Not a judgment or indictment on anyone, I understand some people don’t have time, others have trouble focusing and those are valid reasons to take your time with theory, but that being said, I was wondering how well we as a community are doing with reading the core tenants of Marxism. I’m just getting into it and I’ve not finished many works, but I’ve read many of them if that makes sense lol, I can’t seem to make decisions and stand by them, I always pick a book and switch to another one when I’m interested in that but the result is a series of unfinished books with more and more mounting up. What is the leftist reading experience like for you? And that’s not even to mention apolitical reading that seems lightyears away by now. Edit: just as a suggestion, I highly suggest Critique of the Gotha Programme. Also Mao’s Little Red Book 📕

  • ☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭@lemmygrad.ml
    5·
    2 years ago

    If you count audiobooks, I’ve “read”

    • some of Marx’s shorter works (Wage Labour and Capital, Critique of the Gotha Programme, etc.). I haven’t read Capital yet, but I did listen to the first season of Marx Madness podcast, which covers volume 1, so I’m basically an expert /s
    • some of Engels (Principles of Communism, Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, the very short but excellent On Authority, etc.)
    • Lenin’s State and Revolution, Imperialism and a few essays
    • Stalin’s Foundations of Leninism
    • a bit of Mao
    • Outside of theory: Parenti’s Blackshirts and Reds and Democracy for the Few. Very easy listening.

    I’ve been mostly listening to world news and Marxist podcasts for the past few months, but I’m trying to go through more theory

    • ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.mlOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      Lol you’re like my twin in that regard,I have like 90% of those exact books and plenty of smaller audiobooks finished. I’m a big Socialism For All audiobook fan, but I always feel guilty listening to a book that I have a physical copy of, so I have a lot of reading to do. But his livestream news is good and I like his lesser known Mao and Lenin readings