I gotta give it to Stalin for saying everything nice and simple and tossing in a few jokes here and there. His Anarchism or Socialism was one of the best written books of theory I’d ever read. Stalin brings up Point A, then explains what it is, he explains the Anarchist positions/opinions on Point A, then Stalin shits on the anarchists and says “get a load of this jackass, he thinks blah blah blah about Point A! Have you ever heard of anyone so ignorant?” And on top of that, he never writes books that are especially long, most are able to be read over the course of 1-3 days. I genuinely haven’t read enough Lenin yet, I only read his Development of Capitalism in Russia which was very dry, Marx and Engels are great but I prefer Engels writing style to Marx
I’m very partial to Lenin myself. I think that The State and Revolution, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, and “Left-Wing” Communism: an Infantile Disorder are three of the most important works written on the subject of why capitalist system cannot be reformed and how to take meaningful action to combat it. Lenin also writes in extremely lucid and accessible style in my opinion. His writing is short and to the point.
Gotta agree. He has that rare ability to teach, inspire, uplift, and entertain, all without condescension, and in an easy to understand way. Him and Engels are probably the clearest, most “no nonsense” writers in Marxism.
I will add three more to that list of Lenin classics: “What Is To Be Done”, “The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky” and “The Tax in Kind”
I also have What Is To Be Done but haven’t read it
Great suggestions as well!
Lol I actually have all three of those works but haven’t gotten to them yet😢