This is so good. So many things to highlight, but if anything:

I think the weaknesses of the BPP was that we were young, that our enemy was very experienced, and that we did not have what may be called a strong enough “decolonization program,” whereas while we are doing this work in our communities, while we are combating our enemies, we are consciously trying to work this system out of our bodies and out of our minds, and out of our most intimate relationships. Because I think those are the areas that our enemies use to bring us down: the sexism, the authoritarianism, the fears of freedom, the fears of death—all those things.

“Fears of freedom” is such a concise way of, what I interpret as, people not seeing that - being scared of - the freedom to self-determine, the weight of having to decide together how to organize and how to deal with setbacks, instead of a boss or government telling you what to, without - in their minds - any choice but to accept.

“Fears of death” is such a heavy load that comes with individualism and the belief that every individual should fight for their own spot at the top, and that that spot has such innate value that you can’t imagine the potential innate loss of not fundamentally prioritizing that.

Even realizing when one’s suffering from these two fears is a huge task.