It's impossible to overstate the influence William Gillis's writing has had on my thinking, and I wish every leftist and activist I know would read this book.
"I am begging scientists not to identify with the particularities of their employment, but with the radical and transhistorical spirit of their endeavor. Not to be loyal to institutions but to truth. To recognize science not as subservient labor or enshrined authority, but as an ideology in the best sense, as a set of driving values. "
5 stars and it's a pity I can't give it more than that