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PolyluxMarx: An Illustrated Workbook for Studying Marx’s Capital

Citizen Participation vs Class Power: Thoughts on community organizing

Ray Valentine talks about the limitations of the community organizing model. This article was first published by Organizing Work.

Smashed Up: Young service workers on the sanctity of small business

A 2015 article from service workers in Oakland, discussing riots and the myths around small businesses.

The Enemy is Middle Class - Andy Anderson and Mark Anderson

Controversial book published by Openly Classist in 1998.

Anarchy and Communism - Carlo Cafiero

Carlo Cafiero's outline of Anarchist Communism.

E20: The Exotic Dancers Union

Podcast episode about the workers at the Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco who in 1997 were the first women who managed to unionise a strip joint in the United States, and who later took it over and ran it as a workers’ co-operative.

Get Up and Get Going: How to Form a Group

A guide from It's Going Down on how to start new groups and projects.

Excerpts from Stalin's Economic Problems of the USSR

Excerpts from Stalin's Economic Problems of the USSR, where he defends commodity production under socialism against Marx and Engels.

Thomas Sankara's 1984 speech to the UN general assembly

Thomas Sankara's speech to the 39th plenary of the United Nations general assembly Thursday, 4 October 1984

Marx im Westen or Marx in the West

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French libertarian communist group Mouvement Communiste's analysis and critique of the trade unions.

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