What’s on a Leftist Teenager’s Bookshelf?
We surveyed 1,789 socialist teens. Here’s what they’re reading before prom.
Grundrisse
Karl Marx
This is Marx’s most important work and therefore the natural place to start. If you can’t make it through the notebooks on precapitalist social formations, you’re not ready for the real world.
The Accumulation of Capital
Rosa Luxemburg
This is a foundational text on imperialism, crisis, and expanded reproduction that’s crucial for understanding why capitalism needs noncapitalist markets.
Capital, Volume II
Karl Marx
Volume I is for beginners. Real political maturity begins with schemas of reproduction and the circulation of capital.
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