I tried reading manufacting consent and holy fuck I couldn't even go a few pages without having to look something up to even get close to understanding it. That said, I do get the overarching principle of it so I guess something sunk in. Currently, I'm flying through Understanding The World or something, a collection of speech from Chomsky. It's totally understandable, and even enjoyable to read. Another one that I havent got yet, but seem to like the look of is Capitalist Realism, it's only 90 pages.
Any suggestions?
Not pure theory per say but David Graeber’s writing is very approachable. He identifies as anarchist but the concepts he writes about should align with any good leftist and is even good for radicalizing normies.
Debt and Bullshit Jobs are his two big ones.