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Book recommendations for a newbie
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I don’t know what’s available in Persian but I wanna say this. Kapital isn’t good for start even for intermediate. It should be the last step to read to learn communism. Because, the book itself is a critique of capitalism and there’s minimal reference to socialism.
I think best to read for a start Terry Eagleton’s “Why Marx was right?”. I know he’s Trotskyist but he summarizes why Marx is still relevant today and why bourgeoisie is claiming that Marx is dead and his ideas in every 10 years.
That book is a good restarting to brain since we’re being installed so many anti-communist propaganda.
If the writer is a Trotskyist then i don't think that eould be a good idea. My friend easily misunderstands stuff so that's a bit risky. Might fall into the wrong rabbit hole.
There’s no Trotskyism in that book. I said the writer himself is a Trotskyist.
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