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Thinking with Mario Tronti

We continue to share material by and about the work of Mario Tronti, in the wake of his recent death. We share a short but excellent essay by Mårten Björk on the trajectory of Tronti’s thought (from NLR/Sidecar 25/08/2023). Embracing … Continue reading

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Mario Tronti: Through the imperative to understand

The revolutions of the twentieth century did not fail because of their excessive rigidity, but because of their excessive suppleness: not by reason of their refusal of the late Modern, but because of their poor adaptation to it. The limit … Continue reading

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Mario Tronti: On destituent power

For Mario Tronti, from the Ill Will collective (22/05/2022) … In his influential 2008 interview with Adriano Vinale, Mario Tronti provides some of the earliest speculations on the possibility of a destituent power. Below we present the first English edition … Continue reading

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Mario Tronti: “I am defeated”

For Mario Tronti, from Communists in situ; Italian original / Mar 3rd, 2015 Translated by Rees Nicolas Under the soles of his shoes, you can still recognise the dirt of history. “This is all that remains. A mix of straw and shit … Continue reading

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Mario Tronti: “In art as in politics there is nothing other than struggle”

For Mario Tronti (from Blackout) … Can you really be outside? This is the question I asked Mario the last time we talked (Francesco Matarrese | Greenberg and Tronti: Being Really Outside?). Today, the eighth of January, his important, extraordinary answer arrived. Now … Continue reading

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For Mario Tronti (1931-2023)

For Mario Tronti, who died this last August 7th, we share a short text by Diego Sztulwark and Mario Tronti’s Thesis on Benjamin. Today Mario Tronti passed away. His 92 years were many, but he will surely remain the author … Continue reading

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Italy: Autonomia (7) – Mario Tronti

It is wrong to define present day society as “industrial civilisation”. The “industry” of that definition is, in fact, merely a means. The truth of modern society is that it is the civilisation of labour. Furthermore, a capitalist society can … Continue reading

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The ethics of revolution

With resonances of Mario Tronti and with the yellow vests in the background, a reflection on the ethics of revolution … What can, what must keep us standing: About revolutionary ethics Dietrich Hoss (lundi matin #228, 03/02/2020) Always the same … Continue reading

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Mario Tronti: Desperate Hopes

I do not want to know to know, but to overthrow what is, and to the extent that it is possible, into its opposite. Mario Tronti, Noi operaisti Mario Tronti is one of the central figures of operaismo/workerism, a theoretical-practical … Continue reading

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