[H]umanity cannot afford any longer to allow these imperialists, on any side, to continue to rule the world, and battle over who will dominate in this situation, with the very real and dire threat this poses to the future, and the very existence, of humanity.
—Bob Avakian, from “Ukraine: World War 3 Is the Real Danger, Not a Repeat of World War 2”
Welcome to revcom.us, the website where you can learn about what is happening, why it is happening, where do the interests of humanity lie, and how you can change the horrors of today the only way they can be fundamentally changed, for real: by making revolution. Welcome to Revolution, where we demarcate this path from every other, and take on all false roads and dead ends. Welcome to revcom.us, where we strive to apply the scientific method and approach to answering those questions—and where you can learn more about that, and about the revolutionary leader who has brought forward the new communism that embodies that method and approach: Bob Avakian, or BA.
This week the events of the world have intensified still further. The Russia-U.S. conflict over Ukraine—a conflict that actually threatens nuclear world war—has continued to sharpen. The people of Iran have refused to bow down to the naked brutality of the Islamic theocratic ruling class of that country. The articles below cover these and other important developments in the world; the quotes from Bob Avakian shed further light.
So there is a way to understand those events. And at a time of extreme danger, there is a way to act on them: an analysis of what the people face and a roadmap to how to wrench something positive out of this madness. That way, that road map, is concentrated in Something Terrible, Or Something Truly Emancipating: Profound Crisis, Deepening Divisions, The Looming Possibility Of Civil War—And The Revolution That Is Urgently Needed, A Necessary Foundation, A Basic Roadmap For This Revolution, by Bob Avakian, and Organizing for an Actual Revolution: 7 Key Points. Take out what you learn here to struggle with and transform people’s thinking. Go to the Revolution Club page to find out how people are organizing. Write to us about what you are encountering, what you are learning, and how this is going (reach us at revolution.reports@yahoo.com).
Here’s what you can dig into this week, to understand and change the world around us as part of the overall process of making revolution and supporting it all over the world:
*Organizing for an Actual Revolution: 7 Key Points
*Bob Avakian: A Radically Different Leader—A Whole New Framework for Human Emancipation
*Ukraine: Danger of World War Intensifies
- Ukraine: The “Prospect of Armageddon,” and the Urgency of Wrenching Humanity’s Future from Imperialism
- Ukrainian Ground Offensive Continues; U.S. Sends More Military Support
- U.S. Expresses “Shock and Outrage” at the Russian Air Strikes Against Ukraine, BUT...
When It Comes to Murdering Civilians and Destroying Cities, America Still Stands Without a Rival - USA Number One (In Threatening, Preparing for, and Carrying Out Nuclear Warfighting)
- The High Stakes in Ukraine, the Threat of Nuclear War, and the Interests of Humanity: 4 Basic Points
- “Legit Gangsters”—Gangsters with Nuclear Weapons (Short Version—The Basic Truth/Longer Version—The Fuller Picture)
- Ukraine: World War 3 Is the Real Danger, Not a Repeat of World War 2, by BA
*Iran: The Struggle Continues to Boil
- Iran Uprising Enters 4th Week: —Masses Respond with Great Courage —Regime Responds with Depraved Bloodshed —U.S. Responds with Hypocrisy, Maneuvering for Advantage
- Basic Summary of the Past Week in Iran: The Flames Will Not Subside
- Background to Confrontation: The U.S. & Iran: A History of Imperialist Domination, Intrigue and Intervention
- From the Communist Party of Iran, Marxist-Leninist-Maoist: Revolution Nothing Less!
- From Atash/“Fire” #131, Journal of the CPI-MLM: Goodbye Garbage!
- From the Revcoms: 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!!
*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 (article/video interview with Raymond Lotta, parts 1, 2, 3)
*Sights and sounds from the October 8 Women’s March
*Prisoners’ strike in Alabama hellholes continues into second week
- “Break All the Chains!” Alabama Prisoners “Strike for Human Dignity and Rights” (Updated)
- Letter from a Prisoner: On Reading “‘Industrialization’ of Sexual Exploitation…” and Doing Revolutionary Work Behind Bars
*The Revolution Club—Fight the Power, and Transform the People, for Revolution
- The BAsics, by JP and Shonuff from the Revolution Club, Chicago
- From the Revolution Club: Voting to Save Abortion Rights Is a Dead-End Solution
*Statements of support and appreciation for Bob Avakian: these came in response to a series of unprincipled and untrue attacks on Bob Avakian, focused on him and the role of the revcoms, and especially Sunsara Taylor, in the struggle for abortion rights waged by Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights earlier this summer—and include a new video statement.
*The LA City Council Racism Scandal
For returning readers, you will probably notice that we have initiated the process of revamping the site, especially the home page. The aim is to make the works and leadership of Bob Avakian, the most important political thinker and leader in the world today, more accessible—while at the same time applying the method and approach brought forward by BA to orient people to new developments in the world. This is very much a work in progress and we welcome comments and suggestions.