About the Book: Selections from Political Writings 1910-1920
This volume is the first of two containing a selection of Antonio Gramscis
political writings from the time of his initial involvement in Italian politics
to his imprisonment by Mussolini in 1926. This selection culminates in the Red
Years of 1919-20, and also features texts by Bordiga and Tasca from their
debates with Gramsci. It traces Gramscis development as a revolutionary
socialist during the First World War, die impact on his thought of the Russian
Revolution and his involvement in the general strike and factory occupations of
1920. Also included are his reactions to the emerging fascist movement