I grew up in a conservative American family and was indoctrinated with chauvinistic beliefs from the beginning. It took me years of studying political science and economics just to warm up to leftist ideas, let alone embrace them.
Finally, I decided to read “Dialectical and Historical Materialism” by Stalin off a recommendation from one of my professors and it really changed my entire interpretation of the world. That started me down a path of reading any Marxist literature I could find.
I’m curious about the path that the rest of you took to get here!
Das Kapital is such a dense text. I too haven’t been able to get through it. I remember being told as a child that Muslims hated me and wanted me dead and then I found out a good friend of mine in middle school was a Muslim which was one of my earliest awakenings.
Personally, I’ve been devouring Stalin’s books. Something about his writing style clicks so nicely for me. I will check out that book my Malcolm Harris! I’m fascinated by the history of labor organizing in the US that has been scrubbed from our history lessons.