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From the Department of Useless, Counter-Productive and Downright Harmful Criticism
September 27, 2017
Count on the New York Times to criticize a progressive work of art or a broad protest from the so-called left. Such was the case on September 26, when they ran “Protests Start a Dialogue, But About What, Exactly?”
New Talk by Bob Avakian
The Problem, the Solution, and the Challenges Before Us
The following is an important talk given by Bob Avakian earlier this summer.
Fascist Pig Trump & His Racist, Chauvinist Rant on NFL Players: This Is What His “Make America Great Again” Is Really About
by Carl Dix
September 24, 2017
Widespread, Defiant Anthem Protests by NFL Players in Response to Trump
September 25, 2017
10 reasons to DISrespect the national anthem… and to BURN THE DAMN FLAG
Reason #5: The slaughter of 3 million people and the toxic devastation of Vietnam
September 30, 2017
A Major Announcement @ Cal Berkeley Speak Out
BOB AVAKIAN TO SPEAK AT CAL BERKELEY – APRIL 2018
September 15, 2017
A QUESTION, A CHALLENGE FOR PAUL KRUGMAN, AND ALL THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY
By Bob Avakian
September 14, 2017
A Country Ruled By White Supremacists—Since When Is That Acceptable?
By Bob Avakian
September 16, 2017
Protesters #TakeAKnee on the Los Angeles 101 Freeway at Rush Hour
#TakeAKnee Against Trump’s White Supremacy—Stand Up to End the Nightmare November 4: the Trump Pence Regime Must Go!
September 26, 2017
Photo: Peter Switzer
The Political Battles on the Campuses
Press Conference at Cal Campus Announces:
Bob Avakian to Speak at UC Berkeley April 2018 About Freedom of Expression and Communist Revolution
September 21, 2017
Hundreds of People Protest Trump’s Education Secretary DeVos at Harvard
September 29, 2017
Wednesday on Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley:
Refuse Fascism, Students Confront Fascist Provocateurs... and the Urgency of Struggling for November 4
September 29, 2017
Four Fascist Attacks on Revolution Books Berkeley in Two Days:
“You Will Not Shut Down Revolution Books! Berkeley Will Be a Fascist Free Zone!”
September 28, 2017
Support Revolution Books, Berkeley, Against Alt-Right Attacks
Updated September 28, 2017
The Battle for Berkeley:
Shutting Down Milo, Going Toe-to-Toe with Fascism—and Fascists
September 25, 2017
THIS! @RefuseFascism did NOT let Milo have his fucking white supremacist, Nazi rally on Sproul in peace. Photo: RefuseFascism.org
7 Talks (2006)
The Free Speech Movement
Excerpt from Chapter Six, “Your Sons and Your Daughters...” of Bob Avakian's memoir, From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist
Two Excerpts from
Communism and Jeffersonian Democracy
By Bob Avakian
Capitalist Society, Bourgeois Democracy and Dictatorship
Read the entire work HERE.
Earthquakes in Mexico, Floods in South Asia, Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Now Maria:
Natural Disasters, Crises of the System
Volunteers and professionals digging people out of Mexico City earthquake. Photo:AP
Houston, TX—Hurricane Harvey
Houston, TX—Hurricane Harvey
Katy, TX—Hurricane Harvey
Floods in Mumbai, India
Floods in Northeast India
St. Barthelemy—Hurricane Irma
Virgin Islands—Hurricane Irma
St. Maarten—Hurricane Irma
Floods in South Asia, Hurricane Harvey and Now Hurricane Irma: Natural Disasters, Crises of the System
Updated September 24, 2017
Puerto Rico: Gutted by Imperialism; Slammed by Maria; Abandoned by Trump
September 28, 2017
Puerto Rico: Rising Death Toll, Millions Suffer at the Hands of Imperialism… and FASCISM
September 27, 2017
Storm Season:
Capitalism-Imperialism—A System That Never Met a Disaster That It Could Not Make WORSE
September 16, 2017
Call for Correspondence
To our readers:
We need you. Send correspondence to revcom.us on what you know or can learn about what is happening in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and other places hit by earthquakes and hurricanes.
