The Task Is To Transform

I Am Very Happy Here [on Cuba], But I Feel I Have Work To Do In The United States. It's Where I Can Identify With The Total World Struggle For Socialism. But I Think As A North American, As A Black North American, I Have Certain Understandings - Certain Contributions - To Make That Are Unique To The North Amerian Experience.

But Before We Die, How Shall We Live? I Say With Hope And Dignity; And If Premature Death Is The Result, That Death Has A Meaning Reactionary Suicide Can Never Have. It Is The Price Of Self-respect.

Institutions Work This Way. A Son Is Murdered By The Police, And Nothing Is Done. The Institutions Send The Victim's Family On A Merry-go-round, Going From One Agency To Another, Until They Wear Out And Give Up. This Is A Very Effective Way To Beat Down Poor And Oppressed People, Who Do Not Have The Time To Prosecute Their Cases. Time Is Money To Poor People. To Go To Sacramento Means Loss Of A Day's Pay - Often A Loss Of Job. If This Is A Democracy, Obviously It Is A Bourgeois Democracy Limited To The Middle And Upper Classes. Only They Can Afford To Participate In It.

The Walls, The Bars, The Guns And The Guards Can Never Encircle Or Hold Down The Idea Of The People.

You Can Kill My Body, And You Can Take My Life But You Can Never Kill My Soul. My Soul Will Live Forever!