I have a lot of questions, need directions, please help

So I am very new to the whole left wing politics,
For the most part I was a somewhat right wing libertarian minus the whole love for Pinochet and ethnic nationalism and race realism
But I've been seeing capitalism as a flawed exploitative system after seeing a bit of badmouseproductions and few other leftist channels but I want to know more
Like the history of left wing politics, all the political, economical theory and though, hyuuuman nayyture and ekhonomics etc
Also what the fuck is this thing all the people from centrist to far right keep yelling at leftist " postmodernist, cultural Marxist, aaahyou Geroge Soros funded not, Frankfurt school blah blah "
I'm pretty rookie in this so any reading recommendations that would help me grasp left wing politics and view of economics would be much appreciated
Thanks :)

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read COCKshott

Spend some time going through the theory before hopping right into anything. If you've any specific ideas for where you might like to start, recommendations can be given, but, if not, just check out the reading list thread.

I recommend browsing through the FAQ and reading list at the top of Zig Forums
At the very least read the shorter works here to get started:
marxists.org/archive/marx/works/sw/index.htm

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Read
Kropotkin,
Bakunin,
Malatesta,
Makhno,
Arshinov,
Rocker,
Orwell
Stirner
Graeber and maybe
Chomsky.
Cockshott ain't bad either

read STALIN

anarchism is gay

This but unironically but only after you get a grasp on the basic Marxist and Leninist theory op

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I like this interview with David Harvey since he's able to combine history and various trends on the left with the present: theintercept.com/2018/01/21/marxist-scholar-david-harvey-on-trump-wall-street-and-debt-peonage/

This is a fun interview with a BBC liberal refuting various lib talking points: youtube.com/watch?v=UkWvx1QQ76c

I'm going to get tomatoes thrown at me because he's not that popular here, but it was me listening to Harvey that pretty much snapped me out of my liberalism and got me into the left. Cockshott is a Leninist and Harvey isn't. But I like Cockshott.

Just read Marx though

Larper. It's the opposite: Stalin is known for accessibility. You get the basic stuff easily, but you need to read up other stuff to understand the whole picture.

The real problem is that quite a lot of his works were … creatively translated into English.

You can't post on leftypol before reading Capital Vol. 1,2 and 3.

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Or just read the reading list

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fuck

theanarchistlibrary.org/special/index
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anarchism.pageabode.com/afaq/index.html

Read Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il
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And the collected works of Enver Hoxha vol. 1 to 700

this is kinda turned into shit with everyone just saying "read x and y"
we could be a little more welcoming
not that i'd know what to tell the new ancom though
maybe just lurk moar, its nice having you around now but most of what you ask you'll figure out in a month of just going through thread and all that
you'll see there's lots of dumbasses and shit quality of discussion, the bar is really low and you can fit in very soon
most important is just rejection of identity politics, whether it comes from bourgeois left or the right, it only splits workers
thats pretty much our (only) common denominator

Read Tito.

Read Marx

Read ad infinitium.

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read POSADAS
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I recommend "Retreat From Class" by Ellen Meiksins Wood if you're just getting into Marxism. She talks about how the New Left project and its heritage was a failure since it abandoned class as the primary struggle and other essential aspects of the theory, degenerating into social liberalism. Understanding how this happened is largely what turned me away from succdemism.

Wage, labour and capital by marx is the best introduction and a quick easy read.
They have no arguments against marx so they must deflect is the most retarded way possible.

So a lot of people are just throwing read *blank* at you. I think I had a similar movement towards the left as you. I was right wing libertarian, without the dictator worship and racism and whatever. I had started to think more about the things I believed and how I knew they were wrong but still believed them to save face for my ideology. Then a conversation with an anarchist really made me think and I started doing a lot of reading. So I started my trajectory as an ancom(which it seems like you lean towards) but moved around a lot after until I really started to grasp what I was reading and form my own opinions and settle down to the point where I am now.(some what orthodox marxist second international style oriented towards 21st century liberal democracies). I think this ideology hopping happens a lot in people new to the left because there is so much out there and you just agree with most of what you read because you don't have a firm understanding yet. A lot of what you read will make sense, but then you will read an opposing view and it makes sense too so it becomes hard to form an opinion. I guess what I am getting at it is research some works that have subject matter interesting to you and just start reading. Doesn't matter the tendency of the author, just go out read different things. From their new interests will spring from what you read and you continue on with these things. I will give some general recommendations to start though. For history I would start off with reading about the IWA(international workingmen's association) and the second international and all of the developments and different sides contained in them. These were the first two internationals and you can learn a lot about the history of different movements through the study of these. This will also cover a lot of political movements and the theory that brought them(though not modern). For economics 'Value, Price and Profit' and 'Wage Labour and Capital' by Marx are both short works are a good start on for economics. For general intro's I recommend the Communist Manifesto(keep in mind the purpose and time it was written for, some immediate demands and other small details will be outdated but it still lays out the general political program for communists) and 'The Principles of Communism' by Engels.

don't fall for it op

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Thank you for your detailed critique of anarchism, your deep insight has made me switch sides

seething

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Speaking of, the account in question is marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1873/bakunin/index.htm if anyone's curious.

If you started as a classical liberal, I would read Proudhon, or Benjamin Tucker. Those guys occupy the 'boundary' between classical liberalism and socialism.

Or better yet, just read Milton Friedman and stop being socialist.