Gramsci is studying language and philology at the University of Turin. He becomes an activist in the socialist party, but never gets a doctoral degree. The events that most structured Gramsci's life will be after the war when Italian workers occupy the factories. That moment right after the war is a remarkable moment of political and social and labor insurgency.
Featuring Michael Denning on Antonio Gramsci. Part one of an expansive two-part interview.
Read the passages of Selections from the Prison Notebooks that Dan read to prepare: thedigradio.com/gramscinotebooks
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