Comrade:Cassette/sandbox/Online libraries: Difference between revisions

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Note from Crit: Marxists.org is ran by trots and

As much as possible, we shouldn't use them. You simply cannot know if their edition of a book will be truthful or not. They also rely on old translations for many texts, while I've found that newer translations tend to flow better.


Website	Content	Formats offered
http://www.marx2mao.com/	only from Marx to Mao as the name implies but also has some stuff on other topics. Better quality than MIA.	Plain text, PDF
annas archive	All kinds of books in many different formats mostly epub and pdf	PDF, EPUB, MOBI, and others
http://ciml.250x.com/archive/index.html	never tested it, only has Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Hoxha (it's a hoxhaist website)	Plain text, PDF
https://redsails.org/categories	our comrades at Red Sails also have a library (look under Authors); they also say where they source their works from.	Plain text
https://openlibrary.org	they have books on everything and from everyone, including marxist authors. However they have to use a "borrowing" system by law, and you have to make an account. Maybe use them to find a book, then download it from libgen.	Plain text, PDF
https://www.redstarpublishers.org/	lots of different books and documents	PDF
https://www.bannedthought.net	has mostly documents about countries, but some books can be found there as well	PDF
http://hiaw.org/defcon6/works/cw/index.html	Has the M&E letters which are otherwise copyrighted by a patent troll.	Plain text
https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/	this page collects excerpts and collides them into topics; you can look for the original book on libgen. Could help you find books to add.	Plain text
http://www.desmondgreavesarchive.com	books from Desmond Greaves, Irish historian on communist figures from Ireland.	PDF
http://www.korean-books.com.kp/en	books from the DPRK, in English	PDF
https://www.michael-parenti.org/articles	Articles from Michael Parenti, from his official website	Plain text
	All works from Marx&Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao are available in their respective Collected Works, which can easily be downloaded from marx2mao for example as PDFs.	PDF
leninist.org	haven't used it yet
Bannedthought library	It's known to be Maoist but still has some good books
https://www.marxists.org/english.htm	Although they are known to edit stuff they also have the biggest library. Like it's HUGE! So if you can't find it elsewhere you can always try here. They've been known to edit stuff to fit their bias -- notably in Mastering Bolshevism from Stalin, whole sections are missing and they give the work a completely different name. They've also removed portions and footnotes from Progress Publishers (Moscow) books.	HTML, PDFS

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-Note from Crit: Marxists.org is ran by trots and they've been known to edit stuff to fit their bias -- notably in Mastering Bolshevism from Stalin, whole sections are missing and they give the work a completely different name. They've also removed portions and footnotes from Progress Publishers (Moscow) books.
+Note from Crit: Marxists.org is ran by trots and
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