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Thinking Man's Idiot · #1 12-01-2008, 04:27 PM

Study

Guide for Revolutionary Marxism

I have cobbled this study guide together from a variety of sources as an introduction to my own personal Marxist leanings, which at this time I have decided do not fall into anyone sect. Rather it is a revolutionary socialism that borrows from a wide range of Marxist and Marxian thought, including those that many would think could not be put together, like Luxemburg, Trotsky and Mao. The list is a mix of articles and books, with most of the articles and some of the books having links to the full-text versions. Also, some of the books have links to partial transcriptions or summaries of the books.

I have decided to try and split them into different categories, though as should be expected, there is considerable overlap in some places.

Introduction to Revolutionary Marxism:

Manifesto of the Communist Party by Marx & Engels
Principles of Communism by Frederick Engels
Karl Marx: A Brief Biographical Sketch With an Exposition of Marxism by V. I. Lenin
The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism by V. I. Lenin
The Lessons of October by Leon Trotsky
The Third International After Lenin (A Draft Criticism of the Communist International) by Leon Trotsky
The History of the Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky
In Defense of October by Leon Trotsky
In Defense of Marxism by Leon Trotsky

Marxist Philosophy and Dialectics

Letters on Dialectics by Marx and Engels
Ludwig Feuerbach & the End of Classical German Philosophy by Frederick Engels
The Marxist Doctrine by V. I. Lenin
Materialism and Empirio-Criticism by V. I. Lenin
On the Question of Dialectics by V. I. Lenin
The ABCs of Materialist Dialectics by Leon Trotsky and Rob Sewell
Marxism and Philosophy by Karl Korsch
On Practice by Mao Zedong
On Contradiction by Mao Zedong
Where Do Correct Ideas Come From? by Mao Zedong
Class Consciousness by Georg Lukács
On Marxism by Louis Althusser
For Marx by Louis Althusser
Lenin and Philosophy by Louis Althusser
Philosophy as a Revolutionary Weapon by Louis Althusser
Lenin before Hegel by Louis Althusser
The Revolution Against 'Capital' by Antonio Gramsci
Real Dialectics by Antonio Gramsci
The Study of Philosophy by Antonio Gramsci
Problems of Marxism by Antonio Gramsci
Dialectical Materialism & the Fate of Humanity by CLR James
What is Dialectical Materialism? by Rob Sewell
What is Historical Materialism? by Mick Brooks
Mao Zedong: the Marxist Lord of Misrule by Slavoj Zizek

Political Economy of Capitalism

Wage-Labor and Capital by Karl Marx
Value, Price and Profit by Karl Marx
Preface to Capital Volume One by Louis Althusser
Reading “Capital” by Louis Althusser & Étienne Balibar
Capital, Vol 1 by Karl Marx
Capital, Vol 2 by Karl Marx
Capital, Vol 3 by Karl Marx
Marx’s Economic Doctrine by V. I. Lenin
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism by V. I. Lenin
Imperialism and the Split in Socialism by V. I. Lenin
The Accumulation of Capital by Rosa Luxemburg
The Accumulation of Capital: An Anti-Critique by Rosa Luxemburg
An Introduction to Marx's Labour Theory of Value by Mick Brooks

Marxist Theory of the State, Dictatorship & Democracy

Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State by Frederick Engels
The State and Revolution by V. I. Lenin
The State by V. I. Lenin
“Democracy” and Dictatorship by V. I. Lenin
Bourgeois and Proletarian Democracy by V. I. Lenin
Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses by Louis Althusser
Terrorism and Communism by Leon Trotsky
The Revolution Betrayed by Leon Trotsky
The Stalin School of Falsification by Leon Trotsky
Thomas Jefferson, or, the Transition of Democracy by Michael Hardt

