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"...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

Bob Avakian (BA) is the architect of a whole new framework of human emancipation, the new synthesis of communism, which is popularly referred to as the "new communism."

 

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For Revolution to Break Through,
for Humanity to Be Emancipated,
Communist Leadership Is Necessary, and Indispensable

In “What Humanity Needs: Revolution, and the New Synthesis of Communism, An Interview with Bob Avakian” published in 2012, in response to a question from the interviewer, A. Brooks, Avakian spoke to the necessity of communist leadership if humanity is going to be able to liberate itself.

 

Listen to BA's "All Played Out"

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“All Played Out,”
spoken word by Bob Avakian,
music by William Parker

 

Prisoners write about Bob Avakian!

From prisoner letters published in Revolution:

Comments and Reviews

BA Through the Years 1969,1979, 2003

View Bob Avakian speaking in 1969, 1979, and 2003

Science and Revolution

In the early part of 2015, over a number of days, Revolution conducted a wide-ranging interview with Ardea Skybreak. Ardea Skybreak is a scientist with professional training in ecology and evolutionary biology, and an advocate of the new synthesis of communism brought forward by Bob Avakian.

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Science and Revolution

 

Video splash page - Bob Avakian for the Liberation of Black People and Emancipation

Start the video at 13:57

 

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"You can't change the world if you don't know the BAsics." BAsics, from the talks and writings of Bob Avakian is a book of quotations and short essays that speaks powerfully to questions of revolution and human emancipation. Go to the BAsics page.   

On the Leadership of Bob Avakian