I remember a few years back an Israeli comrade was telling me how the far-right there uses Gramsci in much of their fascist posturing and I laughed it off - no wayyy that's serious and can go anywhere. I was so wrong. The Americans are now really on it too, and it's definitely scary.
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Tim Christiaens
Teaching about Antonio Gramsci this week and just encountered this excellent article on the far-right recuperation of Gramsci’s theory of cultural hegemony in Italy and beyond. Comes to show that the right actually has an effective cultural war machine.
foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/13/g...
foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/13/g...
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It’s insidious and usually runs parallel with the both-sides nonsense of Centrism 😞
The build up to crisis, paradigm shift moments to exploit.
Just to understand how new ideas and insights build up.
Because we are at a point in history where everything is shifting rapidly.