Left Communism

"'Left Communism' redirects here, this page is primarily about Left Communism/Bordigism. For other ideologies, including the Dutch/German variant, see Left Communism (Disambiguation)"

(Italian) Left Communism, also called 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 opposes democracy, anti-fascism and the concept of a "United 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, Dauve, 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
Bordiga_flag.svg Drawing Left Communism takes a few steps:


 * 1) Draw a ball
 * 2) Fill it with red
 * 3) Draw 2 intertwined yellow wheat spikes
 * 4) Draw a black hammer and sickle
 * 5) Draw the eyes and you're done!

Friends

 * [[File: Ormarxf.png]] Marxism - I'm the only one that listens to him, smh.
 * [[File:Orthlen.png]] Leninism - We disagree on tactics here and there, but we are both true communists!
 * [[File: Councom.png]] Council Communism - My more decentralized cousin.
 * [[File: Luxem.png]] Luxemburgism - Love you, Rosa!
 * [[File:Libmarx.png]] 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.
 * [[file:Leftac.png]] Left-Accelerationism - Just sitting in my armchair watching things go NYOOM!

Frenemies

 * [[File:Communalist.png]] Communalism - My fellow pure leftist. But stop trying to steal my armchair and read theory.
 * [[file:Trot.png]] Trotskyism - Your early work was incredible, loved it. But you're just an impotent student movement now with zero proletarian support.
 * [[File:Ingsocf.png]] Ingsoc - You're a totalitarian prick but at least you're the only one who agrees that theory is praxis.
 * [[File:Sec.png]] Authoritarianism - You exist. But you aren't always a bad thing.
 * [[File:Polpot.png]] Pol Potism - You were a murderous dictator but at least you managed to abolish commodity production in Kampuchea.

Enemies

 * [[File:ML.png]] 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.
 * [[File:Mao.png]] Maoism - You're okay for a Marxist-Leninist, but you're still a bourgeois movement that butchers workers.
 * [[File:Dengf.png]] Dengism - I mean, you oversaw the conditions that proletarianized China instead of doing the stupid peasant stuff Mao did, but you're still a revisionist, and a capitalist.
 * [[File:Ancom.png]] Anarcho-Communism - Peak petit-bourgeois.
 * [[File:Stalin.png]] Stalinism - Gravedigger of the revolution!
 * [[File:Socdem.png]] Social Democracy - The welfare economy is a failure! You also killed [[File: Luxem.png]] My mother!
 * [[File:Capcom.png]] Capitalist Communism - You are a S*cDem.
 * [[File:Dem.png]] Democracy - The velvet glove of Fascism.
 * [[File:Fash.png]] Fascism - The iron boot of Democracy.
 * [[File:Demsocstar.png]] Democratic Socialism - You can tell democratic socialism is bourgeois because "democratic" is right there in the name.
 * [[File:Statecap.png]] State Capitalism - You're just Deng again.
 * [[File:Antifa.png]] Antifa - Anti-Fascism is the worst product of Fascism!
 * [[File:Cap.png]] Capitalism - Die and burn in hell, capitalist pig!
 * [[file:Socauth.png]] Social Authoritarianism - [[file:ML.png]] Him, but without the mask!
 * [[File:Hoxha.png]] Hoxhaism - You claim to be "against all forms of revisionism" yet you're a Stalinist, curious. 🤔
 * [[File:Marketsoc.png]] Market Socialism/Titoism [[File:Tito.png]] - L*beral Vaushite.
 * [[File:Reactsoc.png]] Reactionary Socialism - Marx destroyed you lmao.

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

 * Capital and Community
 * Against Domestication
 * On Organization

Political Parties

 * International Communist Party
 * Communist Workers Organization

Wikipedia

 * Left communism
 * Bordigism
 * Amadeo Bordiga
 * International Communist Party
 * Communist Workers Party of Germany
 * Communization
 * Jacques Camatte
 * Left communism in China