


authorities due to some serious homesickness. The last, and most brief part of the book, is his conversion to Christianity and his surrender to U.S. However, I do see the importance of spirituality. Now, when it comes to religion, I’m an atheist, all religion is to me an archaic power structure, mythology, and collections of allegory & parable. Then he suddenly breaks down and comes to God. This part of the book is interesting in that he has a political awakening realizing that not all “revolutionary” politics are good or even different from establishment politics. for legal reasons and justified political concerns as he toured the world especially communist countries. The second third of the story, which comprises most of the book, concerns his fugitive status as he flees the U.S. Of course, this is where his criminal history begins as well although the book quickly glances over his crimes though he does name them. The first third of the book concerns his early life and his history with the panthers, frankly, I think this is the best part of the book. I did like this book, especially for its biographical components and Cleaver’s experience with the Black Panthers and how the police and government waged a racist war against the black ghettoes. of women as an act of political revolution. Well, this one at least doesn’t include framing the S.A.
