I believe that we are at the point now, in the United States, where a movement is beginning to emerge.

I think our concept of revolution, in terms of getting the power to do things, is too focused on the state. We have a scenario of revolution that first, you know, comes from 1917, that first you take the state power, and then you change things. And we don't realize it's collapsed.

A rebellion is something that is developing as an explosion coming out of the righteous grievances of a community of people.

Finding the leaders of the future is a question of recognizing those people who give leadership in a crisis.

I think it's really important that we get rid of the idea that protest will create change.

History is not the past. It is the stories we tell about the past. How we tell these stories - triumphantly or self-critically, metaphysically or dialectally - has a lot to do with whether we cut short or advance our evolution as human beings.

We have to see today in light of the transition, say, from hunting and gathering to agriculture, and from agriculture to industry, and from industry to post-industry. We're in an epoch transition.