1.2 A Brief Biography of Gramsci

NOTE: this episode is pretty rough. I plan on releasing a new recording of this episode eventually. This episode is a brief biography about a peasant that became an influential writer for socialist newspapers, then helped organize a split from the Italian Socialist Party to form the Communist Party of Italy, became a member of parliament, was arrested by the Fascists, and wrote some of philosophy’s most interesting cultural analysis from prison, where he spent the rest of his short life.

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The current moment has questioned capitalism, proposing fascism and socialism as viable alternatives. Italy a century ago went through a similar moment. Using the biography of Marxist critical theorist Antonio Gramsci we’ll discuss socialist theory and strategy, fascism, and a bunch of other stuff.