#. . . idk my intro was at uni and from a pretty complex philosophical background so im not v good at recc'ing simple clean explanations . .

[haritrash]

Would you happen to know of any sources or videos or starting points to understanding socialism/leftist ideology or just anti-capitalism stuff really? I want to get more into politics but I’m not sure where to start.

indoctrinate me 😩 /j

welcome to the red side ! ☭

idk where you're from but the best place to start is your national/local communist party (linking cpusa and cpb in case they apply) . they normally have a lot of short/simplified content on the history and current state of local working-class struggles, which is the most precious information you can get . (cpusa actually post 'marxist classes' every now and then . keep an eye on them)

other sources :

marxism : a free course ;

the marxist-leninist reading hub collect introductory/'easy reading' texts ;

prolekult make some great explainer/documentary videos on all the above ;

super popular course on the capital (even if you never pick up the book, you still learn a lot) (david harvey posts a lot of other explainer videos, too) ;

luna is a vietnamese communist youtuber i follow who often speaks from experience ;

this is not at all an easy start point, but it's always worth linking all the open-source marxist texts on the web--sometimes you might not find a translation or so bc it's a volunteer project, but i think the english archive is quite good . the easiest classics are the communist manifesto and the conditions of the working class in england ;

authors of colour tend to cut straight to the chase and free copies of their works circulate here on tumblr every now and again . if you come off anon, i'll send you what i have . of the open-source authors, i love amílcar cabral ;

afromarxist post snippets and full interviews of some of the greatest non-white revolutionaries on their ideas, struggles and criticisms of the system .