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| Author | Joseph Stalin |
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| Written in | 1906-1907 |
| First published | 1907 |
| Type | Articles |
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- Through the Gadsden Purchase, The United States annexes indigenous Apache and Chiricahua land from Mexico.
1922
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2006
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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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by Comrade Kiwi
Published: 2025-10-26 (last update: 2025-12-30)
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- ↑ Antonio Gramsci (1971). Selections from the Prison Notebooks: 'Introduction' (pp. xvii–xcvi). New York City: International Publishers. ISBN 071780397X