Full English-language audiobook of “War in Iraq: Pacifist Nullisms and Regurgitations of ‘Resistance’,” an N+1 text written during the 2003 Iraq War. The article examines the invasion of Iraq through a Communist Left analysis of imperialism, arguing that modern imperialism is not simply the aggressive policy of individual states but a general condition of mature capitalism and global competition. It criticises bourgeois pacifism, appeals to the United Nations, and the treatment of national resistance as an independent proletarian alternative. Rejecting comparisons between Iraqi resistance, the Paris Commune, and Stalingrad, the text instead advances the perspective of active defeatism and class struggle. It considers the position of Iraqi proletarian-soldiers, the role of Kurdish and other partisan forces, the legacy of anti-war resistance during the Vietnam War, and the need to preserve proletarian forces for future struggles extending beyond Iraq into the Western metropolises. N+1. “Guerra in Iraq: nullismi pacifisti e rigurgiti di ‘resistenza’.” *n+1*, supplement to no. 10 (11 April 2003). New English translation and audiobook by The Solar Collective / Library of the Communist Left, 2026. Article PDF: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/Pages/Library/lib_txt_2003_war_in_iraq_pacifist_nullity.html More N+1 Audiobooks: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEdi1Jb25UC6Fz_ojzBy-QZQYIld2Sb9i More Audiobooks on the War on 'Terror': https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSFzKdEafX_0 Chapters: 0:00 Video Introduction 1:03 War, Pacifism, and the Pax Americana Frames the Iraq War as one episode in a wider global conflict driven by mature capitalism, while criticizing bourgeois pacifism, appeals to the UN, and the recruitment of states and national forces into competing imperialist alignments. 3:00 Imperialism, Partisanism, and National Resistance Argues that imperialism is not the policy of particular aggressive states but a general condition of mature capitalism, and rejects national “resistance,” partisanism, and comparisons with the Paris Commune or Stalingrad as proletarian alternatives. 4:59 Active Defeatism and the Class War Sets out the alternative of active defeatism among Iraqi proletarian-soldiers and turns toward the necessity of preserving proletarian forces for future class struggle, ultimately locating the decisive battleground in the Western metropolises. 6:59 Video Outro The Solar Collective: https://solarcollective.comrades.sbs/index.html Send us an email to submit an audiobook. lotcl@pm.me All audiobooks are presented for educational and archival purposes only, and may or may not reflect the actual positions of anyone involved in our project, our organization itself, or our readers. #LeftCommunism #IraqWar #Audiobook ©ↄ 2026 The Solar Collective. This audiobook edition is copyleft. Free reproduction, redistribution, rehosting, and non-commercial adaptation are encouraged, provided the text is not misrepresented and the original source, translation, and Solar Collective audiobook edition are credited.
