Without revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary movement.
— V. I. Lenin
In the dying capitalist hellscape we occupy, it can often seem hopeless. However, a better world is possible. We can move on from the destitution, genocide, and privation of today's society and move onto one where we consciously decide to take a scientific approach to production. We can direct society in such a fashion that satisfying the needs of the people is the goal of production, and not satisfying the bottomless avarice of a handful of billionaires. What we need is socialism. What we need is Marxism-Leninism.
Who is this guide aimed at?
Anyone wanting to begin their journey into the world of leftist theory and organizing.
How long will this guide take to follow?
Aimed at about 60 hours of active reading time. This can be stretched out over a year, or condensed into a few months of hard study, depending on your availability.
I know that the character limit is tight but I just remembered that the short piece by Jones Manoel titled Western Marxism Loves Purity and Martyrdom, But Not Real Revolution could have saved me years wasted as an eclectic radical. I think it dovetails nicely after Left Communism but it's updated and takes aim at people who idolise Che yet despise Castro and Stalin, that sort of thing.
I'd like to suggest it, if there's room and you think it's suitable. Also if you haven't read it yet, goddamn you should because it's really incisive.
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll give it a look, it sounds like it shares a lot of what I've noticed with the Western Left especially. Sounds like a good place to fit it too, I'll give it a good consideration. I like the list as it is now, but if after reading I find it necessary to include I'll see if I can trim the characters a bit and squeeze it in.
As always, greatly appreciate it!
Edit: just read it, great article. I'll try to squeeze it in!
For real, whenever I come across a baby leftist I have to restrain myself from acting like some sort of deranged person from a time travelling scifi movie who has come back to warn people about the dire reality of the future while I recite this article at them at a near-shouting volume.
Instead I'm like "Oh um, you know, uhhh... just be careful of the political organisations who sell you on this idea of them being the valiant underdog and how great everything could have been if only they weren't robbed of their opportunity. You want to find an organisation that has a positive future perspective rather than just lamenting the past."
Haha, yep! It becomes a fetishization of Marxist theory, rather than using Marxism as a tool for social change. I don't know if you saw my edit, but I will try to squeeze it in!
I don't know if you saw my edit, but I will try to squeeze it in!
Of course I didn't see your edit. Do I strike you as one of those
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Just kidding. About the hostile tone that is. I actually didn't see it but that's awesome thanks for letting me know. Also know that your comment inspired me to make this and submit it to the emoji comm lmao
Lmaooo, let's gooo! I love the touch grass emoji, I use it frequently for myself haha
Btw I'm working on splitting the audiobooks at the moment. I'm gonna have to get to it tomorrow because Audacity wasn't playing well with my computer.
Other ones are in the pipeline but I have to redownload them because I ran out of space on my harddrive and deleted some of the original files since I wasn't expecting to need them again.