We urgently need to know what is happening in these places, and we need to let the world know.
Some Key Principles of Socialist Sustainable Development
The following are some key principles of socialist sustainable development, from the revcom.us special issue on the environment.
The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go!
There Is No Shortcut Through 2018—This Regime Must Be Driven from Power!
September 27, 2017
The Democrats, along with the New York Times and the Washington Post, etc., are seeking to resolve the crisis with the Trump presidency on the terms of this system, and in the interests of the ruling class of this system, which they represent. We, the masses of people, must go all out, and mobilize ourselves in the millions, to resolve this in our interests, in the interests of humanity, which are fundamentally different from and opposed to those of the ruling class.
This, of course, does not mean that the struggle among the powers that be is irrelevant or unimportant; rather, the way to understand and approach this (and this is a point that must also be repeatedly driven home to people, including through necessary struggle, waged well) is in terms of how it relates to, and what openings it can provide for, “the struggle from below”—for the mobilization of masses of people around the demand that the whole regime must go, because of its fascist nature and actions and what the stakes are for humanity.
Where Did This Fascism Come From...and How Do We Fight It?
Some Key Works by Bob Avakian
This Summer Chicago Will Become Known for Revolution
Late Summer Diary:
Fighting the Power, and Transforming the People, for Revolution... In the Heart of Chicago
September 28, 2017
From the Revolution Club:
As millions try to understand the tragic death of Kenneka Jenkins...
What we know for sure is... WE NEED A WHOLE NEW WORLD
September 24, 2017
Some Preachers Say That It Is God’s Will and a Judgment on Black People When Our Youth Are Killed. We Say: Bullshit! Such a God Would Be a Horrible God. But God Does Not Exist Anyway! It Is the System to Blame—And We Need to Wake Up, Face Reality, and Prepare to Make Revolution!
By the Revolution Club, with Joe Veale
September 12, 2017
Revolution Summer!
Chicago Fund
At Summer’s end: WE ARE NOT GOING TO BACK OFF OUR MISSION. Donations needed more than ever as the struggle in Chicago, this crucial concentration point between reaction and revolution, continues and intensifies. ON TO $50,000!
The Revolution Club marches in Bud Billiken parade in Chicago
THE NEW COMMUNISM
by Bob Avakian
eBook of
THE NEW COMMUNISM
by Bob Avakian
NOW AVAILABLE!
Insight Press has announced that in addition to the print book, THE NEW COMMUNISM is now available as an eBook at Amazon, iBooks, Barnes and Noble and other retail and library websites, and at some sites as PDF. Tell your friends, teachers, students...everyone, about the book! Write a review on the sellers' websites! Spread the word!
New promotional material available here.
ABOUT THE BOOK, ORDER HERE
Excerpt from:
Working Back from “On the Possibility”—Another Application of “Solid Core with a Lot of Elasticity on the Basis of the Solid Core”
See more excerpts HERE
Updated pre-publication PDF of this major work—now including the appendices—available HERE
SCIENCE AND REVOLUTION
On the Importance of Science and the Application of Science to Society, the New Synthesis of Communism, and the Leadership of Bob Avakian
An Interview with Ardea Skybreak
Excerpt from SCIENCE AND REVOLUTION
Why Is It So Important, and What Does It Mean, to Get Into BA?
Getting Clearer on the Need for Revolution–Breaking With Wrong Ideas and Illusions
See more excerpts HERE.
I Want to Be Part of the Movement for Revolution—What Do I Do?
To start acting now, click HERE
To learn more about and get involved with the movement to prevent Trump from consolidating fascism, click HERE
To learn more about and work with the Revolution Club, click HERE
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Questions and answers on getting organized for an actual revolution
Question: Who can join the Revolutionary Communist Party?
Question: Why do we not initiate violence during this period when we are carrying out the “three prepares”—why do we not just “get it on,” and try to bring down this system, right now?
