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.

  1. Force, Violence and Dictatorship in the Class Struggle - Amadeo Bordiga (1946)

    07/02/2025

    Force, Violence and Dictatorship in the Class Struggle - Amadeo Bordiga (1946)

    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.org/archive/bordiga/works/1946/violence.htm The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/... Email us at LOTCL@pm.me - we are always looking for Library Clerks. Chapters Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:27 I. Actual and Potential Violence 28:13 II. The Bourgeois Revolution 58:09 III. The Democratic Form and the Fascist Form of Bourgeois Rule 1:24:39 IV. Proletarian Struggle and Violence 1:58:52 V. The Degeneration of the Proletarian Power in Russia and the Question of the Dictatorship 2:46:41 Postscript

    2h 53m
  2. Seize Power or Seize the Factory? - Amadeo Bordiga (1920)

    06/30/2025

    Seize Power or Seize the Factory? - Amadeo Bordiga (1920)

    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.

    5 min
  3. Towards the Establishment of Workers' Councils in Italy - Amadeo Bordiga (1920)

    05/16/2025

    Towards the Establishment of Workers' Councils in Italy - Amadeo Bordiga (1920)

    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 Representation' (1919): https://youtu.be/i8mLparMf04 Part II - 'Is This the Time to Form "Soviets"?' (1919): https://youtu.be/QNlM8ZpKCiQ Where to Reach Us The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html Email us at LOTCL@pm.me - we are always looking for Library Clerks.

    52 min
  4. Property & Capital (Sections 14 - 17) - Prometeo/ Amadeo Bordiga (1948 - 1952)

    05/10/2025

    Property & Capital (Sections 14 - 17) - Prometeo/ Amadeo Bordiga (1948 - 1952)

    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 Transformation in Russia After 1917 29:33 Chapter 17: Utopia, Science, Action

    53 min
  5. Property & Capital (Sections 7 - 13) - Prometeo/ Amadeo Bordiga (1948 - 1952)

    05/09/2025

    Property & Capital (Sections 7 - 13) - Prometeo/ Amadeo Bordiga (1948 - 1952)

    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: Industrial Enterprise 8:14 Chapter 9: Associations Between Enterprises and Monopolies 11:00 Chapter 10: Finance Capital 13:40 Chapter 11: Capital and Imperialist Politics 17:15 Chapter 12: The Modern Enterprise, Without Property and Without Finance: Contracts and Concessions 23:34 Chapter 13: Interventionism and Economic Dirigism as Management of the State by Capital 28:21 Notes on the last chapters

    31 min
  6. Property & Capital (Section 6) - Prometeo/ Amadeo Bordiga (1948 - 1952)

    04/26/2025

    Property & Capital (Section 6) - Prometeo/ Amadeo Bordiga (1948 - 1952)

    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

    1h 15m
  7. Property & Capital (Section 5/ Note 1) - Prometeo/ Amadeo Bordiga (1948 - 1952)

    04/25/2025

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

    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

    1h 15m
  8. On Icarus - The Solar Collective (2025)

    04/21/2025

    On Icarus - The Solar Collective (2025)

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

    2 min
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