Occupation: Activist Birth: July 16, 1947
I own no TV stations, or Radio Stations or Newspapers. But I feel that people need to be educated as to what is going on, and to understand the conne….
The real reason Cuba poses a threat has nothing to do with my being here or anyone else being here. It's because Cuba is an example of a country that….
I really wanted to know what happens in a place that is trying to build socialism, that's trying to construct some form of social justice. That's try….
i Believe In The Fire Of Love And The Sweat Of Truth.
I believe in living, I believe in birth, I believe in the sweat of love and in the fire of truth and I believe that a lost ship, steered by tired, se….
When Black people seriously organize and take up arms to fight for our liberation, there will be a lot of white people who will drop dead from no oth….
I think that spirituality is important for all people to develop. I don't mean there necessarily has to be a religious aspect to spirituality. Some p….
My energy just couldn’t stop dancing. I was caught up in the music of struggle, and i wanted to dance..
Being in Cuba has allowed me to live in a society that is not at war with itself. There is a sense of community. It's a given in Cuba that, if you fa….
How lovely it is to live with a sense of community. To live where you can drop in the street and a million people will come and help you..
There's something nice about being able to go to sleep at night saying "You know, tomorrow I'm gonna get up and I'm gonna do this and I'm gonna do th….
I miss friends and family. If it weren't for visits from old friends and other African Americans I meet who come to Cuba, I'd probably be in some kin….
Cubans understand that theirs is a country that provides sanctuary for people fleeing oppression. As a nation, they are very proud of this stance. Th….
If we are not committed to saving this earth we will be buying designer air filters and gas masks with little Nike swishes on them..
To become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave..
The people who are running this planet are insane - they are literally destroying it. I don't know where they think they're gonna drink water, breath….
In the long run, the people are our only appeal. The only ones who can free us are ourselves..
Being a warrior and being a struggler has been forced on me by oppression, otherwise I would have been free to be so much more..
A lot of contemporary American culture makes its way to this county. Cuba is not some gray, isolated backwater. This is a happening place..
It seemed that most women, because they had been caught, gave up on the movement and were just trying to pass the time until they could be released. ….
We usually reach success by putting the simple truths that we know into practice..