As an absolute novice and beginner who is 100% drawn to Marxism and eager to learn the basics of Marxism and Marxist theory, thank you (as always) for your educational guidance!
@leorevolt98652 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your efforts comrade! Greetings from Paraguay. Keep up the work.
@JohnSmith-vm8rx2 жыл бұрын
Like that you kept the books pages to a minimum. Appreciate that. I want to read, but time is always a problem with my lifestyle
@Illstatefishing2 жыл бұрын
Gracias compa, can’t wait to read these!!
@Pedro-gl7tg2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations comrade! Greetings from Brazil!
@humidguineapig19962 жыл бұрын
Great work! Just picked up some of these classics!
@pedroacacio95562 жыл бұрын
A good recommendation for begginers is Introduction to The critique of Hegel's philosophy of Right
@MidwesternMarx2 жыл бұрын
It’s included in the Tucker reader comrade.
@JCloyd-ys1fm2 жыл бұрын
I hear that State and Revolution by Lenin provides a great intro to Marx and Engels, and I hope to get to it soon. Thanks for the other titles.
@brewskimckilgore67962 жыл бұрын
i just finished state & rev. imo it should be called "reading marx & engles w vlad" but thats definitely not a bad thing. plus w historical context of the revision going crazy in the international & the provisional gov in russia had the various "socialist" heads and such. but definitely use the footnotes like carlos said & read the texts vlad references and youll be well on your way down a wormhole o7
@cullenmcdermott56102 жыл бұрын
Love the content
@tymanung6382 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for promoting Marx + Engels original thought, as too many people start + later thinkers, who at times do not really follow Marx + Engels original writings!!!
@chadballsac2 жыл бұрын
Yooo kicking off with 44 manuscripts is a bit heavy especially if ur not into Marx already
@MidwesternMarx2 жыл бұрын
True! Although it is one of the most beautifully written texts, you kinda have to be used to the language to get it. I encountered that when I had my intro class read it this semester. However, in my defense, I did say the list was in no particular order lol.
@chadballsac2 жыл бұрын
@@MidwesternMarx no doubt it's stunningly beautiful. Just think I'd scare someone off I rec'd it straight away lol
@ChrisWRR2 жыл бұрын
The exact thing I've been looking for! Thank you comrades ✊
@williammdsilva2 жыл бұрын
Hey have you seen Socialism For All's youtube? He does marxist audiobooks. One of the best smaller channels. You guys should plug him.
@Vee_90012 жыл бұрын
Thank you comrade, great recommendations! Question about the book of Lenin’s excerpts on Marx and Engels, does it contain the essay 3 component parts of Marxism? Because imo that’s an absolutely essential text that helps to tie Marxism together. And I gotta say I was pleasantly surprised that y’all added a book on Marxist humanism into the pile. I know a lot of their number have v bad takes on foreign policy but imo moral programs and how they relate to Marx’s ideology is a very underrepresented in recommended reading lists. Can I ask what y’all think of GA Cohen, and the analytical marxists in general?
@MidwesternMarx2 жыл бұрын
Hello comrade - yes the Marx, Engels, Lenin collection contains “The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism”. I agree, it is an absolute must read. I like Schaff a lot because he doesn’t fall into a lot of the pitfalls of people like Fromm, Anderson, Dunayevskaya, etc. Although those are all excellent to read as well, we must lend a critical eye to their attempts to equate their critiques of capitalism with the situation in the socialist camp. This is similar to the pitfalls of the Frankfurt school and basically all of ‘western Marxism’. I call this pitfall the ‘purity fetish’ - www.midwesternmarx.com/articles/a-critique-of-western-marxisms-purity-fetish-by-carlos-l-garrido Our counseling Editor, Thomas Riggins was recommended by Lukács to study Marxism-Leninism under Schaff. He said he was the only one in the west with a solid philosophical grasp of ML theory. You can already see the difference there between Schaff and some of the other Marxist humanists. In terms of analytic Marxism, I haven’t read to much into it. I’ve read some Erik Olin Wright and Rosolyn Walach Bologh (who both see themselves in the analytic Marxist tradition), but that’s about it. I think Ben Burgis is writing a book on Cohen now. I haven’t engaged with Cohen at all though.
@Vee_90012 жыл бұрын
@@MidwesternMarx there’s definitely something to be said about how analysis of Marxism-Leninism in the west requires somewhat specialized expertise, if only to avoid falling into state department traps. It’s so omnipresent that you almost can’t blame them, which is why seeing authors like who have that expertise are all the more valuable, so thank you for bringing Schaff to my attention. He’s definitely going to be very high on my ever expanding reading list! As for Cohen, if you ever get the time I really suggest checking out his book Self-ownership, Freedom, and Equality, or at least the introduction. It’s a very clear and concise examination of how a moral program can be understood in a Marxist context, as well as being a very interesting glimpse into how Marxists in the immediate aftermath of the collapse of the USSR understood their immediate tasks. The intro is also free through Amazon preview, which is always a bonus. I also think his work Karl Marx’s theory of history; a defense, is a really stellar read, but it also warrants a bit more time commitment so ymmv.
@tymanung6382 Жыл бұрын
Some say that Grundrisse was the summary of Marx + Engels thought, as it was chronologically + theoretically in mid career.
@robloxianalamat10192 жыл бұрын
Hello
@pedroacacio95562 жыл бұрын
Comrades, have u got any recommendations on the History of capitalism in the US from a marxist perspective?
@samp94182 жыл бұрын
Michael Parenti’s “Democracy for the few” is good. It’s more about the development of our undemocracy here in the US but it addresses the development of capitalism in the US some
@sch48912 жыл бұрын
i have this one on my list paul cockshott's 'how the world works'
@TheMjsanty2 жыл бұрын
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn is a great book.
@nautiluswalker4122 Жыл бұрын
@@TheMjsanty it’s long as hell, almost done
@reallybadperson3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@jacqdeguernsey18162 жыл бұрын
No Principles of Communism?
@jacqdeguernsey18162 жыл бұрын
Or Blackshirts and Reds?
@MidwesternMarx2 жыл бұрын
@@jacqdeguernsey1816 theory focused list that’s why no Black Shirts and Reds (it’s usually the first thing I recommend in general), and I think you can inhale Principles of Communism via the Manifesto but yea definitely read it anyways.
@jacqdeguernsey18162 жыл бұрын
@@MidwesternMarx I mentioned Principles because Communism didn’t ever really click for me until I read that, (up until then I had only read the Manifesto and was larping as a communist to just piss off my dad lol).
@francoisrenaito69332 жыл бұрын
very instructive thanks
@user-cv2tu4tf3d6 ай бұрын
Thank u so much!
@michaelmappin18302 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@Sunfried111 ай бұрын
Are you trying to say Prudhom?
@JM-wx4en2 жыл бұрын
Hey I know it's odd to ask this but can you tell me the publisher or even the ISBN of the edition of your Socialism Utopian and Scientific book? Hehe
@jimmyjvr53022 жыл бұрын
This is reading tip for more advanced studies in Communism; en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Book_of_Communism
@MidwesternMarx2 жыл бұрын
You might like this better. msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/