socialism.md

3 minute intro to Marxism

10 minute intro to Karl Marx --- (Reminder for newcomers that private property refers exclusively to the means of production, not your home and other possessions which are considered personal property)

Introduction to Marxism by Professor Richard D. Wolff

Against Capitalism by Jerry Cohen

Introduction to Anarchism by Noam Chomsky

Chomsky on capitalism #1

Chomsky on capitalism #2

Here is a list of some more Chomsky videos

'Anarchy Works' - A simple Q&A style book

Albert Einstein - Why Socialism?

The Conquest of Bread by Kroptokin - Anarcho-Communism, audiobook

Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Engels

What is Property? by Proudhon

Reform or Revolution by Rosa Luxemborg

Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman

A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn ...Universally acclaimed by those on the left, and a definite classic/must-read ... can also be found in audiobook form on kickass torrents or the pirate bay

Capital Volume 1 by Karl Marx - Explained by David Harvey

The Principles of Communism

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution

The Zapatista movement: A modern day libertarian socialist society

Rojava: Another modern day socialist society

Marx's concept of false consciousness; similar to what we call 'the matrix' in the 21st century

Marx on 'alienation' of workers

Liberationschool.org

http://ouleft.org/

/r/Socialism

/r/Socialism_101

/r/Anarchy101 <--- the best of all the '101' subreddits IMO as it has the most content (use the search bar as well)

/r/Communism101

/r/DebateACommunist

/r/DebateAnarchism

https://youtu.be/-w12bkm9g8o?t=3m18s <--- Capitalist exploitation explained

Leftist movies and documentaries:

'Americas Unofficial Religion - The War on an Idea' - Short documentary about the history of socialism and the left in America ... This one is absolutely essential

'Matewan' - A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company - 7.9/10 on IMDB

'Land and Freedom' - an unemployed communist that comes to Spain in 1937 during the civil war to enroll the republicans and defend the democracy against the fascists. 7.6/10 on IMDB

'The Take' - tells the story of workers in Buenos Aires, Argentina who reclaim control of a closed Forja auto plant where they once worked and turn it into a worker cooperative.

'Inside Job' - documentary featuring Matt Damon about the 2008 financial crisis

'Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media' - documentary about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.

'Che: Part One' - In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

'The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975' - about the Black Panther movement, featuring Angela Davis, MLK jr, Malcom X

'The Perverts Guide to Ideology' - In this clip from the film, Slavoj Zizek explains ideology

Socialism is an economic and social system defined by social ownership of the means of production. (Workers democratically own and operate the places in which they work, as opposed to private power aka capitalism)

The means of production are non-human inputs the create economic value, such as factories, workplaces, industrial machinery, etc. Socialists refer to the means of production as capital, or private property. Private property in the socialist context shouldn't be confused with personal property, such as your home, car, computer, and other possessions.

In a capitalist society the means of production are owned and controlled privately, by those that can afford them (the capitalist aka those with capital). Production is carried out to benefit the capitalist (production for profit). Workers are paid a wage, and receive that amount regardless of how much value they produce.

Communism is the highest developed stage of socialism wherein there is no state, no money, no class system. The means of production are owned by all and provide for everyone's needs.

Past and present socialist/anarchist societies include - Revolutionary Catalonia, Anarchist Aragon, Shinmin Province in Korea/Manchuria, Free Territory of Ukraine, The Bavarian Soviet Republic, The Paris Commune, The Zapatista controlled areas of Chiapas (current day), Magonista Baja California, Shanghai People's Commune, Rojava (current day), etc