Communist books Communist books The Critique of the Gotha Program is a document based on a letter by Karl Marx written in early May 1875 to the Eisenach faction of the German social democratic movement, with whom Marx and Fredrick Engels were in close association. Offering perhaps Marx's most detailed pronouncement on programmatic matters of revolutionary strategy, the document discusses the " dictatorship of the proletariat," the period of transition from capitalism to communism, proletarian internationalism, and the party of the working class. The Critique of the Gotha Program, published after his death, was one of Marx's last major writings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Critique of the Gotha Program"
Das Kapital ("Capital") is a very large treatise of political economy written by Karl Marx in German. The book is a critical analysis of capitalism, its economic practices and the theories which economists made about it. As noted by S. S. Prawer in "Karl Marx and World Literature" (1978), it has not only scientific but also important literary merits. ...more on Wikipedia about "Das Kapital"
Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung (毛主席语录 Pinyin: Máo Zhǔxí Yǔlù), better known in the West as The Little Red Book, has been published by the Government of the People's Republic of China since April 1964. As its title implies, it is a collection of quotations excerpted from Mao's past speeches and publications. The book's alternative title The Little Red Book was coined by the West for its pocket-sized edition, which was specifically printed and sold to facilitate easy carrying. The closest equivalent in Chinese is 红宝书 (Pinyin: Hóng Bǎo Shū), literally "The Red Treasured Book", which was a term popular during the Cultural Revolution. ...more on Wikipedia about "Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung"
State and Revolution was a brochure written by Vladimir Lenin in August - September, 1917. It describes his view of the political form of the dictatorship of the proletariat. ...more on Wikipedia about "State and Revolution"
Ten Days that Shook the World ( 1919) is a book by American journalist and socialist John Reed, about the October Revolution in Russia 1917 which Reed experienced first-hand. Reed followed many of the prominent Bolshevik leaders, especially Zinoviev and Karl Radek, closely during his time in Russia, and there is no denying that the book sides with the Communists and their standpoints. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ten Days that Shook the World"
The Communist Manifesto (Das Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei) was first published on February 21, 1848, and is one of the world's most historically influential political tracts. Commissioned by the Communist League and written by communist theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, it laid out the League's purposes and program. The Manifesto suggested a course of action for a proletarian revolution to overthrow capitalism and, eventually, to bring about a classless society. This was most spectacularly attempted in Russia by Lenin in the early twentieth century. Curtis Pettit also attempted this transition on a smaller scale, but was slightly more successful. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Communist Manifesto"
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon was written by Karl Marx between December 1851 and March 1852, and originally published in 1852 in Die Revolution, a German-language monthly magazine published in New York and established by Joseph Weydemeyer. Later editions (such as an 1869 Hamburg edition) were entitled The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte"
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The Holy Family is a painting by Michelangelo painted during the years ...more on Wikipedia about "The Holy Family"
The Poverty of Philosophy is a book by Karl Marx published in Paris and Brussels in 1847. In it, Marx criticizes the economic and philosophical arguments of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon set forth in The Philosophy of Poverty. Marx specifically accuses Proudhon of wanting to rise above the bourgeoisie when in fact Proudhon is a bourgeois himself. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Poverty of Philosophy"
The Revolution Betrayed is a book by the Russian Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky, published in 1937, analyzing and critizising Stalinism and the post-Lenin development in the Soviet Union. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Revolution Betrayed"
The "Theses on Feuerbach" are eleven short philosophical notes written by Karl Marx in 1845. They outline a critique of the ideas of Marx's fellow Young Hegelian philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach. But the text is often seen as more ambitious than this, criticizing the contemplative materialism of the Young Hegelians alongside all forms of philosophical idealism. The "Theses" identify political action as the only truth of philosophy, famously concluding: "Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it." (in the German original: "Die Philosophen haben die Welt nur verschieden interpretiert; es kommt aber darauf an, sie zu verändern.") While the text wishes to retain the critical stance of German critical idealism, it transposes that criticism into practical, material, political terms (leading directly to Marx's later assertion that the "criticism of weapons" must at some point do the work of the "weapons of criticism"). ...more on Wikipedia about "Theses on Feuerbach"
What is to be Done? ( ) was a political pamphlet, written by Vladimir Lenin at the end of 1901 and early 1902. The title is inspired by the novel of Nikolai Chernyshevsky with the same name. The piece partly inspired the split of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) between the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. ...more on Wikipedia about "What is to be Done?"
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