Abstract
C.L.R. James and Antonio Gramsci had different political affiliations and loyalties. Gramsci was a leader of the Communist Party of Italy and deeply committed to the policies of the Third International, which he himself helped to develop. James was a neo-Trotskyist who for most of his life rejected out of hand the idea that Soviet society was in any way socialist. James and Gramsci both believed that Marxism would retain its vitality and relevance only by opening itself to new currents of thought and experience. Both Gramsci and James looked favourably on the idea of 'the people' as eloquently evoked by Abraham Lincoln at the end of the Gettysburg Address. Probably the strongest link between these two great figures was their attachment to the idea of organicism as the foundational principle on which to build a fully integrated conception of life that was at once dynamic and fertile.Keywords: Antonio Gramsci; C.L.R. James; Communist Party; idea of organicism; Marxism; neo-Trotskyist
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