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jonesyonline | 08:42 Tue 07th Sep 2010 | History
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Hi all, can anyone recommend a good book for a starting point on communism. Would like to learn about its origins, it's original premise etc etc. Who originally subscribed to the idea? I find that when I read a book it refers to differing forms of socialism i.e. Leninist, Marxist, Maoist....would like to understand the differences.
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you could maybe try this, but I haven't read it

http://www.amazon.co....qid=1283849143&sr=1-1
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Great thanks jno, will see if they have it in Waterstones.
there are also books like Marx for Beginners and Lenin for Beginners but I'm assuming you want something a bit wider that would cover the lot.
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Peter Moss wrote clearly and informatively on this subject when History was taught properly. here's an extract

http://www.johndclare.net/Russ3_Moss.htm

From History alive Bk4 1900 - 1970,
http://www.amazon.co....qid=1283871288&sr=1-9
I notice the small "c", so you already have some ideas. It's a very old idea - the early Christians were communists. The idea of holding property in common is found in many simple societies and has often been tried by small groups on a religious basis. Beware of political propaganda that identifies communism with Stalin's methods. There is no true communist society in the world, since it's a Utopian ideal. Marx and Engels invented Communism - capital "c" - as a later development of Socialism.

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