I don’t know if this is the community to ask this but i don’t know where to post otherwise. And sorry for my bad english
Ok so, i am new to communism/socialism and have been teaching myself what the principles of the ideology are. But i am really confused, and need help in learning the beliefs of communism/socialism.
For example: What side do you guys stand against the war in Ukraine? Are there any books or documentries that can help me understand communism a bit better? Is religion accepted in a communist nation? What is the AES? Etc.
Any information is usefull.
May God bless you and have a nice day…
Edit: Sorry, but after reading the reasons on why Russia is right in this conflict. I can’t agree with it, i’m sorry but war isn’t the way. And i do not support Ukraine for that matter, Ukraine is very corrupted and fascist. But gotta say, thank you for teaching me what i can do to learn communism a bit better, i am very gratefull…
War in Ukraine - this is hot topic now. Main party responsible for this is the USA and their NATO puppets. Ukraine has been their victims of 30 years of comprador government working against their country interests. Second one is Ukraine themselves. They had a (US sponsored) neonazi coup in 2014 and immediately started to opress russian minority and also intensified capitalist looting of economy, especially in the eastern part. When their victims organized they started a murderous war with numerous war crimes that lasted since 2014 with thousands of innocent murdered by Ukrainian army and neonazi groups like Azov (those are now officially part of the military btw.). Russia and even EU mediated the conflict in Minsk Accords, and the terms weren’t even outrageous by any means but Ukraine refused to comply. To avoid war they just had to stop murdering people in Donbass, but they didn’t. Right now, war in Ukraine is probably the most propagandized event in the history of media, and you shouldn’t trust anything about it from the western media, since they censored everything not fitting the narration - to the point even russian cats were banned from expos just for being Russian. Yes, even cats, not even Goebbels went this far.
Books. I would start from Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti. Rest of his books are also good, he’s great popularisator. Also this essay: https://www.cym.ie/2020/04/01/left-anti-communism-the-unkindest-cut-by-michael-parenti/
Then go to classics: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/index.htm https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/wage-labour/index.htm https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1865/value-price-profit/index.htm https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/mar/x01.htm https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/index.htm https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/index.htm https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/lwc/index.htm https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1884/origin-family/ch01.htm
AES: Actually Existing Socialism: countries which the idealist refuse to be socialist and they are: USSR, Cuba, PRC, DPRK etc.
Religion: basically this: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1905/dec/03.htm
PS: don’t bother with youtube nobodies. They are often reactionary and serve mostly as distractors.