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| == Stuff useful for library work == | | == Stuff useful for library work == |
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| === Some useful regex functions ===
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| You can use search and replace with regex in the visual editor, just tap ''Ctrl+f'' on your keyboard, then click on the icon representing <code>(.*)</code> — that's the regex (regular expression) function, which will interpret your search string as regex.
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| Unfortunately you can't use regex in the replace function but anyway, here are some cool regex functions you can use to help you on pages. Just copy the "regex code" row into the search bar (yes it looks like nothing, that's normal)
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| |<code>\[(\d+)\]</code>
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| |Detects references like <sup>[12]</sup>
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| |Transform plain text references into formatted MediaWiki references (ctrl+shift+k to add a reference). Will probably leave behind extra spaces so run the next function.
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| |<code>\s{2,}</code>
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| |Detect two spaces or more
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| |Search for this code, '''add a space in the replace field''', then press replace all and it will correct all possible extra spaces to just one.
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| |<code>\s(?=[.,;:!?)%])</code>
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| |Remove space before punctuation
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| |Removes a space '''before''' punctuation, like . or ? or ;
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| be careful before replacing all, you should look through instances one by one.
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| |<code><nowiki>\s-{1,2}|\s\u2013</nowiki></code>
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| |This can indicate incorrect use of an em dash<code> —</code>
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| Will detect either - or --, which are sometimes incorrectly used. Replace all with em dash ('''with a space before''' but not after)
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| Will also detect the en dash (–), which should also be replaced.
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| |<code>(?<!\s)\d+\s*[.\-\)]</code>
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| |Detects improperly formatted ordered lists (e.g. 1), 2), etc)
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| |We should use mediawiki lists instead of plain text. This detects such a case. Use only to find it, then apply the list format manually.
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| |<code>page \d+</code>
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| |detects "page X" where X is any number
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| |Sometimes in text imported documents online, there will remain a "page X" (page 5, page 12...) in the text; these come from the original PDF. You can quickly remove them with this code.
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| |<code>(?<![.!?])\n</code>
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| |Detects superfluous line breaks
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| |When importing from PDF, you will usually have extra line breaks that shouldn't be here. This code detects them (new lines preceded by period, exclamation mark or question mark). Replace with an empty space.
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| Note: detecting line breaks doesn't work in MediaWiki. Import your text to say Google Docs, use their search function, then import result to ProleWiki. You still have to go through the text manually but it saves a lot of time and cramps.
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| === Other online libraries from marxists.org ===
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| Marxists.org is ran by trots and they've been known to edit stuff to fit their bias -- notably in Mastering Bolshevism from Stalin, whole sections are missing and they give the work a completely different name.
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| As much as possible, we shouldn't use them. You simply cannot know if their edition of a book will be truthful or not. They also rely on old translations for many texts, while I've found that newer translations tend to flow better.
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| Here are libraries we can use other than marxists.org:
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| * http://www.marx2mao.com/
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| * https://libgen.is/ (if you already know what you're looking for)
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| * http://ciml.250x.com/archive/index.html never tested it, only has Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Hoxha (it's a hoxhaist website)
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| * https://redsails.org/categories/ our comrades at Red Sails also have a library (look under Authors); they also say where they source their works from.
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| * https://openlibrary.org they have books on everything and from everyone, including marxist authors. However they have to use a "borrowing" system by law, and you have to make an account. Maybe use them to find a book, then download it from libgen.
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| * https://www.redstarpublishers.org/#OML has PDFs, which are a pain to edit into ProleWiki. Marxists.org also has PDFs, which I ''doubt'' they edit due to the sheer work, but maybe they still do.
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| * https://www.bannedthought.net has mostly documents in PDF format about countries, but some books can be found there.
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| * http://hiaw.org/defcon6/works/cw/index.html this page has the M&E letters, which are copyrighted by some company.
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| * https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/ this page collects excerpts and collides them into topics; you can look for the original book on libgen.
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| * Marx&Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao's works are available in their respective '''Collected Works''', which can easily be downloaded from marx2mao for example as PDFs.
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| Make sure that the work you want to copy from these doesn't come from the MIA though, obviously.
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| == Other sandbox stuff for my own use ==
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| === Crit's absolute beginner reading list ===
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| Once you start on your theoretical journey and become a student of marxism, you will realistically always remain one; your learning never stops.
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| Yet, in my opinion, most lists include too many books and act more like repositories than actual reading lists or syllabus. Realistically, a marxist-leninist reading list will contain every single book ever written that comes remotely close to marxism-leninism.
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| In this list, I purposely chose to limit myself to 6 books. This is a list for absolute beginners, the absolute bare minimum reading that should be done (''and in this order'') as sort of a crash course to get you started. Your situation is this: you like communism, you want to learn more, but you don't know where to start. Well, this is your list.
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| The books I chose (and please read them in this order) are:
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| |Harman was in a Trotskyist party, but his short pamphlet (44 pages) remains one of the best introductions to marxism. You could give this to an absolute beginner who's never even heard of the word philosophy before and they'd come out with working knowledge of marxism. It's wrong in a couple places if I remember correctly, but it's nothing you won't fix with further reading. | | {{Donate platform|logo=PayPal Logo Icon 2014.svg|alt=Paypal logo|text=Redbubble store|link=https://en.prolewiki.org|subtitle=Coming soon!}} |
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| |[[Library:The principles of communism|Principles of communism]] Engels | |
| |Engels wrote this pamphlet in an FAQ format, which explains in very simple terms what communism is, where it's coming from, etc. Very short read and absolutely vital to understand not only (marxist) communism but also the class struggle and the history of how we got where we are now (capitalism). | |
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| |[[Library:Elementary principles of philosophy|Elementary principles of philosophy]] Georges Politzer | |
| |Philosophy is not difficult or only for academics when Politzer teaches it. Under this seemingly innocent title lies a complete course on dialectical materialism, one of the fundamental parts of marxism. | |
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| |[[Library:Value, price and profit|Value, price and profit]] Marx | |
| |Marxism is also about the economic theory and ''Value, price and profit'' provides the basis of that field in a smaller and easier package than Capital. | |
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| |[[Library:The three sources and three component parts of Marxism|The three sources and three component parts of Marxism]] Lenin | |
| |To tie it all together, I added this short essay by Lenin which explains the three components of marxism: the philosophy of dialectical materialism, the labour theory of value on the economic side, and the class struggle as the third component.
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| In my opinion this pamphlet is too difficult for a first-time reader despite its shortness, it works best as a reminder of what marxism actually is. Never forget these components and you will never stray wrong.
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| |[[Library:Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism|Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism]] Lenin | |
| |Finally, to breach into the 21st century (despite being written a century earlier!), you must understand imperialism. We live in the age of imperialism still, as it is after all the ''highest stage of capitalism''. NATO, the IMF, the World Bank, all these modern-day projects are purveyors of imperialism in the world. | |
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| As I said, this list is not exhaustive at all. It is the ''bare minimum'' to get you started in marxism, and it's not even really going into marxism-leninism specifically (except for ''Imperialism'').
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