Gigi Roggero Read Bio Collapse
Gigi Roggero is a militant researcher, part of the editorial board of Machina and Commonware, and director of DeriveApprodi’s Input series. Among his various books and essays are The Production of Living Knowledge, Futuro anteriore, Gli operaisti, Elogio della militanza, and Il treno contro la Storia.
Operaismo as Method: Gigi Roggero, Silvia Federici, and the Art Workers’ Inquiry
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Councilism involves the glorification of the figure of the worker as such, a work ethic that isn’t simply ideology but is rooted in a specific class composition, in which this worker and their pride in their craft play an important role in the productive process. These workers bear the stamp of their predecessors, the artisans. They are a sort of split artisan, struggling to regain complete autonomy over their skills, capacities, and forms of organization. Councilism fights against the expropriation of the crafts, which is implicit in industrial development, and tries to guide development toward a strengthening of the collective autonomy of the working class.