Italian Left Communism
'Left Communism' redirects here, this page is primarily about Italian Left Communism/Bordigism. For other ideologies, including the
Dutch/German variant, see Left Communism (Disambiguation)
Left Communism, also called Italian Left Communism, Ultra Left, International Left, or simply Bordigism, is an economically far-left, Marxist ideology. It is a form of Left Communism based off of the ideas and writings of Amadeo Bordiga and the International Communist Party. It is recognized to be the furthest Left Unity ideology on the compass. It opposes democracy, anti-fascism and the concept of a "Popular Front". It is a 
Leninist ideology that opposes 
Marxism-Leninism, believing it to be a bourgeois current. It regards Stalin as bourgeois opportunist, and regards other Marxist-Leninist revolutionaries, such as 
Fidel Castro, 
Che Guevara, 
Ho Chi Minh and 
Mao Zedong as bourgeois, not proletarian, revolutionaries. Bordiga and the Italian left communists also considered the Soviet Union to be a bourgeois, capitalist state.
This ideology refers specifically to the Italian strain of Left Communism, although other left communist ideologies also exist, namely, 
Dutch-German leftcoms (Council Communists) and Russian leftcoms. These ideologies do have some similarities, the most significant being anti-trade unionism, anti-nationalism/internationalism, and anti-parliamentarism. As well as the belief that true socialism is stateless, classless, and can only be achieved when the capitalist mode of commodity production is completely abolished. Every "socialist" who does not is merely an opportunist capitalist.
He loves to sit in an armchair all day reading Marx, Bordiga, Pannekoek, Damen, Cammette, Dauvé, and Chirik among others, while complaining about other leftists. It is often forgotten that Italian left communists do consider themselves Leninists, being described as "more Leninist than Lenin". Lenin's work "Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder" criticised left communists in Britain, Germany and Russia who did not consider themselves Leninist.
Stylistic Notes
Left Communism is generally portrayed as sitting in an armchair, reading, theory, and nothing else. He often defends this behavior with "Theory is praxis." He is often depicted as being hyper critical and cynical to such a degree that no ideology will associate with him apart from 
Marxism.
How to Draw
Drawing Left Communism takes a few steps:
- Draw a ball
- Fill it with red
- Draw 2 intertwined yellow wheat spikes
- Draw a black hammer and sickle
- Draw the eyes and you're done!
| Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red | #FC0808 | 252, 8, 8 | |
| Gold | #EDF734 | 237, 247, 52 | |
| Black | #141414 | 20, 20, 20 | |
Relations
Proletariat
Marxism - I'm the only one that listens to him, smh.
Leninism - We disagree on tactics here and there, but we are both true communists!- Council Communism - My more decentralized friend. Likes Councils instead of presidents, Reichsführers and premiers, such a weirdo.
Luxemburgism - Love you, Rosa!
Libertarian Marxism - You may be a Marxist, but you need to accept that no restrictions can be placed on the full and unqualified use of the weapons of party and state.
Left-Accelerationism - Just sitting in my armchair watching things go NYOOM! He's too fast to comprehend communism in a more slower way!
Posadism - Communist aliens invading earth is more probable than leftoid inspired worldwide "revolutions".
Bukharinism - "Bukharin is in line not only with Marx but also with Lenin".[1]
Lumpenproletariat
Neo-Marxism - Your contributions to Marxism are colossal although you have some liberal tendencies, which is disgusting.
Communalism - You are too extreme even for me. Stop trying to steal my armchair and read theory. And also establishing communes in my backyard.
Trotskyism - Your early work was incredible, loved it. But you're just an impotent student movement now with zero proletarian support.
Ingsoc - You're a totalitarian prick but at least you're the only one who agrees that theory is praxis.
Authoritarianism - You exist. But you aren't always a bad thing.
Bourgeoisie
Marxism–Leninism - Fake Marxist. Fake Leninist. Stop pretending that you read theory when you actually read fake news sources from "anti-imperialist" and "socialist" countries to back up your claims. Read the first line of Capital.
Maoism - You're okay for a Marxist-Leninist, but you're still a bourgeois movement that butchers workers.
Dengism - I will destroy you with my cyber comrades.
Anarcho-Communism - Peak petit-bourgeois.
Stalinism - Gravedigger of the revolution! Lenin shouldn't have trusted you!
Pol Potism - You were a murderous dictator and what you did was regressing to 
him not what I meant. Leave the peace living Vietnamese alone, /pol/ Pot.
Social Democracy - The welfare economy is a failure! You also killed Luxemburg and Liebknecht!
Capitalist Communism - You are a SuccDem.
Democracy - The velvet glove of Fascism.
Fascism - The iron boot of Democracy. Ignore these quotes here please
National Socialism - German version of the iron boot of Democracy but at least he works in spite of himself to create the conditions of the proletarian world revolution.
Democratic Fascism - See, I told you.
Democratic Socialism - You can tell democratic socialism is bourgeois because "democratic" is right there in the name.
State Capitalism - You're just Deng again.
Anti-Fascism - Anti-Fascism is the worst product of Fascism!
Capitalism - Die and burn in hell, capitalist pig!
Social Authoritarianism - Him, but without the mask!
Hoxhaism - You claim to be "against all forms of revisionism" yet you're a Stalinist, curious. 🤔
Market Socialism and Titoism 
- L*beral Vaushite.
Reactionary Socialism - Marx destroyed you lmao. Reactionaries are shit.
National Bolshevism - The KAPD was right in expelling Laufenberg and Wolffheim.
Acid Communism - If “Cobain's death confirmed the defeat and incorporation of rock's utopian and promethean ambitions”, Fisher's suicide reaffirms the real powerlessness of any perspective of criticism of capitalism that is not based on solid pillars such as criticism of political economy, the materialist conception of history, the experiences of past class struggles and the communist revolutionary programme that derives from them. Marx had already warned us, in his XI thesis on Feuerbach: “The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways [very often badly – ed]; the point is to change it.”
Further Information
Theory
Amadeo Bordiga
- The Fundamentals for a Marxist Orientation
- The Democratic Principle
- Dialogue with Stalin
- The Lyons Theses
- The Human Species and Earth's Crust
- Lessons of the Counter-revolutions
- The Balkan War
Jacques Cammette
Communization
- Everything must go!: The abolition of value by Bruno Astarian & Gilles Dauvé
- Endnotes by various authors
- Tiqqun #1 by Tiqqun
Political Parties
Wikipedia
- Left communism
- Bordigism
- International Communist Party
- Communist Workers Party of Germany
- Communization
- Left communism in China
Online Communities
- r/Ultraleft (meme sub)
Gallery
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