique-of-the-Gotha-Program-1st-Printing.pdf Critique of the Gotha Program] — Karl Marx | ||
* [https://cym.ie/documents/three_sources_three_component_parts_of_marxism_lenin.pdf | * [[Library:The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism|The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism]] — Vladimir Lenin<sup>[https://cym.ie/documents/three_sources_three_component_parts_of_marxism_lenin.pdf (PDF)]</sup> | ||
* [https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/C01-Foundations-of-Leninism.pdf | * [[Library:Foundations of Leninism|Foundations of Leninism]] — Josef Stalin<sup>[[Foundations of Leninism|(more information)]]</sup> <sup>[https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/C01-Foundations-of-Leninism.pdf (PDF)]</sup> | ||
* [https://ia601401.us.archive.org/15/items/lenin-the-collapse-of-the-second-international/Lenin%20The%20collapse%20of%20the%20second%20International_text.pdf Collapse of the Second International] — Vladimir Lenin | * [https://ia601401.us.archive.org/15/items/lenin-the-collapse-of-the-second-international/Lenin%20The%20collapse%20of%20the%20second%20International_text.pdf Collapse of the Second International] — Vladimir Lenin | ||
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=== Imperialism and the State === | === Imperialism and the State === | ||
* The State and Revolution — Vladimir Lenin | * [https://www.marxists.org/ebooks/lenin/state-and-revolution.pdf The State and Revolution] — Vladimir Lenin | ||
* The Civil War in France — Karl Marx | * [https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/civil_war_france.pdf The Civil War in France] — Karl Marx | ||
* Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism — Vladimir Lenin | * [https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism] — Vladimir Lenin | ||
===Economics=== | ===Economics=== | ||
* Wage Labor and Capital — Karl Marx | * [https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/wage-labour-capital.pdf Wage Labor and Capital] — Karl Marx | ||
* Price | * [https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/value-price-profit.pdf Value, Price and Profit] — Karl Marx | ||
* Capital, Vol I, Ch. 1 — Karl Marx | * [https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/Capital-Volume-I.pdf#page=27 Capital, Vol I, Ch. 1] — Karl Marx | ||
* The Tax in Kind - Vladimir Lenin | * [https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1921/apr/21.htm The Tax in Kind] - Vladimir Lenin | ||
* Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR — Josef Stalin | |||
* [http://www.marx2mao.com/Stalin/EPS52.pdf Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR] — Josef Stalin | |||
=== Political Economy === | === Political Economy === | ||
* Political Economy — Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R | * [https://ia601909.us.archive.org/6/items/political-economy-economics-institute-of-the-academy-of-scie/Political%20Economy%20-%20Economics%20Institute%20of%20the%20Academy%20of%20Scie.pdf Political Economy] — Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R | ||
* The Poverty of Philosophy — Karl Marx | * [https://ia801009.us.archive.org/29/items/marxpovertyphilosophy/Marx%20Poverty%20Philosophy.pdf The Poverty of Philosophy] — Karl Marx | ||
* Anti- | * [https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/anti_duhring.pdf#page=90 Anti-Dühring - Part II: Political Economy] — Friedrich Engels | ||
* A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy — Karl Marx | * [https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/Marx_Contribution_to_the_Critique_of_Political_Economy.pdf A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy] — Karl Marx | ||
===Organizing/Party Building=== | ===Organizing/Party Building=== | ||
* What is to be Done? — Vladimir Lenin | * [https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/download/what-itd.pdf What is to be Done?] — Vladimir Lenin | ||
* [https://leninists.org/images/1/13/How_A_Communist_Club_Functions.pdf How a Communist Club Functions] — Daniel Rubin<sup>[https://youtube.com/watch?v=oHmf0DuoVUE (audio version)]</sup> | |||
* | * [https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1895/misc/x01.htm Draft and Explanation of a Program for the Social-Democratic Party] — Vladimir Lenin | ||
* | * [https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1897/dec/31b.htm The Tasks of the Russian Social-Democrats] — Vladimir Lenin | ||
* | ==See also== | ||
* [[Revolupedia:Library|Revolupedia Library]] | |||
[[Category:Activism]] | [[Category:Activism]] |
Latest revision as of 03:31, 10 September 2024
A general reading-list of books and other texts for new revolutionary activists. This was developed initially for students of the Red Spectre Academy.
Unit 1: The Basics
General Socialist Introduction
- The Principles of Communism — Friedrich Engels(more information)(PDF)
- Why Socialism? — Albert Einstein
- On Authority — Friedrich Engels
- Anarchism or Socialism? — Josef Stalin
- The Party Before and After Taking Power — Josef Stalin
- Critical Remarks on the National Question — Vladimir Lenin
Marxist Foundations
- Manifesto of the Communist Party — Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels(more information)
- Socialism: Utopian and Scientific — Friedrich Engels
- The German Ideology — Karl Marx
- Dialectical and Historical Materialism - Josef Stalin(reading guide)
- Critique of the Gotha Program — Karl Marx
- The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism — Vladimir Lenin(PDF)
- Foundations of Leninism — Josef Stalin(more information) (PDF)
- Collapse of the Second International — Vladimir Lenin
- Materialism and Empirio-criticism — Vladimir Lenin
Imperialism and the State
- The State and Revolution — Vladimir Lenin
- The Civil War in France — Karl Marx
- Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism — Vladimir Lenin
Economics
- Wage Labor and Capital — Karl Marx
- Value, Price and Profit — Karl Marx
- Capital, Vol I, Ch. 1 — Karl Marx
- The Tax in Kind - Vladimir Lenin
- Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR — Josef Stalin
Political Economy
- Political Economy — Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R
- The Poverty of Philosophy — Karl Marx
- Anti-Dühring - Part II: Political Economy — Friedrich Engels
- A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy — Karl Marx
Organizing/Party Building
- What is to be Done? — Vladimir Lenin
- How a Communist Club Functions — Daniel Rubin(audio version)
- Draft and Explanation of a Program for the Social-Democratic Party — Vladimir Lenin
- The Tasks of the Russian Social-Democrats — Vladimir Lenin