Storming Heaven – Second Edition

Description

is the only book which looks at Italian workerist theory and practice, from

its origins in the anti-alinist left of the 1950s to its heyday twenty

years later. It focuses on the theme of workerism, or ''operaismo'', which

includes the refusal of work, class self-organisation, mass illegality and

the extension of revolutionary agency, of of which are still practiced

today by workers across the world.Emphasising the dynamic nature of class

struggle as the distinguishing feature of workerist thought, reveals how

this form of radical politics developed alongside emerging social movements

to great effect. It assesses the strengths and limitations of workerism as

first developed by Antonio Negri, Mario Tronti, Sergio Bologna and

others.This edition includes a new chapter looking at the debates around

operaismo and Autonomia since the book originally appeared in 2002, and is

updated with a new foreword and afterword.