Alienation is perhaps the most effective tool of control in America, and every reminder of our real connectedness weakens that tool.

It's really hard to change the world when your first priority is making sure that the little world around yourself doesn't change.

Spirituality has to play an important role, particularly in resistance movements. The institutions we are fighting against - corporations and governments - use alienation as one of their primary weapons. A big part of their messaging is intended to make people feel separated from each other, which disempowers them, which makes them ever easier to exploit. This is really a spiritual weapon they are using. It isolates people and breaks their spirit.

I don't read the Bible as the literal word of God; I don't view Jesus as a God. I've rejected both those statements. I view Jesus as a model for how we should live, and by that definition I do consider myself a Christian.

Alienation is perhaps the most effective tool of control in America, and every reminder of our real connectedness weakens that tool.

The reality is not that I lack respect for the law; it's that I have greater respect for justice.

We think we have no power when in fact we have more than enough power.