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Suggested reading material would be welcome. I have a reading list of economic and political philosophy I'm plowing through in roughly chronological order, but

• steveklabnik 13y ago
  First, read http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/mar/x01.htm http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/mar/x01.htm . It's only a few pages so it doesn't even count! If you only want one book, that book is Capital I. I suggest David Harvey's lectures along with it, they'll help out quite a bit. If you have read Smith and Ricardo, that'll make it much easier, too. For bonus points, read the short "Wages, price, and profit" by Marx, it's a bit easier of an intro than the book's. If you can fit in a second, I'd suggest "the State and Revolution" by Lenin. Marx identifies a problem and a crude solution, and Lenin provides a good solution. Those two will give you the most of it. Wikipedia, especially on the historical/dialectical materialism stuff, is helpful. A more full list is here: http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/wisiw/basic_marxismleninism_study_plan/ http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/wisiw/basic_marxi... Also, /r/communism101 is very good and there to answer questions, if you Reddit.