If you read the literature of Soviet Communism, you see a dogma that's chilling. On the other hand, if you read the literature of anti-communism, it'….

I was indicted on two federal conspiracies. My wife was on the Ten Most Wanted list. That's what fascism was going to look like. That's what it did l….

It felt to me like I was living my life in a way that didn't make mockery of my values. That's what I intended to do. So, that became a very radicali….

I was arrested in 1965 for opposing the war in Vietnam. There were 39 of us arrested that day. But thousands opposed us. And the majority of the peop….

Organizing the working class in England or the U.S. or any other advanced capitalist country has been a daunting challenge..

The nice thing about being detained in Canada is it's like being in a Days Inn; it's very clean and very nice..

Injustice anywhere is an assault on all of us. That means that we all can get busy..

Beginning to dismantle the Pentagon would save $1 trillion a year - a small government proposal if ever there was one..

I've said for thirty years that capitalism is an exhausted system. But now you can see the handwriting everywhere. And one especially horrifying part….

I dropped out in '64. And I came back to Michigan, in '65. In 1965, when I came back I had never heard of Vietnam..

Something about the fact that an African American had, given the long sad history of our country, now become President - that was exhilarating..

It's amazing where the paranoid mind can take you..

The only people who have never had a problem with me speaking in their venues are independent bookstores and libraries. Universities and humanities c….

The passions and commitments that ignited my activity as a student are the same passions and commitments that I have today..

Guilty as hell. Free as a bird. America is a great country..

I'm different in the sense that every minute of every day, I change. I'm thinking. But the basic principles that have powered me forward are still th….

We should open our eyes, see what's in front of us, and act..

I was a kid and I studied when I had to [live]..

I thought in 1965 that my job was to convince most Americans to be against the war. So I spent summers knocking on doors, handing out literature, try….

[Barack] Obama doesn't disappoint me, because all during the campaign he said, I'm a pragmatic, middle-of-the-road, compromising politician..

It's worth remembering that in 1965, something like 20% of Americans were against the war. Something like 70% were for the war. So, it wasn't a popul….