My Fear Was Not Of Death Itself,

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.

Iq Tests Are Routinely Used As Weapons Against Black People In Particular And Minority Groups And Poor People Generally. The Tests Are Based On White Middle-class Standards, And When We Score Low On Them, The Results Are Used To Justify The Prejudice That We Are Inferior And Unintelligent. Since We Are Taught To Believe That The Tests Are Infallible, They Have Become A Self-fulfilling Prophecy That Cuts Off Our Initiative And Brainwashes Us.

The Reactionary Suicide Is ‘wise,’ And The Revolutionary Suicide Is A ‘fool,’ A Fool For The Revolution In The Way Paul Meant When He Spoke Of Being A ‘fool For Christ,’ That Foolishness Can Move Mountains Of Oppression; It Is Our Great Leap And Our Commitment To The Dead And The Unborn.

What I'm Really Trying To Say Is That I Believed An Armed Insurrection Could Work. After I Was Shot And Went To Prison, That Ended That Illusion. I Had Time To Think.

I Do Not Think That Life Will Change For The Better Without An Assault On The Establishment, Which Goes On Exploiting The Wretched Of The Earth.