Living Inside Our Hope Also by Staughton Lynd Anti-Federalism in Dutchess County, New York: A Study of Democracy and Class Conflict in the Revolutionary Era The Other Side (with Tom Hayden) Class Conflict, Slavery, and the United States Constitution The Resistance (with Michael Ferber) Strategy and Program: Two Essays Toward a New American Socialism (with Gar Alperovitz) Intelkctual Origins of American Radicalism The Fight Against Shutdowns: Youngstown s Steel Mill Closings Solidarity Unionism: Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below Labor Law for the Rank and Fikr; or, Building Solidarity Whik Staying Ckar of the loaw Edited by Staughton Lynd American Labor Radicalism: Testimonies and Interpretations Rank and Fik: Personal Histories f7y Working-Class Organizers (with Alice Lynd) Homeland: Oral Histories of Pakstine and Palestinians (with Alice Lynd and Sam Bahour) Nonvioknce in America: A Documentary History (with Alice Lynd) "We Are All Leaders": The Alternative Unionism of the Early 1930s Living Inside Our Hope A Steadfast Radical's Thoughts on Rebuilding the Movement Staughton Lynd ILR PRESS An imprint of Cornell University Press Ithaca and London Copyright© 1997 by Cornell University All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not he reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. First published 1997 by Cornell University Press First printing, Cornell Paperbacks, 1997 Li&rary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publiration Data Lynd, Staughton. Living inside our hope : a steadfast radical's thoughts on rebuilding the movement I Staughton Lynd. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8014-3363-0 (alk. paper).- ISBN 0-8014-8402-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. New Left-United States. 2. Radicalism-United States. I. Title. HN90.R3L93 1997 320.53-dc21 90-39270 Cloth printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 I Paperback printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Codi, here's what I've decided: the very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. -Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams .