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The Communist Bloc has compiled a list of readings and resources for those who wish to learn more about leftist thought. This list is non-comprehensive and will be updated over time. If you have any concerns or believe a vital resource is missing, please send a telegram to Information of the Communist Bloc.

An older version of this document can be found here. Some links here are dead, but this has plenty more resources that haven't been included here yet.

Note: Inclusion in this list is not an endorsement. Our goal is to provide you with the resources necessary to form your own informed opinions.

Marxism
FAQ
Socialism FAQ - This site is strongly recommended, especially for those who are new to leftism and do not know where to start. Also, this RMB post from GreatUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics is incredibly comprehensive and debunks myths about past socialist governments and goes into detail about everything from the importance of revolution to why knowing history and theory matters. - MoI
Introductory Readings
Work	Author	Year Published	Pages
Principles of Communism	Friedrich Engels	1847	16
Wage-Labour and Capital	Karl Marx	1847	31
The Communist Manifesto	Marx and Engels	1848	39
Value, Price, and Profit	Marx	1865	30
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific	Engels	1880	56
Is Socialism Practical?	Daniel De Leon	1906	2
The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism	Vladimir Lenin	1913	7
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism	Lenin	1916	92
The State and Revolution	Lenin	1917	16
The ABCs of Communism	Bukharin and Preobrazhensky	1920	411
Foundations of Leninism	Joseph Stalin	1924	125
On Practice & On Contradiction	Mao Zedong	1937	8 & 24
Combat Liberalism	Mao	1937	2
Further Readings
Work	Author	Year Published	Pages
The German Ideology	Marx and Engels	1846	500
Capital Vol. I	Marx	1867	545
Anti-Dühring	Engels	1878	222
Reform or Revolution	Rosa Luxemburg	1900	80
Socialism vs Anarchism	De Leon	1901	42
What Is To Be Done?	Lenin	1901	115
Anarchism or Socialism?	Stalin	1907	43
The Russian Revolution	Luxemburg	1918	29
"Left-Wing" Communism: an Infantile Disorder	Lenin	1920	101
Trotskyism or Leninism?	Stalin	1924	20
Concerning Questions of Leninism	Stalin	1926	83
On Guerrilla Warfare	Mao	1937	115
Dialectical and Historical Materialism	Stalin	1938	24
Videos
Understanding Marxism: Q&A
How Capitalism Exploits You
Fundamentals of Marx: Surplus Labor and Value
Anarchism
Introductory Readings
Work	Author	Year Published	Pages
What is Property?	Pierre-Joseph Proudhon	1840	500
Mutual Aid	Peter Kropotkin	1902	196
Conquest of Bread	Kropotkin	1906	350
What is Anarchism?	Alexander Berkman	1927	260
ABC of Anarchism	Berkman	1929	102
Anarchism: From Theory to Practice	Daniel Guerin	1965	157
Further Readings
Work	Author	Year Published	Pages
Beating the Fascists?	Eve Rosenhaft	1983	215
General Resources
Online Archives
Marxists Internet Archives
libcom.org
The Anarchist Library
Anarchy 101
Tactics, Strategy, & Anti-Fascism
Work	Author	Year Published	Pages
Guerrilla Warfare	Che Guevara	1961	60
The Wretched of the Earth	Frantz Fanon	1961	310
Militant Anti-Fascism: A Hundred Years of Resistance	M. Testa	2015	320
US Army Small Unit Tactics Handbook	Paul D. LeFavor	2015	822
US Army Guide to Unconventional Warfare	US Army	2016	40
Revolutionary First Aid Basics	Indigenous Anarchist Federation	2020	18
Simple Sabotage Field Manual	Office of Strategic Services (CIA precursor)	1944	20
Real Life Politics
Getting Involved - A Party Near You!	North Korea	2016
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