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[Michael Parenti on US imperialism, and the overthrow of Yugoslavia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApaMIJiOt-c) [Michael Parenti on US imperialism, and the overthrow of Yugoslavia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApaMIJiOt-c)
[Michael Parenti on Imperialism and Film - Rambo and the Swarthy Hordes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S33DKRcqvkQ)
[Michael Parenti on anti-sovietism in the US media](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUWrgLpazwE) [Michael Parenti on anti-sovietism in the US media](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUWrgLpazwE)
[Karl Marx and Marxism - BBC documentary by Stuart Hall](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8bdndigRA8) [Karl Marx and Marxism - BBC documentary by Stuart Hall](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8bdndigRA8)
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## Films ## Films
[Pride (2014)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/?ref_=nv_sr_4), [Reds (1981)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082979/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), [Salt of the Earth (1954)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047443/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), [Snowpiercer (2013)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706620/?ref_=nv_sr_1), [Libertarias (1996)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113649/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), [The Trotsky (2009)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1295072/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), [Battleship Potemkin (1925)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battleship_Potemkin), [Land and Freedom (1995)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114671/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), [The Spook who sat by the door (1973)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070726/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), [I, Daniel Blake (2016)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5168192/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), [Tsar to Lenin (1937)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh-bPPOY1KA), [How Yukong Moved the Mountains](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6McbfQeIsC4&t=522s), [Fidel - The Untold Story](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao6VpoZ-Am0), [The Proud Valley (1940)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Proud_Valley), [The Young Karl Marx (2017)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Karl_Marx). [Pride (2014)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/?ref_=nv_sr_4), [Reds (1981)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082979/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), [Salt of the Earth (1954)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047443/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), [Snowpiercer (2013)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706620/?ref_=nv_sr_1), [Libertarias (1996)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113649/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), [The Trotsky (2009)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1295072/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), [Battleship Potemkin (1925)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battleship_Potemkin), [Land and Freedom (1995)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114671/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), [The Spook who sat by the door (1973)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070726/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), [I, Daniel Blake (2016)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5168192/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), [Tsar to Lenin (1937)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh-bPPOY1KA), [How Yukong Moved the Mountains](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6McbfQeIsC4&t=522s), [Fidel - The Untold Story](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao6VpoZ-Am0), [The Proud Valley (1940)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Proud_Valley), [The Young Karl Marx (2017)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Karl_Marx).
# Organizations # Organizations

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- [Socialism FAQ](#socialism-faq) - [Socialism FAQ](#socialism-faq)
* [On **the difference between schools of thought**](#on-the-difference-between-schools-of-thought) * [Schools of thought](#schools-of-thought)
* [On **the differences between "socialism" and "communism" (or the "lower" and "higher" stages of communism)**](#on-the-differences-between-socialism-and-communism-or-the-lower-and-higher-stages-of-communism) * [Socialism and communism](#socialism-and-communism)
* [Why do you defend [x] country? Don't you know [y] leader killed [z] people?](#why-do-you-defend-x-country-dont-you-know-y-leader-killed-z-people)
* [Didn't communism fail? It works on paper but not in practice.](#didnt-communism-fail-it-works-on-paper-but-not-in-practice) * [Didn't communism fail? It works on paper but not in practice.](#didnt-communism-fail-it-works-on-paper-but-not-in-practice)
* [Who would sweep the floors under communism?](#who-would-sweep-the-floors-under-communism) * [Who would sweep the floors under communism?](#who-would-sweep-the-floors-under-communism)
* [But what about human nature?](#but-what-about-human-nature) * [But what about human nature?](#but-what-about-human-nature)
* [Did the planned economies of the socialist countries work?](#did-the-planned-economies-of-the-socialist-countries-work) * [Did the planned economies work?](#did-the-planned-economies-work)
* [But what about cooperatives?](#but-what-about-cooperatives) * [What about cooperatives?](#what-about-cooperatives)
* [What would [x] be like under communism?](#what-would-x-be-like-under-communism) * [What would [X] be like under communism?](#what-would-x-be-like-under-communism)
+ [Further reading](#further-reading) + [Further reading](#further-reading)
* [On Leninist theory](#on-leninist-theory) * [On Leninist theory](#on-leninist-theory)
+ [Further reading](#further-reading-1) + [Further reading](#further-reading-1)
* [On Joseph Stalin and the USSR](#on-joseph-stalin-and-the-ussr)
+ [Further reading](#further-reading-2)
* [On Economics and Sociology](#on-economics-and-sociology)
* [On Trotsky and Trotskyism](#on-trotsky-and-trotskyism) * [On Trotsky and Trotskyism](#on-trotsky-and-trotskyism)
* [On the DPRK](#on-the-dprk) * [On Economics and Sociology](#on-economics-and-sociology)
+ [Further reading](#further-reading-3) * [On Nationalism and Internationalism](#on-nationalism-and-internationalism)
* [On Mao, Maoism, and Marxism-Leninism-Maoism](#on-mao-maoism-and-marxism-leninism-maoism)
+ [Further reading](#further-reading-4)
* [On **Nationalism and Internationalism**:](#on-nationalism-and-internationalism)
* [On Cuba](#on-cuba)
* [On Women's Liberation](#on-womens-liberation) * [On Women's Liberation](#on-womens-liberation)
* [On Guns / Firearms / Violence](#on-guns--firearms--violence)
* [Liberalism](#liberalism) * [Liberalism](#liberalism)
* [Human Nature](#human-nature) * [On the USSR](#on-the-ussr)
* [Tactics](#tactics) + [Did the Soviet Union repress and kill millions of people?](#did-the-soviet-union-repress-and-kill-millions-of-people)
* [Branches](#branches) + [Did the Soviet Union and the Warsaw pact nations have functioning democracies?](#did-the-soviet-union-and-the-warsaw-pact-nations-have-functioning-democracies)
* [Markets](#markets) + [Was Soviet Socialism an economic failure?](#was-soviet-socialism-an-economic-failure)
+ [Did the citizens of the Soviet Union dislike their government?](#did-the-citizens-of-the-soviet-union-dislike-their-government)
+ [Further reading](#further-reading-2)
* [On Mao, Maoism, and Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, and the PRC](#on-mao-maoism-and-marxism-leninism-maoism-and-the-prc)
+ [Did Mao kill millions of people?](#did-mao-kill-millions-of-people)
+ [Was the PRC a totalitarian dictatorship?](#was-the-prc-a-totalitarian-dictatorship)
+ [Further reading](#further-reading-3)
* [On Cuba](#on-cuba)
+ [Was Che a murderer and/or a racist?](#was-che-a-murderer-andor-a-racist)
+ [Is Cuba a functioning democracy or a terrible place to live?](#is-cuba-a-functioning-democracy-or-a-terrible-place-to-live)
+ [Did the cuban people like Fidel Castro?](#did-the-cuban-people-like-fidel-castro)
* [On the DPRK](#on-the-dprk)
+ [Do North Koreans believe in unicorns and think Kim Jong-Un is immortal?](#do-north-koreans-believe-in-unicorns-and-think-kim-jong-un-is-immortal)
+ [Is the DPRK a Fascist Monarchy?](#is-the-dprk-a-fascist-monarchy)
+ [Further reading](#further-reading-4)
* [Other Topics](#other-topics) * [Other Topics](#other-topics)
* [States](#states)
+ [Soviet Union](#soviet-union)
- [Did the Soviet Union repress and kill millions of people?](#did-the-soviet-union-repress-and-kill-millions-of-people)
- [Did the Soviet Union and the Warsaw pact nations have functioning democracies?](#did-the-soviet-union-and-the-warsaw-pact-nations-have-functioning-democracies)
- [Was Soviet Socialism an economic failure?](#was-soviet-socialism-an-economic-failure)
- [Did the citizens of the Soviet Union dislike their government?](#did-the-citizens-of-the-soviet-union-dislike-their-government)
+ [Peoples Republic of China](#peoples-republic-of-china)
- [Did Mao kill millions of people?](#did-mao-kill-millions-of-people)
- [Was the PRC a totalitarian dictatorship?](#was-the-prc-a-totalitarian-dictatorship)
+ [Cuba](#cuba)
- [Was Che a murderer and/or a racist?](#was-che-a-murderer-andor-a-racist)
- [Is Cuba a functioning democracy or a terrible place to live?](#is-cuba-a-functioning-democracy-or-a-terrible-place-to-live)
- [Did the cuban people like Fidel Castro?](#did-the-cuban-people-like-fidel-castro)
+ [Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK)](#democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea-dprk)
- [Do North Koreans believe in unicorns and think Kim Jong-Un is immortal?](#do-north-koreans-believe-in-unicorns-and-think-kim-jong-un-is-immortal)
- [Is the DPRK a Fascist Monarchy?](#is-the-dprk-a-fascist-monarchy)
- [TODO](#todo)
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# Socialism FAQ # Socialism FAQ
## On **the difference between schools of thought** ## Schools of thought
* [What are the differences between Marxism, Marxism-Leninism, Trotskyism, MLM, and Stalinism?](https://www.reddit.com/r/Anarchy101/comments/87apl4/differences_between_marxism_lenninism_trotskyism/dwbj3so/)
