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

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

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

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.

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

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

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:

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

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