Marx Madness(podcast)(Have finished volume 1 I think) is a nice companion piece if you would like to hear what they got from various chapters. Someone here already mentioned starting with other Marxists, but to be truthful if this is your first time you should read through the shorter works of Marx and Engles. A good one is “The Principles of Communism” which is probably the best place to start. As well as Stalin’s "Foundations of Leninism " for the sake of understanding the base of ML practice and theory; and just to counter balance Mao’s works read Enver Hoxha’s works and for a general understanding read “Imperialism and the revolution” it’s a longer work but it does a great job tearing the entire Socialist world a new one (Very needed considering what was happening at the time). Also as a side note remember to keep the historical context of all this in mind as this will greatly help your understanding of how this theory was put into practice. Pickaxe and Rifle: The Story of the Albanian People and History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) (Marxist-Leninist Theory on youtube has an audio version of this ) should be a good place to start if you haven’t already read through these.
Sorry for the long reply comrade, but I felt it was necessary for anyone starting out to not fall into the pit of simply let’s say reading Mao and no one else (It’s best to keep your mind fresh). Anyway have a goodnight Comrade, I hope this helps in some way.
Marx Madness(podcast)(Have finished volume 1 I think) is a nice companion piece if you would like to hear what they got from various chapters. Someone here already mentioned starting with other Marxists, but to be truthful if this is your first time you should read through the shorter works of Marx and Engles. A good one is “The Principles of Communism” which is probably the best place to start. As well as Stalin’s "Foundations of Leninism " for the sake of understanding the base of ML practice and theory; and just to counter balance Mao’s works read Enver Hoxha’s works and for a general understanding read “Imperialism and the revolution” it’s a longer work but it does a great job tearing the entire Socialist world a new one (Very needed considering what was happening at the time). Also as a side note remember to keep the historical context of all this in mind as this will greatly help your understanding of how this theory was put into practice. Pickaxe and Rifle: The Story of the Albanian People and History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) (Marxist-Leninist Theory on youtube has an audio version of this ) should be a good place to start if you haven’t already read through these. Sorry for the long reply comrade, but I felt it was necessary for anyone starting out to not fall into the pit of simply let’s say reading Mao and no one else (It’s best to keep your mind fresh). Anyway have a goodnight Comrade, I hope this helps in some way.