This library connects texts, guides and publications. The introductions are written in English; the language of each original source is labelled separately. Reading time refers to the introduction, rather than the complete book.
25 records found
History & Revolution / Beginner
Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)
Trotsky was a leader of the Russian Revolution and a critic of Stalin’s bureaucratic rule. His historical writing combines a participant’s experience with political analysis.…
History & Revolution / Beginner
V. I. Lenin (1870–1924)
Lenin was a Bolshevik leader and a writer on the state, imperialism and revolutionary strategy. His role in 1917 and the debates involving his organisation…
History & Revolution / Beginner
Friedrich Engels (1820–1895)
Friedrich Engels was a socialist writer and Marx’s collaborator. His experience of industry and workers’ conditions helped shape their writing and debates. Read the linked…
History & Revolution / Beginner
Karl Marx (1818–1883)
Karl Marx developed a critique of capitalist political economy and participated in the international workers’ movement. He co-wrote the Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels. This…
Students & Campus / Beginner
Public University Campus Elections and the Student Movement
An archival article from 2017 on campus elections and the student movement. Read it as a political assessment of its time, then compare it with…
Politics & Society / Beginner
When Socialism Became Scientific
An introduction to the distinction between socialism as a moral aspiration and socialism as an analysis of society. The author discusses Marx and Engels’ legacy…
History & Revolution / Beginner
The Communist Women’s Movement: Women and Revolution
Reading on the relationship between the women’s movement, revolution and international workers’ organisations. The Malay edition includes a translator’s note; consult the publisher’s website for…
Economy & Work / Beginner
A Minimum Wage for Every Worker: Interns Are Workers Too
Interns perform work, yet their pay and protections are frequently contested. The author examines the relationship between employers, educational institutions and young workers. The article’s…
Students & Campus / Beginner
PTPTN Loans Near RM40 Billion in Early 2025: Reformist Solutions Fail to Address the Roots of the Crisis
An analysis of education debt and the limits of solutions centred on collecting repayments. Read the author’s argument about education funding and the structural roots…
Students & Campus / Beginner
The Struggle for Free Education Must Continue
Why fight for free education? This article connects the commercialisation of education, student debt and inequality. It invites readers to consider access to knowledge as…
History & Revolution / Beginner
Hartal 1947 · a Sosialis Alternatif exhibition
A digital exhibition combining chronology, essays and archival material. KMS links to it without copying its photographs or complete essays.
History & Revolution / Advanced
The Revolution Betrayed
Trotsky’s analysis of the Soviet Union, written in 1936 and published in 1937. This edition identifies Max Eastman as its translator.