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Gramsci’s “Jacobin Prince” and Leading Light Communism

-Jacob Brown

Part 2/3 of a series on Leading Light Communism and the Writings of Antonio Gramsci

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In Greek Mythology, there is a story about how humanity received fire. The Titan Prometheus …

Leading Light Communism and the Writings of Antonio Gramsci

–Jacob Brown

Part 1/3: Cultural Hegemony

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A key component of the power of the bourgeoisie is through the use of what Italian communist Antonio Gramsci called “cultural hegemony”. The global …

Solving the Gordian Knot, instruction on method and decisiveness

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According to legend, in the city of Telmissus, there was a massive knot looped again and again around the front of an oxcart. Rope over rope, the knot endlessly …

Plato’s cave, First and Third World, science and epistemology

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1. Thank you for taking time from your important work. Let me start by asking this: You write a lot about the “First” and “Third World.” Can you explain what …

–Jacob Brown

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What is Leading Light Communism, exactly? In some places, comrade Prairie Fire speaks of Leading Light Communism as the most advanced stage of the science of revolution. In other places, comrade Prairie Fire talks about Leading Light …

On the inverse cripples

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Through Zarathustra’s remarks on the inverse cripples, Friedrich Nietzsche is criticizing modern intellectuals who are revered as geniuses:

“[F]or there are human beings who lack everything, except one thing of which they have too much

Comments on First Worldism and Popper’s challenge

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False consciousness does exist. However, when First World peoples share the outlook of the propertied classes, it is, generally, not an example of false consciousness. A quick look at sociological data shows …

“Third Worldism,” epistemology, art, socialism

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1. It is always an honor to speak with you. Many people identify you as a “Third Worldist,” one term that is floating around is “Maoist.” Do you apply these to yourself?

Do we …