# dessalines/essays

A few essays on communism

Repository: https://github.com/dessalines/essays
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/essays
Homepage: https://dessalines.github.io/essays
Language: SCSS
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-06-07T17:13:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 86, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
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- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1669, forks 168 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:19.867911+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of essays, FAQs, glossaries, and reading lists on communism, socialism, and Marxism by the Lemmy developer dessalines, published as a static site. It includes introductions like Crash Course Socialism, a Marxism study plan, and various political essays.

## Use cases
- introduction to socialism for beginners
- find a marxism study plan
- read essays critiquing capitalism
- glossary of socialist terms
- list of socialist audiobooks
- learn lenin's revolutionary strategy

## When to choose
- you want accessible introductory essays on socialist and communist theory
- you need curated reading lists and study plans for Marxism
- you want a leftist perspective on topics like Signal, Nietzsche, or policing

## When to avoid
- you need neutral or academic political science analysis
- you want software or code rather than written essays
- you disagree with Marxist-Leninist framing and want balanced viewpoints

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, markdown
- domain: education
- platform: -
- tags: essays, communism, socialism, marxism, political-theory, static-site, politics, web

## Member repositories
- dessalines/essays (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:19.867911+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:42:46.130803+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dessalines/essays (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:19.867911+00:00, sha 7b47c65cbd45)
  - homepage: https://dessalines.github.io/essays (fetched 2026-08-29T11:15:58.030928+00:00, sha 88af2a05b104)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.