But now with the living conditions deteriorating, and with the sure knowledge that we are slated for destruction, we have been transformed into an implacable army of liberation

I'm always telling the brothers some of those whites are willing to work with us against the pigs. All they got to do is stop talking honky. When the races start fighting, all you have is one maniac group against another.

Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty.

The savage repression of blacks, which can be estimated by reading the obituary columns of the nation's dailies, Fred Hampton, etc., has not failed to register on the black inmates.

Up until now, the prospect of parole has kept us from confronting our captors with any real determination

We must prove our predictions about the future with action.

Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused victims of an unrighteous order.