1942-1953
From the Fascist invasion of the USSR to the death of Joseph Stalin
Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR
Author: Joseph Stalin
Negro Liberation
Author: Harry Haywood
Published in 1948, this is undoubtedly Harry Haywood's most important work. In it, he discusses the Black national question inside the United States through the lens of Marxism-Leninism. He provides a materialist analysis of the Black belt in the south, how it constitutes an oppressed nation within a nation, and why the liberation of Black people is key to the greater liberation struggle of the American working class.
Thirty Years of the Communist Party of China
Author: Hu Chiao-Mu
The Great Transformation
Author: Karl Polanyi
In this work, Prof. Karl Polanyi lays out how the rise of Capitalism has transformed society, and made social bonds subordinate to the economy. He also showcases how the ideal "self-regulating" laissez-faire capitalist economy (or disembedded economy) is an utopian project that cannot be achieved in real-life, and how it instead leads to ever-increasing inequality and alienation.