I think the activism of the 1960s had a very definite civilizing effect on the whole society in all kinds of ways. So lots of things that by now are almost taken for granted were heretical in the 1960s. We had anti-sodomy laws until not many years ago.

I would, however, question the implication that there is some novelty in this beyond modalities [of Mikhail Bakunin], which naturally change as institutions change and develop.

No sane human being devotes 100% of his or her life to political activism.

Armed attack has a definition in international law. It means sudden, overwhelming, instantaneous ongoing attack.

Efforts can succeed over time, and not trying ensures that the worst will happen.

I don't buy much. Almost buy nothing. I buy what I need, do it the easiest way possible.

If you look at say, England and Germany a century ago, which had the most advanced navies then, they were dealing with extremely tricky technological problems. Putting a huge gun on a moving platform and ensuring that it could hit another moving target was one of the hardest technical problems of the early twentieth century.