How do I systematically educate myself on communism and Marxism

Noob post. Ever since beginning to engage with philosophy like Hegel and Zizek—the specter of communism has just been kinda floating in my PERIPHERY. But honest to god I don’t know jackshit and it feels daunting to get started—the mass of theory and history.

Yeah how do I autodidact this shit? Become class-conscious?