The biggest difference between radicals and progressives is that radicals distrust the power of the state

I'll never be a radical. My upbringing was too affluent, and my social circles are too steeped in power. You can't be a radical when you have more to lose from the overturning of the system than you have to gain from it.

But in Oakland and Berkeley it's impossible to avoid spending time with radicals, and I find them to be really interesting. Like all pr…