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How to Be a CommunistCommunism, in its simplest form, is a theory advocating a classless society and

the elimination of private property. Some of the most famous communists

include Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg.

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Read Marx and Engels (primary sources).Read and analyze the writings of Marx

and Engels' The Principles of Communism (1847)[1](which is like a FAQ), The

Communist Manifesto[2][3], Das Kapital[4]for a good instruction on the capitalist economy.

You may read some of Marx's shorter economic works if you do not feel like reading

through Capital, which comprises around 3,000 pages in all. Consider the concept of"common ownership of the means of production" or "workers control of the means of

production".

Read interpretations of Marx and Engels (secondary sources).For basic

introductory books about Marx consider the following;

Introducing Marx by Rius,

Introducing Marxism by Rupert Woodfin,

Marx: A Beginner's Guide by Gill Hands,

Marx's Kapital for Beginners by David N. Smith and Phil Evans,

Teach Yourself Marx by Gill Hands,

Rebel's Guide To Marx by Mike Gonzalez,

Communism: A Very Short Introduction by Leslie Holmes

Marx: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Singer.

A more heavy-going (critical) read is the epic Main Currents of Marxismby Leszek

Kolakowski.

Read Lenin.Read the writings of Vladimir Lenin whose ideas included Bolshevism,

proletariat dictatorship, vanguard party and democratic centralism. State andRevolution[5]is a good book to start. Also read about the history of the Russian Revolution.

Left communism. "All left communists were supportive of the October Revolution

in Russia but retained a critical view of its development. Some, however, would

in later years come to reject the idea that the revolution had a proletarian or

socialist nature, asserting that it had simply carried out the tasks of the

bourgeois revolution by creating a state capitalist system. Left communism is

the range of communist viewpoints held by the communist left, which criticizes

the political ideas of the Bolsheviks at certain periods, from a position that is

asserted to be more authentically Marxist and proletarian than the views of

Leninism held by the Communist International after its first and during its second

congress." - Wikipedia

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Answer the Russian question and why the USSR collapsed.Stalin wasn't a

theorist and described himself as Marxist-Leninist so Stalinism contributed little

ideology except socialism in one country. Marxists have variously described the USSR as

state capitalist (Lenin, Tony Cliff)[6], degenerated worker's state (Leon Trotsky), deformed

worker's state (Ted Grant) and bureaucratic collectivist (Max Shachtman).

Read Leon Trotsky on international socialism; In Defence of Marxism, The

History of the Russian Revolutionand The Revolution Betrayed".

Read less known writers such as Julius Martov, Georgi Plekhanov, Antonio

Gramsci, Daniel De Leon, Rosa Luxemburg, Peter Kropotkin[7]and Errico

Malatesta[8].

Writings of Daniel DeLeon by Daniel DeLeon

Fields, Factories and Workshopsby Peter Kropotkin

Mutual Aid by Peter Kropotkin

The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin

The Essential Rosa Luxemburg by Rosa Luxemburg

The Rosa Luxemburg Reader by Kevin B. Anderson

Read communist journals such as People's Weekly World[9], Permanent

Revolution[10], The Morning Star[11], Weekly Worker[12]and Libcom[13].

Attend the World Social Forum[14]and the Left Forum[15].

Join a Communist party.

The Marxists Internet Archive is a good resource and has a good

student section[16].

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The term Red Scare is a term used to describe anti-communist periods

in the USA. Suspected communists were persecuted during

McCarthyism.

The security services in the USA are still interested in communist

organizations.

Some 'communist' groups don't really want workers in control of the

means of production at all.

An independent mind

The willingness to test all ideas with thoroughness.

The will to act on what you have learned.

The will to swim upstream the rest of your life, if need be.

1. http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm

2. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Manifesto_of_the_Communist_Party

3. http://feedbooks.com/book/209

4. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Das_Kapital

5. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_State_and_Revolution

6. http://www.marxists.org/archive/cliff/works/1955/statecap/index.htm

7. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Peter_Kropotkin

8. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Errico_Malatesta

9. http://www.pww.org/

10. http://www.permanentrevolution.net

11. http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/

12. http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker

13. http://www.libcom.org

14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Social_Forum

15. http://www.leftforum.org/

16. http://www.marxists.org/subject/students

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Sources and Citations
http://www.marxists.org/subject/studentshttp://www.leftforum.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Social_Forumhttp://www.libcom.org/http://www.cpgb.org.uk/workerhttp://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/http://www.permanentrevolution.net/http://www.pww.org/http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Errico_Malatestahttp://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Peter_Kropotkinhttp://www.marxists.org/archive/cliff/works/1955/statecap/index.htmhttp://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_State_and_Revolutionhttp://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Das_Kapitalhttp://feedbooks.com/book/209http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Manifesto_of_the_Communist_Partyhttp://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm


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