To the millions standing up in Turkey and Brazil... and to the hundreds of millions more whose hopes they carry...
June 30, 2013 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
We at Revolution are moved, inspired, and challenged by the uprisings first in Turkey and now in Brazil—all this taking place in a situation of great turmoil and people rising up in many parts of the world. Millions of people have risked life and limb up against the armed power of the state, willing to sacrifice and refusing to bow down in the face of that power and brutality.
If you are coming to this website for the first time in search of information about those movements, and for answers on revolution, communism, and a whole different and radically better world—welcome!
These current massive uprisings began as demonstrations with very simple demands—to save a park in Turkey; to halt a raise in transportation fares in Brazil. But they have become much more than that. Nobody knows where they will go; but everyone who hungers for liberation takes joy when the oppressed rise up, fight, and begin searching and debating a different—a better, a liberating—future.
We appeal to readers who live in these countries, or who have ties there, to write to us. And we also appeal to you and readers in all countries to spread the word of the new stage of communist revolution, the most liberating, emancipatory movement there is. Read and get out Communism: The Beginning of a New Stage, A Manifesto from the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. This Manifesto is currently available in the following languages: English, Spanish, Farsi, Turkish, German, Arabic, and Portuguese. Get into the works of Bob Avakian, the Chairman of that Party, who has re-envisioned the communist project.
In particular: two years ago the people of Egypt also rose up. The statement made by Bob Avakian to those who stood up then, "Egypt 2011: Millions Have Heroically Stood Up... The Future Remains to Be Written," contains great lessons for the rebels of today and all who sympathize with them. (This statement is currently available in English, Spanish, Arabic, German, and French)
Get in touch. Connect. As Bob Avakian ended that call:
To all who truly want to see the heroic struggle of the oppressed masses develop, with the necessary leadership, in the direction of real revolutionary transformation of society and genuine liberation: engage with and take up the emancipating viewpoint and goals of communism, and the challenge of giving this organized expression and a growing influence and presence among the struggling masses.
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