* [Can someone give us a quick like-we're-five rundown of the distinctions between Trotskyism, Maoism, orthodox Marxism, and so on?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/132d5s/can_someone_give_us_a_quick_likewerefive_rundown/) * [Can someone give us a quick like-we're-five rundown of the distinctions between Trotskyism, Maoism, orthodox Marxism, and so on?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/132d5s/can_someone_give_us_a_quick_likewerefive_rundown/)
- [What's the difference between anarchism and communism?](https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateCommunism/comments/576t0d/im_an_anarchocommunist_leninise_me/)
- [What are Mao's contributions to Marxism? (MLM)](https://jiminykrix.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/what-maoism-has-to-offer-the-world-and-why-so-many-former-non-communists-think-its-dope/)
* [Can someone give me a brief ELI5 rundown of communism/socialism/anarchism/syndicalism/insert-communist-leader-name-here-ism? These terms are being tossed around and I'm lost.](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1o6sxg/can_someone_give_me_a_brief_eli5_rundown_of/) * [Can someone give me a brief ELI5 rundown of communism/socialism/anarchism/syndicalism/insert-communist-leader-name-here-ism? These terms are being tossed around and I'm lost.](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1o6sxg/can_someone_give_me_a_brief_eli5_rundown_of/)
* [Looking for reference to types of communism.](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1fcc6o/looking_for_reference_to_types_of_communism/) * [Looking for reference to types of communism.](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1fcc6o/looking_for_reference_to_types_of_communism/)
* [What are the different forms of Marxism and what are their differences?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/206xtz/what_are_the_different_forms_of_marxism_and_what/) * [What are the different forms of Marxism and what are their differences?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/206xtz/what_are_the_different_forms_of_marxism_and_what/)
## On **the differences between "socialism" and "communism" (or the "lower" and "higher" stages of communism)** ## Socialism and communism
* [Did Karl Marx use "socialism" and "communism" interchangeably?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2msa39/did_karl_marx_use_socialism_and_communism/) * [Did Karl Marx use "socialism" and "communism" interchangeably?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2msa39/did_karl_marx_use_socialism_and_communism/)
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* [Is socialism the lowest stage of communism or is it the transition to communism, in between capitalism and communism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2rijno/is_socialism_the_lowest_staypal , but its lockedage_of_communism_or_is/) * [Is socialism the lowest stage of communism or is it the transition to communism, in between capitalism and communism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2rijno/is_socialism_the_lowest_staypal , but its lockedage_of_communism_or_is/)
## Why do you defend [x] country? Don't you know [y] leader killed [z] people?
* Recommended reading: [*The Triumph of Evil, Chapter 1: The Documented Facts About Eastern Europe and Communism*](http://redscans.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf) by A. Murphy
## Didn't communism fail? It works on paper but not in practice. ## Didn't communism fail? It works on paper but not in practice.
* [Did Socialism work in the USSR, and didn't the fall of the USSR bring more prosperity to Russia?](https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/86tqdd/but_socialism_doesnt_work_s/dw7qco0/)
* [[Honestly not trolling] Why, in your opinion, have most attempts to form countries based economically on communism and socialism (USSR, Cuba, China) fail?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1f8obt/honestly_not_trolling_why_in_your_opinion_have/) * [[Honestly not trolling] Why, in your opinion, have most attempts to form countries based economically on communism and socialism (USSR, Cuba, China) fail?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1f8obt/honestly_not_trolling_why_in_your_opinion_have/)
* [Why did the Soviet Union fail?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1zrroq/why_did_the_soviet_union_fail/) * [Why did the Soviet Union fail?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1zrroq/why_did_the_soviet_union_fail/)
* [Communism, does it work?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/190vro/communism_does_it_work/) * [Communism, does it work?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/190vro/communism_does_it_work/)
* [How do I counter the "communism is a nice thought, but it just doesn't work, as proved by Soviet and China" argument?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/28sjy4/how_do_i_counter_the_communism_is_a_nice_thought/) * [How do I counter the "communism is a nice thought, but it just doesn't work, as proved by Soviet and China" argument?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/28sjy4/how_do_i_counter_the_communism_is_a_nice_thought/)
## Who would sweep the floors under communism? ## Who would sweep the floors under communism?
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* [What about human nature?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2yk3xl/what_about_human_nature_answer_but_add_yours_too/) * [What about human nature?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2yk3xl/what_about_human_nature_answer_but_add_yours_too/)
* [History and human nature.](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/crash_course_socialism.md#history-and-human-nature) * [History and human nature.](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/crash_course_socialism.md#history-and-human-nature)
* [Doesn't socialism go against human nature?](http://newdemocracyworld.org/culture/human_nature.html)
## Did the planned economies of the socialist countries work? ## Did the planned economies work?
* [Did Socialism work, in the USSR?](https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/86tqdd/but_socialism_doesnt_work_s/dw7qco0/)
* [My economics teacher said that the planned economies communist countries had are proven failures. Is this true?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/3e68nf/my_economics_teacher_said_that_the_planned/) * [My economics teacher said that the planned economies communist countries had are proven failures. Is this true?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/3e68nf/my_economics_teacher_said_that_the_planned/)
* [Towards a new socialism - Cockshott and Cottrell](http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/socialism_book/) * [Towards a new socialism - Cockshott and Cottrell](http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/socialism_book/)
* [Why are communists against markets?](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/market_socialism.md)
## But what about cooperatives? ## What about cooperatives?
* [Can cooperatives bring about socialism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/336mz4/can_cooperatives_bring_about_socialism/) * [Can cooperatives bring about socialism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/336mz4/can_cooperatives_bring_about_socialism/)
## What would [x] be like under communism? ## What would [X] be like under communism?
* [How would a record company/label work in a communist society?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1a0htc/how_would_a_record_companylabel_work_in_a/) * [How would a record company/label work in a communist society?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1a0htc/how_would_a_record_companylabel_work_in_a/)
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## On Leninist theory ## On Leninist theory
* [An overview of Leninism.](https://theimmortalscience.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/the-state-and-revolution-an-overview/) * [An overview of Leninism.](https://theimmortalscience.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/the-state-and-revolution-an-overview/)
* [What is the vanguard party? Is one necessary?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/142p1b/what_is_the_vanguard_party_is_one_necessary/) * [What is the vanguard party? Is one necessary?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/142p1b/what_is_the_vanguard_party_is_one_necessary/)
* [Why is a vanguard party necessary in Leninism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2n5xx3/why_is_a_vanguard_party_necessary_in_leninism/) * [Why is a vanguard party necessary in Leninism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2n5xx3/why_is_a_vanguard_party_necessary_in_leninism/)
* [What is Vanguardism and Democratic Centralism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2eo0ft/what_is_vanguardism_and_democratic_centralism/) * [What is Vanguardism and Democratic Centralism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2eo0ft/what_is_vanguardism_and_democratic_centralism/)
* [What is a vanguard party supposed to be like? What qualifies and doesn't qualify as a vanguard party?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1b0r0o/what_is_a_vanguard_party_supposed_to_be_like_what/) * [What is a vanguard party supposed to be like? What qualifies and doesn't qualify as a vanguard party?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1b0r0o/what_is_a_vanguard_party_supposed_to_be_like_what/)
* [Difference between leninism and Marxist-leninism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/21jk1t/difference_between_leninism_and_marxistleninism/) * [Difference between leninism and Marxist-leninism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/21jk1t/difference_between_leninism_and_marxistleninism/)
* [Why does left communism reject national liberation movements?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/27lbru/why_does_left_communism_reject_national/) * [Why does left communism reject national liberation movements?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/27lbru/why_does_left_communism_reject_national/)
* [Is it true that Socialism has killed X million people, and how many has capitalism killed?](https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/5q2oak/someone_dies_under_socialism_no_matter_how_its/dcvu8lg/)
* [What's the role of the state in the revolution, and what is a state?](https://theimmortalscience.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/the-state-and-revolution-an-overview/)
* [Why do many socialist attempts end up in an authoritarian state? Watch this brilliant talk by Micheal Parenti](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYVes44hcJg&feature=youtu.be), or read his article, [Left anticommunism, the unkindest cut](http://www.greanvillepost.com/2015/05/23/left-anticommunism-the-unkindest-cut/).
