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  • Makan@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    9 days ago

    It’s honestly a banger.

    It may be the best up-to-date reading of Plekhanov’s thought and contribution to Marxism-Leninism, but also, central tenets of Marxism-Leninism.

    It was originally published by International Publishers, which is still around, but is out-of-print, and was unfortunately represented by Cosmonaut Classics (Trots and “ortho” Marxists, etc.) who are not Marxist-Leninist and think that Bukharin was some Trotsky stan or adjacent to him or “would’ve been good friends” or some such.

    The Foreword by the Trot at the beginning of the reprint by Cosmonaut Classics highlights this myth lol but it’s worth either skipping, skimming, or maybe just reading out of curiosity, but nothing more.

    If you liked the Chinese work I suggested a while back (How To Be a Good Communist) then you will like this one.