Andrew Anastasi joins Kyle and Sean for Cinder Bloc to discuss class antagonism, political dynamics, and the (prophetic) theoretical lens of the young Mario Tronti. Andrew talks about the European and Italian preconditions that led Tronti, and those that would compose the intellectual base of the Operaismo movements, toward new communist horizons and understandings of the complex momentum of class in the party (and partisan) dynamic.

Andrew Anastasi is, among other things, a sociologist, translator, writer, and editor with Viewpoint Magazine. Andrew compiled and edited the early writings of Italian communist Mario Tronti. The Weapon of Organization: Mario Tronti’s Political Revolution in Marxism can be picked up at Common Notions.

A Betrayal Retrieved 

The Autonomy of the Political 

The Young Mario Tronti Dossier 

A Not Merely Charitable Alliance: Anti-Poverty Workers Within and Against the State 

Crisis Maneuvers

Our Theorist of Outrage: Memories of Stanley Aronowitz (1933-2021) 

Our stellar theme song, Cosmic Background Radiation, was composed by Occult A/V. Check out more over on bandcamp.