### Further reading ### Further reading
* [*The Leninist Theory of Organisation*](http://www.marxists.org/archive/mandel/196x/leninism/index.htm) by Ernest Mandel * [*The Leninist Theory of Organisation*](http://www.marxists.org/archive/mandel/196x/leninism/index.htm) by Ernest Mandel
* [*Lenin: A Study on the Unity of his Thought*](http://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/1924/lenin/) by Georg Lukacs * [*Lenin: A Study on the Unity of his Thought*](http://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/1924/lenin/) by Georg Lukacs
## On Joseph Stalin and the USSR
* [What is Stalinism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/15g4xo/what_is_stalinism/)
* [Was Stalin's USSR State Capitalist?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/383c4i/was_stalins_ussr_state_capitalist/)
* [Why were there prison labor camps in the USSR and were they justified?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2hkn8r/why_were_there_prison_labor_camps_in_the_ussr_and/)
* [What contributions did Stalin make to Marxism-Leninism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1ejidu/what_contributions_did_stalin_make_to/)
* [Opinions on Defense of Stalin and Mao](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/11yp4f/opinions_on_defense_of_stalin_and_mao/)
* [Stalin's Purges](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/qergf/stalins_purges/)
* [What are some legitimate criticisms of Stalin?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/10chdq/what_are_some_legitimate_criticisms_of_stalin/)
* [I need clarification on myths/truths of the USSR/Soviet Union.](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2dzicb/i_need_clarification_on_mythstruths_of_the/)
* [I'm fascinated by the idea of communism...](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/21s0dw/im_fascinated_by_the_idea_of_communism/)
* [Was the Soviet Union democratic? If so to what extent?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2i0p0z/was_the_soviet_union_democratic_if_so_to_what/)
* [How necessary or productive were the torture, mass executions of captives, and labor camps of 20th-century socialist governments and revolutions?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2ksxum/how_necessary_or_productive_were_the_torture_mass/)
* [Why did Lenin abolish factory committees established by workers?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1ypaur/why_did_lenin_abolish_factory_committees/)
* [How much of the USSR's "dark history" under Stalin can actually be attributed to Yezhov?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2qlm9z/how_much_of_the_ussrs_dark_history_under_stalin/)
* [Forced Deportation Under Stalin](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/316tey/forced_deportation_under_stalin/)
### Further reading
* [A collection of Soviet history books on Stalin and Stalinism.](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/1hzwl3/a_collection_of_soviet_history_books_on_stalin/)
## On Economics and Sociology
* [Can someone ELI 5 the Labor Theory of Value](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2otlcz/can_someone_eli_5_the_labor_theory_of_value/)
* [Is human labor the source of value because human beings do not normally work for free?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1hjpgk/is_human_labor_the_source_of_value_because_human/)
* [Value as a necessary product of labor?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2ufx5a/value_as_a_necessary_product_of_labor/)
* [What is the right way to think about the relation between value and labor?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1d3jy2/what_is_the_right_way_to_think_about_the_relation/)
* [I am in trouble understanding how exactly would a private property abolition work.](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1su2je/i_am_in_trouble_understanding_how_exactly_would_a/)
* [Private property: Cause or result of alienation?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1c35xf/private_property_cause_or_result_of_alienation/)
* [In Marxian economics, is 'value' distinct from 'price'? What does 'value' indicate, exactly?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/139g19/in_marxian_economics_is_value_distinct_from_price/)
* [can you explain the theory of alienation to me in a "explain like I'm five" manner?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2jeyaj/can_you_explain_the_theory_of_alienation_to_me_in/)
* [If private property is abolished, does this mean anyone can enter "one's home" (or where one lives) and cannot be expelled?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/19nx3l/if_private_property_is_abolished_does_this_mean/)
## On Trotsky and Trotskyism ## On Trotsky and Trotskyism
* [Primarily to the trotskyists: Can you explain the theories of the degenerated workers state, the deformed workers state and state capitalism and can these theories co-exist in the same country?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2x5m39/primarily_to_the_trotskyists_can_you_explain_the/) - [Primarily to the trotskyists: Can you explain the theories of the degenerated workers state, the deformed workers state and state capitalism and can these theories co-exist in the same country?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2x5m39/primarily_to_the_trotskyists_can_you_explain_the/)
- [A critique of Trotsky?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2gpuoo/a_critique_of_trotsky/)
- [Regarding Trotsky's ‘‘Permanent revolution’’ and the two-stage theory](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/21izu4/regarding_trotskys_permanent_revolution_and_the/)
- [How does Lenin's theory of revolution differ from Trotsky's?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/16dpbv/how_does_lenins_theory_of_revolution_differ_from/)
- [What are the main Marxist analyses of fascism? and a question regarding Trotsky's](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2p7ozi/what_are_the_main_marxist_analyses_of_fascism_and/)
- [Did Stalin 'betray' the revolution? (repost of deleted question)](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1dp6qw/did_stalin_betray_the_revolution_repost_of/)
- [Why was "Lenin's testament" suppressed by the Party after Lenin's death?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2lfc5f/why_was_lenins_testament_suppressed_by_the_party/)
* [A critique of Trotsky?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2gpuoo/a_critique_of_trotsky/) ## On Economics and Sociology
* [Regarding Trotsky's ‘‘Permanent revolution’’ and the two-stage theory](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/21izu4/regarding_trotskys_permanent_revolution_and_the/) - [Can someone ELI 5 the Labor Theory of Value](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2otlcz/can_someone_eli_5_the_labor_theory_of_value/)
- [Is human labor the source of value because human beings do not normally work for free?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1hjpgk/is_human_labor_the_source_of_value_because_human/)
- [Value as a necessary product of labor?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2ufx5a/value_as_a_necessary_product_of_labor/)
- [What is the right way to think about the relation between value and labor?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1d3jy2/what_is_the_right_way_to_think_about_the_relation/)
- [I am in trouble understanding how exactly would a private property abolition work.](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1su2je/i_am_in_trouble_understanding_how_exactly_would_a/)
- [Private property: Cause or result of alienation?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1c35xf/private_property_cause_or_result_of_alienation/)
- [In Marxian economics, is 'value' distinct from 'price'? What does 'value' indicate, exactly?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/139g19/in_marxian_economics_is_value_distinct_from_price/)
- [can you explain the theory of alienation to me in a "explain like I'm five" manner?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2jeyaj/can_you_explain_the_theory_of_alienation_to_me_in/)
- [If private property is abolished, does this mean anyone can enter "one's home" (or where one lives) and cannot be expelled?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/19nx3l/if_private_property_is_abolished_does_this_mean/)
* [How does Lenin's theory of revolution differ from Trotsky's?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/16dpbv/how_does_lenins_theory_of_revolution_differ_from/) ## On Nationalism and Internationalism
