Because the last fifty years have produced phases of rapid political change and massive political reaction, activists in the US today are faced with an unprecedented political reality. This new political reality requires new theoretical and organizational innovations in the same way that new personal problems require new ways of solving them. However, very few left or progressive activists and intellectuals have discussed the need to develop new theories to solve these problems.  Instead, many have continued to uncritically apply the ideas of Marx to the US while others have tried to recapture the spirit of the 1960s by modeling activism after successful 60s organizations that lacked a rigorous program for political development.  Aware that I run the risk of being labeled apolitical and individualistic, this week I'm following the words of Martin Luther King and suggesting that activism must begin with the application of love to the current political reality thereby creating a radical revolution in values, which could cause us to think about politics in entirely new ways.