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

I mean the prime case that you can look at is Martin Luther King, who was only an activist for 13 years. But every year, he became deeper, more concerned, connecting more issues.

There were no political ideas. It was an apolitical time. It was the '50s and in the privilege of the suburbs.

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

The first thing I did [in Michigan] was join a picket line of a pizzeria in Ann Harbor in 1963 that didn't allow African Americans to eat there.

I would say for the young: Don't be straight jacketed by ideology. Don't be driven by a structure of ideas.

In terms of my own behavior and activity, the funny thing about regrets and saying "I'm sorry," is that there's so much I would do differently and want to do differently moving forward.