* [What are the main Marxist analyses of fascism? and a question regarding Trotsky's](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2p7ozi/what_are_the_main_marxist_analyses_of_fascism_and/) - [Nationalism as applied internationalism.](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/298jfb/nationalism_as_applied_internationalism/)
- [Nationalism and Communism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/146x30/nationalism_and_communism/)
* [Did Stalin 'betray' the revolution? (repost of deleted question)](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1dp6qw/did_stalin_betray_the_revolution_repost_of/) - [Why/is patriotism bad?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1nb7ke/whyis_patriotism_bad/)
* [Why was "Lenin's testament" suppressed by the Party after Lenin's death?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2lfc5f/why_was_lenins_testament_suppressed_by_the_party/)
## On the DPRK
* [Why do some communists support the DPRK?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1ypwmd/why_do_some_communists_support_the_dprk/)
* [What exactly is Juche?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1y172i/what_exactly_is_juche/)
* [Is the DPRK socialist?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1ygskq/is_the_dprk_socialist/)
* [How do elections work in the DPRK?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1zzeri/how_do_elections_work_in_the_dprk/)
* [Human rights and the DPRK](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1tb5ho/human_rights_and_the_dprk/)
* [What evidence is there than DPRK is not engaged in gross violations of human rights?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2mfq2m/what_evidence_is_there_than_dprk_is_not_engaged/)
* [Can someone explain Songbun (Caste system) of the DPRK to me?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2dqtn3/can_someone_explain_songbun_caste_system_of_the/)
### Further reading
* [Essential readings on the Juche idea and the Korean revolution](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2pil0z/what_are_some_essential_readings_on_the_juche_idea/)
* [E-Library on the DPRK](http://www.korea-dpr.com/e_library.html)
## On Mao, Maoism, and Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
* [What is Maoism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/139sid/what_is_maoism/)
* [Why did Mao launch the Cultural Revolution? What was he trying to achieve as distinct from the Revolution the Chinese Communists had already won? To what extent did he succeed? Does it have any continuing impact? (x-post from /r/AskHistorians)](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/23958h/why_did_mao_launch_the_cultural_revolution_what/)
* [Where should I start with Mao?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1dmxcl/where_should_i_start_with_mao/)
* [Debastardising Mao.](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1ecf32/debastardising_mao/)
* [How many peopled really died during the Great Leap Forward?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/39w9w0/how_many_peopled_really_died_during_the_great/)
### Further reading
* [Suggested reading for an aspiring M-L-M?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/18hgw2/suggested_reading_for_an_aspiring_mlm/c8fod6n)
## On **Nationalism and Internationalism**
* [Nationalism as applied internationalism.](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/298jfb/nationalism_as_applied_internationalism/)
* [Nationalism and Communism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/146x30/nationalism_and_communism/)
* [Why/is patriotism bad?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1nb7ke/whyis_patriotism_bad/)
## On Cuba
* [Just how socialist was/is Cuba?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2n372o/just_how_socialist_wasis_cuba/)
* [[Honestly not trolling] Why, in your opinion, have most attempts to form countries based economically on communism and socialism (USSR, Cuba, China) fail?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1f8obt/honestly_not_trolling_why_in_your_opinion_have/)
* [In defence of (and questions about) Cuba](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/x3qtw/in_defence_of_and_questions_about_cuba/)
* [Multiple questions about Cuba](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2pg82b/multiple_questions_about_cuba/)
## On Women's Liberation ## On Women's Liberation
* [Is it necessary to be a feminist to be a communist?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/17cn2z/is_it_necessary_to_be_a_feminist_to_be_a_communist/) - [Is it necessary to be a feminist to be a communist?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/17cn2z/is_it_necessary_to_be_a_feminist_to_be_a_communist/)
- [What real solutions does socialism have for women, LGBTQ, etc.?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1jprtn/what_real_solutions_does_socialism_have_for_women/)
- [On Feminism](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1hyu6n/on_feminism/)
- [What is proletarian/marxian feminism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/18dfco/what_is_proletarianmarxian_feminism/)
- [Hello comrades! can anyone explain the idea of marxist-feminism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2i1hlp/hello_comrades_can_anyone_explain_the_idea_of/)
* [What real solutions does socialism have for women, LGBTQ, etc.?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1jprtn/what_real_solutions_does_socialism_have_for_women/) ## On Guns / Firearms / Violence
* [On Feminism](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1hyu6n/on_feminism/) - [What is the socialist stance on guns?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/7xz4w7/does_anybody_know_what_karl_marxs_views_on_gun/)
- [Is it true that gun ownership correlates to increased murders and violence?](http://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/83wax3/-/dvlkxil)
* [What is proletarian/marxian feminism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/18dfco/what_is_proletarianmarxian_feminism/) - [Do Marxists oppose individual terrorism? (Trotsky)](https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1911/11/tia09.htm)
- [Where do socialists stand on gun violence and acts of terrorism?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/73tqcn/where_should_marxists_stand_on_gun_violence/)
* [Hello comrades! can anyone explain the idea of marxist-feminism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2i1hlp/hello_comrades_can_anyone_explain_the_idea_of/)
## On guns
* [Is it true that gun ownership correlates to increased murders and violence?](http://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/83wax3/-/dvlkxil)
## Liberalism ## Liberalism
- [Why do communists dislike liberals?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/4uaxjf/whats_the_deal_with_communists_hating_liberals/) - [Why do communists dislike liberals?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/4uaxjf/whats_the_deal_with_communists_hating_liberals/)
- [What is liberalism? (Olly from Philosophy Tube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlLgvSduugI) - [What is liberalism? (Olly from Philosophy Tube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlLgvSduugI)
- [What about free speech?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgwS_FMZ3nQ&t=2398s) - [What about free speech?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgwS_FMZ3nQ&t=2398s)
## Human Nature ## On the USSR
- [Doesn't socialism go against human nature?](http://newdemocracyworld.org/culture/human_nature.html) * [Did socialism achieve anything in the USSR?](https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/86tqdd/but_socialism_doesnt_work_s/dw7qco0/)
* [What is Stalinism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/15g4xo/what_is_stalinism/)
* [Was Stalin's USSR State Capitalist?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/383c4i/was_stalins_ussr_state_capitalist/)
* [Why were there prison labor camps in the USSR and were they justified?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2hkn8r/why_were_there_prison_labor_camps_in_the_ussr_and/)
* [Did the USSR really make an alliance with the nazis? (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact)](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/148o4x/1939_sovietnazi_partition_of_poland/c7azkz9/)
* [What about the Katyn Massacre?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/148o4x/1939_sovietnazi_partition_of_poland/c7azkz9/). [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/71gikf/nkvd_and_soviet_crimes/dnalyrr/)
