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Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism: A Primer was written by Jose Maria Sison from his prison cell in 1981-1982. It is a comprehensive and modern introduction to the study of the three components of Marxism.
From the Foreword to the 2020 edition published by Foreign Languages Press:
"From prison and through his lawyer, Sison wrote and sent out many letters and articles to address and criticize the confusion. He understood that criticism wasn’t enough—comrades needed a more comprehensive understanding of the basic principles of Marxism. It took two years to complete this work; the book you hold in your hands is the result of it. Released in 1982, Julie de Lima smuggled the text out of jail, and while its study was immediate and widespread, it was only in 2013 that the International Network for Philippines Study (INPS) officially released it in the 4th volume of the Selected Works of Jose Maria Sison (Detention and Defiance against Dictatorship)....
Studying this primer will help you understand the core of the ideology of today’s Marxism— that is, Marxism-Leninism-Maoism—and see the world through the lens of class struggle and the dynamics of contradictions."
First Year of Publication: 2020
Publisher: Paris: Foreign Languages Press
Extent: 176 p.
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