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'''Autonomism''', also known as '''Autonomous Marxism''', is an anti-authoritarian form of [[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism]]. It wants the working class to force changes without the [[File:Statist.png]] state, [[File:Synd.png]] [[Syndicalism|trade unions]], or [[File:Parti.png]] [[Particracy|political parties]]. 

==History==
Autonomism is a political movement that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s in Western Europe, particularly in Italy and Germany. It is characterized by its emphasis on individual autonomy, [[File:Directdem.png]] [[Democracy#Direct Democracy|direct democracy]], and grassroots organization, and its rejection of traditional forms of political representation.

The roots of autonomism can be traced back to the student and worker protests of the 1960s, which challenged the traditional structures of power and [[File:Sec.png]] [[Authoritarianism|authority]] in society. In Italy, the movement was heavily influenced by the writings of Antonio Negri, a [[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism|Marxist]] philosopher and political activist who argued for the importance of workers' self-management and the rejection of bureaucratic forms of organization.

In the 1970s, autonomism became more organized and militant, with the emergence of groups such as the Red Brigades in Italy and the Red Army Faction in Germany. These groups engaged in armed struggle against the state and [[File:Cap.png]] [[Capitalism|capitalist]] institutions, and advocated for the creation of autonomous zones in which individuals and communities could organize themselves according to their own needs and desires.

Despite its radicalism and militancy, autonomism has had a lasting impact on leftist politics, particularly in Europe. Its emphasis on grassroots organization and [[File:Directdem.png]] [[Democracy#Direct Democracy|direct democracy]] has inspired a range of social movements, from the [[File:Globnat.png]] anti-globalization movement of the 1990s to the [[File:Occupy.png]] Occupy movement of the 2010s. Its rejection of traditional forms of political representation has also influenced the rise of alternative forms of governance, such as participatory democracy and citizen assemblies.


=== [[File:Auton.png]] '''Autonomous Action (Russia)''' ===
Autonomous Action (Avtonomnoe Deistvie) is a Russian anarchist organization founded in the early 2000s, emerging from post-Soviet radical youth and anti-fascist networks. It developed as a decentralized association of activists advocating revolutionary social transformation grounded in libertarian socialist principles. The organization operates without centralized leadership, reflecting its commitment to [[File:LeftThar.png]]'''anti-authoritarianism''' and horizontal decision-making structures.

Ideologically, Autonomous Action aligns closely with [[File:Ancom.png]]'''anarcho-communism''', promoting a stateless, classless society organized through voluntary cooperation and collective ownership of resources. Its orientation is explicitly [[File:Anticap.png]]'''anti-capitalist''', rejecting private control of production, and [[File:AntiNeoLib.png]]'''anti-neoliberal''', opposing market reforms and austerity policies that characterized post-Soviet economic transitions. The group also maintains a firm [[File:Antifa.png]]'''anti-fascist''' stance, actively confronting nationalist and far-right movements within Russia.

Autonomous Action articulates strong [[File:Antiimp.png]]'''anti-imperialist''' and [[File:AntiPutinism.png]]'''anti-Putinist''' positions, criticizing Russian state expansionism, centralized executive authority, and restrictions on civil liberties under Vladimir Putin’s administration. It frames these critiques within a broader opposition to authoritarian governance and geopolitical domination. Its [[File:Antizion.png]]'''anti-Zionism''' is expressed through solidarity with Palestinian movements and opposition to ethno-nationalist state policies, situating its analysis within global anti-colonial discourse.

The organization integrates [[File:Aneco.png]]'''eco-anarchist''' and [[File:Ecosoc.png]]'''eco-socialist''' perspectives, emphasizing environmental sustainability, grassroots ecological initiatives, and resistance to extractive industrial projects. These ecological commitments are tied to critiques of industrial capitalism and state-managed resource exploitation.

Autonomous Action also incorporates [[File:Marxfemnewicon.png]]'''Marxist feminist''', [[File:Anfem.png]]'''anarcha-feminist''', and [[File:Anqueer.png]]'''queer anarchist''' currents, foregrounding struggles against patriarchy, gender hierarchy, and heteronormativity. Gender liberation is treated as inseparable from class struggle and anti-state activism. The group’s framework of [[File:Ultraprogressivism.png]]'''revolutionary progressivism''' and [[File:RevSoc.png]]'''revolutionary socialism''' underscores its belief in systemic transformation rather than reformist gradualism.

Internationally, Autonomous Action has expressed sympathy for movements such as [[File:Zapa.png]]'''Neozapatismo''', identifying with its decentralized, community-based resistance model and indigenous autonomy. Through publications, campaigns, and direct action, the organization situates itself within transnational libertarian socialist networks while maintaining a distinctly Russian political context shaped by post-Soviet authoritarian consolidation.

