Panagiotis Sotiris interviews Sebnem Oguz The emergence of a new fascism in Turkey is being intensively debated on the political left. In this context, an alliance of the left has formed under the banner of the Green Left Party, with support from other parties in the Labour and Freedom Alliance, with the hopes of a significant breakthrough for the political organization of the oppressed and the left in the election.
The Turkish general election is to be held on May 14th, this includes elections to the Parliament as well as election of the President of Turkey in a two
The 59th annual volume of the Socialist Register examines the growth of corporate power and other important organizational trends in global capitalism.
The 59th annual volume of the "Socialist Register" examines the growth of corporate power and other important organizational trends in global capitalism.
This is the abstract of the article in English by Panagiotis Sotiris on the state of Gramsci work in Greece and on the Greek left’s relation to Gramscian notions. We give his own English-language presentation of the article here below as an extended Abstract.
Presentation
This presentation offers an overview and discussion of how the work of Antonio Gramsci, and notions and themes stemming from it, have been used in the context of political, strategic, and theoretical debates in Greece since the second half of the 2000s. What emerges is a situation where despite the widespread use of notions and themes coming from Gramsci, there is not extensive reference or dialogue with the more recent Gramsci research and scholarship, and nor has a more ‘native’ tradition of Gramsci Studies emerged. However, both political-strategic and theoretical debates could benefit from engagement with Gramsci in that direction, especially since the particular Greek conjuncture after 2010 points to the co