International Proletarian Revolution

The Civil War in France by Karl Marx
Marxism and Insurrection by V. I. Lenin
Marxism and Reformism by V. I. Lenin
Should We Participate in Bourgeois Parliaments? by V. I. Lenin
The Transitional Program for Socialist Revolution by Leon Trotsky
The Permanent Revolution by Leon Trotsky
Results and Prospects by Leon Trotsky
Reform or Revolution by Rosa Luxemburg
Socialism and Political Reformers by James Connolly
The Declarations of Havana by Fidel Castro
Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War by Che Guevara
The Bolivian Diary by Che Guevara
Guerrilla Warfare by Che Guevara
Guerrilla War, A Method by Che Guevara
Message to the Tricontinental by Che Guevara
Marxism and Direct Action by Phil Mitcheson

Revolutionary Organization

Against Personality Cults (Marx to Wilhelm Blos) by Karl Marx
On Authority by Frederick Engels
What Is To Be Done? Burning Questions of our Movement by V. I. Lenin
On Terms of Admission into the Communist International by V. I. Lenin
Statement of Principles by the Socialist Party USA
Unity Statement by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Which Way Is Left? Theory, Politics, Organization and 21st-Century Socialism by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization
A Rainbow Coalition the Second Time Around by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Solidarity Founding Statement by Solidarity
Socialist Organization Today by Solidarity
Why Socialists Need Organization by Solidarity
Regroupment & Refoundation of a U.S. Left - An Introduction by Solidarity

Methods of Leadership

Some Questions Concerning Methods of Leadership by Mao Zedong
Rectify the Party’s Style of Work by Mao Zedong
A Talk to the Editorial Staff of the Shansi-Suiyuan Daily by Mao Zedong
The Question of Independence and Initiative Within the United Front by Mao Zedong
On the United Front by Leon Trotsky
The Question of the United Front by Leon Trotsky
Ella Baker and the Origins of 'Participatory Democracy by Carol Mueller
Organizing Lessons from Civil Rights Leader Ella Baker by Chris Crass
The Left On the Threshold Of the Twenty First Century: Making the Impossible Possible by Marta Harnecker
Some Points on the Mass Line by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization

Socialist Political Economy & Working-Class Hegemony

Critique of the Gotha Programme by Karl Marx
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Frederick Engels
Economics And Politics In The Era Of The Dictatorship Of The Proletariat by V. I. Lenin
The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the State by V. I. Lenin
State Monopoly versus Socialism by James Connolly
The Difficulties of Socialism by James Connolly
Industrial Unionism and Constructive Socialism by James Connolly
The Two Souls of Socialism by Hal Draper
On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People by Mao Zedong
Concerning ‘Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR’ by Mao Zedong
Critique of Stalin’s ‘Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR’ by Mao Zedong

Marxist Ideological Struggle

On Anarchism by Marx and Engels
Anti-Dühring by Frederick Engels
How Kautsky Turned Marx Into A Common Liberal by V. I. Lenin
Combat Liberalism by Mao Zedong
Marxism and Anarchism: The Philosophical Roots of the Marx-Bakunin Conflict by Ann Robertson
A Better World Is Possible With Socialism by Ann Robertson
Noam Chomsky and Marxism: On the Roots of Modern "Authoritarianism" by Heiko Khoo
The Celia Hart Controversy - Stalinism or Leninism by Alan Woods
The Decisive Role of the Individual in History by Rob Sewell
Workers' Control or Workers' Participation? by Ted Grant
Bureaucratism or Workers' Power by Ted Grant and Roger Silverman
The Historical Failure of Anarchism by Chris Day
Toward a Critical Reassessment of Maoism by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization
What Maoism Has Contributed by Samir Amin

The Anti-Colonial Struggle

The Right of Nations to Self-Determination by V. I. Lenin
What is Internationalism? by V. I. Lenin
Draft Theses on National and Colonial Questions by V. I. Lenin
Socialism and Nationalism by James Connolly
Patriotism and Labour by James Connolly
Socialism and Irish Nationalism by James Connolly
Imperialism and Socialism by James Connolly
Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of Imperialism by Kwame Nkrumah
African Socialism Revisited by Kwame Nkrumah
Preface to “Wretched of the Earth” by Jean-Paul Sartre
The Pitfalls of National Consciousness by Frantz Fanon
The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon
Towards the African Revolution by Frantz Fanon
Marxism, Nationalism and National Struggles Today by David McNally
Ho Chi Minh: the Communist as Nationalist by Walden Bello
The New Imperialism: Crisis and Contradictions in North/South Relations by Robert Biel

