A Guide to This Issue of Revolution

What You Need to Know and Engage This Week
About the World and Revolution:
In This Issue December 5, 2022 >>

 

Up Close and Personal With
Bob Avakian
Heart and Soul & Hard-Core
For Revolution
A Rare Appearance on
The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show

 

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

A major holiday fund drive for a national project to put revolution on the map:
In a Time When the Future Hangs in the Balance
When Solutions Offered End Up with the Horrors Going On and On…

There Is Hope, and a Roadmap to the Emancipation of Humanity

DONATE GENEROUSLY to make this hope a reality >>

This issue:

Announcing New work by BA, SOMETHING TERRIBLE, OR SOMETHING TRULY EMANCIPATING:

 

Announcing New work by BA, SOMETHING TERRIBLE, OR SOMETHING TRULY EMANCIPATING:

 

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In the course of this talk, I will be referring to, and digging further into, key points that are put forward in two very important documents which are featured on our website revcom.us: A Declaration, A Call To Get Organized Now For A Real Revolution; and an article of mine, following up on that “Declaration and Call”: This Is A Rare Time When Revolution Becomes Possible—Why That Is So, And How To Seize On This Rare Opportunity. So, for everyone getting into this talk, everyone who cares about the crucial questions it is speaking to, it is also important to take up (or return to) and get deeply into those documents as well—and to go regularly to revcom.us, and watch the weekly YouTube show Revolution—Nothing Less, both of which sharply illustrate why a real revolution is urgently needed, and is possible, what are the goals of this revolution, and how to be part of building for this revolution. What I will be speaking to here is, as the title says, a necessary foundation and a basic roadmap for this revolution...   Continue reading >>

Organizing for an Actual Revolution:
7 Key Points

Everyone who can’t stand this world, the way it is, needs to be challenged to be part of the revolution that is the way out of this madness. And people need to know there is an actual strategy for making this revolution, based on the key points of the “foundation” and “roadmap” for this revolution in the work by the revolutionary leader Bob Avakian: “Something Terrible, Or Something Truly Emancipating.” The following is the basic means for carrying out this strategy, so that the currently small forces for the revolution that is urgently needed can grow in numbers and strength, quickly in a concentrated way, and become the powerful force that is needed to lead this revolution. Spreading and popularizing these Key Points is also an important part of carrying out this strategy.

Strategic Commanders of the Revolution

by Ardea Skybreak

Featured and Timely from Bob Avakian

Essential readings from BA  •  Ukraine  •  “Woke” Obstructions  •  Abortion  •  The Oppression of Black People •  BA: A Different Kind of Leader  •  Internationalism  •  What Is Science?  •  Revolution Not Reform  •  BA On Fascism 

Bob Avakian Live

 

Note to revcom.us readers: We are currently in the very initial and formative steps of reorganizing the home page of our site. This is a work in progress. The aim is to make the works and leadership of Bob Avakian (BA), the most important political thinker and leader in the world today, more accessible—and, at the same time, applying the method and approach brought forward by BA to orient people to new developments in the world. We welcome your comments, and suggestions on the design and organization of the site (write to revolution.reports@yahoo.com).

This page includes Bob Avakian on key questions:

A Message to the Revcoms and Everyone Else Yearning for a Better World
Palmcard Front - BA Interview (Color)

 

THIS Is A “Game-Changer:”

The Bob Avakian Interviews

Part Two: Build a NATIONAL Movement
A Message to the Revcoms and Everyone Else Yearning for a Better World
Palmcard Front - BA Interview (Color)

 

THIS Is A “Game-Changer:”

The Bob Avakian Interviews

Part One

3 Reasons Why

YOU Can’t Miss the Bob Avakian Interviews on the Revolution—Nothing Less! YouTube Show

The Courageous Uprising in Iran

Uprising In Iran—Week 11:

Resistance Continues and Broadens As Regime Responds With More Bloodlust 

From the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners Now (IEC):

