The Solar Collective

Library of the Communist Left

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The Solar Collective presents a free library of audio books with an emphasis on the perspectives and analyses of the communist left.

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In the Red Light of Sacrifice Karl Liebknecht ... Rosa Luxemburg - Amadeo Bordiga/ Il Soviet (1919) 31.10.2025 8:51

Amadeo Bordiga 1912, L'Avanguardia 1912, Luigi Gerosa 2010, David Broder 2010, Marxist Internet Archive 2010, The Solar Collective 2025. Article PDF: https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1912/balkan.htm The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html Send us an email to submit an audiobook instead of annding me on discord. lotcl@pm.me

Force, Violence and Dictatorship in the Class Struggle - Amadeo Bordiga (1946) 02.07.2025 2:53:26

Amadeo Bordiga, 1946. Prometeo, №2 & №4 (1946), №5 & №8 (1947) №9 & №10 (1948). Communist Program, №1, 1975, №3, 1977, №4, 1978, №, 1979. Marxists Internet Archive, 2004. Adrestia's Revolt, 2019. The Solar Collective, 2025. Full credit goes to Adrestia's Revolt - her original upload can be found here: https://youtu.be/NegoVXHL8Yg?si=M4pID6V7nxuwkweT Article PDF: https://www.marxists.or...

Seize Power or Seize the Factory? - Amadeo Bordiga (1920) 30.06.2025 5:00

Il Soviet, 22 February 1920, Vol. III, No.7, Marxists Internet Archive (MIA) c. 2004, The Solar Collective 2025. Article PDF: https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1920/seize-power.htm The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html Email us at LOTCL@pm.me - we are always looking for Library Clerks.

Towards the Establishment of Workers' Councils in Italy - Amadeo Bordiga (1920) 16.05.2025 52:23

Il Soviet, Vol. III, Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7; January 1, 11, February 1, 8, 22 1920, Amadeo Bordiga 1920, Antagonism's Bordiga Archive c. 1999, Andy Blunden 2003, Marxists Internet Archive/ Bordiga Internet Archive c. 2003, The Solar Collective 2025. Article PDF: https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1920/workers-councils.htm Previous Texts In Series Part I - 'The System of Communist Represent...

Property & Capital (Sections 14 - 17) - Prometeo/ Amadeo Bordiga (1948 - 1952) 10.05.2025 52:33

Written in 1929. Published in Prometeo n°10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & n°1, 4 between 1948-1952, The Solar Collective 2025 Article PDF is not yet finished. Our translators will soon have it ready. The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html 0:00 Intro to Part 7 0:28 Chapter 14: State Capitalism 9:37 Chapter 15: The Formation of the Communist Economy 19:25 Chapter 16: Stages of...

Property & Capital (Sections 7 - 13) - Prometeo/ Amadeo Bordiga (1948 - 1952) 09.05.2025 30:37

Written in 1929. Published in Prometeo n°10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & n°1, 4 between 1948-1952, The Solar Collective 2025 Article PDF is not yet finished. Our translators will soon have it ready. The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html 0:00 Introduction to Part 6 0:54 Note: Theses Related to Chapters 1‑6 4:45 Chapter 7: The Ownership of Moveable Property 5:41 Chapter 8: I...

Property & Capital (Section 6) - Prometeo/ Amadeo Bordiga (1948 - 1952) 26.04.2025 1:14:35

Written in 1929. Published in Prometeo n°10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & n°1, 4 between 1948-1952, The Solar Collective 2025 Article PDF is not yet finished. Our translators will soon have it ready. The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html 0:00 Introduction 0:21 Capitalism and Urban Property 54:01 Note: The Real Estate Problem in Italy

Property & Capital (Section 5/ Note 1) - Prometeo/ Amadeo Bordiga (1948 - 1952) 25.04.2025 1:15:22

Written in 1929. Published in Prometeo n°10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & n°1, 4 between 1948-1952, The Solar Collective 2025 Article PDF is not yet finished. Our translators will soon have it ready. The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html 0:00 Introduction 0:39 The Capitalist Economy Within the Framework of Roman Law 23:49 Note: The Mirage of Agrarian Reform in Italy

On Icarus - The Solar Collective (2025) 21.04.2025 2:22

The Solar Collective 2025. The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html 0:00 Intro 0:33 Article Reading 1:53 Outro

Auschwitz or the Great Alibi (1960) & Auschwitz or the Great Alibi: What We Deny and What We Affirm (1996) - Martin Axelrad 21.04.2025 42:50

Article from Communist Left , No. 6, July – December, 1993; translated from La Gauche Communiste , no. 13., 1987. Original in Programme Communiste , N. 11, 1960. Martin Axelrad 1960. Introduction by libcom.org c. 2016. Audiobook by the Solar Collective 2025. Extract from Prolétaire No. 437, July-August-Sept. 1996. Martin Axelrad 1996. Marxists Internet Archive (?). The Solar Collective 2025. Ausch...

Letters to the IIIrd International - Amadeo Bordiga (1919/ 1920) 20.04.2025 19:13

Central Committee of the Abstentionist Fraction of the Italian Socialist Party 1919 & 1920, Amadeo Bordiga 1919 & 1920, Antagonism's Bordiga Archive c. 1999, Andy Blunden 2003, Marxists Internet Archive 2009, The Solar Collective 2025. Article PDF: https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1920/letters.htm The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html Send us a...

