In this episode we have a conversation with Steve Wright, about his book “The Weight of the Printed Word: Text, Context and Militancy in Operaismo.” In it we discuss the role of print production and document work in the history of Italian operaismo and autonomist Marxism. What role did the production of various forms of print material play in the emergence of these politics, and how did they change and develop along with how the movements themselves evolved?
Steve Wright is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University. He has written widely on operaismo, including Storming Heaven: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism (2002).
Opening / outro music: The Potere Operaio Anthem, as sung by Oreste Scalzone and Comrades
