Recommended reading lists

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

• ML Reading Hub's List

• ProleWiki's Absolute Beginner's List

• Marxist Internet Archive's List

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