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Basic Marxism-Leninism Study Plan
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Beginner's Guide to Marxism (marxists.org)
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Topical Study Guide (marxistleninist.wordpress.com)

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Kapitalism 101 on political economy
Marxist Philosophy understanding DiaMat
Reading Marx's Capital with David Harvey

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Marxists.org largest Marxist library
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BannedThought.net collection of revolutionary publications
The Collected Works of Marx and Engels torrentable file of all known writings of Marx and Engels
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What makes a nation AES? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net to c/marxism@hexbear.net

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AES- Actually-Existing Socialism

Edit: Dictatorship of the Proletariat + Predominant, collective ownership and control of the economy = AES?

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[–] markr@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just anecdotally, I worked for a short period of time in China, and was simply stunned by the level of public investment that was occurring. There is so much we could do if we had the political power to do anything. Also, my colleagues were pretty open about their collective sigh of relief that the nightmare their parents went through was long over, their anxiety that it could return, and their enthusiasm for the current path. Of course this was a rather nonrandom sample of tech workers, so there is that. My opinion is that I have no idea if China will end up being AES, but at least it represents an intention to do so, and an alternative to the dominant system.