Updated May 2024
This Bob Avakian (BA) Official Biography is published here with the permission of The Bob Avakian Institute.
Introduction
"If you don't have a poetic spirit—or at least a poetic side—it is very dangerous for you to lead a Marxist movement or be the leader of a socialist state."
— Bob Avakian
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