Mar’s
Digital
Marxist
Library
Intro
Hey so, I’m Mar (They/He). I created this document so I could get all the texts I’ve read/been wanting to read + organizing them. Idk if this goes well, I probably shared it for educational purposes. It’s going to be separated by topic, and all of them will be free since I personally can’t afford books like that. I’ll also link reading guides too!
I’ll definitely be adding my own commentary or summaries about each of these as I read them (for my own sake but IDK maybe you’ll find it somewhat useful)
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⭐- SHORT READS (30 minutes and less)
♬ - READ IN A DAY
☻ - EASY READING (subjective of course)
📯- CLICK FOR AUDIOBOOK( No Audiobook? No problem, use a reader )
💭 - READING GUIDE (IF I COME ACROSS A BOOK WITH ITS OWN READING GUIDE, CLICK TO ACCESS)
Table of Contents(page numbers will probably shift as this is an ever-expanding document)
Black liberation…………………………………………………………Page 4
Eco Socialism/Degrowth………………………………………….Page 5
Gender Theory…………………………………………………………..Page 5
Imperialism/Colonialism…………………………………………..Page 6
Indigenous Liberation+Knowledge………………………...Page 6
Lesbianism/Comp Het………………………………………………Page 7
Marxism……………………………………………………………………...Page 8
Misc……………………………………………………………………………..Page 9
Prison Abolition………………………………………………………….Page 9
Proletariat Feminism………………………………………………...Page 10
Region Specific Readings.………………………………………..Page 11
Reading Guides………………………………………………………….Page 13
Videos and Films………………………………………………………..Page 14
Black Marxism; The Making of the Black Radical Tradition- Cedric J Robinson
Fearing The Black Body; The Racial Origins of Fatphobia - Sabrina Strings (read)
Freedom Dreams; The Black Radical Imagination - Robin D.G. Kelley
Freedom is a Constant Struggle - Angela Davis
How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America- Manning Marable
📯 How Europe Underdeveloped Africa- Walter Rodney
Killing of the Black Body- Dorothy Roberts
Left of Karl Marx: the political life of Black Communist Claudia Jones - Carole Boyce Davies
📯 Revolutionary Suicide - Huey P Newton
📯 Settlers; The myth of the White Proletariat - J. Sakai (reading)
The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power - Jared A Bell
Towards African Liberation- Frantz Fanon
Between Earth and Empire - John P Clark
☻⭐Unlearning: From Degrowth to Decolonization- Jamie Tyburg (read)
Really great and clear intro to degrowth, short read but very informative and well written.
☻Decolonizing Trans/Gender 101 - B. Binaohan
Gay.Inc: The Nonprofitization of Queer Politics - Myrl Beam
☻Kill the Wíŋyaŋ, and Save the Woman; Settler-Colonialism in Gender -Hinskéhanska
Pronouns Good or Bad: Attitudes and Relationships with Gendered Pronouns in Gender-Diverse Undergraduates - Jade Fung
Transgender Warriors - Leslie Feinburg
Whipping Girl; A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity - Julia Serano
Decolonization is not a Metaphor - Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang
♬Discourse on Colonialism - Aime Cesaire (read)
Let us intensify the Anti-Imperialist, Anti-US Struggle - Kim Il Sung
Neocolonialism, The Last Stage of Imperialism- Kwame Nkrumah (reading)
The Political Economy of Imperialism - Dan W Nabudere
As We Have Always Done - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer
Spaces Between Us - Scott Lauria Morgensen
♬Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence - Adrienne Rich (read)
So my deal with Adrienne Rich is that I simply do not like her transmisogynistic ass, and that should be noted. The only reason I would ever refer someone to, or recommend this article is to get an understanding of Comphet not being a Lesbian only experience despite lesbians experiencing it in a unique way. Adrienne borrows from Materialist feminism in the discussion of comphet. Otherwise...fuck Adrienne Rich, read the articles below that further expand on comphet as a phenomenon non-men experience.
