Between precarious hell and resistant paradise: a sociosemiotic analysis of Insorgiamo

Abstract

This paper intends to explore the intertwining of utopia, reality and politics in the construction of a more socially just, free and united world through the book Insorgiamo¸ 'dissident archive' born from the experience of the ex-GKN workers' factory collective. The concrete utopia proposed by Gorz identifies in the alienation that originates from precariousness its generative core, and sees the re-appropriation of time freed from wage labour for collective projects as a viable solution, capable of awakening the collective intellect. Similarly, Armiero notes how Capital manifests itself and reproduces inequalities through ‘wasting relationships’, to which he contrasts ‘commoning relationships’ as a form of resistance. The dialogical relationship between critiques of the present and future perspectives is exemplified in the text Insorgiamo. Diario collettivo di una lotta operaia (e non solo), which presents the criticalities of the Italian working world and the collective reorganisation of solidarity-based, rebel and liminal subjectivities through the narration of its own chronicle. The sociosemiotic analysis will constitute the methodological and speculative basis to present, on the one hand, how neoliberalism has configured the working world on ‘discard logics'; on the other, how collective intelligence and the convergence of struggles allow for a strong opposition to neoliberal and consumerist models.