Socialism and Co-operationPublished on: October 30, 1916Published in: L’Alleanza CooperativaSource: Pre-Prison WritingsThis podcast exists to strategize how the working class could replace the capitalist class as the hegemonic class. If we are to replicate their strategy we would need a socialist mode of production in place, and in operation, and a working class intelligentsia spreading a vision of a better world. As the working class takes control of the levers of power of the government it will need to scale up a socialist mode of production, a mode of production that aligns with the grand vision of socialism, a mode of production of which Gramsci believes has the potential of being far more productive than capitalism. We’ll discuss some alternatives towards the end, but on October 30, 1916 Gramsci published an article on the Italian Cooperative movement called “Socialism and Cooperation” in which he proposed cooperatives as a prototype of what a socialist mode of production could look like.- [ ] The Italian Cooperative Movement- [ ] Base & Superstructure- [ ] Gramsci’s Article- [ ] PostscriptKnow Your Enemy: The Windbag Cityhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-your-enemy/id1462703434?i=1000471890262About Modern Northern Italy’s thriving worker-owned coopshttps://www.yesmagazine.org/economy/2016/07/05/the-italian-place-where-co-ops-drive-the-economy-and-most-people-are-membersTurin Cooperative Alliance Historyhttps://www.fondazionedonguetti.org/wp/the-nature-of-the-cooperative-enterprise/glossary/consumers-cooperative/Emilia Romagna region coops 10%https://geo.coop/articles/cooperating-we-mean-it-co-operative-movement-northern-italySocial Cooperatives in Italy: Lessons for the UKhttp://socialeconomyaz.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/SocialCooperativesInItaly.pdfThe emergence of social coops for social care: Italy and beyondhttps://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-emergence-of-social-coops-for-social-care-italy-and-beyond/2013/07/30?__cf_chl_managed_tk__=pmd_cUemBDzpXCGVzheCxG.XrCCBAxMtPxKUc0HBAGeBOcs-1633440125-0-gqNtZGzNAxCjcnBszRJlBase and Superstructurehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_and_superstructureMicrosoft’s Net Income from 2002-2021https://www.statista.com/statistics/267808/net-income-of-microsoft-since-2002/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theworkingclassintelligentsia/message