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THE NEW SYNTHESIS OF COMMUNISM: FUNDAMENTAL ORIENTATION, METHOD AND APPROACH, AND CORE ELEMENTS
by Bob Avakian, Chairman, Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, Summer 2015
#RiseUpOctober Against Police Terror
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On the One-Year Anniversary of His Murder by Cleveland Police:
In the Streets—Demanding Justice for Tamir Rice
Updated November 25, 2015
Video: Billy Joe Mills, an attorney for Tamir Rice's family, and Carl Dix discuss new developments in the Tamir Rice case and the stakes of the battle for justice at Huffington Post (first nine minutes of the episode):
Watch video here
Latest on the Struggle to Stop Police Terror and Murder
November 28, 2015
Read all about October 24, 22 and 23 here
Carl Dix and Sunsara Taylor Report Back from University of Missouri at Revolution Books, NYC
Occidental Students Occupy Campus—Demand Resignation of School President
November 23, 2015
Student Upsurge: A Challenge and an Invite
New slide show
November 23, 2015
Students Protest White Supremacy on Campuses
November 20, 2015
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Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
ON "PRINCIPLED COMPROMISES," AND OTHER CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
November 12, 2015
A Terrorist Attack in Paris, a World of Horrors, and the NEED FOR ANOTHER WAY
November 15, 2015
- A Nightmarish Dynamic That Imprisons Humanity...And the Real Alternative—
From the Writings and Talks of Bob Avakian:
The "Two Outmodeds" and Bringing Forward Another Way
Throughout the world, two forces contend--imperialism and Islamic fundamentalism. Neither has an emancipatory answer to the agonizing, killing, and planet-destroying problems confronting humanity. In this collection, find essential and crucial understanding of why the interests of humanity lie completely outside of and opposed to these "alternatives" and how humanity can break the vise-grip of this vicious dynamic...and break through to a whole new world.
Read more - From A World to Win News Service: The Paris Attacks and the French State Reaction: Murderers All
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Paris Climate Talks, Environmental Emergency, and the Stakes for Humanity
November 23, 2015
Police Murder in Minneapolis:
Occupation Demands Justice for Jamar Clark
November 23, 2015
What we see in contention here with Jihad on the one hand and McWorld/McCrusade on the other hand, are historically outmoded strata among colonized and oppressed humanity up against historically outmoded ruling strata of the imperialist system. These two reactionary poles reinforce each other, even while opposing each other. If you side with either of these "outmodeds," you end up strengthening both.
While this is a very important formulation and is crucial to understanding much of the dynamics driving things in the world in this period, at the same time we do have to be clear about which of these "historically outmodeds" has done the greater damage and poses the greater threat to humanity: It is the historically outmoded ruling strata of the imperialist system, and in particular the U.S. imperialists.
Bob Avakian, BAsics 1:28
Strive to be strategic commanders of the revolution, not just tactical leaders, and not just strategic philosophers.
On viewing the film Revolution & Religion
"The film brings you up close inside Cornel West's and Bob Avakian's dialogue: the passion, the audacity, the science, the morality, the revolutionary substance. Two courageous voices modeling a morality that refuses to accept injustice – pouring heart and soul into standing together challenging all of us to fight for a world worthy of humanity."
—Andy Zee, co-director of the film
"They are both telling the truth. People from Skid Row need to hear this. I want to see the whole thing... In Skid Row you feel so trapped. People think of people there as drug addicts, but most people there are just down on their luck. There’s professionals there, intellectuals, women escaping abuse, people come from all over the country because they think California is better, but end up on Skid Row. They are coming for a better life, but get treated like animals. How can people get out of this madness? You are in a hole and you keep trying to get out, but the system keeps dragging you down. We need a way out!”
—A group of formerly homeless women who had lived on “Skid Row” in LA
"...People the system says are the worst of the worst can change and be part of this. If you don’t get that part you are missing a big part of what BA’s speech is about.
"When BA talked about how the world could be different in the “What If...” part of the speech, almost everybody in that section was in tears, including me. People were feeling it. "
—Former Prisoner Who Attended the Dialogue
Also in this issue
Confronting the Environmental Emergency
Paris Climate Talks, Environmental Emergency, and the Stakes for Humanity
November 23, 2015
Oakland: Thousands March to Stop Climate Change
November 23, 2015
From Los Angeles comrades:
Richard Duardo: In Memoriam
November 23, 2015
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A Great Day in Harlem For the World!
