The Despair Is There; Now It's Up

If You Push A Negative Hard Enough, It Will Push Through And Become A Positive.

From The Moment An Organizer Enters A Community, He Lives, Dreams, Eats, Breathes, Sleeps Only One Thing, And That Is To Build The Mass Power Base Of What He Calls The Army.

We Must Face The Bitter Fact That We Have Forsaken Our Great Dream Of A Life Of, For, And By The People; That The Burning Passions And Ideals Of The American Dream Lie Congealed By Cold Cynicism. Great Parts Of The Masses Of Our People No Longer Believe That They Have A Voice Or A Hand In Shaping The Destiny Of This Nation. They Have Not Forsaken Democracy Because Of Any Desire Or Positive Action Of Their Own; They Have Been Driven Down Into The Depths Of A Great Despair Born Of Frustration, Hopelessness, And Apathy. A Democracy Lacking In Popular Participation Dies Of Paralysis.

The Despair Is There; Now It's Up To Us To Go In And Rub Raw The Sores Of Discontent, Galvanize Them For Radical Social Change.

A Free And Open Society Is An Ongoing Conflict, Interrupted Periodically By Compromises.