* [What contributions did Stalin make to Marxism-Leninism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1ejidu/what_contributions_did_stalin_make_to/)
* [Opinions on Defense of Stalin and Mao](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/11yp4f/opinions_on_defense_of_stalin_and_mao/)
* [Stalin's Purges](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/qergf/stalins_purges/)
* [What are some legitimate criticisms of Stalin?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/10chdq/what_are_some_legitimate_criticisms_of_stalin/)
* [I need clarification on myths/truths of the USSR/Soviet Union.](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2dzicb/i_need_clarification_on_mythstruths_of_the/)
* [I'm fascinated by the idea of communism...](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/21s0dw/im_fascinated_by_the_idea_of_communism/)
* [Was the Soviet Union democratic? If so to what extent?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2i0p0z/was_the_soviet_union_democratic_if_so_to_what/)
* [How necessary or productive were the torture, mass executions of captives, and labor camps of 20th-century socialist governments and revolutions?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2ksxum/how_necessary_or_productive_were_the_torture_mass/)
* [Why did Lenin abolish factory committees established by workers?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1ypaur/why_did_lenin_abolish_factory_committees/)
* [How much of the USSR's "dark history" under Stalin can actually be attributed to Yezhov?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2qlm9z/how_much_of_the_ussrs_dark_history_under_stalin/)
* [Forced Deportation Under Stalin](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/316tey/forced_deportation_under_stalin/)
* [Did the Soviet Union manufacture a famine in Ukraine?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_1.3A_the_soviet_union_manufactured_a_famine_in_ukraine)
## Tactics - [*Fraud, Famine, and Fascism*](http://rationalrevolution.net/special/library/tottlefraud.pdf) by Douglas Tottle
- [*The 1932 Harvest and the Famine of 1933*](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-eTgjCs2lzpQllPVzQ2UFd3aWM/view?usp=sharing) by Mark Tauger
- [*Natural Disaster and Human Actions in the Soviet Famine of 1931–1933*](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-eTgjCs2lzpNExnSEVhMjBLRlE/view?usp=sharing) by Mark Tauger
- [*The Years of Hunger: Soviet Agriculture, 1931–1933*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=32DAA2871728468189A57E0233492A3A) by Davies and Wheatcroft
- [*Lies Concerning the History of the Soviet Union*](http://www.northstarcompass.org/nsc9912/lies.htm) by Mario Sousa
- [Do Marxists oppose individual terrorism? (Trotsky)](https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1911/11/tia09.htm) ### [Did the Soviet Union repress and kill millions of people?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_2.3A_the_soviet_union_repressed_and_killed_millions_of_people)
- [What is Antifa? (Olly)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgwS_FMZ3nQ) - [*The Triumph of Evil*](http://redscans.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf) by Austin Murphy
- [*Human Rights in the Soviet Union*](http://archive.org/details/HumanRightsInTheSovietUnion) by Albert Syzmanski
- [*Another View of Stalin*](http://www.scribd.com/doc/36425175/Ludo-Martens-Another-View-of-Stalin) by Ludo Martens
- [*Stalinist Terror: New Perspectives*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=6513AE40D043D98FFE6031A776783160) by Getty and Manning
- [*Origins of the Great Purges*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=202D73A751817E9D047121E74D02671C) by J. Arch Getty
- [*The Road to Terror*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=a87ecbb483bf27f182f31626527035a6) by J. Arch Getty
- [*Other studies by historian*](http://kasamaproject.org/history/2674-6j-arch-getty-creating-alternative-new-history-of-soviet-30s) by J. Arch Getty
- [*The Legacy of Stalinism*](https://web.archive.org/web/20150801083826/http://marxism-third-worldism.tumblr.com/post/82610306586/anti-stalinism-and-the-legacy-of-state-socialism) by "brown-eggs"
- [*Khrushchev Lied*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=e6bc9593a1787378b671944f51b393a9) by Grover Furr
- [*Blackshirts and Reds*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=2A465EA2A003644077523F690545F113) by Michael Parenti
- [*Blood Lies: The Evidence that Every Accusation against Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union in Timothy Snyder's 'Bloodlands' Is False*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=4f13589002a3dfa4b0139b332fef54ad) by Grover Furr
### [Did the Soviet Union and the Warsaw pact nations have functioning democracies?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_3.3A_the_soviet_union_and_the_eastern_bloc_had_no_democracy)
- [*Soviet Communism: A New Civilization*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=ed2ba2da9895bf1653a04e6555b5246f) by Sydney and Beatrice Webb
- [*Is the Red Flag Flying?*](http://archive.org/details/IsTheRedFlagFlying) by Albert Syzmanski
- [*Socialism Betrayed*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=3043d96567ceab152a0992313bcf82b9) by Keeran and Kenny
- [*Life and Terror in Stalin's Russia, 1934–1941*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=bcb105833aa3f469f1131209e3875a9f) by Robert Thurston
- [*Democracy, East Germany, and the Berlin Wall*](http://gowans.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/democracy-east-germany-and-the-berlin-wall/) by Stephen Gowans
- [*The Russians are Coming: The Politics of Anti-Sovietism*](http://archive.org/details/TheRussiansAreComing) by V.L. Allen
- [*The 1936 Soviet Constitution*](http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/const/1936toc.html)
- [*Soviet Democracy*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=c22e40075143d321a449a15690f82720) by Pat Sloan
### [Was Soviet Socialism an economic failure?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_4.3A_socialism_is_an_economic_failure)
- [*Do Publicly Owned, Planned Economies Work?*](http://gowans.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/do-publicly-owned-planned-economies-work/) by Stephen Gowans
- [*From Farm to Factory*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=fa5b6de5135f49269cd2b35b727236f7) by Robert Allen
- [*The Rise of Socialism*](http://www.marxists.org/archive/foster/1932/toward/03.htm) by William Foster
- [*We Lived Better Then*](http://gowans.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/we-lived-better-then/) by Stephen Gowans
- [*The Need for Planning*](http://clogic.eserver.org/2010/Ball.pdf) by Joseph Ball
### [Did the citizens of the Soviet Union dislike their government?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_5.3A_everybody_hated_socialism)
- [*Homesick for a Dictatorship*](http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/homesick-for-a-dictatorship-majority-of-eastern-germans-feel-life-better-under-communism-a-634122.html)
- [*60% of Russians Want Communism Back*](https://web.archive.org/web/20140223044330/http://www.systemiccapital.com/60-percent-of-russians-want-communism-back/)
- [*Former Soviet Countries See More Harm from Breakup*](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166538/former-soviet-countries-harm-breakup.aspx)
- [*Russians say Aug 1991 events are tragedy, not triumph of democracy*](http://rbth.co.uk/news/2014/08/19/poll_russians_say_aug_1991_events_are_tragedy_not_triumph_of_democracy_39129.html)
- [*Struggling Romanians Yearn for Communism*](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/30/struggling-romanians-yearn-for-communism/)
- [*Tajikistan Pines for Old Soviet Union Strength*](http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0527/Tajikistan-pines-for-old-Soviet-Union-strength)
- [*Referendum on the Preservation of the USSR*](http://en.ria.ru/infographics/20110313/162959645.html)
- [*Central Asia in Nostalgia for the Soviet Period*](http://web.archive.org/web/20130722044443/http://www.thewashingtonreview.org/articles/central-asia-in-nostalgia-for-the-soviet-period.html)
- [*Freest Under Czech Communism!*](http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/10/24/freest-under-czech-communism/)
- [*Seven Myths about the USSR*](https://gowans.wordpress.com/2013/12/23/seven-myths-about-the-ussr/) by Stephen Gowans
- [*An experiment in living socialism: Bulgaria then and now*](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-eTgjCs2lzpMl92U3JzQ0pIa3c/view?usp=sharing) by F.S.
