Coming from some experience in the gay rights struggle in the 80s and 90s, I think multiple simultaneous approaches are important. The seminal (ahem) event of the gay rights strugge was Stonewall - a violent riot in protest against continuing police harassment. However violent protests alone could not have gotten us to the point where a sitting US president expressed publically his support for gay marriage.
We need direct action, political organisation, legal action, and theoreticians. It can be important for the political arm to officially disavow the actions of the direct action group, but don't fool yourself into thinking we can succeed without one or the other. -- Charles
