** Author’s Introduction

** THE END IS NEAR

*** You Must Go On, I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On

*** The End Was Here

*** Endgame Strategies

*** Shaking Toward the Millennium

** What is to be Done?

*** Just What Is Self-Defense?

*** Defending Ourselves

*** Singing Songs and Carrying Signs

*** Fighting Back

*** Acting in Isolation

*** Acting Together

*** What Is To Be Done?

** The Revolution Will Be Hilarious

*** A Few Important Rejoinders

**** 1. Wait, what do we mean by “democracy”?

**** 2. Wait, what’s a “revolution” and why should it be “hilarious”?

**** 3. Wait, aren’t jokes cruel sometimes?

*** So Here’s How Comedy Works

*** What’s So Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding?

*** On Funny Women

*** Hysterical Contingencies and Comedic Vistas

*** Comedy, Creativity, and the Shock of the New

*** Creating the Future

*** How to Begin?

** Buy the Land and Buy the Light

** Time is Not Money

** Walking Each Other Home