- [*Growing Up Under Communism Was The Happiest Time Of My Life*](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221064/Oppressive-grey-No-growing-communism-happiest-time-life.html) by Zsuzsanna Clark
### Further reading
* [A collection of Soviet history books on Stalin and Stalinism.](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/1hzwl3/a_collection_of_soviet_history_books_on_stalin/)
* [*The Triumph of Evil, Chapter 1: The Documented Facts About Eastern Europe and Communism*](http://redscans.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf) by A. Murphy
## On Mao, Maoism, and Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, and the PRC
* [What is Maoism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/139sid/what_is_maoism/)
* [Why did Mao launch the Cultural Revolution? What was he trying to achieve as distinct from the Revolution the Chinese Communists had already won? To what extent did he succeed? Does it have any continuing impact? (x-post from /r/AskHistorians)](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/23958h/why_did_mao_launch_the_cultural_revolution_what/)
* [Where should I start with Mao?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1dmxcl/where_should_i_start_with_mao/)
* [Debastardising Mao.](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1ecf32/debastardising_mao/)
* [How many peopled really died during the Great Leap Forward?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/39w9w0/how_many_peopled_really_died_during_the_great/)
### [Did Mao kill millions of people?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_1.3A_mao_killed_millions_of_people)
- [*Did Mao Really Kill Millions in the Great Leap Forward?*](http://monthlyreview.org/commentary/did-mao-really-kill-millions-in-the-great-leap-forward/) by Joseph Ball
- [*Monster or Liberator?*](http://www.invent-the-future.org/2013/12/monster-liberator-legacy-mao-zedong/) by Carlos Martinez
- [*The Battle for China's Past*]( http://www.strongwindpress.com/pdfs/EBook/The_Battle_for_Chinas_Past.pdf) by Mobo Gao
- [*Was Mao Really a Monster? The Academic Response to Chang and Halliday's "Mao: The Unknown Story"*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=b83ac8a7e6c2d8ce3f809842521965f1) by Benton and Chun
- [*How did Mao manage to kill ~78 million people?*](https://www.quora.com/How-did-Mao-manage-to-kill-78-million-people/answer/Godfree-Roberts) by Godfree Roberts
### [Was the PRC a totalitarian dictatorship?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_2.3A_china_was_a_totalitarian_dictatorship)
- [*The Rise of the Chinese People's Communes*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=58B399C3CA70411186D2AD96230D649A) by Anna Louise Strong
- [*The Chinese Road to Socialism: Economics of the Cultural Revolution*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=5ba75f3113b0e1e4f36fc587ddfe2826) by E. L. Wheelwright
- [*Fanshen: A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=c02e1f533d33ecea7d9946f55a097bd0) by William Hinton
- [*Shenfan: The Continuing Revolution in a Chinese Village*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=69633412b4947eb197779d652ba6e331) by William Hinton
- [*Turning Point in China: An Essay on the Cultural Revolution*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=FF14AB76713984526357FE8829DEAD3C) by William Hinton
### Further reading
* [Suggested reading for an aspiring MLM?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/18hgw2/suggested_reading_for_an_aspiring_mlm/c8fod6n)
## On Cuba
* [Just how socialist was/is Cuba?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2n372o/just_how_socialist_wasis_cuba/)
* [[Honestly not trolling] Why, in your opinion, have most attempts to form countries based economically on communism and socialism (USSR, Cuba, China) fail?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1f8obt/honestly_not_trolling_why_in_your_opinion_have/)
* [In defence of (and questions about) Cuba](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/x3qtw/in_defence_of_and_questions_about_cuba/)
* [Multiple questions about Cuba](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2pg82b/multiple_questions_about_cuba/)
* [Did the US really think Castro was a dictator? Answer: No.](https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitLiberalsSay/comments/87tto3/i_submitted_a_til_about_fidel_castros_hatred_for/dwgpg7d/)
### [Was Che a murderer and/or a racist?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_1.3A_che_was_a_bloodthirsty_butcher)
- [*Che: A Revolutionary Life*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=3E3E1D3A68BF27293A12BC1076076C7B) by Jon Lee Anderson
- [*Debunking the 'Che Guevara Was Racist!' Lie*](http://anti-imperialism.org/2014/02/05/debunking-the-che-guevara-was-racist-lie/) by Cuervo Rojo
### [Is Cuba a functioning democracy or a terrible place to live?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_2.3A_cuba_has_no_democracy_and_is_a_horrible_place_to_live)
- [*20 Reasons to Support Cuba*](http://www.invent-the-future.org/2013/07/20-reasons-to-support-cuba/)
- [*Cuba: A Revolution in Motion*](http://www.amazon.com/Cuba-Revolution-Motion-Isaac-Saney/dp/1842773631) by Isaac Saney
- [*Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=79273783e814b6a8747ea24710d15f0c) by Arnold August + http://www.democracyintheus.com/
- [*Cuban Democracy Fact Sheet*](http://www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/resources/democracyfactsheet2015.pdf)
- [*All in This Together: Cuba's Participatory Democracy*](http://www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/cubasi/article/187/all-in-this-together-cubarsquos-participatory-democracy)
- [*The Elected Delegate and the Dissident in Cuba's Municipal Elections*](http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/05/the-elected-delegate-and-the-dissident-in-cuba%E2%80%99s-municipal-elections/) by Arnold August
- [*2002 Cuban Constitution*](http://www.walterlippmann.com/cubanconstitution.html)
- [*Work and Democracy in Socialist Cuba*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=fdfc7aee98499baaae696d5b1e04c065) by Linda Fuller
### [Did the cuban people like Fidel Castro?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2Obp6YS4SY)
## On the DPRK
- [Why do some communists support the DPRK?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1ypwmd/why_do_some_communists_support_the_dprk/)
- [What exactly is Juche?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1y172i/what_exactly_is_juche/)
- [Is the DPRK socialist?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1ygskq/is_the_dprk_socialist/)
- [How do elections work in the DPRK?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1zzeri/how_do_elections_work_in_the_dprk/)
- [Human rights and the DPRK](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1tb5ho/human_rights_and_the_dprk/)
- [What evidence is there than DPRK is not engaged in gross violations of human rights?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2mfq2m/what_evidence_is_there_than_dprk_is_not_engaged/)
- [Can someone explain Songbun (Caste system) of the DPRK to me?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2dqtn3/can_someone_explain_songbun_caste_system_of_the/)
### [Do North Koreans believe in unicorns and think Kim Jong-Un is immortal?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_1.3A_north_koreans_believe_in_unicorns_and_they_think_kim_jong-un_is_immortal)
- [Do communists defend the nationalistic (juche) aspects of the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of North Korea)? short answer: no.](https://www.reddit.com/r/FULLDISCOURSE/comments/60voir/lets_talk_about_the_dprk/)
## Branches - [*Western DPRK Propaganda: The Worst, Occasionally Hilarious, and Often Racist, Lies*]( http://anti-imperialism.org/2014/08/14/western-dprk-propaganda-the-worst-occasionally-hilarious-and-often-racist-lies/) by Alyx Mayer
- [*Anti-DPRK Propaganda War – a Cavalcade of Comedy*](http://redyouthuk.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/dprk-propaganda-war-a-cavalcade-of-comedy/) by Red Youth
- [*Tourist who took camera inside North Korea shocked by 'ordinary' lives of citizens*](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2638213/Tourist-took-camera-inside-North-Korea-expected-really-really-sad-people-shocked-seemingly-ordinary-lives-citizens.html)
- [What's the difference between anarchism and communism?](https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateCommunism/comments/576t0d/im_an_anarchocommunist_leninise_me/) ### [Is the DPRK a Fascist Monarchy?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_2.3A_the_dprk_is_a_fascist_monarchy)
- [What are Mao's contributions to Marxism? (MLM)](https://jiminykrix.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/what-maoism-has-to-offer-the-world-and-why-so-many-former-non-communists-think-its-dope/) - [*Korea Resilient! Socialism in Democratic Korea*](http://return2source.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/korea-resilient-socialism-in-democratic-korea/) by Vince Sherman
- [*How to Think about Socialism in Korea*](https://mltoday.com/article/1302-how-to-think-about-socialism-in-korea/)
- [*Understanding North Korea*](http://www.globalresearch.ca/understanding-north-korea/3818) by Stephen Gowans
- [*A Model of Democratic and Participatory Socialist Planning*](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/2kwid3/a_model_of_democratic_and_participatory_socialist/) by MasCapital
- [*Constitution of the DPRK*](http://www.kfausa.org/dprk-constitution/)
- [*Socialist Korea: A Case Study in the Strategy of Economic Development*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=6b0447bc14808161362b828aee0a284a) by Brun and Hersch
- [*Interview: Understanding and Defending North Korea*](http://www.invent-the-future.org/2013/11/understanding-north-korea/)
- [*Democracy: US vs DPRK – Towards the Annihilation of a Narrative*](https://vngiapaganda.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/democracy-us-vs-dprk-towards-the-annihilation-of-a-narrative/)
- [*The secret genocide in South Korea you’ve probably never heard of*](https://medium.com/@wolf.aldrich/the-50-s-in-south-korea-what-happened-60f629ac3272)
### Further reading
## Markets - [Essential readings on the Juche idea and the Korean revolution](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2pil0z/what_are_some_essential_readings_on_the_juche_idea/)
- [E-Library on the DPRK](http://www.korea-dpr.com/e_library.html)
- [Why are communists against markets?](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/market_socialism.md)
## Other Topics ## Other Topics
- [Why are socialists against bitcoin mining?](https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywbbpm/bitcoin-mining-electricity-consumption-ethereum-energy-climate-change), [2](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/27/bitcoin-mining-consumes-electricity-ireland) - [Why are socialists against bitcoin mining?](https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywbbpm/bitcoin-mining-electricity-consumption-ethereum-energy-climate-change), [2](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/27/bitcoin-mining-consumes-electricity-ireland)
