Socialist Studies

We have all been taught to believe capitalist thought.

Here are recommended resources that will open your eyes and mind to what is really going on and why.

We will be updating this with contemporary materials as we develop the site.

Where free online material is available, links are provided.  For materials not available online, we suggest you borrow it from  the public library or purchase it from an independent bookstore.

Introductory Material
America’s Road to Socialism – James P. Cannon
Communist Manifesto – Karl Marx & Frederick Engels
Socialism: Utopian & Scientific – Frederick Engels

The State
Critique of the Gotha Program – Karl Marx
State and Revolution – V.I. Lenin

The Need for a Vanguard Party

History of American Trotskyism – James P. Cannon

Transitional Program – Leon Trotsky

The Problem of Reformism & Bureaucracy
Reform vs. Revolution – Rosa Luxemburg
Kirov Assassination – Leon Trotsky
Stalinism & Bolshevism – Leon Trotsky
Revolution Betrayed – Leon Trotsky

Marxist Economics
Wage, Labor & Capital – Karl Marx
Value, Price & Profit – Karl Marx
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism – V.I. Lenin

Theory of Permanent Revolution
In Defense of October – Leon Trotsky

Fascism
Fascism – Leon Trotsky
Germany: The Only Road – Leon Trotsky
Whither France? – Leon Trotsky

Dialectical Materialism
Introduction to the Logic of Marxism – Warde

Black Liberation
Freedom Now – Socialist Workers Party Resolution
Marxism & the Negro Struggle – Cliffton DeBerry
How a Minority Can Change Society – George Breitman
Malcolm X: The Man & His Ideas – George Breitman
The Black Panther Party – Hulett

General Information

Marxist Internet Archive :  The Marxists Internet Archive (MIA,) is an all-volunteer, non-profit public library, started more than 20 years ago in 1990.  MIA contains the writings of 592 authors representing a complete spectrum of political, philosophical, and scientific thought, generally spanning the past 200 years.  All material within these Archives, unless noted otherwise, is public domain.

eBook Options :  The Marxist Internet Archives has eBook and PDF versions of many of these titles.

Independent Bookstores

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