Personal life Association football Like fellow Turinese and communist Palmiro Togliatti, Gramsci took an interest in association football, which was becoming a sport with massive following and was elected by the fascist regime in Italy as a national sport, and was said to have been a supporter of Juventus, as were other notable communist and left-wing leaders. On 16 December 1988, the PCI's newspaper l'Unità published an article on the front page titled "Gramsci Was Rooting for Juve". Signed by Giorgio Fabre, it contained some letters in which Gramsci asked Piero Sraffa for "news from our Juventus". Even though those letters later turned out to be false, the article remains part of the Gramscian bibliography and triggered numerous reactions, including from Giampiero Boniperti, who on behalf of the club the following day told at La Stampa: "We are pleased to know that among our fans there have been personalities who have marked an era from the political, economic, and intellectual point of view. This shows that Juventus truly have something special, a charm that has never lost strength over the years." Gramsci's interest in football dates back to a 16 August 1918 article for the PSI's newspaper Avanti!, titled "Football and Scopone". Fifteen years later, he pointed at the degeneration of stadium cheering, which emerged with the advent of fascism and the consequent nationalisation of the sport that he said extinguished political and trade union commitment.
Personal life Association football Like fellow Turinese and communist Palmiro Togliatti Gramsci took an interest in association football which was becoming a sport with massive following and was elected by the fascist regime in Italy as a national sport and was said to have been a supporter of Juventus as were other notable communist and left-wing leaders On 16 December 1988 the PCI's newspaper l'Unità published an article on the front page titled "Gramsci Was Rooting for Juve" Signed by Giorgio Fabre it contained some letters in which Gramsci asked Piero Sraffa for "news from our Juventus" Even though those letters later turned out to be false the article remains part of the Gramscian bibliography and triggered numerous reactions including from Giampiero Boniperti who on behalf of the club the following day told at La Stampa "We are pleased to know that among our fans there have been personalities who have marked an era from the political economic and intellectual point of view This shows that Juventus truly have something special a charm that has never lost strength over the years" Gramsci's interest in football dates back to a 16 August 1918 article for the PSI's newspaper Avanti titled "Football and Scopone" Fifteen years later he pointed at the degeneration of stadium cheering which emerged with the advent of fascism and the consequent nationalisation of the sport that he said extinguished political and trade union commitment