User:RedParabola/Leftist resources
Access to a wide range of high quality information and sources is important. This guide exists as a compilation of good places to easily access useful resources of different kinds.
Books & text resources
Books and writing have always been a key part of all parts of the left-wing movement. Thanks to the internet it has never been easier to have access to books from all over the world and often for free.
Public domain
Books written by authors who are probably long dead are under the public domain and can be shared freely by anyone. These are compiled in many different places online but with varying quality.
| Name | URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Project Gutenburg | www.gutenberg.org/ | Large collection of free e-Books with a focus on literature. |
| Wikisource | en.wikisource.org/ | WikiMedia project focusing on providing high quality versions of source texts and translations. |
| Marxists Internet Archive | www.marxists.org/ | Large collection of writing by Marxist writers and other socialists. May have some anti-Stalin/Trotskyist bend, especially in its encyclopedia, however. |
| Marx to Mao | www.marx2mao.com/ | A collection of books and writings which are more Marxist–Leninist orientated (focused on Lenin, Stalin, etc.). Appears to be HTTP-only. |
Questionable sources
There are many websites online that provide legally questionable collections of more recent e-Books and texts of books. The largest of these is the Z-Library project which contains over 10,000,000 books and over 80,000,000 articles.[1] Use at your own discretion.
Several newspapers have a good online version for free and have resources relevant to socialist politics and organizing.
| Name | URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | A general left-wing news source with a focus on activism. Tends to be an excellent resource for anti-fascists too. |
| Red Phoenix | redphoenixnews.com | Anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist news operated by the American Party of Labor. Mostly good coverage of current events and class struggle. |
| The Espresso Stalinist | espressostalinist.com | Anti-revisionist ML blog edited by a leading member of the American Party of Labor. If you want sources on ML criticism of certain trends,
this is your place to go. |
| Workers World | workers.org | |
| Politsturm | us.politsturm.com | Marxist–Leninist news source. Often has great coverage of many topics, but can also have horrible takes on certain issues (i.e. Palestine) |
| World SocialistWeb Site | wsws.org | Often has good coverage of world events and class struggle, keeping in mind its Trotskyist stance. |
| In Defense of | idcommunism.com | Generally good Marxist–Leninist blog. Has an extensive archive of Stalin's (et al.) works. |
| Black Agenda Report | blackagendareport.com | News source with a focus on the Black American left. |