Antonio Negri

An archive of texts and documents by and about Antonio Negri on libcom.org. Antonio "Toni" Negri (1 August 1933 – 16 December 2023) was an Italian political philosopher known as one of the most prominent theorists of autonomism, as well as for his co-authorship of Empire and his work on Spinoza. Born in Padua, he became a political philosophy professor in his hometown university. Negri founded the Potere Operaio (Worker Power) group in 1969 and was a leading member of Autonomia Operaia.

Photo of Antonio Negri in sitting in front of a banner.

Communism: some thoughts on the concept and practice - Antonio Negri

Thoughts on communism by autonomist Marxist Antonio Negri, first presented at the expensive conference on the Idea of communism in London, March 2009. Translation by Arianna Bove.

Factory of strategy: 33 lessons on Lenin - Antonio Negri

Factory of Strategy is the last of Antonio Negri’s major political works to be translated into English. Rigorous and accessible, it is both a systematic inquiry into the development of Lenin’s thought and an encapsulation of a critical shift in Negri’s theoretical trajectory. We do not necessarily agree with it but reproduce it for reference.

Notes for an understanding of class deals be they social democratic or otherwise

A few notes on the idea of class deals

Italians demonstrate during November 14 European strike

On the state of movements in Italy: let’s open the debate

Some American and European comrades have asked me, Why didn’t you have an Occupy movement in Italy?…

Postface: A Reflection on Income in the "Great Crisis" of 2007 and Beyond

This brief postface, written in 2009, comes from the English translation of a collection published as "Crisis in the Global Economy; Financial Markets, Social Struggles and New Political Scenarios", edited by Andrea Fumagalli and Sandro Mezzadra, translated by Jason Francis McGimpsey, in 2010.

Do You Remember Revolution? (1983)

First published in English in "Revolution Retrieved" by Red Notes in 1988. This text, a joint statement by the "April 7th" trial accused, as translated by Ed Emery, was originally published in il Manifesto in 1983.

Communists like us - Felix Guattari & Toni Negri

Short book written in 1985 and published in 1990 in English by Felix Guattari & Antonio Negri.

Antonio Negri.

Antonio Negri: a revolt that never ends

Documentary about the life and ideas of Italian Marxist Antonio Negri. With interesting footage and information from Italy in the 1960s-70s it…

A photograph of the book

Review: Empire - Andrew Flood

A review of Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt's book, Empire, by Irish anarchist Andrew Flood.

HARI KARI II – a multitude of sins

A short follow-up to an exposal of liberal journalist Johann Hari's plagiarism

Johann Hari (from http://www.flickr.com/photos/lewishamdreamer/)

HARI KARI/HACKERY

DSG's exposal of liberal journalist Johann Hari's plagiarism, which eventually became a scandal and led to his downfall as a respected journalist.

Autonomia: Post-Political Politics

Semiotext(e)'s book Autonomia: Post-Political Politics about the Autonomia movement, which contains first-hand documents and contemporaneous…