- [What's so bad about Elon Musk?](https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/musk-slams-union-drive-in-email-to-employees) [2](http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-injuries-rates-higher-industry-average-worksafe-2017-5), [3](http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2016/05/09/elon-musk-tesla-crony/84169496/), [4](https://www.salon.com/2017/10/08/against-mars-a-lago-why-spacexs-mars-colonization-plan-should-terrify-you/), [5](https://jalopnik.com/elon-musk-is-a-jerk-that-once-fired-his-assistant-of-12-1797699824), [6](https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/7spkqa/happy_2018_everybody_lets_take_a_moment_to_recall/), [7](https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/73eh4m/tracking_elon_musks_visions_promises_and/) - [What's so bad about Elon Musk?](https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/musk-slams-union-drive-in-email-to-employees) [2](http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-injuries-rates-higher-industry-average-worksafe-2017-5), [3](http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2016/05/09/elon-musk-tesla-crony/84169496/), [4](https://www.salon.com/2017/10/08/against-mars-a-lago-why-spacexs-mars-colonization-plan-should-terrify-you/), [5](https://jalopnik.com/elon-musk-is-a-jerk-that-once-fired-his-assistant-of-12-1797699824), [6](https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/7spkqa/happy_2018_everybody_lets_take_a_moment_to_recall/), [7](https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/73eh4m/tracking_elon_musks_visions_promises_and/)
- [Whats so bad about bill gates?](http://www.globaljustice.org.uk/sites/default/files/files/resources/gjn_gates_report_june_2016_web_final_version_2.pdf), [2](https://www.versobooks.com/books/2344-no-such-thing-as-a-free-gift), [3](https://www.liberationnews.org/real-agenda-gates-foundation/) - [Whats so bad about bill gates?](http://www.globaljustice.org.uk/sites/default/files/files/resources/gjn_gates_report_june_2016_web_final_version_2.pdf), [2](https://www.versobooks.com/books/2344-no-such-thing-as-a-free-gift), [3](https://www.liberationnews.org/real-agenda-gates-foundation/)
- [What's so bad about George Orwell?][https://bennorton.com/george-orwell-list-leftists-snitch-british-government/] [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/797lnl/as_a_communist_how_do_you_feel_the_works_of/)
- [What's so bad about George Orwell?](http://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/7dhx99/-/dpyxvnd)
- [Is Chomsky right about Marxist-Leninists being evil?](https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/4394rt/how_do_you_guys_feel_about_chomskys_views_on/czgj95w/) - [Is Chomsky right about Marxist-Leninists being evil?](https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/4394rt/how_do_you_guys_feel_about_chomskys_views_on/czgj95w/)
- [What's so bad about Winston Churchill?](http://www.reddit.com/r/ShitLiberalsSay/comments/80sxhj/-/duy08zm) - [What's so bad about Winston Churchill?](http://www.reddit.com/r/ShitLiberalsSay/comments/80sxhj/-/duy08zm)
- [What about Jordan Peterson?](https://www.reddit.com/r/Socialism_101/comments/85cuay/thoughts_on_jordan_petersons_criticism_of_marxism/dvwnd25/)
## States - [What is Antifa? (Olly)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgwS_FMZ3nQ)
- [Is it true that Socialism has killed X million people, and how many has capitalism killed?](https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/5q2oak/someone_dies_under_socialism_no_matter_how_its/dcvu8lg/)
- [What's the role of the state in the revolution, and what is a state?](https://theimmortalscience.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/the-state-and-revolution-an-overview/)
- [Why do many socialist attempts end up in an authoritarian state? Watch this brilliant talk by Micheal Parenti](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYVes44hcJg&feature=youtu.be), or read his article, [Left anticommunism, the unkindest cut](http://www.greanvillepost.com/2015/05/23/left-anticommunism-the-unkindest-cut/).
### Soviet Union
- [Did the Soviet Union manufacture a famine in Ukraine?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_1.3A_the_soviet_union_manufactured_a_famine_in_ukraine)
* [*Fraud, Famine, and Fascism*](http://rationalrevolution.net/special/library/tottlefraud.pdf) by Douglas Tottle
* [*The 1932 Harvest and the Famine of 1933*](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-eTgjCs2lzpQllPVzQ2UFd3aWM/view?usp=sharing) by Mark Tauger
* [*Natural Disaster and Human Actions in the Soviet Famine of 1931–1933*](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-eTgjCs2lzpNExnSEVhMjBLRlE/view?usp=sharing) by Mark Tauger
* [*The Years of Hunger: Soviet Agriculture, 1931–1933*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=32DAA2871728468189A57E0233492A3A) by Davies and Wheatcroft
* [*Lies Concerning the History of the Soviet Union*](http://www.northstarcompass.org/nsc9912/lies.htm) by Mario Sousa
#### [Did the Soviet Union repress and kill millions of people?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_2.3A_the_soviet_union_repressed_and_killed_millions_of_people)
* [*The Triumph of Evil*](http://redscans.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf) by Austin Murphy
* [*Human Rights in the Soviet Union*](http://archive.org/details/HumanRightsInTheSovietUnion) by Albert Syzmanski
* [*Another View of Stalin*](http://www.scribd.com/doc/36425175/Ludo-Martens-Another-View-of-Stalin) by Ludo Martens
* [*Stalinist Terror: New Perspectives*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=6513AE40D043D98FFE6031A776783160) by Getty and Manning
* [*Origins of the Great Purges*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=202D73A751817E9D047121E74D02671C) by J. Arch Getty
* [*The Road to Terror*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=a87ecbb483bf27f182f31626527035a6) by J. Arch Getty
* [*Other studies by historian*](http://kasamaproject.org/history/2674-6j-arch-getty-creating-alternative-new-history-of-soviet-30s) by J. Arch Getty
* [*The Legacy of Stalinism*](https://web.archive.org/web/20150801083826/http://marxism-third-worldism.tumblr.com/post/82610306586/anti-stalinism-and-the-legacy-of-state-socialism) by "brown-eggs"
* [*Khrushchev Lied*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=e6bc9593a1787378b671944f51b393a9) by Grover Furr
* [*Blackshirts and Reds*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=2A465EA2A003644077523F690545F113) by Michael Parenti
* [*Blood Lies: The Evidence that Every Accusation against Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union in Timothy Snyder's 'Bloodlands' Is False*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=4f13589002a3dfa4b0139b332fef54ad) by Grover Furr
#### [Did the Soviet Union and the Warsaw pact nations have functioning democracies?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_3.3A_the_soviet_union_and_the_eastern_bloc_had_no_democracy)
* [*Soviet Communism: A New Civilization*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=ed2ba2da9895bf1653a04e6555b5246f) by Sydney and Beatrice Webb
* [*Is the Red Flag Flying?*](http://archive.org/details/IsTheRedFlagFlying) by Albert Syzmanski
* [*Socialism Betrayed*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=3043d96567ceab152a0992313bcf82b9) by Keeran and Kenny
* [*Life and Terror in Stalin's Russia, 1934–1941*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=bcb105833aa3f469f1131209e3875a9f) by Robert Thurston
* [*Democracy, East Germany, and the Berlin Wall*](http://gowans.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/democracy-east-germany-and-the-berlin-wall/) by Stephen Gowans
* [*The Russians are Coming: The Politics of Anti-Sovietism*](http://archive.org/details/TheRussiansAreComing) by V.L. Allen
* [*The 1936 Soviet Constitution*](http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/const/1936toc.html)
* [*Soviet Democracy*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=c22e40075143d321a449a15690f82720) by Pat Sloan
#### [Was Soviet Socialism an economic failure?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_4.3A_socialism_is_an_economic_failure)
* [*Do Publicly Owned, Planned Economies Work?*](http://gowans.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/do-publicly-owned-planned-economies-work/) by Stephen Gowans
* [*From Farm to Factory*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=fa5b6de5135f49269cd2b35b727236f7) by Robert Allen
* [*The Rise of Socialism*](http://www.marxists.org/archive/foster/1932/toward/03.htm) by William Foster
* [*We Lived Better Then*](http://gowans.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/we-lived-better-then/) by Stephen Gowans
* [*The Need for Planning*](http://clogic.eserver.org/2010/Ball.pdf) by Joseph Ball
#### [Did the citizens of the Soviet Union dislike their government?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_5.3A_everybody_hated_socialism)
* [*Homesick for a Dictatorship*](http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/homesick-for-a-dictatorship-majority-of-eastern-germans-feel-life-better-under-communism-a-634122.html)
* [*60% of Russians Want Communism Back*](https://web.archive.org/web/20140223044330/http://www.systemiccapital.com/60-percent-of-russians-want-communism-back/)
* [*Former Soviet Countries See More Harm from Breakup*](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166538/former-soviet-countries-harm-breakup.aspx)
* [*Russians say Aug 1991 events are tragedy, not triumph of democracy*](http://rbth.co.uk/news/2014/08/19/poll_russians_say_aug_1991_events_are_tragedy_not_triumph_of_democracy_39129.html)
* [*Struggling Romanians Yearn for Communism*](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/30/struggling-romanians-yearn-for-communism/)
* [*Tajikistan Pines for Old Soviet Union Strength*](http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0527/Tajikistan-pines-for-old-Soviet-Union-strength)
* [*Referendum on the Preservation of the USSR*](http://en.ria.ru/infographics/20110313/162959645.html)
* [*Central Asia in Nostalgia for the Soviet Period*](http://web.archive.org/web/20130722044443/http://www.thewashingtonreview.org/articles/central-asia-in-nostalgia-for-the-soviet-period.html)
* [*Freest Under Czech Communism!*](http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/10/24/freest-under-czech-communism/)
* [*Seven Myths about the USSR*](https://gowans.wordpress.com/2013/12/23/seven-myths-about-the-ussr/) by Stephen Gowans
* [*An experiment in living socialism: Bulgaria then and now*](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-eTgjCs2lzpMl92U3JzQ0pIa3c/view?usp=sharing) by F.S.
