Revolupedia:Sourcing
In order to be respected as a reliable source of information for activists and revolutionaries, all content on Revolupedia must be verifiable and well-sourced. All contributors are expected to reasonably provide references for all claims.
Standards
In general, sources should be:
- Factual, anyone can produce web content or present themselves as an authority on a subject, yet misinformation and falsehoods can always happen. Referencing content on social media platforms (Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, etc.) should always be avoided with certain exceptions, such as direct quotations or self-descriptions from the subject of an article.
- Agitative, sources should be supportive of the interests and struggles of the working class and not operated by the rich to act as their mouthpiece. One of Revolupedia's aims is to provide an introduction to relevant topics and to allow people to locate further information for study. Such information should, therefore, be radical and assist in our goals of building a revolutionary movement.
- Accessible, information should be accessible to everyone who seeks it, and therefore, not trapped behind corporate pay-walls. Sources demanding payment, specialized credentials, and other requirements to view partially or wholly are strongly discouraged.
Books & text resources
 | The websites listed and their content are not endorsed by us and should be viewed critically. |
Books and other writings have always been a key aspects of all parts of the revolutionary communist movement. Because of the proliferation of the internet, it has never been easier to have access to books from all over the world, often without any cost.
Public domain
Books written by authors who are likely long-deceased are under the public domain and can be shared freely by anyone. These are compiled in many different places online but with varying quality. Note that an increasing number of these works are included within our on-site library.
| Name | URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Project Gutenburg | www.gutenberg.org/ | Large collection of free e-Books with a focus on literature. |
| Wikisource | en.wikisource.org/ | A project focusing on providing high quality versions of source texts and translations. |
| Marxists Internet Archive | www.marxists.org/ | Large collection of writings by Marxist writers and other socialists. However, please be aware of the anti-Stalinist stances of its maintainers, particularly in original content such as their encyclopedia. |
| Internet Archive | archive.org | A large and freely-accessible archive of various works, including many Marxist texts and other information which could assist research. |
| Marx to Mao | www.marx2mao.com/ | A collection of books and other writings which are more Marxist–Leninist orientated (focused on Lenin, Stalin, etc.). Appears to be HTTP-only. |
| Militant Archives | wikirouge.net | An online archive of largely Marxist texts. |
Questionable sources
There are many websites online that provide collections of more recent e-books and texts of books which may be in violation of capitalist intellectual property. The largest of these is the Z-Library project which contains over 10,000,000 books and over 80,000,000 articles.[1] Use at your own discretion.
Several newspapers have a good online version for free and have resources relevant to socialist politics and organizing.
| Name | URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | A general left-wing news source with a focus on activism in the United States. Often serves as an excellent resource for anti-fascists as well. |
| Workers World | workers.org | |
| It's Going Down | itsgoingdown.org | Concerns activist and anti-fascist activities in the United States. Aligns with anarchist views. |
| In Defense of Communism | idcommunism.com | Generally good Marxist–Leninist blog. Has an extensive archive of Stalin's (et al.) works. |
| Black Agenda Report | blackagendareport.com | News source with a focus on the Black American left. |