Question: Aren’t Ferguson and Baltimore examples of the people initiating violence?
A Radical Step into the Future
Find out more about the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America here.
Excerpt from The New Communism:
The Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America—Solid Core with a Lot of Elasticity on the Basis of the Solid Core
Also in this Issue
Indictments of the Trump/Pence Regime as a Powerful New Pamphlet
September 1, 2017
Michael Slate Interview with Scientist Michael Mann:
The Links Between Climate Change and More Destructive Storms, Worse Droughts and Floods, and Other Extreme Weather
September 25, 2017
Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinction Is More Severe Than Previously Thought. Only Through Revolution Can It Possibly Be Stopped
September 25, 2017
A letter:
Recently deported immigrant calls on us to stand up NOW
September 17, 2017
From A World to Win News Service
What’s behind the slaughter of the Rohingya
September 17, 2017
The Fascist Attacks on DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), and the Resistance
Updated September 15, 2017 - Berkeley High Students form human chain around school in support of DACA classmates.
Case #81: September 13, 1971—Massacre of Heroic Attica Prisoners
September 5, 2017
Correspondence from St. Louis:
RevComs Connecting Up with Days and Nights of Determined Resistance in St. Louis
September 22, 2017
Days and Nights of Protest After St. Louis Judge Acquits Pig Who Murdered Anthony Lamar Smith
THIS is What Justice Looks Like in America
Updated September 19, 2017
Another Cold-Blooded Murder by Police:
Deaf Man Gunned Down in Oklahoma City While Neighbors Scream “He can’t hear you!”
September 21
“Black people are getting killed and nobody’s going to jail”
Eight-Year-Old Football Players Kneel During Anthem in Protest
Spetember 22, 2017
Former Christian Fundamentalist’s Warning:
The Grave Danger of Christian Fascism
September 5, 2017
Why the Attacks on Antifa Are Shameful—And Why These Attacks MUST BE OPPOSED
September 4, 2017
The Facts: Who Has Escalated the U.S.-North Korea Confrontation, Time and Time Again?
September 25, 2017
Trump Threatens GENOCIDE at the UN:
When Is Enough ENOUGH?!?
September 20, 2017
U.S. War Threats vs. North Korea: Trump Puts World in Crosshairs of Nuclear War This Must Be Opposed Everywhere!
Updated September 9, 2016
September 15, 2017
From RefuseFascism.org
Sunsara Taylor intervenes in UC Berkeley press conference: "The issue isn’t Free speech, it’s fascism."
September 24, 2017
From RefuseFascism.org: A Statement from Sunsara Taylor about
The Unravelling of Fascist “Speech” Week
September 23, 2017
The Political Battles on the Campuses
The Issue is NOT “Free Speech”—The Issue Is Fascism!
By Sunsara Taylor
Does “Free Speech” TRUMP All Else?
A Response to Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ
by Sunsara Taylor, with revcom.us writing group
September 11, 2017
There’s A Fire In the Living Room and the Basement Is Filled With Gasoline… “But Let’s Not Lose Our Heads”!
September 22, 2017
Victory in the RNC 16 Case. Felony Charges Against Republican Convention Flag-Burners Dropped
September 17, 2017
Stevie Wonder “Takes a Knee” at Global Citizens Festival
September 25, 2017
Sparks of Outrage and Protest Against the Fascist Trump/Pence Regime
Updated September 15, 2017
Voices of Conscience and Resistance in the Time of Trump/Pence
Updated September 28, 2017
Contribute to get THE NEW COMMUNISM Everywhere, Including Into the Hands of Those Catching the Most Hell
From a former prisoner who is now an emancipator of humanity
November 28, 2016
ABOUT THE BOOK HERE
Updated pre-publication PDF of this major work—now including the appendices—available here.
