Interview with Louis Althusser, April 30, 1980, from the Italian Radio Television (RAI) program "Multimedia Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences"
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Althusser: [Communism] exists among us here on this rooftop of Rome. [...] Communism is a mode of production where there are no economic relationships of exploitation nor any political relationships of domination. Neither are there ideological relationships of intimidation or pressure, nor of ideological enslavement. And here among us these relationships do not exist.

Journalist: Among us here, in this very moment?

Althusser: Yes, in this moment. There are islands of communism everywhere across the world, for example: the church, certain trade unions, also in certain cells/units of the Communist Party. At my Communist Party we have a cell/unit which is communist; it means that communism has been realized… Look at how football is played, what happens… It is not about market relationships, it is not about political domination, it is not about ideological intimidation. There are people from [different] teams that oppose each other, they respect the rules, that is, they respect each other. Communism is the respect for humankind.

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