The Moral Imperative of Activism

The Moral Imperative of ‘Activism’

Ray quotes Dan Berrigan’s reflection on the risks and ridicule, after using homemade napalm to burn draft cards at Catonsville, Maryland, May 1968:

“The act was let go, its truth and goodness were entrusted to the four winds. Indeed, good consequences were of small matter to me, compared with the integrity of the action, the need responded to, the spirits lifted. …”