Revolution #315, September 1, 2013      Click for current front and back page

U.S.-Backed Brutal Repression in Egypt... Needed: Real Revolution

In January, 2011, a heroic uprising in Egypt forced out Hosni Mubarak—a brutal oppressor backed by the U.S. and the Egyptian military. After a bloody coup, the military is crushing all dissent and Mubarak is out of jail. This is a critical moment for people to break out of the deadly "choices" that led to this situation.

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BA Everywhere

Reflections on BA Everywhere... Imagine the Difference It Could Make!

BA Everywhere is a mass campaign to raise big funds to project Bob Avakian's vision and works into every corner of society. If you want to be about something positive—the most positive thing there can be... get into BA and be part of BA Everywhere.

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Some Vignettes from the Van Tour

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Salon on the Science of Communism

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Taking the Revolution to The Butler

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Authorities Set to Torture Striking Prisoners: Judge Allows Force-Feeding

On August 19, U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson issued a court order approving the force-feeding of California prisoners who have been on a hunger strike to stop the torturous conditions of solitary confinement in the prisons' Security Housing Units (SHUs).

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50 Years After the March on Washington & "I Have a Dream"
Amerikkka Is STILL a Godddamn Nightmare
WE NEED A REVOLUTION!

This country built up its wealth and power by dragging Africans to these shores in slave chains and stealing the land from and committing genocide against the native inhabitants. It has never stopped bringing vicious oppression down on Black people and billions of people around the world. Dreams of changing America into something that would end this oppression, or any of the horrors inflicted on humanity, are toxic illusions that keep people chained to the very system that's responsible for all this oppression.

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If Women Are Not Free, Then No One Is Free
Abortion Rights Freedom Ride: Summer 2013
Taking on the emergency of the war against women

After kickoff rallies in New York and San Francisco, the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride set out from both coasts to take the offensive and turn the tide against the nationwide reactionary assault on women's right to abortion.

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 Also in this issue

Revcom.us wants to share with its readers a variety of voices that are making important contributions in the struggle for abortion rights. The authors have given permission to revcom.us to reprint their posts.

Report from the Abortion Freedom Ride's Culminating Rally at the Jackson Women's Health Organization in Mississippi

The Abortion Rights Freedom Ride, along with Jackson Women's Health Organization (JWHO), Mississippi NOW, Wake Up Mississippi! and the Hell No Campaign culminated together to hold a rally on August 17 outside Mississippi's lone abortion clinic for abortion on demand and without apology!

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David Gunn, Jr.: "I use the truth as my guiding principle and strategy..."

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What's Wrong with a 20-Week Ban on Abortion: "Because I love and care for the health of women..."

From a speech by a women's healthcare provider at a rally against Operation Rescue in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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"I've seen the face of a pre-Roe v. Wade world, it isn't pretty..."

I went to a high school in rural Colorado. The nearest abortion provider was 4½ hours away.

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Statement from Mark Ruffalo: Sent to the Abortion Rights Rally, Jackson, Mississippi, Saturday, August 17, 2013.

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Excerpt from the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America (Draft Proposal) from the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA

Eradicating the Oppression of Women

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August 22, 2013: Four Points of Orientation on Egypt + From A World to Win News Service: The Role of the US in the Egyptian Bloodbath

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The Attacks Against the NSA Leakers—and the Reality of "Democracy" Under This System

Ever since former CIA contractor Edward Snowden exposed the vast worldwide spying by the National Security Agency (NSA), the U.S. and its allies have been threatening Snowden and those who are helping him bring the truth to the light of day. The latest incident: an outrageous attack against Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who first published the Snowden leaks—in the form of detention and harassment of Greenwald's partner, David Miranda.

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Unjust Sentence from a Criminal System:
Chelsea Manning Sentenced to 35 Years in Federal Prison

On August 21, a military judge handed down an outrageous sentence of 35 years in prison to Chelsea Manning (formerly Bradley Manning). Manning was convicted on multiple charges for her release to WikiLeaks of thousands of computer files that contained damning, irrefutable evidence of U.S. atrocities, cover-ups, and deceit—in short, war crimes.

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New & Breaking News...

Updated 9/1/2013

 

Coming Monday Night—Special Online Extra: Liar-in-Chief—from Syria to Black America


Only Worse Suffering and Horrors Can Result from a U.S. Attack on Syria

August 27, 2013

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Obama's Speech on Syria: Lies to Justify an Immoral War

August 31, 2013

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50 Years After Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" Speech— Amerikkka Is Still A Goddamn Nightmare!

3 Points and a Challenge in Response to Obama's Speech!

August 28, 2013

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No “Surgical Strike!”

August 30, 2013

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"Emergency Call! Join Us in Stopping Torture in U.S. Prisons!" Published in Los Angeles Times

August 30, 2013

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Watch the video:
We Don't Need A New Civil Rights Movement—WE NEED REVOLUTION!

A new talk by Carl Dix

August 28, 2013


To readers:
School is starting... Seize the moment

August 29, 2013

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From A World to Win News Service
Brazil: Huge protests and illusions of capitalist development

August 29, 2013


News from the ABORTION RIGHTS FREEDOM RIDE

Updated August 29, 2013


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