* [*Growing Up Under Communism Was The Happiest Time Of My Life*](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221064/Oppressive-grey-No-growing-communism-happiest-time-life.html) by Zsuzsanna Clark
### Peoples Republic of China
#### [Did Mao kill millions of people?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_1.3A_mao_killed_millions_of_people)
* [*Did Mao Really Kill Millions in the Great Leap Forward?*](http://monthlyreview.org/commentary/did-mao-really-kill-millions-in-the-great-leap-forward/) by Joseph Ball
* [*Monster or Liberator?*](http://www.invent-the-future.org/2013/12/monster-liberator-legacy-mao-zedong/) by Carlos Martinez
* [*The Battle for China's Past*]( http://www.strongwindpress.com/pdfs/EBook/The_Battle_for_Chinas_Past.pdf) by Mobo Gao
* [*Was Mao Really a Monster? The Academic Response to Chang and Halliday's "Mao: The Unknown Story"*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=b83ac8a7e6c2d8ce3f809842521965f1) by Benton and Chun
* [*How did Mao manage to kill ~78 million people?*](https://www.quora.com/How-did-Mao-manage-to-kill-78-million-people/answer/Godfree-Roberts) by Godfree Roberts
#### [Was the PRC a totalitarian dictatorship?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_2.3A_china_was_a_totalitarian_dictatorship)
* [*The Rise of the Chinese People's Communes*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=58B399C3CA70411186D2AD96230D649A) by Anna Louise Strong
* [*The Chinese Road to Socialism: Economics of the Cultural Revolution*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=5ba75f3113b0e1e4f36fc587ddfe2826) by E. L. Wheelwright
* [*Fanshen: A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=c02e1f533d33ecea7d9946f55a097bd0) by William Hinton
* [*Shenfan: The Continuing Revolution in a Chinese Village*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=69633412b4947eb197779d652ba6e331) by William Hinton
* [*Turning Point in China: An Essay on the Cultural Revolution*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=FF14AB76713984526357FE8829DEAD3C) by William Hinton
### Cuba
#### [Was Che a murderer and/or a racist?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_1.3A_che_was_a_bloodthirsty_butcher)
* [*Che: A Revolutionary Life*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=3E3E1D3A68BF27293A12BC1076076C7B) by Jon Lee Anderson
* [*Debunking the 'Che Guevara Was Racist!' Lie*](http://anti-imperialism.org/2014/02/05/debunking-the-che-guevara-was-racist-lie/) by Cuervo Rojo
#### [Is Cuba a functioning democracy or a terrible place to live?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_2.3A_cuba_has_no_democracy_and_is_a_horrible_place_to_live)
* [*20 Reasons to Support Cuba*](http://www.invent-the-future.org/2013/07/20-reasons-to-support-cuba/)
* [*Cuba: A Revolution in Motion*](http://www.amazon.com/Cuba-Revolution-Motion-Isaac-Saney/dp/1842773631) by Isaac Saney
* [*Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=79273783e814b6a8747ea24710d15f0c) by Arnold August + http://www.democracyintheus.com/
* [*Cuban Democracy Fact Sheet*](http://www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/resources/democracyfactsheet2015.pdf)
* [*All in This Together: Cuba's Participatory Democracy*](http://www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/cubasi/article/187/all-in-this-together-cubarsquos-participatory-democracy)
* [*The Elected Delegate and the Dissident in Cuba's Municipal Elections*](http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/05/the-elected-delegate-and-the-dissident-in-cuba%E2%80%99s-municipal-elections/) by Arnold August
* [*2002 Cuban Constitution*](http://www.walterlippmann.com/cubanconstitution.html)
* [*Work and Democracy in Socialist Cuba*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=fdfc7aee98499baaae696d5b1e04c065) by Linda Fuller
#### [Did the cuban people like Fidel Castro?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2Obp6YS4SY)
### Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK)
#### [Do North Koreans believe in unicorns and think Kim Jong-Un is immortal?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_1.3A_north_koreans_believe_in_unicorns_and_they_think_kim_jong-un_is_immortal)
- [Do communists defend the nationalistic (juche) aspects of the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of North Korea)? short answer: no.](https://www.reddit.com/r/FULLDISCOURSE/comments/60voir/lets_talk_about_the_dprk/)
* [*Western DPRK Propaganda: The Worst, Occasionally Hilarious, and Often Racist, Lies*]( http://anti-imperialism.org/2014/08/14/western-dprk-propaganda-the-worst-occasionally-hilarious-and-often-racist-lies/) by Alyx Mayer
* [*Anti-DPRK Propaganda War – a Cavalcade of Comedy*](http://redyouthuk.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/dprk-propaganda-war-a-cavalcade-of-comedy/) by Red Youth
* [*Tourist who took camera inside North Korea shocked by 'ordinary' lives of citizens*](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2638213/Tourist-took-camera-inside-North-Korea-expected-really-really-sad-people-shocked-seemingly-ordinary-lives-citizens.html)
#### [Is the DPRK a Fascist Monarchy?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_2.3A_the_dprk_is_a_fascist_monarchy)
* [*Korea Resilient! Socialism in Democratic Korea*](http://return2source.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/korea-resilient-socialism-in-democratic-korea/) by Vince Sherman
* [*How to Think about Socialism in Korea*](https://mltoday.com/article/1302-how-to-think-about-socialism-in-korea/)
* [*Understanding North Korea*](http://www.globalresearch.ca/understanding-north-korea/3818) by Stephen Gowans
* [*A Model of Democratic and Participatory Socialist Planning*](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/2kwid3/a_model_of_democratic_and_participatory_socialist/) by MasCapital
* [*Constitution of the DPRK*](http://www.kfausa.org/dprk-constitution/)
* [*Socialist Korea: A Case Study in the Strategy of Economic Development*](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=6b0447bc14808161362b828aee0a284a) by Brun and Hersch
* [*Interview: Understanding and Defending North Korea*](http://www.invent-the-future.org/2013/11/understanding-north-korea/)
* [*Democracy: US vs DPRK – Towards the Annihilation of a Narrative*](https://vngiapaganda.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/democracy-us-vs-dprk-towards-the-annihilation-of-a-narrative/)
* [*The secret genocide in South Korea you’ve probably never heard of*](https://medium.com/@wolf.aldrich/the-50-s-in-south-korea-what-happened-60f629ac3272)