“For the People Of” — A Concert:

Inviting, Moving and Challenging Us to Support the Iranian People

From the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners NOW (IEC) 

Don’t let Iran’s theocrats take fearless rapper Toomaj Salehi from us

Open letter to justice-loving people of the world

From the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners NOW (IEC)

Iran’s Torture of Baluchi Dancer Sparks Dramatic Reenactments Around the Globe

Diverse, creative acts commemorate Khodanour Lejei

From Atash/Fire, Journal of the Communist Party of Iran, Marxist-Leninist-Maoist, November 2022:

If There Is to Be a Revolution, a Revolutionary Situation Must Be Created!

Original Farsi available here

From the Communist Party of Iran, Marxist-Leninist-Maoist:

People of the World: Take up the Cry of Revolution from Iran as Your Own!
Original, in Farsi

Imperialist Parasitism and “Democracy”:
Why So Many Liberals and Progressives Are Shameless Supporters of “Their” Imperialism

by Bob Avakian
The Women of Iran Have Stood Up! The People of Iran Are Raising Their Heads and Fighting Back Against the Batons and Bullets of the Iranian Regime! We Need to Stand with and Support Them in Their Struggle!
Unleash the Fury of Women as a Mighty Force for Revolution!!
From the Revcoms

What we see in contention here with Jihad [Islamic fundamentalism] on the one hand and McWorld/McCrusade [increasingly globalized western imperialism] on the other hand, are historically outmoded strata among colonized and oppressed humanity up against historically outmoded ruling strata of the imperialist system. These two reactionary poles reinforce each other, even while opposing each other. If you side with either of these “outmodeds,” you end up strengthening both.

While this is a very important formulation and is crucial to understanding much of the dynamics driving things in the world in this period, at the same time we do have to be clear about which of these “historically outmodeds” has done the greater damage and poses the greater threat to humanity: It is the “historically outmoded ruling strata of the imperialist system,” and in particular the U.S. imperialists.

—Bob Avakian, BAsics 1:28

Resource Page:  The REAL History of How the U.S. Has Oppressed Iran and the Middle East — and Is NO Friend or Model >>
 
Read more about Iran >>

BEB WILL MAKE EVERY CRISIS HUMANITY FACES WORSE, AND WILL PREVENT ACTUALLY SOLVING THEM

No U.S./NATO War With Russia! No World War 3!

Bob Avakian on Biden, Putin & Xi Jinping: Imperialist Gangsters and the Need for Revolution!
From The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show, Episode 124

“Did you always have this view of America?” An excerpt from the new interview with Bob Avakian

Hair-Trigger Incident Shows Catastrophic Dangers of U.S./NATO Proxy War with Russia

War in Ukraine: Inching Towards an Abyss

A Missile Lands in Poland—and America’s Talking Imperialist Heads Go Ballistic!

If You Think That the Main Question of the Ukraine Is “Who Started It?”, Then Read This:

THE WAR IN UKRAINE
AND THE INTERESTS OF HUMANITY:
A SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH
VS. HARMFUL CONFUSION AND CHAUVINIST DELUSION

Bob Avakian Responds
To People Who Should Know Better (and Maybe Once Did)
It’s This System, Not Humanity, That Needs to Become Extinct!
We Don’t Accept Their Future
It’s Time to Get Organized for a Real Revolution
The War in Ukraine: A Resource Page >>
Map of Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Russia

 

Bob Avakian on the War In Ukraine — Essential Reading

“LEGIT GANGSTERS”— 
GANGSTERS WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS
by Bob Avakian
Download PDF: Short Version | Longer Version
UKRAINE: WORLD WAR 3
IS THE REAL DANGER,
NOT A REPEAT OF WORLD WAR 2
by Bob Avakian
WORLD WAR 3 AND DANGEROUS IDIOCY
by Bob Avakian

THE WAR IN UKRAINE
AND THE INTERESTS OF HUMANITY:
A SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH
VS. HARMFUL CONFUSION AND CHAUVINIST DELUSION

