Years ago Mother JOnes did a piece on Congress from the vantage point of "People Party" vs. "Money Party" based on their votes, and I think, contributions. I'll bet the scenery would look quite a bit worse by now.

More than "revolutionary" activity, I see a "movement", but I think it needs an emotional component, something similar to what MLK gave to the civil rights movement. It was Dr. King's pastoral authority that moved people, not the Black Panthers.

That is why I found Michael Moore's assertion that capitalism isn't "Christian" important; I see in it the germ of a north-American "liberation theology".

One of the wellsprings of religion is people's thirst for justice, the idea that justice must exist somewhere, sometime, for everyone great and small.

If you study the life and work of Ayn Rand, the goddess-guru of the neocons, you will notice that if she hated anything more than socialism it was Christianity.

Here is Rand on Christianity, taken from the Objectivist (Rand-thought) website:

There is a great, basic contradiction in the teachings of Jesus. Jesus was one of the first great teachers to proclaim the basic principle of individualism -- the inviolate sanctity of man's soul, and the salvation of one's soul as one's first concern and highest goal; this means -- one's ego and the integrity of one's ego. But when it came to the next question, a code of ethics to observe for the salvation of one's soul -- (this means: what must one do in actual practice in order to save one's soul?) -- Jesus (or perhaps His interpreters) gave men a code of altruism, that is, a code which told them that in order to save one's soul, one must love or help or live for others. This means, the subordination of one's soul (or ego) to the wishes, desires or needs of others, which means the subordination of one's soul to the souls of others.

This is a contradiction that cannot be resolved. This is why men have never succeeded in applying Christianity in practice, while they have preached it in theory for two thousand years. The reason of their failure was not men's natural depravity or hypocrisy, which is the superficial (and vicious) explanation usually given. The reason is that a contradiction cannot be made to work. That is why the history of Christianity has been a continuous civil war -- both literally (between sects and nations), and spiritually (within each man's soul).

Among the things offensive to followers of Ayn Rand is the concept of one volunteering their time in the service of others. In 1995, President Bill Clinton called on all American's to give of their time in service to those in need. Along with the future Secretary of State, Colin Powell, and other dignitaries, Clinton held a volunteer summit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Discussed at this meeting were all the ways in which citizens could make this a better society through the giving of their time. Rather it be helping teach others to read, picking up trash on highways, coaching a kid's sports team, helping out at a homeless shelter, or numerous other ways of service. While most people cheered the idea, faithful followers of Ayn Rand's Objectivist principles let their feelings be known.
Guest newspaper columns written by the leaders of the "Ayn Rand Institute" were seen in papers all across the nation. The very idea of volunteer service so offended the Randian's that some even picketed outside this summit! Youthful members of college Ayn Rand clubs were seen on CSPAN and other cable networks expressing their outrage.
Let us take the displeasure of the Objectivist a step further. If they are true to their principles, no one should help them if they are in dire need. If an Objectivist has a car accident and their car is on fire and they are trapped, no one should give up their time long enough to pull them out! If one of their children are drowning in a swimming pool, a person has no moral obligation to jump in and save them. The thousands of rescue workers who volunteered night and day following the tragedy of September 11th, 2001, were wrongly giving up their time! Those New York City fire fighters who worked even when off the clock must be fools in the eyes of the Randians.

If one is true to the Objectivist cause, than he or she must conclude that Mother Teresa, of Calcutta, wasted her life. Physicians who travel to third world nations on their own time to help impoverished children must be fools! Those who worked to eliminate land mines in places like Bosnia, after that horrible war during the 1990's, are damn fools!