Introductory
The Communist Manifesto By Karl Marx & Frederick Engels*The* classic introduction to Marxism by its founders. The Manifesto of the Communist Party was written just before the revolutions of 1848, as the public expression of the ideas of the German Communist League, of which they were leading members.
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific By Frederick Engels
This very widely circulated pamphlet is taken from several chapters of a longer book by Engels, Anti-Duhring, in which Engels elaborates scientific socialism in a more rounded form than before, and in doing so presents a critique of other left wing ideas, both contemprorary to him, and in history. Perhaps suprisingly, many of the ideas of which Engels is critical are present in various trends on the left today, which gives this book its enduring relevance.
Reform or Revolution By Rosa Luxemburg
Luxemburg wrote this essential pamphlet in opposition to the important theorist of reformist socialism, Eduard Bernstein, whose ideas became popular in the German Socialist Party around the turn of the 19th Century. In this pamphlet, Luxemburg points out that reformism is not just a different road to the same socialist end that revolutionaries espouse, but a road to a different destination altogether.
The Two Souls of Socialism By Hal Draper
This discusses revolutionary Marxism in contrast to other schools of left wing thought (including Stalinism, reformism and anarchism), explaining the common thread of elitist ideas that run through every school that doesn't place the revolutionary self-emancipation of the working class at its centre.
How Marxism Works By Chris Harman
This pamphlet has been widely used for many years as a basic pamphlet for elementary discussion groups on our ideas. Available for the first time online...
Fighting for Women's Liberation By Sandra Bloodworth
An excellent contemporary introduction to women's liberation.
What is the Real Marxist Tradition? By John Molyneux
In this pamphlet Molyneux discusses the differences between Stalinism, reformism and classical Marxism, making a compelling case for the latter.
Socialism From Below By David McNally
McNally looks at the socialism of working class self emancipation.