Antagonism

Bordiga versus Pannekoek - Antagonism

Introduction to a pamphlet examining how the Italian and Dutch-German communist lefts dealt with the questions of communist organisation, consciousness and class.

This article was originally published with, and refers to, the articles:
Party and Class, by Amadeo Bordiga
Party and Class, by Anton Pannekoek

Technoskeptic - Antagonism

Article examining modern technology, and the limitations of its use for subversive practices.

The meaning of technology is more and more contested within radical movements. The archetypal positions are those of technophilia and technophobia. Technophiles emphasise the potentially liberating aspects of technology such as the labour saving possibilities (abolition of work through automation) or greater communication (providing for the first time the conditions for a world community).

Anarchy and community in the UK

Article examining the meaning of 'community' in the current society, and what it would mean under communism.

This article deals with some aspects of community in British society today and in the hoped for revolutionary period. It does not touch on "primitive" or feudal communities.

CS gas and the use of force - Antagonism

Submitted by Spassmaschine on Jul 23 2009 03:08

Leaflet produced after some protesters were gassed at a demonstration against the 1995 Criminal Justice Bill.

This leaflet was produced after we were gassed on a demonstration. Although we suspected the police, we later found out that it was an activist who used CS gas on the demo. CS gas spray has since become part of the standard equipment of London's Metropolitan Police. A number of deaths have been caused as a result.

CS Gas and the Use of Force

Our lives against justice and rights - Antagonism

Submitted by Spassmaschine on Jul 23 2009 03:01

Leaflet produced for a demonstration against the 1995 Criminal Justice Bill.

This leaflet was produced for a demonstration against the Criminal Justice Bill. The demonstration ended in a riot. Although the bill was passed into law, the movement of opposition to it was an important episode in the formation of the "anti-capitalist movement".

Kill Kill Kill! - Antagonism

Submitted by Spassmaschine on Jul 23 2009 02:46

Analysis of the UK Criminal Justice Bill 1995.

The following text was handed out at a meeting of communists in London. It proved to be slightly too pessimistic on the question of "provocative actions". It also has a somewhat sociological view of class.

Our activity in the late 1980s and 1990s: activity and balance sheet - Antagonism

The Antagonism group reflect on their activities and theoretical development, through involvement in various groups and struggles from the mid-1980s to the end of the 1990s.

The leaflets and texts in this archive were produced by informal and ad hoc groupings or individuals, based in Southeast England from about 1986 onwards, and are to some extent part of the prehistory of the Antagonism project. They were produced under many different names (partly as a sort of personal joke), and by different overlapping collections of individuals.

Reclaim the Streets, Islington 1995 and the role of road-building in the restructuring of Capital and the recomposition of the proletariat - Antagonism

Leaflet written for distribution at a 1996 Reclaim the Streets occupation of the M41 motorway, looking at the limitations of such occupations in the broader context of the capitalist restructuring occuring at the time.

Returning to Upper Street a week or two after July '95 "Reclaim the Streets" was unsettling and strange. Heavy traffic now roared through the area where a children's sandpit previously was and where a settee and carpet had been too.

The defeat of the old workers movement and the failure of the revolutionary minorities - Antagonism

A look at the level of defeat in the proletariat of mid-90s Britain.

This article was written in Britain in the early 90's, in the wake of the Gulf War (which the proletariat in Britain was largely apathetic to and which the radical minorities were unable to oppose) and at which point workplace struggles had reached an all time low.

İLKEL KOMÜNİZME KARŞI BÜTÜNSEL KOMÜNİZM - Antagonism

Birçok farklı radikal grup ve eğilimler birbirinden farklı ve uyumsuz toplumları “komünist” olarak tanımlar. Burada yapmak istediğim komünist bir toplumun kurulmasının “nedenlerini” ve “gerekliliğini” anlatmak değil. Bu makale sadece komünizmin ne olması gerektiğini tanımlamak için bir girişimdir.