Bob Avakian Responds
To People Who Should Know Better (and Maybe Once Did)

"LEGIT GANGSTERS”—GANGSTERS WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS by Bob Avakian

Shameless American Chauvinism:
“Anti-Authoritarianism” as a “Cover” for Supporting U.S. Imperialism

by Bob Avakian
Sean Penn’s Delirious Madness
And the Danger of Nuclear War
by Bob Avakian
Download PDF for printing
THE FOG OF WAR,
THE CLARITY OF WAR
by Bob Avakian
A resource page: Read and share revcom.us coverage about Ukraine >>
The War in Ukraine: A Resource Page >>

Featured

Bob Avakian Speaks to Those Catching the Hardest Hell and Chicago Revolution Club Responds
From Episode 127 of The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show

“This Night Opened My Eyes”: Reflections on the Third Interview with Bob Avakian and the Response of Those Who Catch the Hardest Hell

From a revcom

Wake Up:

Stop Relying on Elections. Stand Up and FIGHT for Abortion Rights and Women's Future!

By Sunsara Taylor
Coming soon from RiseUp4AbortionRights.org, reports on the December 1 protests: #Green4Abortion at court houses nationwide

Mass Migration from Venezuela: A Catastrophe of Human Suffering, Made in the USA

Two Years After Massive Uprisings Against Police Murder, Police Killings Go UP… Again!

WE NEED A REVOLUTION!!

From a reader:
The last thing we need—the last thing Black people, and people overall, need—are Black Nazis!

 

An Observation: 

On Why People Pay Attention to What Kan“Ye” Says

Reflections on Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
Learning from the Past to Forge a Future Free From Empire, Imperialism, and All Exploitation

Part 3

By Raymond Lotta

Reflections on Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire

Learning from the Past to Forge a Future Free From Empire, Imperialism, and All Exploitation

Part 2    

by Raymond Lotta

Reflections on Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
Learning from the Past to Forge a Future Free From Empire, Imperialism, and All Exploitation

Part 1

by Raymond Lotta
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire by Caroline Elkins

 

2022 Insight Press Holiday Bundle

 

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BEB WILL KEEP THE IMMIGRANTS HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD IN HELL

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BEB WILL NOT STOP POLICE MURDER AND MASS INCARCERATION

BEB WILL NOT BRING BACK THE RIGHT TO ABORTION OR DEAL WITH THE CHRISTIAN FASCISTS

Imperialist Parasitism and Class-Social Recomposition in the U.S. From the 1970s to Today: An Exploration of Trends and Changes

by Raymond Lotta

Full article   |   Introduction and Summary

The “Industrialization” of Sexual Exploitation, Imperialist Globalization, and the Descent Into Hell

by Raymond Lotta

Full article   |   Summary

The COP27 Climate Summit: Another Obscene Charade of Empty Promises and Pledges...

Capitalism-Imperialism and the Threat to the Fish in the Sea

Part 2 of the series on the ocean

By the Environmental Writers Group, revcom.us
Also read: Part 1 >>

COP27 Climate Talks...

Once Again, System Fails and Climate Crisis Rages On

Contribution from the Environmental Working Group of revcom.us
Capitalism-Imperialism Is Destroying the Planet... Only Revolution Gives Humanity a Real Chance to Save It — A Resource Page >>

Biden boasts the U.S. is the “climate leader” at COP27 climate talks. The real deal:

Worse than Fine-Print Trickery...

Biden's Imperialist Climate Bill: The Devil Lies in the Big Picture

By Raymond Lotta with the Environmental Working Group of revcom.us

Raymond Lotta on Biden's Imperialist Climate Bill: The Devil Lies in the Big Picture

VIDEO: Parts 1, 2 and 3

The Destruction of the Planet by Capitalism-Imperialism

A Short Summary and Guide

Biden's Imperialist Climate Bill: The Devil Lies in the Big Picture

by Raymond Lotta, with the Environmental Working Group, revcom.us

Download PDF
How Would a Revolutionary Socialist Society Address the Environmental Emergency?

