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Karl Marx, “The Estrangement of Labor” (via coocoolah)

Wage Labour and Capital - Karl Marx https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/wage-labour/ Yes by this point it’s probably good to go back to Marx, or else it’s far too easy to never read his own work at all - and Marxists who do this often end up with a narrow understanding of Marxist thought. This one deals with pretty much what the title implies, and outlines why the interests of the wage-labourer and the capitalist are incompatible.  The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels  https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ Worth reading, though also understanding it as an historical propaganda piece. Not the same level of rigour as many other works but still has some value. The Principles of Communism - Friedrich Engels https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm Similar to the last piece, and perhaps a bit dated. But in some ways this can quickly outline some of the foundational principles of communism - most of which hold up today regardless of how many innovations communists have made. Capital Volume One - Karl Marx https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ At this stage keen readers may want to start chipping away at Capital. It is a monster of a book, however, and some of the writing is extremely tedious. Take your time - seriously. Set aside potentially a whole year to just chip away at this and see what you can get out of it. Hopefully some of the parts Harvey highlights will reveal themselves. Don’t feel like you have to finish it to continue on the list. State and Revolution - Vladimir Lenin https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ Those who know me might think this is a surprise as my politics are very critical of Leninism. However, this piece does have some important lessons in it - and it’s fair to say that regardless of your thoughts on Lenin he was a good writer and propagandist. Whether or not he lived up to much of the principles he seems to outline in this work is certainly up for debate. Society of the Spectacle - Guy Debord https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm The tone of writing here will seem unusual compared to what’s been recommended up until this point. But SotS is a useful read. Contextually, this was written when the USSR was still powerful but being critiqued by communist thinkers - and Debord is certainly no booster for the Soviet Union. This was also in a period when capitalism was extremely bureaucratic in the realm of public life, in the form of the state (much of these functions have remained but have been privatised to be fair). Keep that in mind, as I believe Debord was not merely meaning Spectacular capitalism when he talks about bureaucratic societies - but is drawing parallels between the bourgeois democratic states and the bureaucratic “Really Existing Socialist” states. Discipline and Punish - Michel Foucault https://zulfahmed.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/disciplineandpunish.pdf Foucault is perhaps actually a bit clearer to read than Debord. This piece looks at disciplinary strategies employed by the State and how this has changed over time. His analysis of power problematises some presumptions about how to achieve liberatory politics. Do not be dissuaded by Marxists who snub Foucault - they are only patting themselves on the back for a fairly glaring blindspot they’re unwilling to consider. The Historical Moment That Produced Us - Loren Goldner http://insurgentnotes.com/2010/06/historical_moment/ This is a great introduction to some of the ways that dissident Marxist thought has culminated and some of the principles it is emphasising today. Goldner is a former Trotskyist and a populariser (to the extent that it is at all popular.. so very marginally) of Left Communism in the anglophone world. This piece is partly polemic and takes swings at some of the sacred cows of the existing ostensibly radical left (support for Chavismo, etc). 

“You can’t have capitalism without racism” - Malcolm X SOCIALISM 2016 - A weekend of radical ideas will kick off with an Opening Night plenary on “Racism and resistance to the system” featuring an activist from #BlackLivesMatter, an Indigenous activist, an anti-Islamophobia activist and a refugee rights activist involved in the blockade of the Lady Cilento hospital in Brisbane. Check out the full program and get your ticket today at www.socialismsydney.com

I had to post this because Ethan’s expression perfectly shows  how I feel about school right now, and generally about life. And why not fill up my Tumblr with cute babies? It’s perfectly relevant! 

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Norway

Alison Bechdel’s original 1985 Dykes To Watch Out For strip that became known as “The Bechdel Test.”

but the edges of the world that held me up have gone away, and i’m falling into nothingness or flying into something so sublime.

*Fun fact: if you call it a novel in front of Janet she’ll probably explode.

On Ozu, and introducing limitations.

Watch: SNL roasts Trump with “Racists for Trump” ad

Miss Julie (2014) dir. Liv Ullmann