How capitalism creates a system where richer countries & banks colonize poorer ones to claim dominion over their resources and cheap labor, with plenty of bullets for those who complain. Lenin’s best work.
An introduction to Lenin’s idea of the “vanguard party” of professional revolutionaries that raise consciousness among workers. Also, a bunch of sniping against dead guys who lost.
Vladimir Lenin’s explanation as to why you can’t vote your way into socialism or simply wield the capitalists’ state in order to build it. Necessary reading for revolutionaries.
What if the robots and computer programs aren’t really coming for our jobs? Can we still have that sweet, post-scarcity, Star Trek future?
Work sucks – the Luddites knew. Gavin Mueller argues we need to decelerate the pace of technological change for workers’ sake.
Why you might feel your job is pointless, why you might be right, and why you shouldn’t take it anymore. This is one of the best reads yet.
“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life,” people say. Who came up with that phrase, and can we beat them up?
A guide to building a revolutionary teaching system that liberates people from oppression. Education, for Freire, should not be about a teacher depositing facts into empty heads. It should be a process of dialogue between student-teachers.
Professor Richard Wolff proposes a new way of organizing our workplaces. Is this a cure for capitalism’s ills, or will some of its worst symptoms remain?
Possibly the simplest, most effective and endearing attempt to explain how capitalism works and how people have imagined communism as an alternative.
Professor Terry Eagleton skillfully refutes ten of the most common criticisms of Marxism. In the process, he exposes Karl Marx’s freedom-loving, creative and occasionally hard-partying qualities.
A condensed version of Karl Marx’s big scary “Capital”, written in contemporary language, and with many helpful and frequently amusing comic illustrations. This is incredibly useful.