EPISODE · Apr 20, 2026 · 25 MIN
4. Gramsci & Trotsky on Culture
from Gramsci and the Struggle for Democratic Communism · host Michael Wayne
In this, episode 4, I am going to look at Leon Trotsky’s book Problems of Everyday Life, which explores the importance of culture in the context of revolutionary political change. Along the way we can compare his thinking with Antonio Gramsci for whom culture was also a critical political question. This episode illustrates the profound democratic ethos of communism, which has yet to find a political form of rule that can express that ethos while managing a transition away from capitalism.
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In this, episode 4, I am going to look at Leon Trotsky’s book Problems of Everyday Life, which explores the importance of culture in the context of revolutionary political change. Along the way we can compare his thinking with Antonio Gramsci for whom culture was also a critical political question. This episode illustrates the profound democratic ethos of communism, which has yet to find a political form of rule that can express that ethos while managing a transition away from capitalism.
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