The Task Is To Transform Society; Only

I Don't Want People To Think He [eldridge Cleaver] Is So Important - Our Party Is Important Because Our Party Works For The People And No Individual Is Important In Our Party, Including Myself.

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.

I Think Generally Speaking, Both People Are Trying To Be Free From The Abuses Of The White Racist North American Authorities. I Think That's The One Common Denominator. The Cubans Found A Way To Liberate Themselves And We Haven't Found The Way Yet. So That's The Difference.

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.

Power Is The Ability To Define Phenomena, And Make It Act In A Desired Manner.