Gramsci had a strand of Italian patriotism. His patriotism was a Marxist patriotism that believed in international cooperation of the working classes around the world, but he took pride in being Italian. He wrote this article about the Cotton Workers Strike trike of 1906 because it provided the workers an example of working class strength from their own history. Gramsci's narrative was intended to convince them that if they had done it before, they could do it again.Remembering the History of the Cotton Workers’ StruggleIl Grido del PopoloDecember 9, 1916Selections from Political Writings 1910-1920- [ ] ITALY 1903-1906- [ ] JANUARY - APRIL 15, 1906- [ ] APRIL 22 - JULY 18, 1906- [ ] POSTSCRIPT: SEATTLE GENERAL STRIKE of 19191904 General StrikeItaly’s first general strike. It was called by Chamber of Labour“The country would experience many general strikes in the years following 1904, with additional general strikes in 1905, 1906, 1909, 1911, and 1914.”https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_Italian_general_strikeInter-Mountain Republican, May 9, 1906https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=4073112Inter-Mountain Republican, May 10https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=4075101Oldest Trade Union in Italy, formed in 1906https://www.etui.org/covid-social-impact/italy/industrial-relations-in-italy-background-summaryhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Confederation_of_Labour_(Italy)Wikipedia entry for the Seattle General Strikehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_General_Strike“When Workers Stopped Seattle” by Cal Winslowhttps://jacobinmag.com/2019/07/seattle-general-strike-1919-union-organizingA bourgeois paper warning against the Seattle General Strikehttps://depts.washington.edu/labhist/strike/images/news/Star/STAR_19190204_P1.jpgA bourgeois paper calling the strikers dangerous revolutionarieshttps://depts.washington.edu/labhist/strike/images/news/Star/STAR_19190205_P1.jpgAnna Louise Strong “No One Knows Where”https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/strong-anna-louise/1919/laborspeech.htm“General Strikes, Mass Strikes” by Kim Moodyhttps://solidarity-us.org/atc/160/p3679/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theworkingclassintelligentsia/message