Remembering Antonio Gramsci

Remembering Antonio Gramsci

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On this day in 1937, the Italian Marxist and theorist Antonio Gramsci died in captivity of the Italian Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini.In addition to being a Marxist philosopher, Gramsci was also a journalist, linguist, writer and politician. He wrote on philosophy, political theory, sociology, history and linguistics while being a founding member and one-time…

On Human Nature and Socialism

On Human Nature and Socialism

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Fatima Shahzad How many times have you heard, “Socialism is inconsistent with our nature because human beings are inherently selfish” or that “Hierarchies exist in nature, thus an egalitarian society cannot exist”? Unfortunately, this is a notion all too common in our educational institutions and political discourse, and thus deserves some attention for those who…