Tag Archives: Antonio Gramsci

Zimbabwe: A crisis of command

October 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by Nathaniel Manheru Was it Antonio Gramsci who wrote: “— intellectuals have the function of organising the social hegemony of a group and that group’s domination of the state . . . the function of organising the consent that comes … read more »

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The Regime is dying, but a new one can’t be born By Elon Samson

February 20, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

There is no better expression more than Antonio Gramsci’s “the old is dying and the new one cannot be born” to express the current political atmosphere in Ethiopia. The regime in Ethiopia is dying: many of the symptoms to refer … read more »

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