Re: questions on theory and practice

["Dante Pastrana" <dante_p9@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi.
I used to be a candidate member of the Communist Party of the Philippines. I
was expelled for questioning their actual practice of democratic centralism
- more centralism than democratic, that was my opinion.

Anyway. I'm still a Marxist or at least trying to become one. Reading all
materials in the internet, I realize now how poor my training really was. We
had an excuse then - we were fighting against a brutal dictatorship and we
had to make do. But we failed to win or gain power and lost again to the
ruling elite upon the restoration of the so-called democracy and that proves
to me that we really had no excuse in not studying enough marxist theory.

I want to learn more now.

Can anyone here suggest anything (reading materials, comments) on the
following:

1. Repudation or Confirmation of the Labor theory of value.
2. methods of class analysis.
3. methods of organizing
4. forms of organization especially in a brutal environment such as the
Philippines.
5. forms of struggle

My readings comprised only the following:
1. the communist manifesto
2. what is to be done?
3. two tactics of the RSDP
4. state and revolution
5. imperialism - the highes stage of capitalism
6. on contradiction by mao
7. philippine society and revolution by guerrero
8. first chapter of the das kapital

As you can see, this comrade needs help.


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