Which one of Marx's book should someone new to the subject read?

Which one of Marx's book should someone new to the subject read?

And possibly the same for others in this image?

I think it'd make sense for me to understand this topic and not be ignorant on it at least, especially with a communist like Bernie Sanders running for office. Ha ha, just kissing, I know he's just a socialist.

Also any other books on this subject a beginner should check out? Also I don't know shit about Hitler and World War 1 and 2.

TL;DR: Help educate someone who is open-minded and open to advice and suggestions

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>which one
hahahahaha
didn't he write a manifesto or something?

you're american and you don't know "shit" about the world wars?

an user wrote a nice list you can use in an old thread

Like I think one was called Da Kapital. His books are totally old, though.

Why are you surprised when it comes to the ignorance of the average American and the poor conditions of our schools? Education is shit because it is going about it all wrong.

Sorry but there's something fucked about people voting and affecting others with their decision if they can't even have a proper discussion about the candidate. It's become a celebrity contest.

probably wage, labour, and capital
marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/wage-labour/

for wwi, read the guns of august
for wwii, i dunno, never been interested because knew way too much about it as a child: "the hitler channel", characters in movies being cryptonazis, etc. mad boring

whats fuckd

>History channel
>characters in movies
>etc


You probably don't know as much about WW2 as you think if you're citing these thing as your sources of knowledge. Normally "etc" would include movies and I would list books or classes I've taken instead. If that wasn't so in your case, I wonder..

>whats fuckd

"What's fucked?"

Is that what you meant to have an accident attempting to type on your keyboard? I don't understand what on Earth you could've possibly meant by this post. I'm sorry, but I am really bothered by the fact you just typed "whats fuckd" in response to my post.

i know far more than the average person, just never cared about hitler
i've read things on the pacific theatre come to think of it
read "war without mercy"

since this is Veeky Forums I'd recommend you read das Kapital with a companion to it although the topic is by far not as important for Americans. In Europe the second ruling party usually has Marxist roots which it hones now and then with a phrase or lofty talk about the ultimate ends of whatever they currently are doing.
You might want instead look into the Communist and Socialist parties of the USA, along with the labour unions inside of that country on wikipedia. For their New Left, google the "Libertarian National Socialist Green Party", the "Manson Family" or the "New Students for a Democratic Society".

have you read das kapital? do you actually think it's the best option for someone that has no idea what marxism is?

I'm European so I have the opportunity to take part in a reading circle which will be discussing book 1 chapter 8 (Der Arbeitstag) next thursday. There are anglophone lectures online if you don't have an opportunity like this in the United States.

or he could read one of the many easier introductory books to marxism instead of taking on a giant three volume mass.

i'm not really sure if the OP gives a shit about marxism though, this thread gives me a weird vibe.

No, no, no. 1.It's no mess. 2.The first volume is important, not the second or the third that have been edited by Engels. Now: Skipping to the fun parts is terrible nonsense. You are on lit and marx is cherished (by archeologists, even by later social scientists, by everyone) for his theories not for the funny polemics that Engels later hurled at vulgar edgelord atheists et al. 3.if you have made it through primary school calculus this won't be hard. There are lectures online with an emphasis on the passages which I guess confuse the anglos in particular.
There is no way to get introduced to what is commonly referred to as "Marxism" without reading Capital.

>Skipping to the fun parts is terrible nonsense
Marx dixit, by the way, in the introduction to the French edition.

no one reads volumes two and three anyway to be honest family

Lenin did. He does cite volume III in Imperialism.

no one who isn't a communist for a living reads vols. 2+3
there are a few that try to trick you by citing but really they're stealing cites from those who are communists by profession

Capital is tedious and difficult to read without context

Avoid the Manifesto

McLellan's collection of selected Marx readings and his biography of Marx are both a good starting point

The best starting point is KoĊ‚akowski

Good introductions to Marx are Why Marx Was Right by Eagleton and The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx by Callinicos

And if you want more

Marx:
Wage Labour and Capital
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
Communist Manifesto

Engels:
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific

Lenin:
The State and Revolution
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

Rosa Luxemburg:
Reform or Revolution