February 2, 2013

One Year Later and Still No Justice for Ramarley Graham

Like so many Black youth before him, 18-year-old Ramarley Graham was cut down by a cop who had a story to justify the murder before his family even knew he was dead. The people must not be silent but must find ways to fight for justice for all the victims of murder at the hands of the police and racist vigilantes.

BA Everywhere

If humanity is going to fight its way out of this nightmare, it's going to be because of the work and leadership of Bob Avakian

A Talk by Andy Zee @ Revolution Books NYC to Kick Off: BA EVERYWHERE 2013

Scenes From BA Everywhere
Week of January 28

Snapshots from the campaign to raise big money to get BA's voice and work to all corners of society.

More on Choices...And Radical Changes

by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA

Comments by Bob Avakian from a discussion with people 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.

BAsics 1:13
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Students Join in Support for Right to Abortion at Supreme Court January 22, 2012

Sunsara Taylor in Washington, DC:

Fighting for Abortion on Demand and Confronting People with the Real Truth on All This

Bear Witness to Torture Enforced in U.S. Prisons and All Law Enforcement Abuse

"... The world needs to know of the sadistic, systemic horror of long-term solitary confinement, which is enforced on more than 80,000 people in the U.S. prison system..."

CIA=Cold-blooded Imperialist Assassins

Some people coming out of Zero Dark Thirty respond to protesters by saying, "It's complicated." Say wha-a-a-a-t??!? It's about as complicated as Hitler.

Sanctions: Weapons of Mass Death and Destruction

by Larry Everest

There's a lot of talk that 2013 will be the year of decision on Iran—whether a deal will be struck between the U.S. and its allies and Iran on ending or restricting Iran's nuclear enrichment program, or whether the U.S., Israel and other big powers will attack Iran.

Calling Bullshit on Obama's "Recommitment to Women"

by Sunsara Taylor

"I've been hearing too much oohing and aaahhh-ing over Obama's inaugural address. Supposedly he recommited to the equality of women. Bullshit!"

Freedom Fighter Constance Malcolm

At a fundraising dinner for the Stop Mass Incarceration Network in December 2012, Ramarley Graham's mother, Constance Malcolm, was presented with an award, recognizing her as a Freedom Fighter in the people's struggle against police brutality and injustice. The following is a transcript of Constance Malcolm's acceptance speech.

"Constantly Straining Against the Limits"

"I remember reading a quote once where Lenin said something like, there are decades when nothing happens and there are weeks when decades happen. This made me think of the concept of hastening while awaiting and how it could be applied here in prison as another hunger strike is coming up in July."

Drawing Out the Fury in Steubenville, Ohio

Correspondence from Revolution paper sellers who took the message of revolution to the city where last August, a 16-year-old woman was gang raped by football team members while others watched and some even cheered.

We Are All Still Trayvon! Take to the Streets!

by Carl Dix

THIS ANNIVERSARY MUST BE MARKED BY POWERFUL OUTPOURINGS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY! The Stop Mass Incarceration Network has called for everyone who hates the way Black and Latino youth are treated as less than human to take their outrage to the streets in cities and towns across the country at 4 PM on February 26.

More Armed Pigs in Schools … A Solution to What?!

In the wake of the terrible Newtown school shootings, and under the pretense of “protecting students,” the National Rifle Association called for armed police officers at every school in the nation. Mainstream liberal politicians attacked the NRA for opposing “gun control” legislation. But nobody in authority is talking about what it would mean to put more armed police in every school in the country.

Beneath the Blindfold – a Film by Ines Sommer and Kathy Berger

On January 17 Revolution Books in Chicago had a film showing of Beneath the Blindfold, a film by Ines Sommer and Kathy Berger. On their blog they make an important statement: "Where are the voices of torture survivors? As the new film Zero Dark Thirty opens in movie theaters across the country and despite the extensive media coverage of abuse at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, it is worth noting that the voices of torture survivors are rarely included in any of the public discussions about the use of torture..."