although i've read only four of chomsky's books and a couple of his interviews, i'd make an educated guess that he means the following: successful radicals don't need prima dona theorists parsing marx, lenin, trotsky, etc. successful radicals don't need prima dona theorists pulling in separate directions. radicals need to join together with their leaders to join dominant organizations and institutions to pull their constituents gradually toward radical goals. attempting to infiltrate organizations and institutions with the intention of quickly radicalizing them just drives the majority away and is self-defeating. norm ---------------------------------------------- Sueko Sakai wrote: > > a very long time ago i remember chomsky saying no one person can do it > alone. his solution had something to with institutions, getting invloved > with others. is there anyone out there who knows what i'm talking about? > > saka'i