This article presents the authors' comments on Michael Burawoy's call for a critical and transformative public sociology. Burawoy's call for a public sociology, whose goal is realizing the real utopia of democratic socialism, is welcome. Burawoy argues--and we agree--that change flows from outside the university. The movements of the 1960s and 1970s--black liberation, national liberation and anti-imperialist/anti-colonial struggles, women's equality, sexual equality, environmental justice struggles, etc.--created the conditions for a radical sociology. The question and challenge for today's generation of public sociologists and scholar activists is can we stay connected for the long haul and become one with today's bottom-up movement? Are we willing to come to the table as equals with those most adversely affected by the exploitation and multiple oppressions of global capitalism and U.S. empire and to celebrate our diversity? Will we use the popular communication and popular education necessary for building a broad and deep popular movement? Can we develop the consciousness, the bold vision and the long term strategy needed to win? Finally, can we walk the talk--can we unite theory and practice in the dialectics of our historic struggle for human life and human rights, human spirit and human liberation and for the very survival of our planet?