Ordine Nuovo Writings
Selections from the Political Writings 1910-1920
by Antonio Gramsci
Edited: selected and introduced by Quentin Hoare; Translated: by John Mathews; Published: © The Electric Book Company London 1999, ISBN 1-84327-121-4, and transcribed from the edition published by Lawrence & Wishart, London 1977.
Introduction A note on the translation I. The Young Socialist 1. Oppressed and Oppressors
2. Active and Cooperative Neutrality 3. Socialism and Culture 4. July 14th 5. A veterinary Surgeon on Film 6. Indifference
7. Remembering the History of the Cotton-workers Struggle.
8. Men or Machines?
9. Notes on the Russian Revolution 10. The Russian Maximalists
11. The Revolution Against ‘Capital’
12. Class Intransigence and Italian History Class, State, Parties Does Italy have a class state?
The unspoken promise Realism and empiricism The Function of the proletariat 13. The Russian Utopia 14. Our Obligation to be Strong 15. The War in the Colonies 16. The Revolutionary Tide II L’Ordine Nuovo and the Factory Councils 17. Workers’ Democracy 18. The Return to Freedom 19. The Conquest of the State
20. Towards the Communist International 21. Workers and Peasants 22. Electoralism
23. The Development of the Revolution
24. To the Workshop Delegates of the Fiat Centro and Brevetti Plants 25. Unions and Councils
26. Trade Unions and the Dictatorship 27. Syndicalism and the Councils
28. The Program of the Workshop Delegates Preamble General Regulations Appointment of delegates and their powers Delegates and unions The duties of factory delegates Towards workers’ schools The Exective Commisariat of a factory Appointment, functions, powers Publications, notices, reports, meetings III. The Coming Confrontation
29. Revolutionaries and the Elections 30. The Problem of Power Political order Economic order
31. The Events of 2-3 December (1919) Petty Bourgeoisie A hypothesis Class struggle, peasant war 32. The Party and the Revolution 33. Workers and Peasants
34. The Historical Role of the Cities 35. First: Renew the Party
36. Action Program of the Turin Socialists 37. The Instruments of Labour
38. Governing Party and Governing Class 39. Proletarian Unity 40. The Problem of Force 41. Turin and Italy 42. Address to the Anarchists
43. Towards a Renewal of the Socialist Party IV. Bordiga’s Polemic
44. The System of Communist Representation – Bordiga
45. Is this the Time for Soviets? – Bordiga
46. Letters to the IIIrd International – Bordiga i.
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47. Towards the Establishment of Workers’ Councils in Italy – Bordiga i.
The Councils and the Bolshevik program
The Bologna program and the Councils The Councils and the Leone motion The Councils and the L’Ordine Nuovo in Turin Appendix The Leone Statement
48. Seize Power or Seize the Factory? – Bordiga V. The Debate with Tasca
49. Political and Trade-Union Significance of The Factory Councils
50. The Tasca Report and the Congress of the Turin Council of Labour 51. The Favctory Council 52. Unions and Councils
53. Polemics over the L’Ordine Nuovo Programme – Tasca Editorial Note
54. On the L’Ordine Nuovo Programme VI. Towards the Communist Party 55. The Colonial Populations 56. Two Revolutions
57. The Turin Factory Councils Movement The April strike Anarchists and syndicalists Industrial production Turin, the capital of Italy Two armed insurrections Barricade, trenches, barbed-wire entanglements The cooperative alliance The post-war period Enthusiastic support for the Councils The Councils and the Internal Commissions during strikes The struggle against the Councils The National Socialist Council in Milan 58. Editorial: 21 August 1920 59. What Do We Mean by Demagogy?
60. The Occupation 61. The Communist Party 62. Red Sunday 63. Five Months Later 64. Political Capacity 65. Editorial: 9 October 1920 66. Reaction 67. Predictions 68. What is Reaction?
69. Split or Run?
70. Editorial: 24 December 1920 71. The Workers’ State 72. The Livorno Congress