01 · Hegemony · Live

Gramsci
for Aotearoa

Power, hegemony, institutions, and counter-power from below. Six lessons.

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01

Course launch

Course overview and how to follow along.

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Lesson 1: Who was Gramsci, and why read him now?

Introduction to Gramsci's life, ideas, and relevance today.

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Lesson 2: Hegemony — how ruling ideas become ordinary life

Why ruling ideas become ordinary life.

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Lesson 3: Organic Intellectuals — who speaks for the working class?

Who speaks for the working class and how?

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Lesson 4: Civil Society, the State, and who controls the institutions

How institutions reproduce power — and how to fight back.

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Lesson 5: War of Position — building counter-power from below

The long game of building socialist counter-power.

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Lesson 6: Putting it all together — a socialist toolkit for Aotearoa

Applying Gramsci's framework to Aotearoa New Zealand today.

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