==Beliefs==
===Unpaid Labor and Marxist Feminism within Autonomism===
Theorists such as [[File:Marxfem.png]] [[Marxist Feminism|Silvia Federici]] connect [[File:Fem.png]] [[feminism]] to Automonist theory. Federici also discusses the value of unpaid female labor within a [[File:Cap.png]] [[Capitalism|capitalist society]]. She argues that this is proof that the capitalist system inherently discriminates against women.
===Anti-Class Unitarianism===

==Variants==

=== [[File:Antonio_Negri.png]] '''Negrism''' ===
Antonio Negri (born 1933) is an Italian Marxist philosopher, political theorist, and activist whose work has had a profound influence on contemporary leftist thought. Negri rose to prominence during the 1960s and 1970s, engaging with Italy’s radical workerist and autonomist movements while also participating in broader debates about [[File:PostMarxism.png]]post-Marxist and [[File:Postindusnewicon.png]]post-industrial social change. His life has been marked by both theoretical innovation and political controversy, including legal accusations linking him to militant organizations such as the [[File:Brigate_Rosse.png]]Red Brigades, which were ultimately contested and did not define his scholarly contributions.

Negri’s intellectual development bridges classical Marxist analysis with [[File:Libmarx.png]]'''libertarian Marxism''', [[File:Neomarx.png]]'''neo-Marxism''', and '''post-Marxism''', emphasizing the autonomy of social actors and the transformative potential of collective organization outside hierarchical structures. His engagement with [[File:Post-an.png]]'''post-anarchism''' and [[File:Anpostleft.png]]'''post-leftism''' critiques rigid party-based or state-centered approaches, advocating for decentralized networks of resistance. He draws on [[File:Foucault.png]]'''Foucauldian''' and [[File:Meta-Anarchism.png]]'''Deleuzoguattarian''' frameworks to explore how power operates across institutions and social practices, while [[File:Niccolo_Machiavelli.png]]'''Machiavellianism''' informs his analyses of strategy, negotiation, and the deployment of force in political movements.

Economically and socially, Negri interrogates conventional labor structures, incorporating [[File:Antwork.png]]'''anti-work''' perspectives and developing [[File:Communization.png]]'''communization theory''', which envisions forms of social organization that bypass capitalist exploitation. His early engagement with [[File:Orthlen.png]]'''Leninism''' and interest in [[File:Mspont.png]]'''Mao-Spontex''' strategies of 1963 influenced his understanding of revolutionary praxis, though he distances his thought from authoritarian or Stalinist models, consistently promoting [[File:Anti-Stalin.png]]'''anti-Stalinism'''. The experiments of communal living, such as those seen in [[File:Kibbutz.png]]'''Kibbutzism''', shaped his ideas about collective management and cooperation, while [[File:Fra.png]]'''Franciscanism''' reflects ethical attention to shared human responsibility and minimal hierarchy.

Philosophically, Negri synthesizes insights from [[File:Spinoza.png]]'''Spinozism''', producing a [[File:SpinozaMarx.png]]'''Spinozist Marxism''' that combines materialist social analysis with a focus on collective empowerment and ethical community. He also engages with [[File:Hobbes.png]]'''Hobbesianism''', using the concept of the state and social contracts to critique authority and strategize forms of resistance. His work in [[File:StructMarx.png]]'''structural Marxism''' examines systemic constraints and class formations, while his attention to '''post-industrial''' societies situates his critique in contemporary globalized and technological contexts.

Negri’s political thought is further oriented toward global movements and [[File:Globnat.png]]'''alter-globalism''', emphasizing [[File:Antiimp.png]]'''anti-imperialism''' and critiques of centralized, exploitative power structures. While he has been accused in the past of supporting violent tactics or [[File:Terrorist.png]]'''terrorism''', these claims were largely refuted; his writings instead prioritize theoretical clarity, strategic insight, and [[File:Raddem.png]]radical democracy over coercive action. By integrating radical Marxism, ethical philosophy, and post-structuralist theory, Negri’s oeuvre provides a comprehensive framework for understanding contemporary struggles over labor, power, and collective self-determination.

=== [[File:Operaismo.png]] '''Operaismo/Workerism''' ===
Mario Tronti (1931–2023) was an Italian Marxist philosopher, political theorist, and activist, widely recognized as a founder of '''Operaismo''', or workerism, which emerged in Italy during the 1960s. Tronti’s early life was marked by engagement with leftist movements, particularly within the industrial labor context of postwar Italy. He actively participated in student and worker organizing, using firsthand observation of labor struggles to inform his theoretical work. His writings and activism were deeply entwined with Italy’s tumultuous political climate, including resistance to '''fascism''' and engagement with radical critiques of capitalist society.

