August 12, 2021 | revcom.us

 

Episode 65 of The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less—Show!

It's NOT a "Scamdemic," It's a FASCIST PANDEMIC! PLUS:
Andy Zee at Revolution Books, Summer of Soul and More...

 

It's not a “scamdemic” or a “plandemic.” It's a FASCIST PANDEMIC! And it's disproportionately killing Black people, Latinos, and Native Americans. Sunsara Taylor breaks down how the fight over the vaccine, masks, and science is fueled by—and feeds into—the broader crisis throughout society and government that makes this a rare time when revolution becomes possible. An excerpt of Andy Zee's major August 4 speech at Revolution Books invites you into historic documents from The Revcoms and Bob Avakian to understand and seize on this rare time. Plus, we get into the new film, Summer of Soul by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson of The Roots, and share a deep exchange between Bob Avakian and Cornel West from their 2014 Dialogue that includes a deep exploration of the relationship between people standing up and the emergence of an uplifting and liberating culture.

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* Sunsara Taylor breaks down how we face a FASCIST PANDEMIC and how this fits into the rare times when revolution becomes possible and why everyone who can should get the vaccine.

* Andy Zee on the potential for revolution and the possibility in these "rare times" for our dreams of freedom to become a reality (an excerpt from his August 4 speech at Revolution Books in Harlem); and a short film of excerpts from 1) A Declaration, A Call To Get Organized Now FOR A REAL REVOLUTION and 2) From Bob Avakian—Revolutionary Leader, Author of the New Communism: THIS IS A RARE TIME WHEN REVOLUTION BECOMES POSSIBLE—WHY THAT IS SO, AND HOW TO SEIZE ON THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY.

* an excerpt of a conversation that took place at Revolution Books in Harlem between Miles Solay, singer for Outernational and writer and musician Greg Tate on the film Summer of Soul (... Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) that features never before seen footage of Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, B.B. King and more in concert over the course of six weeks in 1969 in Harlem. This is the directorial debut of Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson.

* Bob Avakian and Cornel West on Art, Culture, Resistance, & Revolution (an excerpt from the film REVOLUTION AND RELIGION: The Fight For Emancipation and the Role of Religion).

 

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