100 Years Since Livorno
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 22 2021 22:43
In January 1921, more than three years after the October Revolution in Russia, some two years since the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in Berlin at the behest of the German Social Democratic Party, and in the aftermath of two wasted years of workers’ factory occupations in Italy itself, the intransigent revolutionaries in the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), led by Amadeo Bordiga, finally won the day and broke from the old party of compromise and accommodation with capital to form the Communist Party of Italy (PCd’I).
Gramscism or Marxism?
Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 8 2020 00:43
The following is our foreword (with additional footnotes) to the book Gramsci between Marxism and Idealism by Onorato Damen, which we translated and published last year. The book is still available to order, but you can now download the PDF of it for free HERE.
The Left, Still Clinging onto Gramsci
Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 16 2020 17:28
If we take this opportunity to criticise Gramsci’s "thought", it is because it is back in fashion with layers of intellectuals dedicated to reworking socio-political "categories" that Gramsci's idealism left as a legacy to his followers.
The Italian Communist Left
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 5 2020 23:43
Via this red thread, which involved the interpretation, application and defence of revolutionary Marxism against various denials and betrayals, the Italian Communist Left in 1943 formed the Internationalist Communist Party.
Gramsci: Between Marxism and Idealism
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 14 2019 13:57
This edition of Revolutionary Perspectives goes to press at the same time as our English translation of Onorato Damen’s book Gramsci between Marxism and Idealism published after his death in 1979 (see leftcom.org or footnote 8 for how to purchase). By way of a taster we present an obituary which we translated from Prometeo.
The Bordigist Current (1912-1952): Italy, France, Belgium, USA - Philippe Bourrinet
Submitted by Craftwork on Oct 8 2016 12:48
Updated, substantially-expanded, 2013 Philippe Bourrinet text on the history of the Italian Communist Left.
Hegemony and socialist strategy: towards a radical democratic politics - Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe
In this hugely influential book, Laclau and Mouffe examine the workings of hegemony and contemporary social struggles, and their significance for democratic theory. With the emergence of new social and political identities, and the frequent attacks on Left theory for its essentialist underpinnings, 'Hegemony and Socialist Strategy' remains as relevant as ever, positing a much-needed antidote against 'Third Way' attempts to overcome the antagonism between Left and Right.
Selections from the prison notebooks - Antonio Gramsci
Almost five hundred pages of Gramsci's writings on history, culture, politics, and philosophy. From the study of philosophy to problems of Marx, Marxism, and Machiavelli, to the state and civil society. We have huge disagreements with Gramsci's (essentially Stalinist) politics, but reproduce this text for reference.
Amadeo Bordiga and the myth of Antonio Gramsci - John Chiaradia
Useful article about the relationship between Bordiga and Gramsci and the stalinisation of the Italian workers' movement.
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