Of course we can talk about the radical potential of youth. But in the U.S. it is still the case that most youth are conservative and not very sympat….

National chauvinism is a very tough nut to crack, since a vast propaganda network is in place to keep the workers whipped up into a patriotic frenzy.….

I think the two issues, racism and chauvinism, are linked. Look at how much weaker was support for U.S. actions in Iraq among black people..

Young people are more likely to be idealistic and think that radical change is both necessary and possible. They may not yet be stuck in the routiniz….

Capitalism is a powerful producer of output, crisis-mongering on the left notwithstanding, and this too makes the system seem to have a lot of promis….

We must not forget either that some of the system's resilience is due to its ability to coopt people with money and prestige. It is easy to get sucke….

I still believe that workers must be the basic force which must organize and eventually transform society (along with peasants in poor countries). Th….

Not many academics do labor education. Why not? The need is great. This is where the youth are so important. If faculty were as engaged as young stud….

The system has a way of convincing people that because they live in the USA they are better off than all other people in the world. This gets them fo….

You have to get out in the world and meet folks on their own turf, something which a lot of urban radical intellectuals seldom do..

We are all, after all, just human beings, and most of us have a lot in common..

Racism is the most divisive force in our society, so until it is dealt with we cannot hope for much..

What needs to be grasped is that the system itself is the cause of all of the misery in the world. This is a simple but powerful idea..

We know form past experience that when you put women's issues or face issues on the back burner, they never get dealt with. So all struggles have to ….

The Vietnam War was so obviously evil and bore down most heavily upon working class youth that it made me think about things more deeply than I had b….

Capitalism is, in Mao's language, the main contradiction in the world today and so our efforts have to be focused on ending this system and making a ….

Most young people are or will soon enough be workers. They can help to energize and radicalize the workers' movement. And what revolution has ever su….

I am sure that the experience of growing up in the heart of the working class and learning from my parents, and especially from my grandmother (who a….

Most people in this country, while they might not be happy about things, also are woefully ignorant about many things. Sometimes people can learn, bu….

All of the youth ferment on campuses is a very good thing. Lots of people are being permanently transformed and will do good thing throughout their l….

Many activists don't want to hear about some grand narrative, one that could unify all of our struggles. So the major issue that needs to be addresse….