Introductory (1-2wks)

April 20.

• The Communist Necessity, J. Moufawad-Paul. ~130pg. 1-2wks.

Basics of Marxism (~1 month)

April 27.

• Principles of Communism, Friedrich Engels. ~34pg.
• Wage Labor and Capital, Karl Marx. ~25pg.

May 4.

• The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, Karl Marx. ~70pg.

May 11.

• Inaugural Address of the International Working Men’s Association, Karl Marx. ~2-5pg.
• Marx-Zasulich Correspondence, Karl Marx. ~10-20pg.
• Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, Friedrich Engels. ~20pg.

May 18.

• The German Ideology, Karl Marx. ~60pg.

BREAK UNIT (2 weeks): Fascism

• The Doctrine of Fascism, Benito Mussolini
• Fascism: What It Is and How To Fight It, Leon Trotsky

Russian Marxism (6 months)

Leninism and the Russian Revolution (~2.5 months)

June 8.

• Lenin Rediscovered, Ch 1, Lars T. Lih. ~40pg.

June 22.

• A People’s History of the Russian Revolution, Neil Faulkner. 237pg.

June 29.

• What Is to Be Done? V.I. Lenin. ~137pg.

July 6.

• State and Revolution, V.I. Lenin. ~140pg.

July 13.

• Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, V.I. Lenin. ~100pg.

July 20.

• The Bolsheviks Come to Power, Alexander Rabinowitch. ~450pg.

BREAK UNIT (2 weeks)

History of the USSR (~3 months)

August 31.

• Class Theory and History: Capitalism and Communism in the USSR, Stephen A. Resnick, Richard D. Wolff. ~370pg.

September 22.

• An Economic History of the USSR, Alec Nove. ~420pg.

October 26.

• Farm to Factory: A Reinterpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution, R. C. Allen. ~250pg.

BREAK UNIT(2 weeks)

Chinese Marxism/Maoism (2.5 months)

Introduction (1.25 months)

November 30.

• Continuity and Rupture: Philosophy in the Maoist Terrain, J Moufawad-Paul. ~310pg.

December 21.

• Maoism and the Chinese Revolution: A Critical Introduction, Elliot Liu. ~150pg.

Maoism (3 weeks)

January 4.

• On Practice & On Contradiction, Mao Zedong. ~54pg.

January 11.

• Little Red Book, CPC/Mao Zedong. ~143pg.

January 18.

• Report on the Peasant Movement in Hunan, Mao Zedong. ~50pg.

History of the Chinese Revolution (1.5 months)

January 25.

• The Unknown Cultural Revolution: Life and Change in a Chinese Village, Dongping Han. ~190pg.

February 8.

• The Rise of China and the Demise of the Capitalist World-Economy, Minqi Li. ~225pg.

Communist Party of Peru (PCP) (2 weeks)

February 22.

• The CIA’s Shining Path: Political Warfare, Andreo Matías. ~180pg.