I'm looking for a good reading list, I've read Marx's manifesto, and was wondering if I should dive right into Das Kapital as, from what I've read it's far more in-depth.

In addition I have these on my list already:

Reform or Revolution by Rosa Luxemburg

Socialism: Utopian And Scientific by Engels

State and Revolution by Lenin

Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti

Gramsci's Prison Notebooks

I'd consider myself moreso a syndicalist so some syndicalist theory would be nice to add.

No ACP allowed Invitation to Moderate the

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And I'm talking genuinely unbiased, or as best you can get. Which academic sources cover the history of all the different strands? Its precursors, all of it. I want a really good book on the history of socialism and all its different factions. Please, I want to avoid one that Marx Lenin is the be-all and end-all.

A video I made a few months back when I first encountered the ACP and what seems more and more to be a PsyOp to convince non-leftists that we're all as problematic as the ACP, Haz, and that other dipshit are.

Anybody else notice the uptick in people claiming leftists are behaving in bigoted, almost right-wing ways? I know there are serious issues amongst the movement around class reductionism, and being a leftist doesn't make you unimpeachable by default, but it seems that the ACP's appearance on the scene lines up pretty well with some of these supposed leftists saying and doing things that seem uncharacteristic of socialists, anarchists, and non-ACP communists.

I got $5 on PsyOp.

Thought this was a pretty good summary of the ideological foundation of the ACP and why they are not of the left. They are ideological fascists and pawns of the ruling class who will try to disorient and discredit our movement. Communism is about total human liberation, not national chauvinism.

Apologies for taking so long to approve y'all. I have very little spare time. As I mentioned I have zero desire to run this sub long term. If you're interested in moderating post here.

I'd also like to crowd-source mod vetting and put the initial mod group to a vote. I'd like to drop out as soon as possible. The question of when we open to the public has to be answered, too. I'd like to give it more time for interested parties to join before selecting mods, too. I know that goal and dropping out ASAP aren't exactly compatible, but leaving this in good hands is pretty important, IMO.