Gramsci is often considered as the main Marxist thinker to have paid particular attention to the specificities of the revolution in the West. His thinking on this question is indeed indispensable to any consideration of strategy, but it cannot be separated from the discussions initiated by Lenin and Trotsky in the Communist International (Comintern) of the 1920s. Gramsci is often presented as the only Communist leader of the inter-war period who saw the need for the 'revolution in the (…)

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There is a difference between being invited into a university and feeling wanted there. The death of Professor Jason Arday has left many of us with a profound sense of sadness. For Black academics in particular, his loss feels deeply personal. Jason represented possibility – a reminder of what could be achieved despite the barriers that continue to shape Black people's experiences in education. I had the privilege of knowing Jason and welcoming him to speak to scholars on the (…)