I've worked with people who read Capital annually and I can't get them to show up to an action on time or to get through it without calling a mentally ill unhoused person a reactionary.

I've worked with people who haven't skimmed the manifesto but work every week getting food for their communities.

The latter are much better to work with.

Ideal conditions would mean organizers are all super politically literate and active, but I agree with you that you can't expect every member of a movement to read stuff like this as a prerequisite to organizing. Cadre members? Of course they should read. But the fascists aren't making general members read hefty political tomes.

People’s movements that included the illiterate made teaching literacy a priority with capital often used as a pedagogical text.

Learning the history and theory is how you understand the revolutionary potential of any given moment.

Bringing everyone who wants to be a part of the movement to a shared level of understanding as equals is how we choose to work with all types of people.

If you just feel like there’s no time to read a book and can’t be convinced otherwise by literally every successful movement in all of history then there are anarchist groups that will put you to work or liberal electoralist organizations that will do the same.