This document provides a summary of ideas related to open Marxism and anti-capitalist thought. It outlines key thinkers such as John Holloway, Werner Bonefeld, Harry Cleaver, and others who have been influenced by autonomous Marxism. It also summarizes some of their major works, including Holloway's book "Change the World Without Taking Power" and discusses concepts like autonomism, work, the state, social form, and the commons. The document aims to provide a "family tree" of thinkers and ideas within open and autonomous Marxism.

1. What does the future hold?
“Why is it that the focus here* is on anti-capitalism
action rather than organizing effectively help stop
evictions and transforming banks to engines of
sustainable development?” by a participant in
online dialog in response to Brian’s article “Eat the
Rich” Sept.2011
* At http://occupyeverything.org/2011/eat-the-rich/

2. A family tree of marxism

3. “Open marxisms”
• Some coming from Edinburgh Conf. of Socialist
Economists (‘Common Sense’ journal):
• John Holloway, Werner Bonefeld
• Open Marxism series (Bonefeld,Holloway et al) vol.3:
‘Emancipating Marx’ and vol.2: includes
Harry Cleaver, ’The inversion of class perspective in
marxian theory: from valorisation to self-valorisation.

4. Change the world
• Holloway’s book “Change the world without
taking power” was the start for this project.

5. Change the world (short version)
• 12 theses on changing the world without taking
power

6. From ‘Common Sense’ to ‘The
Commons’
• ‘Common Sense’ from Edinburgh Conference of
Socialist Economists included John Holloway
• Continues as ‘The Commoner’
• Later: ‘the Commons’ ed. By Massimo De
Angelis

7. Holloway: autonomism, work &
state
• Excerpts from ‘Why Adorno?’
• Excerpts from ‘Negative and positive
Autonomism’
• Excerpt from ‘We are the crisis of abstract
labour’
• Excerpt from ‘Cracks and the crisis of abstract
labour’

8. Werner Bonefeld
• ‘Social form, critique and human dignity’
• ‘Subverting the present, imagining the future’

9. Others influenced by Autonomism
• ‘This is forever’ ‘Affective politics’ seminar
• Team colors ‘Uses of a whirlwind’
• ‘Beyond good and evil commons’ seminar with
Silvia Federici, George Caffentzis & David
Graeber at 16 Beaver Group

10. Others influenced…
• ‘Autonomous universities and the making of the
knowledges commons’, George Caffentzis in
‘The Commoner’ website, Dec.2008
• ‘Notes on the edu-factory and cognitive
capitalism’ G.Caffentzis & Silvia Federici

11. Others influenced…….
• Nowtopia, Chris Carlsson
• ‘Nowtopia: strategic exodus?’ C.Carlsson,in
‘Antipode’, v.42,no.4 (2010)

12. Eros
• ‘Eros effect, people power and the people’s
uprising’ by George Katsiaficas
• Link to videos :
Eros Effect: People Power and People’s Uprising
Eros in Eygpt
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=24094
5485861016019&hl=en#