- In 1960s Italy, Mario Tronti revolutionized Marxism and influenced left strategy for decades. He is well known in radical circles, but little of his writing was available in English before now. There is an audience which has been eagerly waiting for this book. - Tronti was a key contributor to the classic Semiotext(e) publication Autonomia along with Negri, Bifo, Virilio, Deleuze, and Guattari - Tronti is finally becoming available in English with Verso publishing the 400 page Workers and Capital last Fall, Weapons of Organization makes a great and accessible entry point into Tronti's thought. - Anastasi's significant introduction exploring and contextualizing Tronti's thought is worth a book on it's own and his introductions to the essays further adds to the project. - Anastasi is a member of the Viewpoint editorial collective which has been publishing, popularizing, and advocating for Tronti's work. - Marxist collectives are forming online discussion groups to analyze Tronti's writings and will host author events once we can leave the house. - Tronti wrestled with the role of radical parties within the political process, something that is of crucial importance in the US and will definitely be revisited come the fall. Members of the DSA and its almost 200 chapters and the 20 plus Marxist Center affiliates form an eager audience. - Anastasi is US based and politically committed to spreading and discussing this work in person, online, and in the media. - Will appeal to readers of Hardt & Negri, Bifo, Federici, Cleaver, and fans of autonomous Marxism - Will appeal to those intrigued by the depiction of radical Italian politics in the Elena Ferrante novels. - Will be the subject of a panel at the Historical Materialism conference. - This book addresses the new generation of readers who are eager to explore Marxist theory in its rich diversity, who are rooted in the left organizations which have grown exponentially in recent years, and who have been nurtured by a thriving ecosystem of political debate online and in print. - Editorial notes accompany the reader through Tronti's texts, and an appendix compiles a bibliography of Tronti's publications through 1970 and cites their availability in English. This introduction aims to provide today's reader with a guide through Tronti's theoretical development in the 1960s, along with some su