Theorie Communiste
Invisible Politics - An Introduction to Contemporary Communisation - John Cunningham
In the wake of the organised left and the demise of working class self-identity, communisation offers a paradoxical means of superseding capitalism in the here and now whilst abandoning orthodox theories of revolution. John Cunningham reports from the picket line of the ‘human strike'.
As we apprehend it, the process of instituting communism can only take the form of a collection of acts of communisation, of making common such-and-such space, such-and-such-machine, such-and-such-knowledge. - The Invisible Committee, Call, 2004
Notes on Endnotes
A short summary and critical analysis of “Endnotes 1: Preliminary Materials for a Balance Sheet of the 20th Century” which "presents a discussion between two contemporary French groups on the relation between the present class relation and the failed revolutions of the 20th Century." http://endnotes.org.uk/
The debate was between Gilles Dauvé & Karl Nesic and the Theorie Communiste group and covered such issues as the conception of proletariat and communism, periodisation of struggles, historical determinism etc.
Endnotes 1 was published in October 2008.
Notes on Endnotes
Summary
Here’s a brief and partial summary of the five texts that make up ‘Endnotes 1’:
Théorie Communiste responds
The last instalment of the Théorie Communiste-Aufheben debate.
In Aufheben #11 we published a critique of our articles on ‘decadence’ (from Aufheben issues 2-4) by the French group Théorie Communiste (TC). In the following issue we published our reply to TC’s critique. Since then we have had a number exchanges with TC in which they responded to our reply.
The anti-CPE struggle report - Theorie Communiste
We summarise a text by Theorie Communiste which focusses on the internal contradictions of the movement, how official representative organisations undermined grassroots initiative and puts the protests in context with the riots of suburban youth.
The anti-CPE struggle
Extracts of an analysis by Theorie Communist
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Who are we?
The first issue of the review Théorie Communiste (TC) came out in 1977. The original group involved had got together in 1975. Previously some of the members of this group had published the review Intervention Communiste (two issues appeared in '72 and '73) and had participated in the publication Cahiers du Communisme de Conseils - Notebooks on Council Communism.
Theorie Communiste
The fundamental problem to which all theoretical production must return, that must be confronted and to which it must find a resolution, is the following: how can the proletariat - acting strictly as a class of the capitalist mode of production, in its contradiction with capital within this mode of production - abolish capital, therefore all classes and therefore itself; that is to say, produce co
Self-organisation is the first act of the revolution ; it then becomes an obstacle which the revolution has to overcome
lundi 5 septembre 2005. Theorie Communiste, Senonevero Communisation web site http://meeting.senonevero.net/article.php3?id_article=72
Normative History and the Communist Essence of the Proletariat
"When Insurrections Die" contains the normative conception of the history of class struggle in its purest state. On the first page Dauvé puts in place the vocabulary of this problematic: a vocabulary of 'missed' chances and 'failed' materialisations.
Communist Theory - Beyond the Ultra-Left
Last century (a few years ago), the French group Théorie Communiste (TC) translated and published our articles on 'decadence' (Aufheben issues 2 - 4), accompanied by a critique. We publish that critique here, plus a short presentation by TC on their theoretical positions. TC write in quite a difficult style but they deal with important issues.
A fair amount of killing
There will be no peace. At any given moment for the rest of our lifetimes, there will be multiple conflicts in mutating forms around the globe. Violent conflict will dominate the headlines, but cultural and economic struggles will be steadier and ultimately more decisive. The de facto role of the US armed forces will be to keep the world safe for our economy and open to our cultural assault.
