Marxism
Articles about Marxism, and key Marxist texts.
Classe Operaia - The birth of Italian Workerism
A history of the origins of the radical Italian theoretical current known as 'Operaismo' (Workerism), which began with Mario Tronti's Journal Classe Operaia.
An extract from Steve Wright’s book 'Storming Heaven'
Trotskyist lies on anarchism: Felix Morrow on Spain
Article from Black Flag debunking myths of the libertarian Spanish Revolution from American Trotskyist Felix Morrow.
Trotskyist Lies on Anarchism
Anarchist communism - an introduction
A short introduction to anarchist-communism.
Anarchist communism is a form of anarchism that advocates the abolition of the State and capitalism in favour of a horizontal network of voluntary associations through which everyone will be free to satisfy his or her needs.
Situationists - an introduction
A short introduction to the ideas of the Situationists. Based in France, their strand of libertarian Marxism became popular after the mass strikes of 1968.
Situationist ideas came from the European organisation the Situationist International, formed in 1957. While it lasted only 15 years, its ideas were deeply influential, and have been a part of Western society - and radical movements - ever since.
Council communism - an introduction
A short history and explanation of the ideas and practice of council communism.
Council communism was a radical left movement originating in Germany and the Netherlands in the 1920s. Today it continues as an important theoretical current within libertarian communism.
The reproduction of daily life - Fredy Perlman - Treason pamphlet
Fredy Perlman's pamphlet of working class economics, as compiled by Treason Press, February 2004.
Originally published 1969
A better formatted version of this text can be found here: http://libcom.org/library/reproduction-everyday-life-fredy-perlman
Post-Marxism Without Apologies
A decent introduction to Post Marxism and discourse, proving once again that good theory is no guarantee of good politics.
Autonomist Marxism and the Information Society - Nick Dyer-Witheford, Treason pamphlet
First published in Capital & Class as ‘Autonomist Marxism and the Information Society’ in Issue
no. 52, 1994
this edition published by Treason Press, February 2004
Time, Work and Industrial Capitalism
Coming from a Marxist viewpoint here Thompson argues that observance of clock-time is a consequence of the European industrial revolution, and that neither industrial capitalism nor the creation of the modern state would have been possible without the imposition of synchronic forms of time and work discipline.
On General Intellect - Paulo Virno
Virno discusses Marx’s undeveloped concept of the ‘general intellect’, an idea that has become central to many autonomist readings of Marx seeking to understand ‘post-fordist’ (i.e. post industrial) capitalism (2,000 words).
