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How Do We Know What’s True?
“A Leap of Faith” and a Leap to Rational Knowledge:
Two Very Different Kinds of Leaps,
Two Radically Different Worldviews and Methods
An essay from BAsics, from the Talks and Writings of Bob Avakian, Chapter 4: UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD
“BUT HOW CAN WE EVER BE SURE ANYTHING IS TRUE?”: SUCH PHILOSOPHICAL RELATIVISM OFFERS CREATIONISTS EASY PICKINGS
An excerpt from:
The Science of Evolution
and the Myth of Creationism
Knowing What's Real and Why It Matters
by Ardea Skybreak
Order from Insight Press
Bob Avakian:
Why We Need A Scientific Method and Approach to Life and Our Struggle
This is a film clip from the 2014 Dialogue between Cornel West and Bob Avakian, “Revolution and Religion,” at Riverside Church in New York City. Watch the entire Dialogue here.
What Is Capitalism, Part One
Capitalist Exploitation
Excerpt from Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity, Part 1: Beyond the Narrow Horizon of Bourgeois Right
by Bob Avakian
“Preliminary Transformation into Capital”... And Putting an End to Capitalism
An excerpt from the 2006 talk by Bob Avakian Why We're in the Situation We're in Today...And What to Do About It: A Thoroughly Rotten System and the Need for Revolution
Everyone's Talkin' About Inequality—Let's Talk About the System Causing It —
Lesson from Bangladesh
See also:
The Basic Contradictions and Dynamics of Capitalism
An excerpt from The New Communism by Bob Avakian
What Is Capitalism, Part Two
STOP Wars of Empire, Demonization of Immigrants, Destruction of the Planet
An excerpt from the speech by Bob Avakian:
“WHY WE NEED AN ACTUAL REVOLUTION
AND HOW WE CAN REALLY MAKE REVOLUTION”
Watch the entire speech here
From Vise Grip to Death Grip Imperialist Domination, COVID-19, and the Poor of the World Be Damned
By Raymond Lotta
Dictatorship and Democracy, Part One
Democracy — Concentrating Some Essential Understanding
An excerpt from Bringing Forward Another Way by Bob Avakian
Read the entire work:
From the Preamble to the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America (emphasis added):
In contrast to the way in which the capitalist-imperialist state serves and enforces the interests of a small ruling group of exploiters, the New Socialist Republic in North America, with the continuing leadership of the Revolutionary Communist Party, bases itself on, and proceeds from, the fundamental interests of those most bitterly exploited and oppressed under the old system, and the masses of people broadly, and provides the means for them to play an increasingly widening role in the exercise of political power and the functioning of society in accordance with those interests—in order to carry forward the struggle to transform society, with the goal of uprooting and finally eliminating all oppressive and exploitative relations among human beings and the destructive antagonistic conflicts to which these relations give rise....
Read the whole Preamble, including the first paragraph which sets the context, here.
Break ALL The Chains, Unleash the Fury of Women As A Mighty Force for Revolution!
“The Subjugation of Women and the Division of Society Into Masters and Slaves, Exploiters and Exploited” A clip from BA Speaks: REVOLUTION—NOTHING LESS!
The Strategic Importance of the Struggle for the Emancipation of Women
Excerpt from the The New Communism, by Bob Avakian
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