Poor choice. Would not recommend. Almost all the references are going over my head, and I really don't feel like chasing them down. Maybe I'll pick it back up after studying the 1905 revolution or if I really get into German social democrat history or whatever. I'll finish it I guess, but I expect to retain nothing and learn very little.

  • Dimmer06 [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Before you read another page, listen to this Red Menace episode. Mike Duncan also had a decent episode (or maybe multiple?) of the Revolutions podcast dedicated to explaining economism and Narodism but I can't remember which one it was. What is to be Done is absolutely an essential text. Granted it is a tougher read and if you're trying to keep track of your late 19th century social democratic Russian newspapers you'll probably get lost in the weeds, but it is the foundation of Leninist party organization and theory.