Online References for Marxist-Leninist Studies: Part 1

The internet provides ample amounts of information available to all for almost any topic you could imagine. When it comes to the study of Marxism-Leninism, socialism, or communism, there has been an increase in quality reference sites to point you in the direction for what you're looking for. These sites have become all the more helpful by offering transcriptions of many works from a variety of minds on the topic of socialism, available in html text or .pdf formats. Below is a summary overview (including links) to some of the best resources on socialism, communism, and Marxism-Leninism available on the internet. Note, many of these websites are offered in a variety of languages to make them even more accessible. After all, Marxism-Leninism is a science for the working class peoples, not merely the intelligentsia.

Marxism-Leninism Today - http://www.mltoday.com

This site includes many articles, essays, and contributions from writers on a broad array of topics, including Marxist-Leninist theory to contemporary revolutionary struggles throughout the world. It serves more as an online-electric journal that deals with issues relevant to Marxism-Leninism and anti-imperialism. The layout of the website is handy with a straightforward approach to finding what you're looking for. Recently, they have published articles concerning national liberation movements, American imperialism, and followed the events of Cuba and its transition as Fidel Castro has left his position of power and Raul Castro (his brother) ascended. The site also includes articles from a theoretical perspective, including some by more well-known American communist thinkers like Gus Hall and William Z. Foster. Overall this site provides students of Marxism-Leninism with a chance to read up to date critical analyses of the world today (that you won't find in the mainstream bourgeois press) as well as theoretical and classical works from Marx, Engels, Lenin and others.

From Marx to Mao - http://marx2mao.com

This website has been up since May 1, 2007 (May Day) and is known to Marxist-Leninist as being one of the best resources on the works for not only Marx, Engels, and Lenin, but also Josef Stalin and Mao Tse-Tung (many of whose works have been neglected by many other prominent sites). The site boasts an enormous library of the canonical works "from Marx to Mao" in a very easy to use, accessible html text format. This site's best quality is that it gives the readers an opportunity to read every essential work by some of the most important thinkers in all of communist history. It also has a relatively large collection of other texts that are extremely hard to find either online or in hard-copy, including speeches by Lenin, Stalin, and Mao as well as some of their lesser known works. The entire volumes of Stalin and Mao are very difficult to find and will cost you a pretty penny in hard-copy; "From Marx to Mao" offers these entire works (every volume spanning their lifetimes) online. What more could you ask for?

Marxist Internet Archive - http://www.marxists.org

The Marxist Internet Archive is perhaps one of the definitive resources available on the web for everything related to socialism, communism, Marxism, and every single sub-theory that evolved from Marxism. The site boasts one of the largest collections of works by a very large number of authors, and also includes a search function by subject or author. They also provide biographies and works by some lesser known individuals, but their major flaw is their lack of objectivity regarding Stalin and tendency towards Trotskyism. The encyclopedia section of the website provides literally hundreds of definitions for terms and concepts in Marxist thought which proves helpful to even the most advanced Marxist scholar with succinct definitions supported by quotes from the original authors. They attempt to provide ample works on every current of Marxism including market socialism and eurocommunism. They also provide speeches and works by communists reflecting on a wide number of issues - including art, feminism, the environment, military, psychology, natural sciences, etc. It's a good site, especially its encyclopedia, though one should be careful to look beyond its obvious anti-Stalin perspective.

North Star Compass - http://www.northstarcompass.org

North Star Compass is a magazine/journal full of articles related to contemporary analysis which provides readers an opportunity to catch up on all the latest events around the world from a Marxist-Leninist perspective. The site is available in several languages and although to get full access requires a subscription to the print magazine, the website offers many articles from every issue online for readers to access free of charge. North Star Compass takes a unique perspective in that they are dedicated to the re-establishment of the USSR and deal with many political, social, and contemporary issues within the Russian Federation. Articles featured include regular segments by contributors including "News from the former USSR" and take a critical position on conditions in all the former socialist states and what has become of them since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The magazine is issued monthly and published by the International Council of Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People.