i think if i had to put a finger on what i consider a good education, a good radical education, it wouldn’t be anything about methods or techniques. it would be loving people first. if you don’t do that, ché guevara says, there’s not point in being a revolutionary. i agree with that. and that means all people everywhere, not just your family or your own countrymen or your own color. and wanting for them what you want for yourself. and then next is respect for people’s abilities to learn and to act and to shape their own lives. you have to have confidence that people can do that. […] the third thing grows out of caring for people and having respect for people’s ability to do things, and that is that you value their experiences. you can’t say you respect the people without respecting their experiences.