I am thrilled to announce the first event in New Left Histories. Sophie Scott-Brown “Emotional Anarchists”? The anarchic turn in the first British New Left: scope, limits, and missed opportunities. 5 February 2026, 16:30–18:00 Birkbeck, 43 Gordon Square - London www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

My apologies, a nasty flu has me confined to bed. @cambsforeurope.bsky.social

Zohran Mamdani’s socialist municipalism in New York is part of a long tradition that runs through Bologna and London. And yes, it has something to do with Antonio Gramsci in English. In Italian. L’alternativa alla destra nasce nelle città open.substack.com/pub/appunti/...

Istituto/Fondazione #Gramsci 1950-2025. youtu.be/C4ILCcwShso?...

I did it again. #PhD2 17/12/2025

The @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social Handbook of @modernitaly.bsky.social Conference #day1. A new approach to the long history of Italy through transnational and interdisciplinary perspective.

Not sure I’ll agree with this book or its thesis, but I’m definitely going to read it. And for the first time in my career as a historian, my narrow, nerdy interests are part of the public debate, and that feels great!

📝 Don't miss this article from the current issue of #BJPIR 'Carving up the territorial integrity of the United Kingdom and blaming the European Union for it: The United Kingdom’s narration of Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading status' by Paul Copeland & @marzmac.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/wkD4n6A

Gramscian friends, help me out here: I can’t find the reference to an article on the German translation of the Prison Notebooks, probably published in the International Gramsci Journal. Do you remember it?

Jamaican-British cultural theorist Stuart Hall in his posthumous memoir recalled that while collaborating with the Universities and Left Review in the 1950s, ‘there was a notion of hegemony operating there already […] although none of us had yet read a word of Gramsci’. #Gramscianisation #new_paper

Some reflections on Starmer's crisis (in Italian). Thanks to Stefano Feltri and appunti.substack.com. Quel che resta di Starmer un anno dopo. open.substack.com/pub/appunti/...

If you are in Florence this week, join us. www.sissco.it/wp-content/u...

An importa new archive. enricoberlinguer.fondazionegramsci.org?fbclid=IwZXh...

La #Resistenza italiana 80 anni dopo. #ModernItaly e #Asmi ospitati alla #Luiss.

La #Resistenza italiana 80 anni dopo. #ModernItaly e #Asmi ospitati alla #Luiss.

Farage ha vinto con parole d’ordine di sinistra, sostenute però da una piattaforma di destra radicale (servizi ai soli britannici, nazionalizzazione in funzione militare). Ho provato a fare un po' di ordine nel caos post-elezioni open.substack.com/pub/appunti/...

Mentre capisco, e magari un po' condivido, quell'atteggiamento del "io-ve-lo-avevo-detto" nei confronti del partito laburista che ha subito una bella batosta alle elezioni locali,

In a little-known article from 1977, Eric #Hobsbawm argued that Antonio #Gramsci was able to theorize the concept of #hegemony so effectively because he was Italian.

Le mie ultime 10 righe. Grazie a Stefano Feltri per l'ospitalità. La coalizione dei volenterosi di Starmer open.substack.com/pub/appunti/...

Unsolicited reading suggestion: This is a fantastic book—one of the best I’ve read in years. It’s the kind of book I wish I had written myself. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

My two cents on #Starmer and #Europe. In Italian. www.editorialedomani.it/politica/mon...

Does the Times regret its contributions to those attacks?

Writing assistant.

Just realised that today is both the birthday of #EPThompson, #StuartHall and my father. That can’t be a coincidence!

New collections today! • J.J. Barlow Papers • Paul Robeson Collection • Cartazes da Revolução Portuguesa (Posters from the Portuguese Revolution) • MOVE Organisation collection • South Asian Organizations in North America Collection • The Art of Protest poster collection

Do you have a proposal for an innovative new seminar to join the IHR Research Seminar programme? We are looking for 3 fresh seminar series to launch in 2025-26. Applications are open now - deadline of 31 March. Full details of what we are looking for and how to apply here:

"It is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies".

Now in print: my article with @marzmac.bsky.social on the Lega Nord's role in normalising fascist discourse as 'common sense' in Italy. Things have got progressively worse since we wrote this a few years ago. A short 🧵 about the article (1/7) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Solo per pochi! Happy birthday #Gramsci.

Paul Copeland and I have explored #Brexit and the #NorthernIrelandProtocol. Here are the results: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Christmas 2024: Italian 'bottino'. Yep, I got that title too!

How to summarise #Brexit.

Good morning. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

My 2-minute thought on #Right and #AntonioGramsci on Rai Radio 3 (in Italian). open.spotify.com/episode/26Q7...

Not certain I like this

Out-of-office reply set. Christmas mood on. Ready for Berlin, Barcelona, and Florence. Back in 2025.

Quick reminder about our conference, 'British History Today, 1-2 May 2025. Further details will appear on projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/. Deadline for papers is 24 January 2025. There have been many great ideas for panels, papers and novel formats already

not certain I agree with the analysis, but yes, 'the claim to be “beyond” ideology had often masked a tendency for policy to be decided according to Mr Grillo’s personal predilections'. And this remains the central issue with Conte's version of populism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A pensarla come satira sarebbe stato impossibile 😳

Un po’ di cose da leggere 🤓🥹

Historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch to be enshrined in the Pantheon. www.ehess.fr/fr/marc-bloc...

Honest question: Has anyone ever clearly defined the concept of 'mainstream'? It seems we often use the term without proper conceptualization, treating it merely as an echo chamber for what we perceive as 'bad' public opinion or 'bad' public discourse.

Updating my biblio for my chapter on #Eurocommunism in the UK and stumbled upon a familiar name—mine! Thrilled to be cited in this timely and fascinating piece. Thanks. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/soundings/vo...

Making new friends

Imperdibile. www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...

Hope.