Bungacast /527/ Exit the Minoritarian ft. Panagiotis Sotiris
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Jan 6, 2026 Panagiotis Sotiris, an assistant professor at the University of the Aegean and a member of the Historical Materialism editorial board, dives into the complexities of class, nation, and popular sovereignty. He explores the relationship between class unity and migrant challenges in multicultural societies. Discussing Gramsci’s concepts, he distinguishes between nation-rhetoric and a people-nation based on social solidarity. He critiques right-wing nationalism and advocates for a hybrid approach that includes transformative social policies to reshape migration narratives and build inclusive communities.
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Class-Based Majoritarian Strategy
- Class must remain the primary analytical frame while also building a broader majoritarian 'we'.
- Combining class with people/nation can turn dispersed contestation into an emancipatory political project.
Greek Crisis As A Case Study
- The Greek crisis (2010–2015) showed how reduced sovereignty enabled harsh neoliberal engineering and fuelled calls to reclaim popular sovereignty.
- Greece's simultaneous refugee influx exposed how nationalist and racist reactions re-emerged in crisis conditions.
Reviving Gramsci's National-Popular
- Revisit Gramsci's 'national-popular' to forge a subaltern unity that aspires to represent the nation.
- The 'people' here is a strategic category grounded in material conditions, not a purely discursive construct.