Is This the Time to Form "Soviets"? - Amadeo Bordiga/ Il Soviet (1919) 19.04.2025 10:53

Amadeo Bordiga May 1919, Il Soviet 21 September 1919, Vol. II No.39, Antagonism's Bordiga Archive (?), The Solar Collective 2025. Listen to 'The System of Communist Representation': https://youtu.be/i8mLparMf04 Article PDF: https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1919/soviets.htm The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html Send us an email to submit an audiobook in...

The System of Communist Representation - Amadeo Bordiga/ Il Soviet (1919) 18.04.2025 11:11

Amadeo Bordiga May 1919, Il Soviet 13 September 1919, Unknown Translator (?). The Solar Collective 2025. Article PDF: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/assets/pdfs/The%20System%20of%20Communist%20Representation.pdf The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html Send us an email to submit an audiobook instead of annding me on discord. lotcl@pm.me

The Balkan War - Amadeo Bordiga (1912) 16.04.2025 11:25

Amadeo Bordiga 1912, L'Avanguardia 1912, Communist Left 1997, The Solar Collective 2025. Article PDF: https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1912/balkan.htm The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html Add @reddestrosa on Discord to contribute to the project.

Fascism? Democracy? Communism - Vercesi (1934) 15.04.2025 34:15

Ottorino Perrone (Vercesi) 1934, League of Internationalist Communists 2018, The Solar Collective 2025 Article PDF: https://internationalistcommunists.org/2024/09/10/fascism-democracy-communism-ottorino-perrone/ The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html Add @reddestrosa on Discord to contribute to the project.

Software, Monopoly and Production Costs, and the Microsoft Case - Robin Goodfellow (2002) 14.04.2025 14:57

Robin Goodfellow 2002, Revolutionary Technical Collective 2023, The Solar Collective 2025. Article PDF: https://comrades.sbs/articles/translations/2023/10/01/software1.html The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html

Report on Fascism - Amadeo Bordiga (1922) 12.04.2025 54:44

Amadeo Bordiga 2022, Unajoy 2025, The Solar Collective 2025 Article PDF: https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1922/bordiga02.htm The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html Original YouTube Upload: https://youtu.be/wvtxZ_orcJM?si=vpgRbpgOWPzZPYmv (Unajoy's project has been merged with ours, and her previous audiobooks are being added to our catalogue.)

Proletarian Dictatorship and Class Party - Amadeo Bordiga (1951) 11.04.2025 25:23

Amadeo Bordiga 1951, Unajoy 2025, The Solar Collective 2025 Article PDF: https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1951/class-party.htm The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html Original YouTube Upload: https://youtu.be/2Y7hQb8FuY0?si=Wb0daL6Mft8LHO0o (Unajoy's project has been merged with ours, and her previous audiobooks are being added to our catalogue.)

The Democratic Principle - Amadeo Bordiga (1922) 10.04.2025 51:36

Amadeo Bordiga 1952, Unajoy 2025, The Solar Collective 2025. Article PDF: https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1922/democratic-principle.htm The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html Original YouTube Upload: https://youtu.be/i7pefAPqrpk?si=NlvU0gPRsb30BAU- (Unajoy's project has been merged with ours, and her previous audiobooks are being added to our catalogue...

Considerations on the Party’s Organic Activity When the General Situation is Historically Unfavourable - Amadeo Bordiga (1965) 09.04.2025 19:08

Amadeo Bordiga 1965. Solar Collective 2025. Article PDF: https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1965/consider.htm The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html

When Death is Not Scary - Il Partido (1987) 08.04.2025 19:56

Published in Il Partito #149 1987. Il Partito Comunista 1987. Solar Collective 2025. Arcticle PDF: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/assets/pdfs/When_Death_is_Not_Scary.pdf The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html

Investment Pathologies - Quintera n+1 (2000) 07.04.2025 39:27

Published by N+1 Quinterna to the #00 N+1 magazine in 2000. Translated from Italian to English by Quinterna N+1. The Solar Collective 2025. Article PDF: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/Pages/Library/lib_txt_2000_investment_pathologies.html The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html

Beware of 'Palestinian Firmness' - Sebastiano Isaia (2025) 07.04.2025 4:09

Sebastiano Isaia 2025. Translated by The Solar Collective. The Solar Collective 2025. Article Link: https://sebastianoisaia.wordpress.com/2025/03/27/occhio-alla-fermezza-palestinese/ The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html

Dialogue with Stalin - Amadeo Bordiga (1952) 06.04.2025 2:28:17

Chapters: 0:00 Intro 00:40 Day 1 05:07 Day 1: Tomorrow and Yesterday 10:35 Day 1: Commodities and Socialism 19:19 Day 1: The Russian Economy 23:40 Day 1: Anarchy and Despotism 28:38 Day 1: State and Retreat 31:57 Day 2 34:22 Day 2: Certainties and Uncertainties 43:21 Day 2: Society and Homeland 50:09 Day 2: Law and Theory 01:00:32 Day 2: Nature and History 01:05:16 Day 2: Marx and the Laws 01:12:4...

Property & Capital (Section 3) - Prometeo/ Amadeo Bordiga (1948 - 1952) 27.03.2025 19:24

Written in 1929. Published in Prometeo n°10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & n°1, 4 between 1948-1952, The Solar Collective 2025 Article PDF: https://www.quinterna.org/lingue/english/historical_en/19480601_property_and_capital_01.htm The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html 0:00 Section 3 - Terms of the socialist objective