The aim of this section is to provide readers with access to classic works by the great Marxist thinkers.  See also the section on Marxist Theory.  For a more exhaustive selection of Marxist Classics, see the Marxists Internet Archive.

The aim of this section is to provide readers with access to classic works by the great Marxist thinkers. See also the section on Marxist Theory. For a more exhaustive selection of Marxist Classics, see the Marxists Internet Archive.

By Author:

By topic:

G.V. Plekhanov

Plekhanov was the father of Russian Marxism. He eventually went over to the right of the Russian Labor movement, and opposed the October Revolution. See Lunacharsky's Revolutionary Silhouette of him for more.

Anatoly Vasilievich Lunacharsky's Revolutionary Silhouettes

Other

Here we provide links to other works about socialism.

  • The Iron Heel
    By Jack London, beloved author of White Fang and Call of the Wild. Bet you didn't know he was a socialist! Excellent book!

The Paris Commune

The Russian Revolution

The Class Nature of the USSR

  • How Did Stalin Defeat the Opposition?
    By Leon Trotsky. An excellent, brief look at the nature of the Soviet state and the role of the Left Opposition (Trotsky's group opposed to Stalin)

The National Question