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Gibin Joy

Apr 27 • 5 tweets • 1 min read

Today is the 85th death anniversary of Antonio Gramsci, one of the greatest 20th century intellectuals and the founder of Italian Communist Party.
He was just 46 when he died in 1937 after spending 11 years in prison under the fascist regime of Mussolini in Italy.

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Gramsci was among the founders of the Communist Party of Italy, & secretary from 1924 to 1927, but in 1926 he was restricted by Benito Mussolini's fascist regime to the Turi prison.

Gramsci is one of the most important & original thinkers of the Marxist philosophical tradition. He analyzed the cultural & political structure of society, & elaborated in particular the concept of hegemony.

The life and writings of Gramsci who spent a decade of his life under the fascist regime of Mussolini holds valuable insights in our struggle against the current fascist regime.

Gramsci's motto was:

"Pessimismo dell'intelligenza, ottimismo della volontà"

which means "I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will."

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