Existence Is Violent, I Exist, Therefore I'm

During Those Long Years In Oakland Public Schools, I Did Not Have One Teacher Who Taught Me Anything Relevant To My Own Life Or Experience. Not One Instructor Ever Awoke In Me A Desire To Learn More Or To Question Or To Explore The Worlds Of Literature, Science, And History. All They Did Was Try To Rob Me Of The Sense Of My Own Uniqueness And Worth, And In The Process Nearly Killed My Urge To Inquire.

The Imperialistic Or Capitalistic System Occupies Areas. It Occupies Vietnam Now. They Occupy Them By Sending Soldiers There, By Sending Policeman There. The Policemen Or Soldiers Are Only A Gun In The Establishments Hand. They Make The Racist Secure In His Racism. The Gun In The Establishment's Hand Makes The Establishment Secure In Its Exploitation.

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

I Don't Like To Just Talk Of Africa, And South Of The Sahara In General. No, I'll Talk About The Third World In General. I'll Like To Say This - We In The United States Would Never Believe That Another Form Of Goverment - I Don't Care Even If It's Against The Racism, Etc. - It Is Hard To Get The Masses Of People To Believe Or Accept That A Socialist Government Will Relieve Them Of Most Of The Problems.

There Is A Very Strong Socialist Movement In Jamaica. I Was In Jamaica Years Ago. All The Talk, All Day They Talk Politics. The Literacy Rate Is Very Low. Everyone Is So Interested In Politics, More Than Those Who Can Read In The United States.