Marx – Capital Vol 1 Sec 1
July 9, 2024
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So this is a work I started years ago, but found too boring to get through even a chapter of. Since I’ve been rereading what
Category: Marxism
Excerpts from James Mill’s Elements of Political Economy- Marx (1844)
June 11, 2023
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I probably dived more into this section than any other because it covers some of the foundational arguments for Marxism. Unlike some of the other
Marx and Abstraction
June 10, 2023
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Marx makes a lot of how others ‘abstract’ concepts. This is something I’ve been struggling with in Marx, so I found this article, which does
On the Jewish Question- Marx (1843)
June 9, 2023
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I’m indenting my own comments, rather than using the indent for quotes, because I wanted to set them apart. SummaryThere was, at the time, a
Letters from Franco-German Yearbooks- Marx (1843)
June 9, 2023
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SummaryMarx criticizes the actual world, which he sees as perverted. In particular, he criticizes political society, that is the Prussian state, as a despotism whose
Critique of Hegel’s Doctrine of the State- Marx (1843)
June 9, 2023
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This has been difficult to follow, and frankly, of little interest to me. But Marx considered Hegel to have hit on something important- the alienation
Early Writings of Karl Marx- Introduction by Lucio Colletti
June 8, 2023
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I’m in the middle of reading through the Early Writings collection right now. But I started out with this 50-page introduction to the book. Lucio
Stalinism and Bolshevism- Leon Trotsky
February 16, 2023
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This was first published in Socialist Appeal in Sept 1937 This is the fifth of five writings included in the Classics of Marxism vol II,
In Defense of October- Leon Trotsky
February 16, 2023
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This is the text of a speech Trotsky delivered in 1932, defending the October 1917 Russian Revolution. This is the fourth of five texts included
“Left-Wing” Communism: An Infantile Disorder- Vladimir Lenin
February 14, 2023
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Continuing through the Commie Classics, this is a review of “Left Wing” Communism: an Infantile Disorder, by Lenin, who wrote this book in 1920. Bolsheviks