☻Stone Butch Blues - Leslie Feinburg (read)
(CW//police violence, sexual assault) Usually, it is a recommended book to further explain the existence of he/him or they/them lesbians and it definitely does serve that purpose but there are quite a few sexual assault scenes as well as a rape scene so… look out for that. I didn’t get a trigger warning before reading so here is yours.
⭐woman: a coercive political project imposed upon society to concretize patriarchy and enable class oppression - @lycheelesbian (read)
⭐towards the demystification of compulsory heterosexuality: a general theory - @lycheelesbian (read)
⭐towards the demystification of compulsory heterosexuality: on lesbianism - @lycheelesbian(read)
📯☻♬Dialectical and Historical Materialism - Stalin (read)
A very short read but extremely informative and understandable analysis of materialism. Definitely eye-opening.
📯 💭 State and Revolution- Vladimir Lenin(reading)
📯 On Contradiction - Mao Zedong
📯☻⭐Combat Liberalism- Mao Zedong (read)
Very brief read, literally took me like 10-15 minutes. Clear and helped me lay out how I can be better as a comrade.
Basic Politics on Movement Security- A talk on Security - J.Sakai
Smash All Phones: How to protect yourself from the snitch in your pocket
Survival without Rent; How to Squat
Abolition Democracy - Angela Davis
Abolitionist Toolkit - Critical Resistance
📯 Are Prisons Obsolete? - Angela Davis
Black Americans and the Punishment Industry - Angela Davis
Burn Down the American Plantation; Call for a Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement - Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement
Carceral Capitalism - Jackie Wang
Community Accountability for Survivors of Sexual Violence - Jane Hereth and Chez Rumpf
Community Safety Planning and Support- Dara Bayer, Rachel Lu, Kuno Haimbodi, Xochi Cartland
Creative Interventions Toolkits; A Practical Guide to Stop Interpersonal Violence - CI
Non-Violent Community Safety and Peacebuilding - Pt’chang
Toward Transformative Justice - Generation Five
Women in Prison; How it is with Us - Assata Shakur
Feminism for the 99%: A manifesto - Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, Nancy Fraser (reading)
Sister outsider - Audre Lorde
📯The Master’s Tool will never dismantle the Master’s house- Audre Lorde (read)
📯 Women Race and Class - Angela Davis
South American+Carribean
📯 Open Veins of Latin America - Eduardo Galeano
Rainbow Solidarity; In defense of Cuba - Leslie Feinburg
Africa
Civilization or Barbarism - Cheikh Ante Diop
Cultural Unity In Black Africa - Cheikh Ante Diop
Gambia’s prisons; where good is still bad - Par Lamin Jahateh
Islam, Youth, and Modernity in The Gambia - Marloes Jansen
Naija Marxisms; Revolutionary Thought in Nigeria - Adam Mayer
Precolonial Black Africa: A Comparative Study of the Political and Social Systems of Europe and Black Africa - Cheikh Ante Diop
The Historical Dictionary of the Gambia - Arnold Hughes and David Perfect
US Africa Command a tool to recolonize continent - Motsoko Pheko
Lies concerning the History of the Soviet Union - Mario Sousa
Fraud Famine and Fascism - Douglas Tottle
Israel as Innovator in the Attempted Mainstreaming of Extreme Violence - Lisa Hajjar
The Question of Palestine- Edward W. Said
Reflections on Al-Nakba - Mamdouh Nofal, Fawaz Turki, Haidar Abdel Shafi, Inea Bushnaq, Yezid Sayigh,
Shafiq al-Hout, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, and Musa Budeiri
Zionist Colonialism in Palestine -Fayez A. Sayegh
☻♬What is Marxism about? (read)
If you know little to nothing about Marxism, this is an excellent resource as it breaks everything down. Although I may have my criticisms regarding certain sections (lack of discussion of colonialism and how it impacts culture, gender, and sexuality), I do believe this is a good start.
Leftist Reading List on Vietnam - @coldtakesonly
Notes on the China-Uighur Controversies
Concerning Violence
Metropolis
Sorry To Bother You
Battle of the Algiers