“Left-wing” Communism: Reading and discussion guides

Sep 21, 2018

From "Man at the crossroads," by Diego Rivera. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

In July-October 2018, the Party for Socialism and Liberation undertook a party-wide study of Lenin’s “Left-Wing” Communism: An Infantile Disorder. Here we share our edited materials so other communists and progressives can collectively study this key work. These materials include a reading and discussion guide, as well as answers to each.

PDFs of study materials:

Readings:

Study, fast, train, fight: The roots of Black August

Study, fast, train, fight: The roots of Black August

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