READING LIST

10 Essential Readings

Although there are many other essential readings, we believe that these texts are the key to expanding your knowledge of politics and art:

The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/Manifesto.pdf

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What is Proletarian Culture, and is it possible? - Leon Trotsky: https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1923/art/tia23c.htm 

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In Defence of Marxism - Leon Trotsky: https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/idom/dm/dom.pdf 

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The German Ideology - Karl Marx:  https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/german-ideology/

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On Cooperation - Vladimir Lenin: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1923/jan/06.htm

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Theatre of the Oppressed - Augusto Boal

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Bringing Down The House - Olivia Turnball

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Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain: Staging Crisis - Vicky Angelaki 

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Why Marx was Right - Terry Eagleton 

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Brecht On Theatre - Bertolt Brecht & John Willett

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