Storming Heaven - Wright, Steve

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Résumé :
Storming Heaven is the only book which looks at Italian workerist theory and practice, from its origins in the anti-Stalinist 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, Storming Heaven 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.

Biographie:
Steve Wright enjoyed an eleven-year professional football career with the Cowboys, Colts, and Raiders. Driven by his entrepreneurial instincts, he created an innovative misting company, Cloudburst, that cooled professional athletes, the US military, NASA, and the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. His motto to leave people, places, and things better than he found them led to his work on behalf of Globall Giving, providing gently used sports equipment to over a million children across thirty-five countries and counting. Forever a lover of adventure, Steve joined reality television for thirty-one days of starvation where he embraced the jungle of Nicaragua and emerged more passionate about life. His journey of continuous growth includes an unparalleled enthusiasm for physical and mental fitness, which he practices and shares with his community in Malibu, California....