October 31, 1914
Il Grido del Popolo

In this episode I’ll finally cover one of Gramsci’s essays, one of the first essays Gramsci published. In it he defends Mussolini, the same Benito Mussolini that invented Fascism. Before inventing Fascism Mussolini was a respected Marxist. As World War I was heating up Mussolini protested the war, but only a few months later his opposition to the war was softening. He was beginning to appeal to Italian nationalist sentiments. Many criticized Mussolini’s softer position, but Gramsci defended it.

This episode will also hit on a few other topics. We will discuss
- [ ] Red Week, a week of major labor upheaval in Italy just before the war
- [ ] World War I
- [ ] The Second International, an international socialist organization
- [ ] Mussolini
- [ ] And Angelo Tasca

#fascism #worldwari #nationalism #internationalism #roleoftheparty #therevolution #hegemony #solidarity #secondinternational

http://www.internationalgramscisociety.org/resources/pre-prison-index/index.html

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/07/second-international-bernstein-rosa-luxemburg-unions-world-war

https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/pre-war_socialist_pacifism

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Week_(Italy)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_unification

http://www.worldfuturefund.org/wffmaster/Reading/Germany/mussolini.htm