Gramsci and decolonial struggle by the Global South

Abstract

This article establishes dialogue between Gramsci and decolonial thought, identifying Gramsci as an anti- and decolonial Global Southerner. By reference to Gramsci’s adage that ‘the line of development is towards internationalism, but the point of departure is “national”’, the article discusses the ALBA–TCP/ALBA Movements “pluri-scalar war of position”, which operates across subnational, national, international, transnational and supranational geographical scales in global counter-hegemonic struggle. Following the empirical grounding of the pluriscalar war of position, the articles explores Gramscian thought in Our American political praxis, particularly el pueblo as the historical revolutionary subject. The conclusion argues for imagining a counter-hegemonic historical bloc as a Global South bloc while eliciting structural constraints to its construction.