Tronti’s intellectual framework is grounded in [[File:HegelMarx.png]]'''Hegelian Marxism''', which emphasizes historical development, contradictions within social structures, and the dialectical role of labor. His contributions extend Marxist theory by foregrounding the autonomy and agency of workers, arguing that social change originates from the working class rather than abstract party programs or state-led initiatives. This focus on the centrality of labor aligns with [[File:MarxistHumanism.png]]'''workers’ anthropology''', an analytical lens Tronti developed to study the everyday practices, knowledge, and strategies of workers as the primary drivers of class struggle.

Politically, Tronti maintained a consistent [[File:Anticap.png]]'''anti-capitalist''' and [[File:Antifash2.png]]'''anti-fascist''' stance, critiquing both economic exploitation and authoritarian structures. His early engagement with [[File:Orthlen.png]]'''Leninism''' informed his understanding of strategy and revolutionary organization, though he adapted these ideas to emphasize bottom-up worker autonomy rather than hierarchical party control. Tronti’s thought also intersects with [[File:Antwork.png]]'''anti-work''' perspectives, challenging the assumption that labor under capitalism is inherently virtuous and instead highlighting its exploitative structures.

Tronti’s work has occasionally been associated with more controversial tactics, including debates around [[File:Terrorist.png]]'''terrorism''', reflecting the intensity of Italian political struggles in the 1960s and 1970s. While some of his contemporaries engaged in militant activity, Tronti’s writings prioritize theoretical and analytical rigor, emphasizing strategy, consciousness, and the mobilization of collective power over unmediated violence.

==Personality and Behavior==
Autonomism is incredibly rebellious to any form of [[File:Sec.png]] [[Authoritarianism]] and [[File:Paternalism.png]] [[Paternalism]] seeing it as its duty to rebel wherever possible along with this Autonomism is very aggressive always going on riots or planning assassinations of high ranking government officials (it is one of his favorite past-times).

==How to Draw==
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#On the top right end of the thunderbolt, draw a diagonal red arrow
#Draw in the eyes.
You're done!

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==Relationships==
===Friends===
*[[File:Situ.png]] [[Situationism]] - A big influence on me!
*[[File:Libsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism]] - The greatest friend an anti-authoritarian marxist could have.
*[[File:Minsocf.png]] [[Minarcho-Socialism]] - Like the above.
*[[File:Ancom.png]] [[Anarcho-Communism]] - Has some excellent ideas but organizing the proletariat is something that I dislike.
*[[File:Marxfemnewicon.png]] [[Marxist Feminism]] and [[File:Anfem.png]] [[Anarcha-Feminism]] - Down with the patriarchy!
*[[File:Bckchn.png]] [[Libertarian Municipalism]], [[File:Aneco.png]] [[Eco-Anarchism]] and [[File:Partip.png]] [[Participism]] - Like the above but better.
*[[File:Antifa.png]] [[Anti-Fascism]] - Death to fascism!
*[[File:Zapa.png]] [[Neozapatismo]] - Long live the EZLN!
*[[File:Demcon.png]] [[Democratic Confederalism]] - And long live Rojava!
*[[File:Thar.png]] [[Anti-Authoritarianism]] - Smash authoritarian structures!
*[[File:Communization.png]] [[Communization Theory]] - Another Libertarian Marxist comrade.
*[[File:Globnat.png]] [[Alter-Globalism]] - Workers of '''the world''', unite!
*[[File:Blackan.png]] [[Black Anarchism]] - Another comrade in the struggle against the statism and capitalism.
*[[File:Anqueer.png]] [[Queer Anarchism]] - The TQILA is very based!
*[[File:Lpop.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism]] - Power to the People!
*[[File:Ultraprogressivism.png]] [[Revolutionary Progressivism]] - Death to oppression!

===Frenemies===
*[[File:Ecosoc.png]] [[Eco-Socialism]] - Socialism is the only thing that can save the environment yes but you are often top down and electoralist. 
*[[File:AnSynd.png]] [[Anarcho-Syndicalism]] - Based on the workers' revolution and anti-authoritarianism, but labor is too organized. Unions are no longer a good force in fighting capitalism.
*[[File:Insan2.png]] [[Insurrectionary Anarchism]] - That's a bit too far.
*[[File:Soc21.png]] [[Socialism of the 21st Century]] - Boric is based, but please reject statism.
*[[File:Blacknat.png]] [[Black Nationalism]] - Solidarity with the black people in their fight against imperialism, but reject statism and be more like your [[File:Blackan.png]] [[Black Anarchism|child]]
*[[File:Orthlen.png]] [[Leninism]] - An early influence upon me I will not deny it. A shame what has become of you.
*[[File:Trot.png]] [[Trotskyism]] - Even closer to me than the above, but also was too authoritarian. 
*[[File:Councom.png]] [[Council Communism]] - Pretty close but too organised and intellectual. 
*[[File:Prog-u.png]] [[Progressivism]] - I like you but you are far too moralist and paternalistic. 

