I’m hoping to join a communist party locally but I feel like my leftist education is lacking, I’ve read some stuff here and there like State and Revolution and some short Engels or Marx stuff, but I’d love to have a sorta checklist of books/resources to go through before joining a party so I actually know what I’m talking about. My knowledge of dialectical materialism is very poor, same with the economics of MLs. I’ve found reading lists but I feel like I read it and end up not absorbing it well. I also recently found out I have ADHD so it’s hard for info to stick but meds and workflows are helping with that. Any help would be phenomenal! I use my Kindle for e-books so I’m sure I can find books on z-lib or something. Thanks!
You could start out with the ML reading hub as a rough guide. You can be as flexible as you want—don’t worry about the stages too much and read what you are interested in (though be aware that you probably don’t want to dive into heavy books like What Is To Be Done right off the bat). For example, Combat Liberalism and Oppose Book Worship are very short and can be read as early as you want in my opinion.
Other works that I really liked: Wretched of the Earth, Autobiography of Malcolm X, On the Ideology of the Black Panther Party, The Jakarta Method
Edit: They also have study guides so that should help with absorbing the material
Thanks a ton, incredible site.
