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I've started reading Subversive Lives: A Family Memoir of the Marcos Years by Susan and Nathan Quimpo. I found it after reading The Jakarta Method and wanting to read more leftist history of SEA. (Also strongly recommend for anyone interested in anti-imeprialism)
I've only read about 1/6 of it so far, but I've found it very informative of the atrocities committed by the Marcos family. I'm genuinely brought to tears several times in the book reading the first hand accounts of the terrors brought upon them. What's been very interesting so far is how much infighting and splintering that occured between the several revolutionary groups of the Philippines of the era. One brother of the author was actually killed by his comrades early on in the book.
If anyone here has read it, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it as well.
Afterwards I'd like to read State & Revolution (yeah yeah, baby leftist, I know)
Are you starting out as an ML? I could recommend some other elementary works, if you want.
I've been in the leftist camp for the last few years now, but just recently self identifying as an ML, but probably agreeing with the general idea without realising it.
My mother who grew up in Soviet Crimea just recently gifted me a copy of the Manifesto, so I'll be reading that soon. I'd really appreciate a list of some recommended works. Also if you have any suggestions for some books in the perspective of a historical account like The Jakarta Method, that really resonated with me.
Thank you!
Your Mother was a Soviet citizen?
Anyway, hold on...
Materialism and Empirio-criticism by V.I. Lenin
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels
"Democracy" and Dictatorship by V.I. Lenin
On Authority by Friedrich Engels
Anarchism or Sociailsm? by Joseph Stalin
Critique of the Gotha Programme by Karl Marx
On Practice by Mao Zedong
On Contradiction by Mao Zedong
Anti-Dühring by Friedrich Engels
Historical Materialism: A System of Sociology by Nikolai Bukharin
Dialectical and Historical Materialism by Joseph Stalin
“Left-Wing” Communism: an Infantile Disorder by Vladimir Lenin
What is to be Done? by Vladimir Lenin
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I hand-picked these from a lot of choices.
If you can read through all of these, you won't be a "baby" leftist anymore.
I really appreciate the effort, comrade 🫡
I'll get these on my list for sure.
Very eager and excited to further my ~~indoctrination~~ education!
You can use marxists.org to read 'em as well.