The revolutionary leader Bob Avakian (BA) recently challenged the ugly rise of hateful immigrant-bashing among Black people in an uncompromising social media dispatch Revolution #73 titled “Black People Hating on Immigrants. Nonsense, and worse, from people who should know better.”
In response he has been the target of all kinds of lies, slander and character assassination from Black MAGA fascists and others. Some of this poison has gone viral in the fascist internet echo chamber, with some things reaching beyond. Some of these anonymous online pigs have tagged federal police agencies.
These attacks and lies aimed at Bob Avakian cannot be tolerated. This must be forcefully condemned by everyone who cares about a just future for people here and around the world. We know from the history of ugly attacks on revolutionary leaders where these kind of divisive counter-revolutionary threats can lead.
Below are statements from diverse voices speaking out in defense of Bob Avakian and expressing their appreciation for who he is and the leadership he is providing:
From musician William Parker
William Parker
My name is William Parker. Since 1972, I have been making "Black Revolutionary Music." (Playing and writing music to inspire human Revolution change through sound art, poetry, and dance. Hoping to sweep away this present reality of the individual.) Eventually, activating the beautiful strength of unity within the Black and Latin communities and acknowledging any legitimate movement devoting one's life to change significant increments or awareness that one of the keys is unity without giving up individuality. Now to Bob Avakian, the theoretician and founder of the Revolutionary Communist Party. I added some music behind his powerfully truthful words in a piece called 'All Played Out.' His words were on point, powerful, and insightful. Bob Avakian has devoted his life to inspiring people, too. He is the real deal, totally committed to the enlightenment of the working class. The message is to Know who your real enemy is. Ultimately, it is the people who most honestly decide. They have to activate their power; a revolution must come; "things have to change," and it will not come from traditional methods. Brothers and Sisters, Know your enemy. It is not Avakian. Don't participate in your execution.
The Leadership of Bob Avakian, Enabling Humanity to Dream a World—and Bring that World Into Being
from a reader
Recently, I was re-reading the Letter from Lenny Wolff in Revolution, and thinking about what he posed: Do we even fully understand what we have here?! I must say that the more I read, the more I listen to, the more I share anything by BA, I am truly struck by what Wolff asks. No where, NO WHERE, is there anyone else dealing head on, FIGHTING FOR THE TRUTH WHEREVER IT TAKES US, to make revolution and emancipate ALL OF HUMANITY in the way BA is doing this. And continuing to do so in this rare time. I do not think it is a coincidence that the social media dispatches, @BobAvakianOfficial, are coming out now, at a time when events are accelerating and the possibility, in our lifetimes, for revolution is possible. But we have to prepare to make this happen if the situation arises! This means hard work digging deeper with people with all the tools BA has given us and getting others these tools so we can “dig together.” @BobAvakianOfficial is how we reach all the decent people who hate the murderous world we live in today and want something truly different.
I know what I am saying is repeating what others have said. But I think it is worth repeating. We should not shy away from the truth -- BA is the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON LIVING TODAY. This is not hype or hyperbole.
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From Paul Blumberg, Cleveland, Ohio, September 16, 2024
Recently a group of thugs tried to break up a meeting in Chicago at the Revcom center on the southside. There were Black Trumpers. How sick and sad. Fascism comes in all colors. They tried to stop a public discussion of the work of Bob Avakian.
I have seen America’s long history of murdering anyone that stands up to the sick system we live under, Martin Luther King, Malcom X and Fred Hampton to name only a few.
The decimation of the Black Panther Party comes to mind. The COINTELPRO, a creation of the FBI, was the driving force in the decimation of the Panthers and the murders of 28 of them.
Today Bob Avakian and the Revcoms are the uncompromising and leading force for revolution. Avakian’s message that the Revcoms were taking out in Chicago was that Black people hating on immigrants was a divisive dead end.
I add my voice in strongly condemning the attack by fascist bootlickers against our leader and pledge my deepest support for Bob Avakian and the Revcoms. A better world is in the making and will become an unstoppable force.
Much of that is due to Avakian’s breakthroughs in Marxist theory and the development of the New Constitution for a Socialist North America. He has been a steadfast and courageous leader for most of my life. He needs to be heard, followed and protected.
