Carolina QuotesMultitude is a class concept. … Class is determined by class struggle. There are, of course, in infinite number of ways that humans can be grouped into classes - hair color, blood type, and so forth - but the classes that matter are those defined by the lines of collective struggle. Race is just as much a political concept as economic class is in this regard. … Class is a political concept, in short, in that a class is and can only be a collectivity that struggles in common.
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“Multitude is a class concept. … Class is determined by class…” Antonio Negri. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-CE52DA7D9D. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/ce52da7d9d
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