autonomist Marxism
From Capitalist Crisis to Proletarian Slavery: An Introduction to Class Struggle in the US, 1973-1998
An Introduction to Class Struggle in the US, 1973-1998
by George Caffentzis
Silver Debate: Worker's Power and Operaism
The following article asks what will come out of Operaism. It asks on the basis of the current debates around the subject and on the theses of Beverly J. Silver in her book "Forces of Labor".
[see other articles on the debate on Silver's theses in ppnews #2 and #3; online at http://libcom.org/library/interview-beverly-j-silver and http://libcom.org/library/wildcat-preface-beverly-silver-forces-of-labor]. The German version of this article was published in Analyse und Kritik, no. 500, November 2005 [see http://www.akweb.de/ak_s/ak500/07.htm].
The Renaissance of Workerism (Operaism) - Wildcat
Part 2 of Wildcat's examination of the resurgence of autonomist marxism.
Part Two of a Trilogy
The Renascence of Operaismo - Wildcat
Wildcat article examining the origin of the concept of "worker inquiries" and the first experiences with them during the beginning of the 1960s in Italy.
Operaismo and Workers Inquiry
Wildcat interview with Steve Wright on "Storming Heaven"
Wildcat interview with Steve Wright, author of Storming Heaven. Class composition and struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism (Pluto Press 2002).
What did you do before the book came out, what are you living on?
Promissory Notes: From Crisis to Commons
Historical overview of the recent financial crisis from the North American autonomist Marxist group Midnight Notes Collective
Lessons from defeat: Antonio Negri, autonomist Marxism and anarcho-syndicalism from seventies Italy to today
A discussion of the history and theory of Italian operaismo, its strengths, weaknesses and legacy. The second part of the essay examines the convergence and divergence of autonomist Marxist thought and anarcho-syndicalist thought.
“...analysis becomes complete only through participation in struggles...”
(Panzieri, La crisi del movimento operaio,1973)
1.0 Into the laboratory
Review - Change the world without taking power by John Holloway - Red and Black Notes
Red and Black Notes review of Change the World without Taking Power by John Holloway. The full text of this can be found here.
John Holloway's book Change the World without Taking Power makes an excellent case for not judging a book by its cover. The cover graphic of a ski-masked protester, paint brush in hand, and the anarchist circle @ might lead the curious reader to suppose the work to be the product of the anti-globalization movement; however, the title of the book suggests a new-age consciousness raising treatise.
The working class struggle against the crisis: self-reduction of prices in Italy, 1975 - Bruno Ramirez
Bruno Ramirez's analysis of the Italian working class' response to the economic crisis of the 1970s, with particular focus on "the refusal to comply with price increases of essential services", also known as 'self-reduction'.
With an inflation rate of over 25%, widespread unemployment, and increasing repression, Italy's current economic crisis shows how far capital is willing to push its attack against the living conditions of the working class.
Aufheben #16 (2008)
Aufheben Issue #16. Class conflicts in the transformation of China, The language of retreat: Paolo Virno’s A grammar of the multitude, Value struggle or class struggle?, Review: Forces of labour: Workers’ movements and globalisation since 1870 by Beverly J. Silver.
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