Combating Racial and National Oppression

The Struggle for the Leninist Position on the Negro Question in the United States by Harry Haywood
Negro Liberation by Harry Haywood
For A Revolutionary Position on the Negro Question by Harry Haywood
The Right of Self-Determination and the Negro in the US by CLR James
Revolution and the Negro by CLR James
The Historical Development of the Negro in the United States by CLR James
The Revolutionary Answer to the Negro Problem in the USA by CLR James
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
Oppose Racial Discrimination by U.S. Imperialism by Mao Zedong
Summary of the Argument of The Invention of the White Race by Ted Allen
The Invention of the White Race, Vol. 1: Racial Oppression and Social Control by Ted Allen
The Invention of the White Race, Vol. 2: The Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo-America by Ted Allen
J. Sakai’s Settlers and Anti-Racist Working-Class Politics by Sebastian Lamb
Unity Statement on National Oppression, National Liberation and Socialist Revolution by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Tortured People-Speaking to White Oppressors by Howard Adams
Red Power in the 60s by Howard Adams
Neocolonialism and the First Nations by Howard Adams
New Orleans One Year After Katrina: The War At Home by Joanna Dubinsky
The Cost of Privilege: Taking On the System of White Supremacy and Racism

Women's Liberation and Socialism

Theses on Communist Morality in the Sphere of Marital Relations by Alexandra Kollontai
Sexual Relations and the Class Struggle by Alexandra Kollontai
Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman by Alexandra Kollontai
Only in Conjunction With the Proletarian Woman Will Socialism Be Victorious by Clara Zetkin
Lenin on the Women’s Question by Clara Zetkin
Women’s Suffrage and Class Struggle by Rosa Luxemburg
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
The Socialist Feminist Project by Nancy Holmstrom
The Radical Women Manifesto: Socialist Feminist Theory, Program and Organizational Structure by Radical Women
What is Socialist Feminism? by Barbara Ehrenreich
Socialist Feminism: The First Decade, 1966-76 by Gloria Martin
Socialist Feminism: A Strategy for the Women's Movement by Hyde Park Chapter, Chicago Women's Liberation Union
Women, Culture and
Politics by Angela Davis
Lesbianism: A Socialist Feminist Perspective by Dr. Susan Williams
Women's Psychology: Mental Illness as a Social Disease by Dr. Susan Williams
Which Road towards Women's Liberation: A Radical Vanguard or a Single-Issue Coalition? by Clara Fraser
Woman as Leader: Double Jeopardy on Account of Sex by Clara Fraser
In Defense of Marxist Feminism: Radical Women and Freedom Socialist Party Debate the International Socialist Organization by Megan Cornish, Linda Averill, and Toni Mendicino
Sisters, Comrades! by by Kjersti Ericsson
From Abortion Rights to Reproductive Justice by Solidarity
Won't Believe the Hype by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Friendly Advice in the Fight against Patriarchy by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization

Marxism and Queer Liberation

AIDS Hysteria: A Marxist Analysis by Stephen Durham and Dr. Susan Williams
Gay Resistance: The Hidden History by by Sam Deaderick and Tamara Turner
On the Frontlines of Lavender Labor History by Su Docekal
Lavender & Red by the Workers World Party

Religion and Revolution

Introduction to Terry Eagleton Presents - Jesus Christ, The Gospels - by Terry Eagleton
The Fragile Absolute: Or, Why Is the Christian Legacy Is Worth Fighting For? by Slavoj Zizek
The Revolution at the Cross by Dave Marlow
Freedom Road Socialist Organization Frequently Asked Questions (question on religion) by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Statement of Purpose by the Faith and Socialism Commission of the Socialist party USA

