I would say that today may be the most fundamentally unhelpful mannequin divide on the left, often pits so-called electoralism against so-called mutual aid. I think that Gramsci does lead one to not think that one position is guaranteed to be the central position. People should fight in struggles where they feel they can be most effective and most powerful and where their own talents are.
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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