Suggested Reading

The NW Ohio DSA believes that political education is an essential part of doing political work. It both sharpens and focuses our work, improves ones ability to lead in the chapter and in broader social movements, and helps to unify us around our shared values and goals.

The following are recommendations for a good place to start one's political education. We also encourage all members to attend the chapters political education events when they are able, and to organize and lead reading and discussion groups through the political education committee or on their own.

Most of the books below are available at most libraries or booksellers, and many are available for free online.

READ THESE FIRST!

• Northwest Ohio DSA Purpose Statement
• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
• Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto by Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Nancy Fraser
• Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Frederich Engels
• Malcolm X Speaks, edited by George Breitman

Other Beginner Readings

• State and Revolution by V.I. Lenin
• The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels
• Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook by Mark Bray
• Value, Price, and Profit by Karl Marx
• Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis
• Gender, Race and Class by Angela Davis
• Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Frederich Engels
• Women's Work, Men's Property by Stephanie Koontz
• Teamster Rebellion by Farrell Dobbs
• Blood in My Eye by George L. Jackson