Antonio Gramsci

Antonio Gramsci

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See http://gramscinotebooks.wordpress.com for more comment and more links, including a discussion of Perry Anderson's "The Antinomies of Antonio Gramsci".

Gramsci, Trotsky and Marxism today

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Date: 
29 June, 2011 - 21:30 - 23:15
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The Lucas Arms, 245a Gray Inn Road, Kings Cross, London

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Antonio Gramsci and Leon Trotsky are not often linked in academic scholarship - yet both were leaders of the Communist International before it was corrupted by Stalinism and both made central, irreplaceable contributions to the classical Marxist tradition. Was Gramsci the same sort of Marxist as Trotsky? What is the relationship between their ideas, and what relevance do they have for revolutionary activists today?

Speaker: Peter Thomas, author of The Gramscian Moment

For an interview with Peter Thomas about his book, see here.

Facebook event here.

Gramsci reading group organised by North East London AWL: 1

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Date: 
6 June, 2010 - 20:00
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67 Grayson House, Radnor St, London EC1V 3SS (near Old St Tube)

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1. Who was Gramsci?

Reading: summary of Gramsci's life and ideas

"Some of the ideas Gramsci would bring in to the battle to shape the newe Italian Communist Party had already been shaped in his editing of the paper Ordine Nuovo. Gramsci saw the common run of socialist journalism in his time as agitational, simplistic, bombastic, economistic. Ordine Nuovo was different, much more reflective and 'highbrow'. He conceived of it as "a communist cultural review".

Click here for course outline.

AWL North London discussion forum: Antonio Gramsci and factory councils

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Date: 
25 May, 2010 - 22:00 - 23:15
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Although post-modernism and various other schools of thought have attempted to appropriate his legacy, Gramsci's contribution to Marxism sets him out as a dedicated fighter for working-class power. Centrally involved in revolutionary class struggles in Italy in the early 20th century, Gramsci developed ideas and methods for how the working-class could take control of their workplaces and society. With the last two years witnessing a spate of workplace occupations in the UK, can we apply Gramsci's ideas on factory councils today?

London AWL forum: the revolutionary politics of Antonio Gramsci

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Date: 
18 March, 2010 - 19:30 - 21:00
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The Lucas Arms, 245A Grays Inn Road, London (5 mins walks from King's Cross station)

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Workers' Liberty's monthly London forum, looking at the life and political work of Italian revolutionary Antonio Gramsci.

Speakers: Alessandro Carlucci (organiser of forthcoming conference on "New Insights into Gramsci's Life and Work"); Martin Thomas (AWL)

Read:

http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/index.php?id=465
http://www.workersliberty.org/story/2009/12/09/revolutionary-ideas-antonio-gramsci
http://www.workersliberty.org/story/2010/03/14/other-shore-gramscis-bridge
http://www.workersliberty.org/story/2010/01/03/antonio-gramsci-life-and-ideas