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History of the CPSU (Chapters 4-5: 1908-1914) | Theory Discussion Group, Weeks 28-29 of 2026
You can read the text on ProleWiki. ... read full post
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Yet again accepting suggestions for the theory discussion group
It is once again, again, time to collect more suggestions. As usual, texts should be Marxist theory of some kind and will be selected (if appropriate) roughly based on number of upvotes. ... read full post
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Marxism-Leninism Study Guide: Basic Course
The following is a guided study plan for Marxism-Leninism. This is not a comprehensive guide, and is instead meant to build solid fundamentals that you can carry on to the advanced course if you wish to extend the depth of your knowledge. This guide is also meant to help you in your real life organizing work, and encourage you to get involved. This is not a history or evaluation of actually existing socialism (AES), nor will it cover advanced topics. For those, see the advanced course (currently under construction). ... read full post
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History of the CPSU (Chapters 2-3: 1901-1907) | Theory Discussion Group, Weeks 26-27 of 2026
https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:History_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_UnionYou can post questions or share your thoughts at any time, even after we've moved on to a new text. ... read full post
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History of the CPSU (Introduction + Chapter 1: 1883-1901) | Theory Discussion Group, Week 25 of 2026
https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:History_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_UnionYou can post questions or share your thoughts at any time, even after we've moved on to a new text. ... read full post
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2mon
Das Kap Vol 3, parts I-III summarized in a system of equations, awaiting review
I've been playing around with the math in the first half of das kap vol 3, trying to verify some things. He essentially takes basic accounting principles and extrapolates it for the whole of industry. However, he also qualitatively describes phenomena with words, which I believe can be more concisely described through formula. ... read full post
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Black Skin, White Masks | Theory Discussion Group, Weeks 20-21 of 2026
https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Black_Skin,_White_MasksYou can post questions or share your thoughts at any time, even after we've moved on to a new text. ... read full post
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2mon
Lenin's "Monism And Dualism" vs. Anti-Imperialism
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/carimarx/5.htmI've been coming across this specific passage by a lot of leftcoms and Trotskyists when it comes to the Marxist-Leninist push to critically support anti-imperialism around the world. I know it's a response to Kievsky (not exactly sure what he was talking about either), but I'm having trouble understanding the context it's said in and what it means. Does it directly contradict ML critical support of Iran, Palestine (non-PFLP), Russia, etc. ... read full post
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3mon
Critique of "Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy" by Grover Furr
https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trotsky_and_the_Military_ConspiracyI discovered this work on ProleWiki while debating a friend of mine about the purges under Stalin and was immediately disappointed with the quality of the work. It is an extremely sloppy and downright amateurish work; not something I would expect to be published, much less cited. The purpose of this post is to try and go over the many glaring issues I find with how it was written and composed and to some extent some of the conclusions it draws. ... read full post
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Red Horizons: The New Scholarly Journal By Iskra Books | Submissions for articles open till May 31st
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/11206658 ... read full post
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4mon
On McDonald's Marxism
https://twitter-thread.com/t/2039165293508087846cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/45352739 ... read full post
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4mon
Materialist Analysis Sorely Lacking in Resistance Telegram Channels
Title. I have spent quite some time on the TG Resistance chat groups such as those of Resistance Trench and Slavyangrad to keep up with the latest information on the warfronts, and perhaps it shouldn't be shocking, but I was dismayed by the lack of not even Marxism, but basic material analysis of the situations in many of the groups' vocal members. ... read full post
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Neocolonialism, the Last Stage of Imperialism | Theory Discussion Group, Weeks 12-14 of 2026
https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Neocolonialism,_the_Last_Stage_of_ImperialismYou can post questions or share your thoughts at any time, even after we've moved on to a new text. ... read full post
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Discourse on Colonialism | Theory Discussion Group, Week 11 of 2026
https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Discourse_on_ColonialismYou can post questions or share your thoughts at any time, even after we've moved on to a new text. ... read full post
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5mon
Social Development and the Biological Unnaturalness of Capitalism's Conception of Individualism
Atomized individualism is promoted by Capitalism not merely as “realistic", it’s promoted by Capitalism also as natural, desirable even. People are propagandistically convinced that they are mechanically utilitarian competitors pursuing their egoistic almost as if biblically dictated interests. In what follows I will show how this (bourgeois) definition of the human subject stands as a fundamental threat to (scientific) sustainability. Building on solid research in developmental psychology, social science, evolutionary biology, anthropology and neuroscience, I argue that we are extremely eusocial creatures who need more serious consideration in science and philosophy. It shows that capitalist individualism is socially and biologically inadequate, even harmful, while Juche-Communism is far more in keeping with humanity as constructed by evolution and neuro-development. ... read full post
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Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Concise Guide | Theory Discussion Group, Weeks 9-10 of 2026
https://roland-theodore-boer.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/roland-boer-socialism-with-chinese-characteristics-a-concise-guide-2021.pdfThis is a summary of the author's book, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Guide for Foreigners. ... read full post
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5mon
What are the best places to get theory ebooks that are formatted correctly
I have tried to read theory ebooks but for some reason none of them that I have found work on the ereader I have and have strange formatting where chapters and page ends don't show up right or are split over several pages
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Psychological Warfare in the Strategy of Imperialism | Theory Discussion Group, Weeks 7-8 of 2026
https://november8ph.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ARTEMOV-PSYCHOLOGICAL-WARFARE.pdfYou can post questions or share your thoughts at any time, even after we've moved on to a new text. ... read full post
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6mon
Blackshirts & Reds | Theory Discussion Group, Weeks 5-6 of 2026
https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Blackshirts_and_Reds:_Rational_Fascism_and_the_Overthrow_of_CommunismYou can post questions or share your thoughts at any time, even after we've moved on to a new text. ... read full post
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I don't fully understand dialectical materialism.
Granted I've only read The Elementary Principles of Philosophy and On Contradictions from Mao, but the examples are still very vague and abstract. I've been trying to think of every day situations where I could apply dialectical materialism but I just can't seem to understand it well enough.
EDIT: Amazing replies from everyone, everything is much more clear.
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Suggest texts for the theory reading group!
It is once again time to collect more suggestions. As usual, texts should be Marxist theory of some kind and will be selected (if appropriate) roughly based on number of upvotes. ... read full post
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The Poverty of Philosophy | Theory Discussion Group, Weeks 2-3 of 2026
https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:The_poverty_of_philosophyYou can post questions or share your thoughts at any time, even after we've moved on to a new text. ... read full post
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7mon
Lenin's "The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky" | Theory Discussion Group, Weeks 51-52 of 2025
https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Vladimir_Lenin/The_proletarian_revolution_and_the_renegade_KautskyYou can post questions or share your thoughts at any time, even after we've moved on to a new text. ... read full post
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7mon
Mao's "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People" | Theory Discussion Group, Week 50 of 2025
https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:On_the_Correct_Handling_of_Contradictions_Among_the_PeopleYou can post questions or share your thoughts at any time, even after we've moved on to a new text. ... read full post
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8mon
George Jackson's "Blood in My Eye" | Theory Discussion Group, Weeks 48-49 of 2025
https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Blood_in_My_EyeYou can read the text on ProleWiki. Audio versions are available on YouTube. ... read full post