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“You can have relatively high levels of class consciousness with a lower level of class militancy than one would have expected.”

Levels Consciousness Class Expected High Level Militancy Class Consciousness

Book:Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays

Source: Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays

“The only conclusion you can draw from the real historical movement is that by and large, in day-to-day life, what Lenin called trade union consciousness dominates the working class. I would call it elementary class consciousness of the working class.”

Real Consciousness Class Movement Draws Trade Unions Historical Conclusion Day To Day Working Class Day Life Trade Unions Day To Day Life Class Consciousness

Book:Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays

Source: Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays

“From class consciousness to class hatred was but a step.”

Consciousness Steps Class Hatred Class Consciousness

Book:A Poor Wise Man

Source: A Poor Wise Man

“Some American delusions: 1) That there is no class-consciousness in the country. 2) That American coffee is good. 3) That Americans are business-like. 4) That Americans are highly-sexed and that redheads are more highly sexed than others.”

Country Home Consciousness Class Travel Coffee Delusion Class Consciousness

Author:W. Somerset Maugham

“The traveler to the United States will do wellto prepare himself for the class-consciousness of the natives. This differs from the already familiar English version in being more extreme and based more firmly on the conviction that the class to which the speaker belongs is inherently superior to all others.”

States United Consciousness Class United States Conviction Extremes Familiar Superiors Versions Speakers Traveler Class Consciousness

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“For example, the insurance industries and the big banks are absolutely euphoric now - on the business pages they don't even conceal it - because they've succeeded in coming out of the crisis even stronger than they were before, and in a better position to lay the basis for the next crisis. But they don't care, because they'll get bailed out again. That's class consciousness with a vengeance.”

Bigs Care Next Consciousness Class Example Position Industry Pages Bases Stronger Crisis Lays Don't Care Coming Out Vengeance Euphoric Class Consciousness

Author:Noam Chomsky

“The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.”

Country Shows Able Effort Consciousness Class History Trade Unions Working Class Trade Unions Class Consciousness

Book:Essential Works of Lenin:

Source: Essential Works of Lenin:

“No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.”

People Helping Government Consciousness Class Destiny Class Consciousness

Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Women's propaganda must touch upon all those questions which are of great importance to the general proletarian movement. The main task is, indeed, to awaken the women's class consciousness and to incorporate them into the class struggle.”

Consciousness Class Struggle Movement Tasks Importance Awakening Propaganda Class Struggle Class Consciousness

Author:Clara Zetkin