Cincinnati Socialists Reading Guide

Our organization is part of the Marxist movement, which traces its legacy back to the mid-1800s and the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. This guide is a collection of documents, all primary sources, which sketch out a vision of that tradition, from its inception through to the latter part of the 20th century. Though by no means exhaustive, this guide should help to orient potential members to the general approach, principles, and viewpoints of Cincinnati Socialists.

• David Bush: How To Be A Socialist Organizer

• Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: Manifesto of the Communist Party

• Karl Marx: Wage Labor and Capital

• Joseph Stalin: Dialectical and Historical Materialism, Parts 1 & 2

• Friedrich Engels: Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, Part 3

• Vladimir Lenin: State and Revolution & The Urgent Tasks of Our Movement

• Mao Tse-Tung: On Practice & Combat Liberalism

• Leon Trotsky: The Transitional Program, Parts 1-3 & On The United Front

• Che Guevara: Man and Socialism in Cuba

• Rosa Luxemburg: Reform or Revolution

• Frantz Fanon: The Wretched of the Earth, Ch. 1