Autonomism

[Raúl Duke]

While there was a thread discussing Left Communism, the basics, their thoughts on party and unions (party only for agitation and unions are becoming/became part of the capitalist system of acceptable resistence,etc; the last part was interesting, maybe I should make a thread elaborating workers councils and trade unions in Left Communism), etc.

However, I would like to learn more about the Autonomists, their ideas, positions on things, and basics; plus, their relationship with Left Communism.

[Janus]

Good def. from Autonomy & Solidarity (http://auto_sol.tao.ca/node/view/383)


Autonomist Marxism can be seen as a form of Marxism that focuses on developing working class autonomy and power in a capitalist society that is constituted by and through class struggle. One of the strengths of autonomist Marxism is its critique of political economy interpretations of Marxism that end up reifying the social worlds around us, converting what people socially produce into social relationships between things. Most “orthodox” Marxist political economy gives all power to capital and considers workers as victims without power or agency. In my work and writing I have tried to recognize the resistance and agency of the oppressed and how this agency and action obstructs ruling relations, often forcing the elaboration of new strategies of ruling. For me, autonomist Marxism has provided a much firmer basis for this very different reading of Marxism.


plus, their relationship with Left Communism.
It could be considered a variant of left communism.

Autonomist Marxism (http://www.revleft.com/index.php?showtopic=43002&hl=autonomist)
Autonomist Marxism (http://www.revleft.com/index.php?showtopic=49407&hl=autonomist)
Autonomist Marxism (http://www.revleft.com/index.php?showtopic=49344&hl=autonomist)
autonomist conception of the DoP (http://www.revleft.com/index.php?showtopic=49167&hl=autonomist)