Reading List with links to texts
“Principles of Communism” by Engels
“On Authority” by Engels
“Dialectical and Historical Materialism” by Stalin
Optional Texts
“Why Socialism?” by Einstein
“The Communist Manifesto” by Marx and Engels
*TRANSITIONAL MUST READ*
“Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism” by Parenti
“State and Revolution” by Lenin
“Wage Labor and Capital” by Marx
“Socialism: Utopian and Scientific” by Engels
Optional Texts
“Critique of the Gotha Programme” by Marx
“Foundations of Leninism” by Stalin
*TRANSITIONAL MUST READ*
“Reform or Revolution” by Luxemburg
“Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism” by Lenin
“‘Left-Wing’ Communism - An Infantile Disorder” by Lenin
“Where Do Correct Ideas Come From?” by Mao
“On Practice” by Mao
“On Contradiction” by Mao
Optional Texts
“Discourse on Colonialism” by Aime Cesaire
*TRANSITIONAL MUST READ*
“What is to be Done?” by Lenin
“Some Questions Concerning Methods of Leadership” by Mao
“On the Party: V. Democratic Centralism within the Party” by Liu Shaoqi
“Freedom to Criticise and Unity of Action” by Lenin
“Combat Liberalism” by Mao
“The Three Main Rules of Discipline and the Eight Points for Attention” by Mao
“Twelve Recommendations” by Ho Chi Minh
(Optional)
“Marxism and the National Question” by Stalin