ORDER HERE
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Of Continuing Interest
Bob Avakian on the pivotal role of the Black national question, the pivotal relation between national liberation and proletarian revolution, in the U.S.:
» Communism and Jeffersonian Democracy
» "The Oppression of Black People & the Revolutionary Struggle to End All Oppression"
April 25, 2016
On "Principled Compromises," and Other Crimes Against Humanity
November 12, 2015
By Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
The Strategic Approach to Revolution and Its Relation to Basic Questions of Epistemology and Method
By Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
August 4, 2014
Why We Have Taken Up the Fight to Build Refuse Fascism and to Drive Out the Trump/Pence Fascist Regime
A Statement from the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
More on Choices...And Radical Changes
by Bob Avakian
Comments from a discussion that went deeply into questions of why people oppressed under this system often get caught up in things like crime, who and what is fundamentally to blame for this, and what is the way forward out of this situation. Read here...
A QUESTION SHARPLY POSED
by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
Originally published April 14, 2013
Freedom and Necessity, and Proceeding from a Strategic Standpoint: Some Thoughts on Methods and Leadership
by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
Important Publications and Media
BAsics from the talks and writings of Bob Avakian
"You can't change the world if you don't know the BAsics."
BAsics, from the talks and writings of Bob Avakian is a book of quotations and short essays that speaks powerfully to questions of revolution and human emancipation.
Order the book HERE
Download the book in ePub format HERE
BA Speaks:
REVOLUTION—NOTHING LESS!
Bob Avakian Live
In the fall of 2012, Bob Avakian gave a series of talks in different cities. This is a film of one of those talks.
Those this system has cast off, those it has treated as less than human, can be the backbone and driving force of a fight not only to end their own oppression, but to finally end all oppression, and emancipate all of humanity.
- Bob Avakian, from the film
Buy or order the DVD HERE
Order the book HERE
Download the full interview in PDF format HERE
SOME EXCERPTS
A New Theoretical Framework for a New Stage of Communist Revolution
What is New in the New Synthesis?
Some Thank Yous That Need To Be Said Aloud
"Serious Engagement With the New Synthesis–The Difference It Could Make"
THE NEW SYNTHESIS OF COMMUNISM: FUNDAMENTAL ORIENTATION, METHOD AND APPROACH, AND CORE ELEMENTS—AN OUTLINE
by Bob Avakian,
Chairman, Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, Summer 2015
Updated with links
Six Resolutions of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
Published January 1, 2016
CONSTITUTION For The New Socialist Republic in North America
Authored by Bob Avakian, and Adopted by the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
or Send money orders or checks to:
RCP Publications
PO Box 3486, Merchandise Mart
Chicago, IL 60654
REVOLUTION AND RELIGION: The Fight for Emancipation and the Role of Religion
A Dialogue between CORNEL WEST & BOB AVAKIAN
A film of the Nov. 2014 Dialogue on a question of great importance in today's world between the Revolutionary Christian Dr. Cornel West and the Revolutionary Communist Leader Bob Avakian
Break ALL the Chains! Bob Avakian on the Emancipation of Women and the Communist Revolution
Birds Cannot Give Birth to Crocodiles, But Humanity Can Soar Beyond the Horizon
by Bob Avakian
Order the eBook.
$9.99 retail
Publisher: Insight Press
Read online:
Away With All Gods! Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World (Insight Press, 2008)
by Bob Avakian
Buy the book HERE
Excerpts available:
The Bible Belt Is the Lynching Belt:
Slavery, White Supremacy and Religion in America
Religion, Patriarchy, Male Supremacy and Sexual Repression
Religious Fundamentalism, Imperialism and "The War on Terror"
Why Is Religious Fundamentalism Growing in Today’s World—And What Is the Real Alternative?
Constitution, Law, and Rights—in capitalist society and in the future socialist society.
Selections from the writings of Bob Avakian and excerpts from the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America
View or download PDF here now
Order book here
DEMARCATIONS:
A Journal of Communist Theory and Polemic
"Ajith—A Portrait of the Residue of the Past"
The Science of Evolution and the
Myth of Creationism
Knowing What's Real and Why It Matters
In today's world, without the science of evolution there would be no science. Written for both the scientifically-minded as well as those who are not familiar with science at all, this book details the facts of the science of evolution.
Order book here
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