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Exodus or autonomist abdication

Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi is an old school Italian marxist. Rising up during the 1960s, he spent years in exile in France, during the repression of the 1970s. The Prisma’ memoirs.       Steve Latham   Now a new superstar of the far left, he has released a new book, “Schizo […]

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Hegemony, ideology and politics

I first encountered the term ‘hegemony’ when, as a precocious teenager, I read widely about international politics. Here, it described a country’s sphere of influence.   Steve Latham   Later, at university, I discovered it was used by Marxists, referring to capitalism’s ideological dominance. I learned to distinguish these uses, […]

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Rediscovering the State

The Conservative government has headed off a rebellion from its own MPs, who are unhappy about reimposing the Three Tier system to combat Covid, after the Lockdown finishes. The Prisma’s Memoirs. October 2020.   Steve Latham   These parliamentarians are ideologically committed to individual liberty, and the cause, especially of […]