After several months of hiatus, the theory discussion group will be moving from Matrix to Lemmygrad, and now you (yes, you!) can suggest texts (yes, texts!) for us to read
Requirements:
- Must be Marxist theory
- Must be reasonably short (a somewhat larger text can be divided across several weeks)
- Must not include any derogatory statements directed at rodents native to South America
The most upvoted comment in this thread suggesting a text that meets these requirements will be used for the first discussion thread (we will be making new posts for every text or text segment). You can participate from any instance that’s federated with Lemmygrad.
The ABC of Communism - Nikolai Bukharin, Yevgeni Preobrazhensky
How To Be A Good Communist by Liu Shaoqi!
My top 3:
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Against Capybaras by Mao Zedong
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“I hate all South American rodents” by V.I. Lenin
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Anti-Duering by Engels (serious)
I have to say #2 is a very slept on work, he goes on to contrast them with the Proletarian spirit of the bever
you’re on thin ice
Im just Paraphrasing Lennin, take it up with him
I prefer his later self-critical work “Uphold Capybaras!”
Xi Jinping’s view on Socialism with Capybara Characteristics is a banger too
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Reform or Revolution, Rosa Luxemburg A really good introductory text and one I recommend to anyone just getting into left wing thought.
The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon
I would be curious to read some marxist feminist texts. I’ve read Make Way for Winged Eros by Kollontai before by chance and thought it was interesting
can someone make some suggestions? I’m not insisting on them for the reading group necessarily
Betty Millard is good, but maybe a bit too long
The red and the green the rise and fall of collectivized agriculture in Marxist regimes / Frederic L. Pryor
