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Refusal of work is a concept that has been advocated at various times by many social activist groups, mostly located on the libertarian left. The concept is associated with Marxism - and especially the Marxism of the Italian workerist/autonomist tradition (e.g. Toni Negri, Mario Tronti, Bifo) and the French ultra-left (e.g. Echanges et Mouvement) - and with anarchism (especially Bob Black).

Refusal of work does not consist merely of absenteeism, but can also involve sleeping or substance abuse on the job, a lack of productivity, use of work time and workplace resources for personal projects and interest, theft from one's employer, and sabotage at the workplace.

[edit] Related topics

• Anti-work
• General strike
• Strike action

[edit] External links

• Refuse to work: texts on the refusal of work, by Tronti, Negri and others
• Echanges et Mouvement: The Refusal of Work (pamphlet)
• Nicholas Thoburn: The Refusal of Work (on Italian autonomism)
• George Caffentzis: The End of Work or the Renaissance of Slavery?
• Bifo: What is the meaning of autonomism today?

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