Welcome to REVOLUTION, the online weekly news source that lets you know what’s happening, why it’s happening, what it means for humanity… and how it relates to making revolution.
This site grounds itself in the work of Bob Avakian, BA, the architect of the new communism. To put it simply, there’s never been a leader like him in this country before, and there’s no other leader like him in the world today. You can read this short introduction to his leadership and his work to get a sense of why we follow him. The home page features BA’s seminal work of analysis and “roadmap” for this period, Something Terrible, Or Something Truly Emancipating: Profound Crisis, Deepening Divisions, The Looming Possibility Of Civil War—And The Revolution That Is Urgently Needed, A Necessary Foundation, A Basic Roadmap For This Revolution. And—very importantly—the home page features the incredibly illuminating and important interviews done with Bob Avakian this fall, Up Close and Personal with Bob Avakian, Heart and Soul & Hard-Core For Revolution. These interviews give you a sense of why this revolution is necessary, how it could actually come about in this period, and what it’s aiming for—and they give you a sense of the leader who has forged the road to that revolution, for over 50 years. A new piece by Bob Avakian, "Bob Avakian Responds to a Basic Youth: 'Common Sense' Is Often Wrong—A Scientific Approach Shows Revolution Is Possible, Especially In This 'Rare Time'" The home page also features works written by BA over the past two years on a whole range of controversial and important questions.
This website also works to apply the scientific method that BA has further developed to key events in the world around us. This week we feature:
* Articles on the War in Ukraine. These include:
- The Two Big Things From Ukraine President Zelensky’s Speech to Congress
- VIDEO: Bob Avakian on Biden, Putin and Xi Jinping: Imperialist Gangsters and the Need for Revolution!
- The
Russian,American,IMPERIALIST Way of War - Shameless American Chauvinism: “Anti-Authoritarianism” as a “Cover” for Supporting U.S. Imperialism, by Bob Avakian
* Reporting, analysis and videos from the front lines of the struggle in Iran. These articles include:
- Iran, 100 Days and Counting: Righteous Mass Uprising Against Patriarchy and Oppression Rocks Fascist Theocracy
- The Revolutionary Path Forward and the Great Significance of the Communist Party of Iran (MLM)
- Urgent: People in U.S. and Around World Need to Stand with the Iranian People, NOW!
- From the IEC: Break Through Barriers and Borders to Free Our People’s Rapper Toomaj
* The crisis around the border, including:
- Title 42 and the Ongoing “Border Crisis”: Razor Wire, Drones, Humvees, and Gun-Toting Troops Confront Asylum Seekers
- The Extension of Title 42… and the Intensification of the “Border Crisis”
- Interview with Bob Avakian (spring 2022): Part Three: MIGRATION AND REFUGEES
- Excerpt from Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America: Article II. Section 3. H. Immigrants, Citizenship and Asylum.
* The Buffalo Blizzard Killed Disproportionately High Numbers of Black People. WHY? (Article will be posted during the week)
* LA juvenile halls:
- Terror in LA Juvenile Halls... Hope In Getting Organized to Overthrow This System
- “Unsuitable for Youth Habitation”
We also try in every issue to show how the movement for revolution is moving in relation to key events in society to build toward the revolution humanity so urgently needs. In this issue, that includes:
- Editorial: Sunday, January 8, 2023: Livestream Fundraiser A FIRST BIG STEP IN PUTTING REVOLUTION ON THE MAP IN 2023
- What People Are Saying… And Doing (about the new Interviews with Bob Avakian)
- Reflections on the Interviews with Bob Avakian and the Goal of Revolution
- A Message to the Revcoms and Everyone Else Yearning for a Better World: THIS Is A “Game-Changer”: The Bob Avakian Interviews (Parts 1, 2, 3, 4)
Finally, we’re running two readers’ comment on the new art gallery opened last year in Riverside, California by the actor and comedian Cheech Marin.