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Just saying that next time please post in c/socialism101 (linked in sidebar)
If it's understanding theory that is the issue, then yeah that's pretty much the way to go. Read a section (can be longer than a paragraph), maybe do it multiple times until you understand it, try to rephrase it in your own words. Also, taking notes is a good idea since writing it down and having future reference can be very helpful but it will slow down reading.
Also, newer translations of books are generally easier to read, but sometimes are heavily influenced by academia who have no real connection to communist movement so keep that in mind and do a bit of research for longer books.
Also if you haven't read books as of late and want to either start/get back into reading, then it'll only be somewhat difficult in the beginning. The more you read, the easier it will be.
Do you have any methods on doing all that, and do you have any recommendations from https://redsails.org/?
Idk, what I wrote is pretty much how i read - reread sections and rephrase them to make sure I understand what I've just read, take notes on stuff that sticks out.
What I had a bigger problem with was making myself to read, but what helped me was setting a reading time each day of 1 hour and sticking to it.
As for redsails, idk never heard of the site before but I assume it just hosts left-leaning texts and stuff. https://imgur.com/s70UUPQ is a decent reading list I personally used, most of it is probably going to be on there.
Are there any other methods? Also, what if I'm a bit worried that I might not understand some of the sentences in the material? How do I do that method you do? How do I make sure that I WON'T forget the theory I've studied?
Tbh I feel like you're making this harder on yourself than it needs to be - the best way to start reading is to start reading rather than fussing about every single "what if" scenario which is how your questions sound like.
You don't need to perfectly understand every single sentence there is (that's to be expected), what's most important is the general gist and for the concept that's being talked about to sink in. If there are events mentioned or words you don't understand, don't be afraid to look them up to know what's being talked about.
There's also nothing stopping you from re-reading texts later on in case you grow forgetful or want to fully understand it with the added context from other works you've read. In fact, it's common practice.
All in all, there isn't really any kind of a secret sauce - just start reading and read and read and read, with the goal of reading to learn rather than reading to just get through it as you would with fiction.
Cowbee? Doesn't that loser post on ML and Hexbear or something? Why would you bring them up on the anti-tankie socialism community, did you get lost?
I'm just giving an example of method
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