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Italy: Autonomia (10) – Sergio Bologna

Sergio Bologna, as one of the leading intellectuals of the Italian “operaism” (workerism) Marxist current, has maintained a sympathetic but critical stance towards the social movements of autonomous workers, self-organised students, radical feminists and counter-cultural youth that made up Autonomia … Continue reading

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Italy: Autonomia (9) – Antonio Negri

Today the process of constituting class independence is first and foremost a process of separation. … I am emphasising this forced separation in order to clarify the overall meaninglessness of a capitalist world within which I find myself constituted in … 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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Italy: Autonomia (6) – Raniero Panzieri

The question, long debated, of how to connect and harmonize demands and partial, immediate struggles, with general ends, is resolved precisely in affirming the continuity of struggles and of their nature. In effect this connection and this harmonization are impossible, and are … Continue reading

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Italy: Autonomia (4) – Franco “Bifo” Berardi

Franco Berardi, alias “Bifo”, was one of the main figures of the Movement of 77 in Bologna. He was arrested at that time under the charge of “subversive association”. Bifo was asked to write the following presentation, by the editors … Continue reading

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Italy: Autonomia (3)

… we have no choice but to be the children of ’77 … From Blackout ((Poetry and Politics)) (30/03/2019) … 1977: The Year That Is Never Commemorated Claire Fontaine “It’s not enough to denounce the lies of the power, we need … Continue reading

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Italy: Autonomia (2)

Anarchist truth cannot and must not become the monopoly of one individual or committee; nor can it depend on the decisions of real or fictitious majorities. All that is necessary — and sufficient — is for everyone to have and to … Continue reading

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Italy: Autonomia (1)

… the notion of class entails the notion of historical relationship. Like any other relationship, it is a fluency which evades analysis if we attempt to stop it dead at any given moment and anatomise its structure. The finest meshed … Continue reading

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The Defense of Lützerath

From the CrimethInc. collective (19/01/2023) … The Defense of Lützerath: A Photoessay and Poster Documenting Ecological Destruction and Resistance Over the past week, police have taken brutal steps to suppress ecological movements in Europe and the United States. In Germany, … Continue reading

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Gáspár Miklós Tamás: On Post-Fascism

On Post-Fascism: How citizenship is becoming an exclusive privilege Gáspár Miklós Tamás (Boston Review, Summer 2000) I have an interest to declare. The government of my country, Hungary, is–along with the Bavarian provincial government (provincial in more senses than one)–the … Continue reading

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