Revolution #47, May 21, 2006

Cover of Issue #47

Big Brother and the Phone Companies

Bush Regime Spies on Millions

On May 11 the front page of USA Today featured the latest revelation in the scandal over the Bush regime's spying on people within the U.S.

THE BASIS, THE GOALS, AND THE METHODS OF THE COMMUNIST REVOLUTION

The print edition of Revolution Newspaper is serializing this piece continuing in Issue #47 with Part 2. This exhilarating new talk is available in its entirety here.

From Ike to Mao and Beyond... My Journey From Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist

From Chapter Six: Your Sons and Your Daughters…

… in February of 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated. This hit me as a devastating loss for Black people, and also for people generally fighting against injustice, not just in the U.S., but throughout the world.

Correspondences

Reading, Promoting, and Discussing Bob Avakian's Memoir

Revolution has received a number of correspondences from readers about reading, discussing, and promoting Bob Avakian's memoir, From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist.

An Evening of Philosophical Discussion: Engaging with Marxism and the Call of the Future

On May 3, a crowd of over 100 students, professors, and others, gathered at the Barnes & Noble DePaul Center in Chicago for a presentation and discussion of Marxism and the Call of the Future: Conversations on Ethics, History and Politics, a book by Bob Avakian and Bill Martin.

From A World to Win News Service

Iran Maoists Hit Islamic Regime’s “Nuclear Posturing”

With the false swagger of champion puppets, the heads of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) have announced that they have joined the nuclear powers club.

Bush to Order Troops to the Border

On May 12, the Associated Press reported that the Pentagon has met with Bush officials to discuss deploying as many as 10,000 National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Hiroshima/Nagasaki 1945:

Iran Poster

60 years ago, America loosed a horror upon the world. To win a new empire, two nuclear bombs were dropped by presidential decree, two Japanese cities laid waste. More than 100,000 lives taken by the initial blasts. Some instantly vaporized into shadows. Some dying in agony, eyes melted, flesh hanging like used wallpaper. Many thousands more were slowly killed by the radioactive poison that devoured from within. The president who gave the order, Truman, never regretted his decision. Looking back on that infamous moment, we can only ask, who would ever dare commit such a crime again?

THEY WOULD
“U.S.President G.W.Bush refused on Tuesday to rule out nuclear strikes against Iran if diplomacy fails to curb the Islamic Republic’s atomic ambitions. Asked if options included planning for a nuclear strike,Bush replied, ‘All options are on the table.’” April 18,2006 - Reuters

Red Flag Vs. American Flag

Two Very Different Histories—Two Very Different Futures

On every continent on Planet Earth, the Red Flag has come to represent the revolutionary struggle of the proletariat to liberate all of humanity.

Revolution Interview

Catching Rumsfeld the Liar Red-Handed—and on National TV

Courageous actions and boldly speaking the truth—even by one person—can galvanize the feelings of millions.

Ray McGovern: “We're Not Talking About Petty Crimes or Misdemeanors, We're Talking About War Crimes”

Ray McGovern helped lead the prosecution of the Bush administration for war crimes in Iraq War at the The International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration (www.bushcommission.org), which brought together over 40 expert witnesses in October 2005 and January 2006 to determine whether Bush administation policies in five areas rise to the level of crimes against humanity.

Close Encounters of the Horowitz Kind, Part 1

There were some surprises in store for me when I heard David Horowitz speak recently at the University of Chicago. For one thing, I didn’t necessarily anticipate ending up being encouraged by a Republican student into an impromptu debate with Horowitz himself—which I’ll tell about later.

Battle Cry for Theocracy

If you’ve been waiting until the Christian fascist movement started filling stadiums with young people and hyping them up to do battle in “God’s army” to get alarmed, wait no longer.

Fear and Loathing at Philadelphia’s BattleCry

It began with fireworks so loud and startling I screamed.

 

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