Ecosocialism

An Ecosocialist Manifesto by Joel Kovel and Michael Lowy
Ecology Against Capitalism by John Bellamy Foster
Marx’s Ecology: Materialism and Nature by John Bellamy Foster
The Vulnerable Planet: A Short Economic History of the Environment by John Bellamy Foster
Toward an Ecological Society by Murray Bookchin
The Philosophy of Social Ecology: Essays on Dialectical Naturalism by Murray Bookchin
The Politics of Social Ecology: Libertarian Municipalism by Murray Bookchin
Ecosocialism or Barbarism by Jane Kelly and Sheila Malone
Who Said Marx Wasn't Green by William Bowles
Ecological crises: a priority for the Left in the early 21st Century by the Freedom Road Socialist Organinzation

The Intersectional Nature of Oppression

Intersections: Two Talks On the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Movement and the Fight Against Patriarchy by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Women, Race and Class by Angela Davis
The Emancipation of Women: Female Leadership in the Southern Civil Rights Struggle by Clara Fraser
Women of Color: Front-Runners for Freedom by Nancy Reiko Kato
I Am Your Sister: Black Women Organizing Across Sexualities by Audre Lorde
From A Land Where Other People Live by Audre Lorde

Cultural Hegemony, Education and Marxist Anthropology

The Prison Notebooks by Antonio Gramsci
National Culture and the Fight for Freedom by Frantz Fanon
A Dying Colonialism by Frantz Fanon
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Political Interventions: Social Science and Political Action by Pierre Bourdieu
Firing Back: Against the Tyranny of the Market by Pierre Bourdieu
Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture by Pierre Bourdieu
Language and Symbolic Power by Pierre Bourdieu
Europe and the People Without History by Eric Wolf

The Labour Movement & Class Struggle Unionism

Tactics of the Class Struggle of the Proletariat by V. I. Lenin
Should Revolutionaries Work in Reactionary Trade Unions? by V. I. Lenin
On Strikes by V. I. Lenin
The Mass Strike by Rosa Luxemburg
Two Methods of Trade-Union Policy by Rosa Luxemburg
The Political Mass Strike by Rosa Luxemburg
Industrialism and the Trade Unions by James Connolly
The Problem of Trade Union Organization by James Connolly
Revolutionary Unionism and War by James Connolly
The Right to Strike by James Connolly
What is a Scab? by James Connolly

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ZingPao · #2 12-07-2008, 12:45 AM

You cobbled this together? A lot of info here.

ZingPao · #3 12-07-2008, 12:50 AM

The Prison Notebooks has a link to HG Wells and the Time Machine. A classic story, but I never saw anything political in it. The story is great. The first movie done in the early '60's I think was pretty good. The remake more recently was not as good IMHO.

#4 12-07-2008, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ZingPao

You cobbled this together? A lot of info here.

http://bermudaradical.blogspot.com/

ZingPao · #5 12-07-2008, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

http://bermudaradical.blogspot.com/

I will have to revisit. I found some really nice commie art. I love this stuff.

This one is classic. Resist!

Great 3D effect at top.

#6 12-07-2008, 10:56 PM

As the person who actually put the above list together, I just wanted to say that if you found the list helpful, it will be updated/changed periodically, and even since this was posted on your message board I have made some changes to sections, removing pieces, adding pieces, removing sections and adding sections.

#7 12-07-2008, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Bermuda Radical

As the person who actually put the above list together, I just wanted to say that if you found the list helpful, it will be updated/changed periodically, and even since this was posted on your message board I have made some changes to sections, removing pieces, adding pieces, removing sections and adding sections.

Excellent dude, and well done. If it's a different url, could you post it here?

Solidarity.

ZingPao · #8 12-08-2008, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Bermuda Radical

As the person who actually put the above list together, I just wanted to say that if you found the list helpful, it will be updated/changed periodically, and even since this was posted on your message board I have made some changes to sections, removing pieces, adding pieces, removing sections and adding sections.

You should join us.