Here is some Marxist literature on agitprop (agitation and propaganda) (I read most of these a long time ago, so I cannot remember what I thought of each one but the first is brief and will serve as a good starting point):
https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-1a/atm-agit-prop.htm – August 29th Movement, ‘A Brief Review of Some Agitation and Propaganda’ – practical document; provides context and demonstrations of agitprop with Marxist analysis of its use and effect
https://www.marxists.org/archive/cliff/works/1972/xx/circle.htm – Tony Cliff, ‘From Marxist circle to Agitation’ – (another British Trotskyist) a quote from the text reveals that the West may be in the same position yet again as was Russia in the late 1800s and Britain in the 1970s:
A complex chain of circumstances drove the Marxist movement back into small circle politics, a condition from which it is now in the process of emerging. This account of the problems associated with a similar transition in Russia towards the end of the last century has some relevance to controversies in the movement today.
Sorry, Comrade-Gen-Z’ers, but you’ve inherited a right mess.
That’s surprisingly useful!
Here is some Marxist literature on agitprop (agitation and propaganda) (I read most of these a long time ago, so I cannot remember what I thought of each one but the first is brief and will serve as a good starting point):
https://www.marxists.org/archive/hallas/works/1984/09/agitprop.htm – nice and short article by Hallas (a British Trotskyist)
https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-1a/atm-agit-prop.htm – August 29th Movement, ‘A Brief Review of Some Agitation and Propaganda’ – practical document; provides context and demonstrations of agitprop with Marxist analysis of its use and effect
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1902/feb/01.htm – Lenin, 1902, ‘Political Agitation and “The Class Point of View”’
https://www.marxists.org/archive/bell/1921/10/01.htm – CPGB, 1921, ‘Propaganda and Agitation’- dated, but practical advice on agitprop
PDF: https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-8/lawg-prop.pdf – LA Work Group, 1977, ‘Annotated Bibliography on Propaganda and Agitation’ – useful to find out where you can read more about agitprop
https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-8/rcp-agit-prop.htm – Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line, ‘On the Role of Agitation and Propaganda’
PDF: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/unions/blf/1890/0800-debs-agitation.pdf – Eugene V Debs, ‘Agitation and Agitators’
https://www.marxists.org/archive/cliff/works/1972/xx/circle.htm – Tony Cliff, ‘From Marxist circle to Agitation’ – (another British Trotskyist) a quote from the text reveals that the West may be in the same position yet again as was Russia in the late 1800s and Britain in the 1970s:
Sorry, Comrade-Gen-Z’ers, but you’ve inherited a right mess.
Edit: typo