The United States Is Already Antique.

When I Founded The Party In 1966, I Had Just Turned 24.and Each Year, No, Not Each Year, Each Day I Live I've Gained New Experiences. Now The Criticism Is Not To Say The Party Did Not Play A Positive Part In Those Times, But, In Order To Be Objective, We Did Not Accomplish The Things We Set Out To Accomplish.

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

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.

A Rather Honored Guest Of The Cuban Government, So I Wouldn't Experience The Problems. I Think It Would Take A Black Cuban To Really Articulate This Because I'm Being Treated In A Very Generous Way.

But Before We Die, How Shall We Live? I Say With Hope And Dignity; And If Premature Death Is The Result, That Death Has A Meaning Reactionary Suicide Can Never Have. It Is The Price Of Self-respect.