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'''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 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>
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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Revision as of 20:06, 25 August 2025

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. He 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

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  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.