S04E03 - Rodrigo Nunes on Ecologies of Organization and Democratic Transformation

Rodrigo Nunes on ecologies of organization and democratic
transformation.  


Shownotes Rodrigo Nunes


Dr. Rodrigo Guimaraes Nunes at the University of Essex:


https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/NUNES97805/Rodrigo-Guimaraes%20Nunes


Rodrigo Nunes at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de
Janeiro (PUC-Rio):


http://www.fil.puc-rio.br/o-departamento/corpo-docente/rodrigo-guimaraes-nunes/


Nunes, R. (2025). Neither Vertical nor Horizontal. A Theory of
Political Organization. Verso. 


https://www.versobooks.com/products/772-neither-vertical-nor-horizontal


Nunes, R. (forthcoming, October 2026). Anatomy of Disintegration.
What Brazil Reveals About the Global Far Right.
HaymarketBooks. 


https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2881-anatomy-of-disintegration


on ‘fidelity’ by Alain Badiou: 


Badious, A. (1988-2022). Being and Event I-III. 


https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/being-and-event-9781472511065/


on the Russian revolution:   


https://www.britannica.com/event/Russian-Revolution


on Democracia Real Ya!:


http://www.democraciarealya.org.es/


on Juventud Sin Futuro: 


https://www.youtube.com/user/JuventudSINFuturo/videos


on Complexity Theory, Chaos Theory and Non-Linear Dynamic
Systems:


https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/complexity-theory


https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/chaos-theory


Lorenz, E. N. (1975). Predictability: Does the Flap of a
Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil set off a Tornado in Texas? 


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wSIvtZQaoMHrKUImVBH5gqn303JX0M5n/view?usp=sharing


Italian Communist Party ‘Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI):’ 


https://ilpartitocomunista.it/


on Circolo ARCI:


https://www.arci.it/


further reading on (Italian) communist history: 


Magri, L. (2019). The Tailor of Ulm: A History of Communism.
Verso. 


https://www.versobooks.com/products/2211-the-tailor-of-ulm?srsltid=AfmBOor6D6hcoIOngJTTcfkoWSV8uvd9Ej3goiOtBlD6rkgWEqs3Zkcg


on ‘Autonomia Operaia’ and the Autonomist movement in Italy in
the 70s: 


Wright, S. (2017). Storming Heaven. Class Composition and
Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism. 


https://www.plutobooks.com/product/storming-heaven/


on potentia/potestas see Chapter 1 ‘Towards a Theory of Political
Organisation’ of Rodrigo’s book: 


Nunes, R. (2025). Neither Vertical nor Horizontal. A Theory of
Political Organization. Verso. 


https://www.versobooks.com/products/772-neither-vertical-nor-horizontal


on Lotta Continua and Potere Operaio:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotta_Continua


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potere_Operaio


on Partito Democratico: 


https://partitodemocratico.it/


Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (1983). Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism
and Schizophrenia. University of Minnesota Press. 


https://www.abebooks.com/9780816612253/Anti-Oedipus-Capitalism-Schizophrenia-Deleuze-Gilles-0816612250/plp


Wright, E. O. (2010). Envisioning Real Utopias. Verso
Books. 


https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/2143-envisioning-real-utopias?srsltid=AfmBOooibKTSQ_s7NTVZJ1Bvex4_8PNRx1KiVQV6nq6nEKRQZ6XA9PXP


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