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Antonio Gramsci | |
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| Born | 22 January 1891 Ales, Sardinia, Italy |
| Died | 27 April 1937 Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | Theory of cultural hegemony Writing the Prison Notebooks |
Antonio Gramsci was an Italian Marxist, one of the founders and leaders of the Italian Communist Party. In 1926, he was imprisoned by Benito Mussolini's fascist regime; he spent the remaining years of his life in prison, eventually dying in 1937 of a mix of several health complications.[1] In prison, he wrote a famous series of assorted notes and Marxist analyses known as the Prison Notebooks.
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Design considerations for our new library
by CriticalResist
Published: 2023-10-01 (last update: 2024-11-21)
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In this essay, I want to go into the considerations and challenges surrounding the redesign of our library, and compare it to a very well-known library in marxist circles, the Marxists Internet Archive.
I hope it will provide comrades with valuable insight into how to conduct projects from a design perspective, whether for their party, agitprop work, or even their personal hobbies.
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- ↑ Antonio Gramsci (1971). Selections from the Prison Notebooks: 'Introduction' (pp. xvii–xcvi). New York City: International Publishers. ISBN 071780397X