These are just a few things to get you started. By no means is this a complete list. Below are some book recommendations from members and friends of Freedom Road Socialist Organization/Organizacion Socialista del Camino para la Libertad, the group who first pulled this project together.
But first, we thought you might need a little motivation before starting on your learning journey, so we suggest you watch this to get in the right mood:
Perhaps you, too, will read some Marx and like it. Want to try? We’d recommend checking out the archives of Marxists.org, where a bunch of the classic Marxists texts are available for free. If you want to skip directly to Marx’s famous Manifesto, please do!
There’s tons of study materials at Online University of the Left. Watch videos and download study guides to your heart’s content!
Or maybe you’re more interested in a piece on socialism and women’s liberation? A series of lessons on Marxism circulated during the 1970s liberation struggles in Africa? Or an examination of the idea of Mass Line. You can check out Carl Davidson’s blog on labor and radical politics. Or perhaps an animated examination of our recent economic crisis from a Marxist perspective:
But enough of suggestions, on to the books:
