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🗓️ 21 January 2023
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Featuring Michael Denning on Antonio Gramsci. The second of a two-part interview.
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1:31.4 | Welcome to the Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Maxine. |
1:35.0 | My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island. |
1:40.8 | This is the second and final part of my interview with Michael Denning on the Italian Communist |
1:45.0 | Leader and Theorist, Antonio Gramsci. |
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