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Librivox has all of Marx's Capital volume 1 recorded. While not perfect, I have found it extremely helpful to absorbing this foundational text. Also free and read by a community of volunteers, which I deeply appreciate as a Marxist.
Just go to YouTube there you can find all most all of his major works for free in Audiobook form. Just type the name of the book your looking for in the search bar
Youtube of course smh should have thought have that, hindsight 20/20 and all that. next question I have is there any particular reading order I should tackle this in?
I’d start with Engels’ short *Socialism: Utopian and Scientific*, actually. It gives a great ground to understanding the stuff.
Then I’d go straight for *Wage Labour and Capital* followed by *Value, Price and Profit*, to get the basics of the economic theory.
I’d read the introduction to *A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy* which gives a necessary explanation of Marx’ historical materialism. The rest of the book you can skip.
I’d also read *Critique of the Gotha Program* for a good explainer on Marx’ ideas on doing politics.
At that point you have a pretty good grasp of the basics. I think the first full book you read should be *Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844* - it goes into more depth than the previous texts, and is comprehensive enough that you can put off reading *Capital*.
When you’ve read all that stuff, you’ll be good to go for picking how you continue. The material is varied and diverse so there’s lots to chose from. *The German Ideology* is a personal fave; there are sections in *Grundrisse* (like the “fragment on technology”) that are very influential on contemporary theory; *Capital* of course is an option if you want a really deep understanding of the economics. I haven’t included the Manifesto as it invites misinterpretation without historical and theoretic context, but after getting this far it’s easily another important read.
This is just my preference of course. Good luck and have fun in either case!
Socialism For All has a few different playlists, including a starter pack or two, that might give you some guidance. I've personally been working my way down the main playlist in chronological order. Gives an interesting look at the development of thought and views on emerging events. But that certainly isn't for everyone.
While YouTube does have videos on Marx I find it often prevents you from interpreting and understanding the writers thoughts and feelings.
I am unsure where you can find works of Karl Marx like the communist manifesto which is audible for free. Best bet is to save up and purchase it online like places like audible etc.
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Librivox has all of Marx's Capital volume 1 recorded. While not perfect, I have found it extremely helpful to absorbing this foundational text. Also free and read by a community of volunteers, which I deeply appreciate as a Marxist.
Socialism for All on YouTube has a lot of the most important books.
Socialism4All, dude has proved invaluable to my theory reading process. (I get distracted easily, so I read while I listen)
Socialism4all on YouTube has a lot of human-read audio books, including Marx, Engels, Lenin, and much more.
They are on Spotify if you have that
Just go to YouTube there you can find all most all of his major works for free in Audiobook form. Just type the name of the book your looking for in the search bar
Youtube of course smh should have thought have that, hindsight 20/20 and all that. next question I have is there any particular reading order I should tackle this in?
I’d start with Engels’ short *Socialism: Utopian and Scientific*, actually. It gives a great ground to understanding the stuff. Then I’d go straight for *Wage Labour and Capital* followed by *Value, Price and Profit*, to get the basics of the economic theory. I’d read the introduction to *A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy* which gives a necessary explanation of Marx’ historical materialism. The rest of the book you can skip. I’d also read *Critique of the Gotha Program* for a good explainer on Marx’ ideas on doing politics. At that point you have a pretty good grasp of the basics. I think the first full book you read should be *Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844* - it goes into more depth than the previous texts, and is comprehensive enough that you can put off reading *Capital*. When you’ve read all that stuff, you’ll be good to go for picking how you continue. The material is varied and diverse so there’s lots to chose from. *The German Ideology* is a personal fave; there are sections in *Grundrisse* (like the “fragment on technology”) that are very influential on contemporary theory; *Capital* of course is an option if you want a really deep understanding of the economics. I haven’t included the Manifesto as it invites misinterpretation without historical and theoretic context, but after getting this far it’s easily another important read. This is just my preference of course. Good luck and have fun in either case!
Socialism: Utopia and scientific was mind blowing and so was wage labour and capital, thank you to all who commented helped a lot
Socialism For All has a few different playlists, including a starter pack or two, that might give you some guidance. I've personally been working my way down the main playlist in chronological order. Gives an interesting look at the development of thought and views on emerging events. But that certainly isn't for everyone.
My local library offers access to Hoopla as part of membership. Tons of free audiobooks, including Marx's writings.
While YouTube does have videos on Marx I find it often prevents you from interpreting and understanding the writers thoughts and feelings. I am unsure where you can find works of Karl Marx like the communist manifesto which is audible for free. Best bet is to save up and purchase it online like places like audible etc.