Take notes! If you're reading in a digital format it can be really nice to copy and paste paragraphs that stick out as important into any app of your choice. Otherwise, highlighting text on a physical book goes a long way.
As for intro stuff, I recommend Wage Labor and Capital, Value Price and Profit, and Towards a New Socialism (just the first couple chapters if you're not interested in cybernetics). Those are all very focused on economy but also pretty simple to read and will cover a lot of ideas in Marxist economics now and then.
Everyone loves to recommend Blackshirts and Reds too, very good way to learn about lies you've likely been told about the 20th century.
Take notes! If you're reading in a digital format it can be really nice to copy and paste paragraphs that stick out as important into any app of your choice. Otherwise, highlighting text on a physical book goes a long way.
As for intro stuff, I recommend Wage Labor and Capital, Value Price and Profit, and Towards a New Socialism (just the first couple chapters if you're not interested in cybernetics). Those are all very focused on economy but also pretty simple to read and will cover a lot of ideas in Marxist economics now and then.
Everyone loves to recommend Blackshirts and Reds too, very good way to learn about lies you've likely been told about the 20th century.