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December 19, 2023

Italian Marxist Philosopher Antonio Negri Dies at 90
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The famed Italian Marxist and political activist Antonio Negri has died
at the age of 90. Negri inspired generations of leftist scholars and
activists with his writings about the human desire for liberation and
the self-organizational capacity of ordinary people to make change.
Negri co-authored along with Michael Hardt the seminal book "Empire,"
which argued for a contemporary understanding of imperialism beyond the
limits of individual nation-states. Democracy Now! interviewed Antonio
Negri in Venice, Italy, in 2015, concluding the conversation by asking
Negri what gives him hope.

Antonio Negri: "The fact that the new generations, and not only them,
have understood that they can fight, that they can move on the terrain
of new capacities for action. I believe that these new generations, born
out of communicative and intellectual labor, are much freer than our
parents or my generation of factory workers. These are social
generations, generations who communicate and build their future with
language, with the word, with intelligence, and this is hope. Hope lies
wholly within people and their ability to determine their own
destinies."



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