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Antonio Gramsci: his philosophy explained

Marxist, journalist, political leader and social theorist Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) was a small, disabled, chronically ill man from a poverty-stricken Sardinian background. He was also someone about whom the Italian fascist state famously declared: “We must prevent this brain from functioning for twenty years.”

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Quote of the day by Antonio Gramsci: "The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not..." Learn the profound lesson from the imprisoned Italian thinker who exposed how societies surrender freedom quietly through consent, culture, and invisible power

Quote of the day by Antonio Gramsci reveals a timeless truth about power, propaganda, political control, and social influence. Jailed by Italy’s fascist regime under Benito Mussolini, Gramsci warned that societies often lose freedom slowly, through silence, conformity, media narratives, and accepted inequality. His revolutionary ideas on cultural hegemony, consent,…

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Could AI Make This Documentary? Filmmakers Grapple With The Rise Of The Machines

Two new documentaries try to unpack the rise of AI. Here's what 'The AI Doc' and 'Ghost in the Machine' tells us, and don't tell us, about our future.

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We need to promote Gramsci’s famous saying about the optimism of the will

Letter: Very little is reported on the widespread resistance there is to the evils of the world, writes Prof Helen Colley

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‘The time of monsters’: everyone is quoting Gramsci – but what did he actually say?

Line handily sums up people’s bewilderment at state of world, but it isn’t quite what the Marxist thinker wrote

The Guardian - UK

A moment that changed me: in the bombed-out ruins of an apartment block, I saw a book I’d translated

The sight of my work, torn and singed but still legible, made me realise the importance of translating and protecting stories – so they remain when everything else falls away

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Between the old world and the new with Antonio Gramsci and Matthew Arnold

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Into the void: how Trump killed international law

The rules-based global order, its institutions and value system face a crisis of legitimacy and credibility as the US turns away

The Guardian - UK

Premier League Predictions: Gameweek 8

The Premier League is raring to go again after the second interval of 2025–26.

Sports Illustrated

‘It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner’ − and their views on race reflect that

Historian Nell Painter remarked in 2011, “Being white these days isn’t what it used to be.”

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Why the radical right has turned to the teachings of an Italian Marxist thinker

Antonio Gramsci, the Marxist theorist, ideologue, philosopher and journalist, has long been associated exclusively with communism and socialism. The late Italian thinker’s ideas have travelled the world, influencing elites and mass publics alike.

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Labour’s troubles leave voters with a ballot box dilemma

Letters: David Purdy says the party needs to provide moral and intellectual leadership, Andrew Pellow says family life was better under Labour, but Julia Williams says it doesn’t speak to her cares and concerns any more. Plus letters from Clive Tempest, Ed McDonnell and Graham Walsh

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Forget everything you thought you knew about British politics. In 2024, we’re in the age of chaos

‘Essex man’, ‘Stevenage woman’, ‘red wall’ – labelling voters like this is completely misguided, says author Dan Evans

The Guardian - UK

Lydia Davis' amusing, insightful stories address the estrangements of everyday life – and resist the hollowing of language

Lydia Davis is known for her minimalist fiction – “economy, precision and originality” is how the author Ali Smith once described her style. Her shortest story, Index Entry, amounts to just four words:

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Argentina’s new leader is a snake-oil salesman with extreme views on abortion, gay rights and more. I fear for my country

After his landslide victory in the presidential election, Javier Milei is threatening to undo 40 years of democracy in Argentina, says writer Uki Goñi

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Look back at Giorgio Napolitano: learn the limits of dogma and how good leaders can change lives

The former Italian president was a communist who learned that the common good involves compromise, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Hindu

A section of Indian elite drawing inspiration from Cultural Marxism: economist

Cultural Marxism, originating from Antonio Gramsci's ideas, has spread to India's intellectual elite, says Prof. Kausik Gangopadhyay.

The National (Scotland)

Marxists have taken over Britain and made it awful, claims Sunday Telegraph editor

MARXISTS have taken over British society and all will be lost unless we take the lead of Ron DeSantis by taking on the woke universities and hiring…

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Tom Nairn obituary

Scottish political theorist at the heart of the ‘new left’ in the 60s who argued prolifically and fluently for the break-up of Britain

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A technologically advanced society is choosing to destroy itself. It's both fascinating and horrifying to watch

As world leaders assemble for the United Nations climate change conference (COP27) in Egypt, it’s hard to be optimistic the talks will generate any radical departure from the inexorable rise in global carbon emissions over the past two centuries.

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Book on Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe's legacy has many flaws

Development studies professor David Moore’s new book, Mugabe’s Legacy: Coups, Conspiracies and the Conceits of Power in Zimbabwe, attempts to understand the legacy of Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2017, when he lost power in a military coup.

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