===Enemies===
*[[File:Totalitarian.png]] [[Totalitarianism]] - Literally hell on earth for everyone. 
*[[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism]] - You are not even a Marxist or a communist, just a despotic state capitalist.
*[[File:Eurocom.png]] [[Eurocommunism]] - You really had the nerve to call me [[File:Red Fascism.png]] red squadrista. 
*[[File:Authcap.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism]] - More like true capitalism.
*[[File:Ancapf.png]] [[Anarcho-Capitalism]] - An oxymoron.
*[[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] [[Neoliberalism]] - Me and most of my children absolutely despise your effects on this world.
*[[File:Cdem.png]] [[Christian Democracy]] - Stop calling me a psychopath!
*[[File:Fash.png]] [[Fascism]] - SMASH EM!
**[[File:Fash.png]][[File:LBubble.png]]If you must know, I like Spinoza and Hegel as well.[[File:RBubble.png]]
*[[File:Nazcap-Hat.png]] [[National Capitalism]] - The embodiment of my hatred.
*[[File:Parti.png]] [[Particracy]] and [[File:Synd.png]] [[Syndicalism]] - Down with orgnizationism!
*[[File:Statesoc.png]] [[State Socialism]] - Not real socialism! Down with statism!
*[[File:Demsocstar.png]] [[Democratic Socialism]] - Just as statist as the above, fake socialist. 
*[[File:Platformism.png]] [[Platformism]] - How can you claim to be an anarchist when you are obsessed with organizing???
*[[File:Anfashf.png]] [[Anarcho-Fascism]] - Not a true anti-statist.
*[[File:Natsynd.png]] [[National Syndicalism]], [[File:PrusSoc.png]] [[Cultural Nationalism|Prussian Socialism]], [[File:Neosoc.png]] [[Neosocialism]], [[File:Strasser.png]] [[Strasserism]], [[File:Consocf.png]] [[Conservative Socialism]], [[File:Nazbol.png]] [[National Bolshevism]], and [[File:Reactsoc.png]] [[Reactionary Socialism]] - You are not socialists, just reactionary and fascist infiltrators. Social justice, both economically and culturally, is a main part of socialism that you people ignore.
*[[File:Crusade_of_Romanianism.png]] [[Crusade of Romanianism]], [[File:Natan.png]] [[National Anarchism]] and [[File:Lysnoir.png]] [[Lys Noir]] - At least the above isn't pretending to be Libleft and are openly Authoritarian. <small>At least the last one was influenced by me.</small>
*[[File:Pat.png]] [[Patriarchy]] - A force that deserves to be destroyed as much as capitalism.
*[[File:Authoritarian_Conservatism.png]] [[Authoritarian Conservatism]] - One of my worst enemies! Fire to your police stations and conversion camps!
*[[File:Reactlib-icon.png]] [[Reactionary Libertarianism]] - Another oxymoron. The principles of liberty are incompatible with things such as colonialism and patriarchy.
*[[File:Corp.png]] [[Corporatocracy]] - Monopolies and corporations are a part of the oppression of workers. Down with the bourgeoisie!

==Further Information==

===Wikipedia===

*[[w:Autonomism|Autonomism]]
*[[w:Antonio_Negri|Antonio Negri]]
*[[w:Mario_Tronti|Mario Tronti]]
*[[w:Autonomist_Movement|Autonomist Movement (Chile)]]
*[[w:Autonomous_Left|Autonomous Left (Chile)]]

===Literature===

*[https://operaismoinenglish.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/workers-and-capital.pdf Workers & Capital]
*[https://libcom.org/article/capitalist-domination-and-working-class-sabotage-antonio-negri Capitalist Domination and Working-Class Sabotage]
*[http://www.xxn.org.uk/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=decrystallization:the_proliferation_of_margins...._felix_guattari_.pdf The Proliferation of the Margins]
*[https://libcom.org/article/there-and-back-again-mapping-pathways-within-autonomist-marxism-steve-wright Mapping Pathways within Italian Autonomist Marxism]
*[https://files.libcom.org/files/cleaver-reading_capital_politically.pdf Reading Capital Politically]
*[https://libcom.org/article/cyber-marx-cycles-and-circuits-struggle-high-technology-capitalism-nick-dyer-witheford Cyber-Marx: Cycles and Circuits of Struggle in High Technology Capitalism]

==Gallery==
===Portraits===
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===Portraits of variants===
===Comics===
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