November 17, 2015
Speech by Andy Zee at Grand Opening of Revolution Books…
Revolution Books and the Emancipation of Humanity
November 17, 2015
Rising Up to Stop Police Terror
From Stop Mass Incarceration Network So Cal
3 April 14 Protesters Convicted in LA: No Jail Time—Drop the Charges on Other Protesters!
November 20, 2015
Justice for Laquan McDonald!
Dash Cam Video of Chicago Police Murder to Be Released November 25
November 20, 2015
Cops, Lies, and Videotape
November 23, 2015
From Stop Mass Incarceration Network:
Matching Fund Goal Met Thanks to 800+ donations to RiseUpOctober
November 23, 2015
The last $3,000 challenge grant has been met. The matching donor has given directly to Stop Mass Incarceration Network, bringing the total for crowd funding #RiseUpOctober to $106,296. You may now give directly to Stop Mass Incarceration Network. Thanks, everyone!
Expenses for the 3 days of action to STOP murder by police were not fully covered, and there is much more work to be done. Look for announcements from Stop Mass Incarceration Network on how you can be involved.
From a Group of Readers of Revolución
We met the challenge of raising $1,000 for Rise Up October
November 23, 2015
Reality Check:
Updated October 5, 2015
- What REALLY Changes Things?
- Why Economic Boycotts Will Not STOP Murder by Police
- Codifying Racism into the Law
- Who Are You?
- Crime Among the People and the Police: A Revolutionary View
- A Point to Media Mouthpieces
Reality Check on October 20 Events in East Harlem, NYC:
The REAL Problem
Updated October 26, 2015
REALITY CHECK:
Stop changing the subject!
November 16, 2015
Watch "Police Violence & Mass Incarceration—Which Side Are You On? Carl Dix Interviewed by Cenk Uygur" on The Young Turks
Correspondence
Growing Up Black in America
"We had no rights they had to respect"
by Joe Veale
November 23, 2015
Pig Enforcers Terrorize Children
by Joe Veale and a member of the Revolution Club
November 23, 2015
Updated November 23, 2015
#RiseUpOctober
STOP Police Terror!
Which Side Are You On?
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We must continue to RISE UP to STOP Police Terror and Murder!
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
Family members of victims of police murder...people from the neighborhoods...faith communities...students and teachers...all people of conscience... Step Up, Throw in, Get Organized to Carry out the Fight to END this outrage.
Get in touch with and get involved with the Stop Mass Incarceration Network.
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Latest on #RiseUpOctober
Of Continuing Interest
Tens of Thousands Come to DC for Justice Or Else Rally
What Is Really Needed for the Movement to STOP Police Terror?
October 12, 2014
“Putting Forward Our Line—In a Bold, Moving, Compelling Way,” by Bob Avakian
Published in two parts in Revolutionary Worker:
» Part 1, #1177, December 1, 2002
» Part 2, #1178, December 8, 2002
The Coming Civil War and Repolarization for Revolution in the Present Era
by Bob Avakian
Published 2004/2005
Letter from a reader
WORKING ON THE CONTRADICTIONS OF THE REVOLUTION: reflections on bringing forward a revolutionary people and organizing for an actual revolution
April 27, 2015
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
Some Points of Orientation, Principle, and Method Regarding the Accusations Against Bill Cosby
What Is an Abortion and Why Women Must Have the Right to Choose
Life Cannot and Should Not Always Be Preserved
January 23, 2005
Resisting the Crimes of “Our Government”—Bringing Forward Another Way
French Empire in Mali and Around the World—Slavery, Suffering and Death
November 23, 2015
Obama After Paris: A Sane and Moral Response?
November 18, 2015
Selected Crimes of the World's Greatest Terrorist
November 23, 2015
Cheers to Saying No to Channeling Outrage Over Paris into Hateful Revenge
November 23, 2015
From World Can't Wait SF Bay Area Chapter:
World Can't Wait Initiates Protest to STOP U.S. War
November 23, 2015
In the Aftermath of Paris
Revolutionaries Represent at UIC Demo "Message for the Mourning"
November 23, 2015
As Clinics Are Forced to Close...
Hundreds of Thousands of Texas Woman Attempt Self-Induced Abortion
November 23, 2015
There Must Be a Defiant, Mass Outpouring for Abortion Rights This Roe v. Wade Anniversary
November 9, 2015
Stand Up for Abortion Rights! Counter-Protest the March for "Life"
October 19, 2015
Much more on End Pornography and Patriarchy: the Enslavement and Degradation of Women
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A Statement from the Revolutionary Communist Party: ON THE STRATEGY FOR REVOLUTION
Updated November 28, 2015
November 27, 2015, updated @ 10:30 PM: On Friday a gunman launched an armed attack against the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, wounding at least nine people, with three confirmed murdered as of this writing. This heinous attack marks a serious escalation of the war against women AND a serious escalation in the overall attacks on the people. This must be met with determined, unyielding struggle. ...
