Hello everyone, welcome to Theory Thursday! This is a community led project, the point of these posts is to read about 30 minutes of theory every Thursday. Then we discuss with fellow comrades the contents of the reading. This week’s topic we are covering Fredrick Engels’ The Principles of Communism, parts 14-25.
The Reading: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm
Feel free to discus below your thoughts or insight into this reading.
Next week we will vote on what to read next. Shout out to comrade GrainEater’s Matrix study group, and comrade CriticalResist8’s ProleWiki study guide, go check them out if you would like more resources and discussion on theory. Have a great week comrades, until next time!
That was a great read. I like how he discusses the difference between the proletariat and the slave, casually mentioning how slavery is still used in the southern USA. As if it were yesterday. Of course slavery just got shifed to prison labour..
Also loved the section on actual steps to dismantle private property via huge taxes, eliminating inheritance, etc. Of course it's a process not an instant result.
Brilliant reading thanks for posting this.
You're welcome! It's incredible how an almost 200 year old book can provide us such great insights into our modern society.