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Economic: Social
Governance: Minimal
Coords: X-2 · Y-3
Economic: Social
Governance: Minimal
Coords: X-2 · Y-3
Descriptor
Autonomist
“Grassroots, non-party socialism.”
Exemplar ↓
§ 01
The Idea
What Autonomist actually means.
Autonomism rejects both capitalism and state socialism, advocating for self-managed, decentralized worker and community control over production and decision-making.
Toni Negri was a key figure in Autonomist Marxism, promoting radical self-organization of workers and communities outside state structures. Emerging in Italy, the movement encouraged factory takeovers and alternative economies without reliance on unions or political parties.
§ 02 · Tenets
Core commitments.
01
Workers' autonomy from parties and unions.
02
Refusal of work as political strategy.
03
Self-organised social reproduction.
04
Critique of Leninism and reformism alike.
05
Multitude, not vanguard, as agent.
§ 03 · Position
Where it sits on the grid.
Economic axis — X-2
SOCIAL
Full collectivisationUnfettered markets
Governance axis — Y-3
MINIMAL
Total controlNo state at all
§ 04 · Reading List
Canon & critics.
§ Canon
- Marx Beyond MarxAntonio Negri1979 · ~210 pp
- Storming HeavenSteve Wright2002 · ~250 pp
§ Critics
- Empire's New Clothes (Debating Empire)Gopal Balakrishnan (ed.)2003 · ~180 pp
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