Sunsara Taylor Calls for Emergency Demonstrations on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015 Responding to the Attack on the Planned Parenthood Clinic in Colorado Springs
EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATIONS FOR ABORTION RIGHTS AND WOMEN'S LIVES
A Reign of Terror Against Abortion Providers
November 28, 2015
To Our Readers:
Seize the Moment!
November 25, 2015
Outrage over the murder of Laquan McDonald—17 years old, killed with 16 shots by murdering pig
Shutting Down Black Friday on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile
"The whole damn system is guilty as hell."
Statements
from Carl Dix
Justice For Jamar Clark!
Condemn the Racist Assault on Protesters in Minneapolis!
November 25, 2015
Justice for Laquan McDonald—Send the Murdering Pig to Jail!
November 24, 2015
Video shows Chicago police murdering Laquan McDonald
Police murder of Laquan McDonald begins at 5 minute mark.
Now that this video is released—PEOPLE EVERYWHERE SHOULD GO OUT WITH SIGNS AND WHISTLES, FORMING UP ACTIONS ON THE SPOT, GETTING OUT THESE STATEMENTS, AND REVOLUTION NEWSPAPER. Come out to let the powers-that-be know in no uncertain terms that this officially sanctioned murder is absolutely unacceptable and illegitimate. In Chicago there is also a protest called for Wed, November 25, 4 pm, State & Jackson (SE corner), and more is planned (see statement below).
Statement by Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, Chicago
Shocking Video Shows Chicago Police Execution of Black youth
Justice for Laquan McDonald!
November 24, 2015
White Supremacists Shoot Minneapolis Protesters Who Are Demanding Justice for Jamar Clark!
November 24, 2015
Oppose the Convictions of April 14 Protesters and Drop the Charges Against All Those Arrested for Protesting Police Terror
November 23, 2015
Castlemont High Students Walkout to Protest Murder by Oakland Police
November 23, 2015
Stanford Students Sit In, Demand University Divest from All Fossil Fuels
November 23, 2015
From #RiseUpOctober Student Task Force:
Calling ALL students & youth who were part of #RiseUpOctober—fulfill a great need by filling out this questionnaire.
November 6, 2015
November 18, 2015
Caught on Tape: The Savage Beating of Stanislav Petrov
Border Patrol Agents Get Away with Murder! Justice for Anastasio Hernandez Rojas!
Yet ONE MORE video of an outrageous murder by police. Linwood Lambert shackled, tased and murdered by South Boston, Va. police. THIS WANTON MURDER MUST END...WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? Watch MSNBC's report including newly available video
3 Cops, 3 Tasers:
The Last Hour of Linwood Lambert’s Life—Tortured to Death at 50,000 Volts
From Stop Mass Incarceration Network, LA: Defend the A14 Freedom Fighters
Justice Department on Dontre Hamilton
If Shooting a Black Man 14 Times for Sleeping in a Park Doesn't Violate Civil Rights, What Does!?
November 12, 2015
Louisiana: Police Execution of Jeremy Mardis—SIX Years Old!
The Suicide of "GI Joe" Gliniewicz—A Poster Child for a Non-Existent "War on Police"
14 seconds—12 bullets—0 charges
Cop Calls for Boycott of Fairfax Farm: Three Words That Make Modern-Day Slave Catchers Go Off
System Gives Texas Killer Cop Immunity
The Police Killing of Zachary Hammond—Murdering Cop Walks Free
Police Claim 18-Year-Old Amonderez P. Green Killed Himself—Nobody Believes Them
South Carolina cop assaults student, a young Black woman, in classroom. Stop Terrorizing Our Children!
Prosecutors release report saying police murder of Tamir Rice was "reasonable"
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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.
At the beginning of 2012, an in-depth interview with Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, was conducted over a period of several days by A. Brooks, a younger-generation revolutionary who has been inspired by the leadership and body of work of Bob Avakian and the new synthesis of communism this has brought forward.
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Announcing the publication of Demarcations Number 4
From the Editors of Demarcations
Updated June 1, 2015
New Indian Printing of Bob Avakian's Democracy: Can't We Do Better Than That?
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Religious Fundamentalism, Imperialism and "The War on Terror"
Why Is Religious Fundamentalism Growing in Today's World
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