Revolution #304, May 19, 2013 Click for current front and back page

Emergency Situation:
Act to Stop Mass Incarceration and Racist Murders of Our Youth Now!

by Carl Dix

Tens of thousands of people imprisoned in this country are held in conditions that fit the international definition of torture. The murder of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman concentrates an ugly reality in this country, that this white supremacist society has placed a bulls-eye on the backs of Black youth; criminalizing and demonizing them; declaring that it’s open season on them. The people must act to say NO MORE to the torture going on in U.S. prisons and NO MORE to racist murders like what happened to Trayvon Martin.

BA Everywhere

Taking Bob Avakian's Vision and Framework into All Corners of Society

Reports from: Revolution Club at Fiesta Broadway, L.A.; screening of BA Speaks: REVOLUTION— NOTHING LESS! in Brooklyn, NYC; and going out to wealthy neighborhoods with BA Everywhere and the movement for revolution

Revolutionary May First, 2013, Across the U.S.

Photos and brief reports.

Nothing Good Can Come of Israeli Attacks or U.S. Intervention in Syria

In early May, Israel launched bomb attacks against Syria in the name of "self-defense." These attacks were nothing but blatant aggression for reactionary aims—the latest in the decades-long history of Israeli crimes in the Middle East and beyond, backed by and in the service of the U.S. and other imperialists. The attacks must be condemned and opposed.

Film Showings

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We Are All TRAYVON
The Whole Damn System Is Guilty

The trial of racist vigilante George Zimmerman is set to begin June 10. Hit the streets on that day for National Hoodie Day.

Emergency Call!
Join Us in Stopping Torture in U.S. Prisons!

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Special to Revolution: Artworks from Prisoners

Powerful art from behind the prison walls.

Click to view gallery.

A QUESTION SHARPLY POSED

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

NAT TURNER OR THOMAS JEFFERSON?

Raymond Lotta on:
A QUESTION SHARPLY POSED
by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
NAT TURNER OR THOMAS JEFFERSON?

Video of talk at Revolution Books, New York City, May 7, 2013

Also in this issue

Letters Oppose Hampshire College Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program's Use of Police to Suppress Political Views

On April 13, organizers from Hampshire College's Civil Liberties and Public Policy (CLPP) program used campus police to evict eight members of Stop Patriarchy (StopPatriarchy.org) from their conference on Reproductive Freedom for peacefully expressing anti-pornography views. These are a selection from letters sent to Hampshire College to oppose this outrageous act of political suppression.

High school students in Brooklyn, NY, April 25, 2013

From StopPatriarchy.org:

Summer 2013: Stand Up for Abortion on Demand and Without Apology

Join in the National Day of Action for Abortion Rights in July and then travel from North Dakota, where the last abortion clinic in the state is facing extreme new restrictions, down to Mississippi where the last abortion clinic is facing laws that would shut it down.

Cheers to Cindy LaCom for Insightful Comment on Cleveland Kidnappings

A May 9 letter to the editor in the New York Times points to the horrific story of how three women were kidnapped and held hostage for a decade links to larger issues of violence against and degradation of women in this society, in particular the prevalence of pornography.

Photo: AP

The Keystone XL Pipeline: An Urgent Danger to the Environment

Things are coming to a head in the struggle over the building of the Keystone XL Pipeline. A decision on the pipeline is expected from Obama any time from now until the fall. Moving ahead with this pipeline would be an environmental nightmare, and further escalate the current environmental state of emergency.

Packaging Barbarism as Genius

Letter from readers about what happened on the tour when they raised some truths about Jefferson and slavery.

Cal Students Support Prisoner Hunger Strike

Human Rights of the Incarcerated (HRI), a student coalition at University of California Berkeley and the Stop Mass Incarceration Network joined together to support California prisoners who are preparing to launch a third hunger strike against torture.

Donate Funds to Send Revolution Reporters to Cover the Trial of George Zimmerman

"Shame, Shame, Shame!"
SF Pride Parade Revokes Choice of Bradley Manning as Grand Marshal

After naming Bradley Manning, now on military trial for leaking files to WikiLeaks, as Grand Marshal for this year's Pride parade, the organization heading up the parade reversed the decision—a shameful action that has been denounced by protesters.