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{{Infobox politician|name=Amadeo Bordiga|image_size=200|birth_date=13 June 1889|birth_place=Resina, [[Kingdom of Italy]]|death_date=23 July 1970|death_place=Formia, Lazio, [[Italy]]|nationality=Italian|political_orientation=[[Left communism]]|political_party=[[International Communist Party]]|image=Amadeo Bordiga.png}}
{{Infobox politician|name=Amadeo Bordiga|image_size=200|birth_date=13 June 1889|birth_place=Resina, [[Kingdom of Italy]]|death_date=23 July 1970|death_place=Formia, Lazio, [[Italy]]|nationality=Italian|political_orientation=[[Left communism]]|political_party=[[International Communist Party]]|image=Amadeo Bordiga.png}}


'''Amadeo Bordiga''' (13 June 1889 – 23 July 1970) was an Italian left communist. He believed that the [[Leninism|Leninist]] [[vanguard party]] and the [[Soviet (governmental body)|soviet]] system of party cells would degenerate into [[opportunism]].<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Antonio Gramsci]]|year=1925|title=Sterile and Negative Criticism|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/1925/09/sterile-negative.htm}}</ref>
'''Amadeo Bordiga''' (13 June 1889 – 23 July 1970) was an [[Italian Republic|Italian]] left communist who cofounded the [[Italian Communist Party]] with [[Antonio Gramsci]] and [[Nicola Bombacci]]. According to Gramsci, Bordiga believed that the [[Leninism|Leninist]] [[vanguard party]] and the [[Soviet (governmental body)|soviet]] system of party cells would degenerate into [[opportunism]].<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Antonio Gramsci]]|year=1925|title=Sterile and Negative Criticism|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/1925/09/sterile-negative.htm}}</ref>
 
Bordiga's [[dogmatism]] led him to declare support for the [[axis powers]], infamously declaring:<ref>{{Web citation|author=AnythingForProximity|newspaper=Libcom|title=Bordiga, the Leninist who put his hopes in the Axis|date=2017-12-27|url=https://libcom.org/forums/history/bordiga-leninist-who-put-his-hopes-axis-27122017}}</ref>
 
{{LQuote|If Hitler can make yield the odious powers of England and America, while making thus precarious the capitalist world balance, long live the butcher Hitler who works in spite of himself to create the conditions of the proletarian world revolution|[https://libcom.org/forums/history/bordiga-leninist-who-put-his-hopes-axis-27122017 Libcom "Bordiga, the Leninist who put his hopes in the Axis]}}
 
He has also been credited as the author of the article "Auschwitz, or The Great Alibi" which is a work of [[holocaust denial]] that claims the [[Nazi Party]] did not seek to exterminate [[Jewish people]], but rather the Jewish section of the [[Petite bourgeoisie|petit bourgeoisie]]<ref>{{Web citation|author=Mitchell Abidor|title=Bordiga’s “Auschwitz, or the Great Alibi”|url=https://www.marxists.org/subject/jewish/bordiga/auschwitz.htm|retrieved=2025/08/25}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 11:00, 16 March 2026

Amadeo Bordiga
Born13 June 1889
Resina, Kingdom of Italy
Died23 July 1970
Formia, Lazio, Italy
NationalityItalian
Political orientationLeft communism
Political partyInternational Communist Party


Amadeo Bordiga (13 June 1889 – 23 July 1970) was an Italian left communist who cofounded the Italian Communist Party with Antonio Gramsci and Nicola Bombacci. According to Gramsci, Bordiga believed that the Leninist vanguard party and the soviet system of party cells would degenerate into opportunism.[1]

Bordiga's dogmatism led him to declare support for the axis powers, infamously declaring:[2]

“If Hitler can make yield the odious powers of England and America, while making thus precarious the capitalist world balance, long live the butcher Hitler who works in spite of himself to create the conditions of the proletarian world revolution”

Libcom "Bordiga, the Leninist who put his hopes in the Axis

He has also been credited as the author of the article "Auschwitz, or The Great Alibi" which is a work of holocaust denial that claims the Nazi Party did not seek to exterminate Jewish people, but rather the Jewish section of the petit bourgeoisie[3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Antonio Gramsci (1925). Sterile and Negative Criticism. [MIA]
  2. ↑ AnythingForProximity (2017-12-27). "Bordiga, the Leninist who put his hopes in the Axis" Libcom.
  3. ↑ Mitchell Abidor. "Bordiga’s “Auschwitz, or the Great Alibi”" Retrieved 2025/08/25.