Covid and Gramsci

Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937), was the head of the parliamentary communist group in Italy at the time of his arrest by Mussolini’s facist regime in 1926. Sentenced in 1928, Mussolini is reported as saying at his ...

Optimist or Pessimist?

The ‘Pandemic Perspectives’ academic discussion group has been arguing about the impact of the covid-19 since it was set up in April 2020 (see Group Membership section for participants and ethos). Given that worldwide deaths ...