Andre is back! This time they join Rae and Jeremy for a conversation on how to study and read theory. The discussion covers recommended readings, practical reading tips, and other useful guidance to help listeners better undersand and engage with Marxism-Leninism.

Andre's Beginner Communist Resource Video

Beginner Friendly Theory Primers:

Georges Politzer, Elementary Principles of Philosophy (ProleWiki Link) (Foreign Language Press version)
Maurice Cornforth, Dialectical Materialism: An Introduction (Volumes 1-3) PDF Hosted On Prolewiki, Buy a physical copy from Aakar Books
Basic Curriculum of the Principles of Marxism Leninism (Translated by Luna Nyugun)

Potential Reading Lists For Getting Into The Classics

Recommended Auxiliary Theory Texts:

J.M Blaut, Marxism And Eurocentric Diffusionism
Domenico Losurdo, Flight From History? The Communist Movement between Self-Criticism and Self-Contempt
Two Members of the Bolshevik Tendency, Nationhood Or Genocide: The Struggle of the Native People Against Canadian and American Imperialism
Leslie Feinberg, Lavender & Red
Love Is Law: Cuba's Queer Rights Revolution

Miscellaneous Mentioned Or Cited Texts for Part 2:

Vladimir Lenin, The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism
Kim Jong-Il, Giving Priority To Ideological Work Is Essential For Acomplishing Socialism
Kim Jong-Il, On The Juche Idea
George Jackson, Blood In My Eye

Audiobook reading of the Losurdo essay

Dialectical Materialism, an Introduction

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