From a Health Professional
This is a short piece by Bob Avakian #73… but it's a BIG question because people haven’t yet spent the time on understanding they are being PLAYED.
It’s like you are in prison, or in a gang, and as Bob Avakian has pointed out, this system has you fighting each other, but there is a guard in the tower above you ready to shoot you both. Bob is taking this on, and I give him Kudos for it. Because this system of capitalism and white supremacy has been doing this shit forever.
Avakian writes about Blacks attacked by white mobs in cities and neighborhoods when the great migrations happened in the last century. I myself, when I was growing up in the eastern U.S. had to confront angry whites who attacked us Black people because there was an effort to desegregate the schools. Now it’s some Black folks hating on immigrants who think they are a "higher tier"… it is as BA says, Nonsense! But it's happening and it's the same game: divide and conquer, a shell game and the system keeps doing it because it works.
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From a Black Educator in California
Bob Avakian a Racist? NONSENSE!
I found Bob Avakian as a young man, seeking a revolutionary analysis like what I read from George Jackson. I found an old article in the Revolutionary Worker magazine upholding the Panthers and George Jackson, written by BA.
Soon after I am introduced to BA in a clip speaking at a Black Panther Party rally in the 1960s.
If you need more, read the man's memoirs and his deep appreciation for the history, culture and revolutionary potential of Black people in America. It's a cornerstone of his analysis.
I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO PRESENT A SHRED OF EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY.
From a longtime follower of BA
I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tired of living in this rotten-ass capitalist-imperialist system. The way it forces people to come at things in terms of “me, me, me.” Fighting for crumbs from this foul empire, crumbs derived from children mining coltan in Africa, made possible by bombing precious Palestinian babies.
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From a retired educator
Response to attacks on RCP and Brother Bob for calling out Africans who blame immigrants for economic problems in our communities.
I am not on social media so I cannot speak to the written attacks on Bob Avakian because he made the correct analysis that Africans blaming/bashing immigrants is shortsighted. However, I can comment on the UncleTomHouseNegroHandkerchiefHeadOreo scum that physically attacked a RCP meeting in Chicago.
First, I must be living in a bubble because I don't personally know any Africans who aren't clear that capitalism’s attacks on immigrants is a divide-and-conquer/divide-and-rule tactic. So to have to read about Africans touting Trump and attempting to shut down a RevCom store hurts my heart.
Second, given our history, Africans should be the most radical leadership. Of any people we should have learned the lessons of oppression and side with the oppressed no matter where and at all times.
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On the Lies and Attacks Against Bob Avakian and the Revcoms from Black MAGA Fascists
The revolutionary leader Bob Avakian (BA) recently challenged the ugly rise of hateful immigrant-bashing among Black people in an uncompromising social media dispatch titled “Black People Hating on Immigrants. Nonsense, and worse, from people who should know better.” Everybody knows of the racist lying rants, threats and actions from Donald Trump and his fascist MAGA movement viciously targeting migrants and asylum-seeking refugees. What many don’t know is how these fascists are organizing in Black communities and how way too many Black people are taking this poison up.
On September 8, these Black MAGA fascists and a crew of narrow, reactionary Black nationalists tried to violently break up a public discussion of Bob Avakian's messages at the Revcom Center on the South Side of Chicago. They tried to bum rush the front of the room by punching, shoving and threatening worse, but the revcoms united the audience to usher them out of the Revcom Center. In the days before this assault, these bootlicking Black Trumpers ranted at the local City Council meeting and demanded that official action be taken against the revcoms. And all this took place amidst a shitstorm online. Over the last few weeks and continuing to now, all kinds of lies, slander and character assassination has been spread against Bob Avakian, that he is some kind of "racist," with some posting outright threats. Some of this poison has gone viral in the fascist internet echo chamber, with some things reaching beyond. Some of these anonymous online pigs have tagged federal police agencies.
These scurrilous bullshit attacks aimed at Bob Avakian cannot be tolerated. This must be forcefully condemned by everyone who cares about a just future for people here and around the world. We know from the history of ugly attacks on revolutionary leaders where these kind of divisive counter-revolutionary lies and threats can lead.
We call on people from all walks of life to defend Bob Avakian. Read more >>
