**Taking Revolution to a Los Guaraguao Concert**

The following correspondence has been translated from the Spanish original.

On the evening of February 7, several readers of Revolution Newspaper, voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party, met outside of the Million Dollar Theater to promote the newspaper; the Venezuelan music group, Los Guaraguao, was scheduled to play. This group is known internationally since 1973 for its controversial lyrics, lyrics that express injustices and suffering in the countryside and in the city that the Latin-American people still live through; their most popular song is “Casas de carton” (Cardboard Houses), as it clearly describes the conditions of extreme poverty in which our oppressed Latino brothers and sisters have been forced to live.

This is why we thought it was a magnificent opportunity to attend such an activity, to come in contact with people from various Latin-American regions that through these musical expressions stand in solidarity with the social discontent that stems from a worldwide system based on oppression and accumulation of capital for a few, a system that has corrupted every corner of our planet.

Getting there at 5:30 p.m., one could already feel in the air the vibrant presence of our revolutionary team, in the lines to purchase tickets and to get in, also a table up in front of the theater reinforced with Revolution Newspaper, the Constitution of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, flyers for the International Women’s Day march in support of the women in Iran and Afghanistan, against the woman-hating oppression of the Islamic republic of Iran and the U.S. empire, and the flyers that denounce the constant police brutality that in its most recent case, unleashed rebellion and resistance in Oakland around the MURDER of Oscar Grant at the hands of police.

The voices of our comrades were heard among the crowd with the phrases: “We need revolution,” “we have the political leadership and the leader for a revolution,” “Obama is not the solution nor the hope for a better world”; we caused commotion amongst people that overwhelmingly welcomed us with acceptance and interest and at the same time with astonishment because many did not know of the existence of the Party; we also found many sympathetic readers of the paper who appreciate the role it plays. As we interacted with the people, they expressed questions and comments such as: “Are you guys influenced by Karl Marx?,” “Is this the same socialism that existed in Russia and China?,” “The revolution is a thing of the past that we have already lived through,” “Who is the leader of the Party?”

In response to these concerns, we pointed out that we have the leadership of a communist party guided by Chairman Bob Avakian, who has made significant contributions to the communist movement, based on a profound study and analysis of the work of Karl Marx and the great achievements in the revolutions of Russia and China and also examining the errors. Based on this, he has given life to a new vision and synthesis on how to make URGENT REVOLUTION in our time and in a country like the United States, not to mention, this new vision will create a base for an international revolutionary movement.

From a personal standpoint, I’d like to say that as a human being from a country that the empire considers part of the third world, I have been a victim and a witness, for as long as I have lived, to the various injustices that stem from having lived and accepted a system which only benefits the exploiting class. Whatever cardinal point on the planet I emigrate to, it will always be the same; one cannot flee from this system. But I have come to understand that for humans to live with dignity we have to eliminate the problem at its root, and the problem is the SYSTEM. I am tired of being suffocated in dreams restrained by this damned system, and I am fed up with being OPPRESSED.

I have been reading Revolution newspaper and have attended the liberating meetings organized by Libros Revolución for a while now. I have conscientiously and voluntarily decided to go out on the streets, in the company of other readers in support of the Party, to promote the newspaper, it being a very important revolutionary tool for the emancipation of humanity, and of course, also expand this movement’s horizons for the liberation of humanity, and in this way, contribute to the acceleration of the REVOLUTION we so desperately need. I urge you, as a reader of Revolution newspaper, to contribute to the Party; every form of support is crucial to and strengthens our liberation and the liberation of our sisters and brothers throughout the world.

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