I Knew How To Influence The People,

We Were Trying To Increase The Conflict That Was Already Happening... We Felt That We Would Take The Conflict To So High A Level That Some Change Had To Come.

You Can Only Die Once, So Do Not Die A Thousand Times Worrying About It.

Too Many So-called Leaders Of The Movement Have Been Made Into Celebrities And Their Revolutionary Fervor Destroyed By Mass Media. They Become Hollywood Objects And Lose Identification With The Real Issues. The Task Is To Transform Society; Only The People Can Do That

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.

Those In The Community Who Defy Authority And 'break The Law' Seem To Enjoy The Good Life And Have Everything In The Way Of Material Possessions. On The Other Hand, People Who Work Hard And Struggle And Suffer Much Are The Victims Of Greed And Indifference, Losers. This Insane Reversal Of Values Presses Heavily On The Black Community. The Causes Originate From Outside And Are Imposed By A System That Ruthlessly Seeks Its Own Rewards, No Matter What The Cost In Wrecked Human Lives.