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Why We Need An Actual Revolution And How We Can Really Make Revolution

Video Clips From the Speech and the Q&A Sessions

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The Five Stops—Why This System Can't Be Reformed

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In this concise and compelling 35-minute clip from the film WHY WE NEED AN ACTUAL REVOLUTION AND HOW WE CAN REALLY MAKE REVOLUTION, Bob Avakian lays out why the things you care most about cannot be solved under this system.


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Bob Avakian On the Environment: Why Is the Problem NOT Greed As Such, And What Must Actually Be Done To Prevent Catastrophe?

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Wars of Empire, Armies of Occupation & Crimes Against Humanity

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Bob Avakian On The Problem and the Solution—Up Against the False Paths and Dead Ends

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Q&A: Bob Avakian On The Two Things We Need
Part 4 of “BA On What We Need To Do Now”

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Bob Avakian On What We Need To Do Now—Part 3

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Bob Avakian On What We Need To Do Now—Part 2

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Bob Avakian On What We Need To Do Now—Part 1

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Bob Avakian On Revolution And The Fight Against Fascism

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Bob Avakian Straight-Up on the Revolution... and the Gangs

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The Oppression of Black People and Other People of Color

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Male Supremacy: Stitched Together With Capitalism

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The Demonization, Criminalization and Deportations of Immigrants

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The Destruction of the Planet by Capitalism-Imperialism

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The Democratic Party: “A Major Instrument of This Monstrously Oppressive System”

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Clips from the Q&A Sessions:

Q&A: Bob Avakian Speaking to Those Just Coming Into the Revolution — Their Role, and Their Potential Contribution

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Q&A: Bob Avakian On The Revolutionary Days Of the 60s, The Heavy Times To Come, The Absolute Need For Science... And the Role For YOU

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Q&A: Bob Avakian On The Two Things We Need
Part 4 of “BA On What We Need To Do Now”

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Q&A: It looks like there may be a coming civil war between the Democrats and fascists. How should we understand this and act to realign things?

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Q&A: The rise of fascism & struggle in international communist movement

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Q&A: You've dedicated your life to revolution. Have you ever been discouraged? How do you stay motivated?

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Q&A: How can the youth, who are now killing each other, be inspired and challenged to become part of the revolution for a whole different world?

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Q&A: How do we hasten a revolutionary situation and how do newer and more experienced people take responsibility for that?

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Q&A: How was the scientific method used to develop the new communism?

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Q&A: After the revolution, how will we use peaceful tactics to maintain power?

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Q&A: What's the basis to say there's no god? Will that ostracize religious people?

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Q&A: Why does private ownership of the means of production result in oppression of women?

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Q&A: After the Revolution, what kind of justice would be applied to former rulers?

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Q&A: Could you expand on the conception of the struggle for the seizure of power as protracted and finite?

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Q&A: What will it take for masses of white people to break from white supremacy?

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Q&A: Concessions on police terror; violence among the youth; why you need a revolution

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Q&A: What Would Society Look Like Right After the Revolution?

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Q&A: Would Mexico And Central America Still Be the U.S. Backyard After the Revolution?

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Q&A: Bob Avakian's Answer to People Who Complain about Immigrants Crossing Borders

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Q&A: How to spread the fighting spirit confronting fascists despite what Dems say?

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Q&A: What would be the next step if the Trump/Pence regime consolidates power?

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