I Have The People Behind Me And

I Worked In The Mechanical Factories Repairing Cement Trucks. The Cuban Government Wanted Me To Work In The University As A Teacher In Literature, But I Declined Because I Wanted A More Sense Of The Countryside.

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 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.

The Cuban Revolutionary Government Has Been Generous And Very Considerate To Me And My Family. I Lived In Santa Clara For A Few Months Because I Wanted To Work In The Countryside And Get To Know The Country Better.

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