Book recommendations for a newbie (lemmygrad.ml)

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My friend read the manifesto and is interested in reading more about communism. I feel like Capital would be a bit heavy for him so i thought i'd ask here about what you think he should read. Also since his English isn't that good i'd appreciate it if your recommendations had Persian translations as well. Thanks in advance!

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[-] TotallynotinIran@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah i was considering those as options since they have good translations as well. If they're good for starting on their own then it would be pretty convenient.

[-] haui@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 7 months ago

State and revolution is very short and polemic, its funny to read. Foundations is also short but more stalins subdues hunour which is funny but not as on the nose. Both take turns at dumping on their political "enemies" aka the leftlibs aka trotsky, anarchists, menscheviks, etc. Its really funny to read if this is a humour you like. Ideologically, both are crucial imo.

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