Download PDF
State of Emergency Environment

 

Some Key Principles of Socialist Sustainable Development
From Revolution special issue:
State of EMERGENCY!The Plunder of Our Planet, The Environmental Catastrophe & The Real Revolutionary Solution

Download PDF

BEB WILL NOT STOP GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE

Watch and spread: The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show

Episode 127

Police killing us, we're rotting in prison, we're killing each other, there IS a way out—Revolution!
Poster for Bob Avakian Heart & Soul and Hardcore for Revolution

 

The Bob Avakian Interviews
Parts 1, 2 & 3

Watch The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show

New episodes by the Revcoms every Thursday, 5pm PT | 7pm CT | 8pm ET
Watch and subscribe. And spread the word!

youtube.com/therevcoms

Revcoms and Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights Answer the Attack Dogs

Lenny Wolff: Fighting for Leadership, Principles, and Standards to Get Beyond This Capitalist-Imperialist Nightmare

A Reply to the “Statement Against RiseUp4AbortionRights”:

In Defense of the Emancipation of Humanity and the Leadership We Need to Get There

The Revcoms

From RiseUp4AbortionRights.org:

To Those Who Would Rather Lie, Slander, and Attack Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights Than Unite All Who Can Be United Against This Fascist Assault

BA: A Contended Question

Haters Who “Don’t Want to Hear About BA” Are Telling on Themselves

Opening Commentary by Andy Zee from The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show: Episode 112, July 28

Behind the Week of Internet Attacks on Bob Avakian and the Revcoms: Imperialist Fear Mongers and Their Servants

In Reply to the Reactionary Hit Piece in the Daily Beast:
Why I DO Follow Bob Avakian... and Why YOU Should Too

by Sunsara Taylor
Robert Mackey Dishonestly Demonizes Bob Avakian, Erases Revolution, and Trashes the Truth
WILL THE INTERCEPT STAND BY THIS?
Watch the video >>
The Intercept Readers Respond

Bob Avakian Is Not a “Mad Cult Leader”: He Is a Deep Thinker and Profoundly Thoughtful Leader

An Open Letter to Fighters for Abortion Being Hit by This Accusation—And Others Who Are Hearing It

by Sunsara Taylor

In the 1960s, the Government Spread Lies to Foment Violent Conflict Within the Movement

The Lessons of That Time Need to Be Learned Anew Today

The Revcoms Challenge @HasanAbi to A Debate: Democratic Socialism vs. Revolutionary Communism

La Esperanza Revolucionaria cover spanish

 

REVOLUTIONARY HOPE

New Possibilities Are Opening Up for Liberatory Revolution In the Midst of Acute Crises and Upheavals of the Capitalist System — It Is Urgent to Organize the Fight For Revolution
Revolutionary Communist Organization, Mexico
Translated into English by revcom.us
PDF (English)

LA ESPERANZA REVOLUCIONARIA

Se abren nuevas posibilidades para la revolución liberadora en medio de agudas crisis y trastornos del sistema capitalista – urge organizarse y luchar para la revolución
Organización Comunista Revolucionaria, México
PDF folleto 5.6x8.74" (español) | PDF 8.5x11" (español)
“There is an urgent need for this new synthesis to be taken up, broadly, in this society and in the world as a whole: everywhere people are questioning why things are the way they are, and whether a different world is possible; everywhere people are talking about “revolution” but have no real understanding of what revolution means, no scientific approach to analyzing and dealing with what they are up against and what needs to be done; everywhere people are rising up in rebellion but are hemmed in, let down and left to the mercy of murderous oppressors, or misled onto paths which only reinforce, often with barbaric brutality, the enslaving chains of tradition; everywhere people need a way out of their desperate conditions, but do not see the source of their suffering and the path forward out of the darkness.”
— Bob Avakian, The New Communism