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

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Part 2:

Part 3:

A Message to the Revcoms and Everyone Else Yearning for a Better World

THIS Is A “Game-Changer:” The Bob Avakian Interviews

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

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In This Issue, August 14, 2023:

“We Need and We Demand:
A Whole New Way to Live…”
and
“We Are the Revcoms”

Three Articles From Bob Avakian

A Scientific Approach to Reality and Revolution

The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show

“Woke” is a destructive force

NEW: “Woke” Lunacy vs. Real Revolution
A speech and Q&A by Rafael Kadaris
Revolution Books NYC, August 15
Join the Revcoms at the Sociology Conference in Philly!
NEW: VIDEO: Bob Avakian: Woke is a Joke, a Bad Joke

OPERATION SATURATION — Putting Revolution on the Map

NEW: The Plan
NEW: Put Revolution on the Map by Putting It on the Walls

Featured

NEW: Andy Zee Commentary on The RNL Show:
The Indictments of Trump and the Rare Time
NEW: The Raymond Lotta Fall Campus Speaking Tour
NEW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr... Quackery and Conspiracy...
Now available as a pamphlet (PDF)
NEW: To the People Living in and Loving Hawai’i—We Need a Whole New Way to Live
NEW: Grieving for the Loss of Lives from the Maui Fires… and Angry at the System
NEW: Reprinted from San Antonio Current:
Bad Takes: Jason Aldean's claims of patriotism and victimhood both ring hollow
NEW: VIDEO: O’Shae Sibley: Murdered for Being Gay — We Say NO MORE!
NEW: VIDEO: Mississippi Pigs Terrorize and Torture Two Black Men — What Kind of Sick System Is This!?
NEW: Two More Immigrant Deaths From “Operation Lone Star”
NEW: Houston, TX: Fascist Takeover and Assault on Schools
And more...

Raising Funds to Put Revolution On the Map

**No Nuclear War! It’s This System, Not Humanity, That Needs to Become Extinct!**

The Courageous Uprising in Iran

NEW: Ex Political Prisoner Somayeh Kargar Speaks in Germany

The Revolution Club Fighting For... Getting Organized for... REVOLUTION

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Two Systems. Two Constitutions. Two Futures.

U.S. Constitution:
An Exploiters’ Vision of Freedom—
Added Notes (and Brief Introduction)

Authored by Bob Avakian

Bob Avakian on Why He Wrote the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America:

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REVOLUTION IS POSSIBLE
THIS RARE TIME MUST BE SEIZED

Important excerpts from “Something Terrible, Or Something Truly Emancipating”

REVOLUTION: MAJOR TURNING POINTS AND RARE OPPORTUNITIES

Or... Why did Lenin talk about World War 1 as a “stage manager” of revolution?...

And why did Mao say, We should thank Japan for invading China?

REVOLUTION: A REAL CHANCE TO WIN

by Bob Avakian

Part 2: A Scientifically Based Strategy >>

Part 3: Civil War and Revolution >>

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.

BOB AVAKIAN:
A RADICALLY DIFFERENT LEADER—
A WHOLE NEW FRAMEWORK FOR HUMAN EMANCIPATION

Bob Avakian (BA) is the most important political thinker
and leader in the world today.

STATE OF EMERGENCY:
CHAINS ON PEOPLE WHO DESPERATELY NEED TO BE FREE

A message from Bob Avakian, revolutionary leader, author and architect of a whole new framework for human emancipation: the new communism

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**A point in response to the (all too common) carping—especially from among people in “the educated middle class”—about our “promotion of one leader” >>**

“Cult”—An Ignorant and Cowardly Slander >>

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNIST THEORY
AND THE PROBLEM WITH “MASS LINE”

ANTI-SCIENTIFIC “ANTI-AUTHORITARIANISM”

Serving American Imperialism and Promoting American Chauvinism

Reality and Distortions of Reality—Objective Truth and Subjective Influences

The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show

Every week The RNL Show exposes and digs deep into the roots of the problem that the people here and around the world face and it brings to life the solution through a real revolution to emancipate humanity.

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Indictments…Volatile Divisions...and
REVOLUTION
A Scientific Strategy to Win

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New episodes by the Revcoms every Thursday, 5pm PT | 7pm CT | 8pm ET

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Three Articles From Bob Avakian

GOD, PREJUDICE, OPPRESSION, TERROR
AND THE WAY OUT OF THIS MADNESS

EXPLOITATION: WHAT IT IS,
HOW TO PUT AN END TO IT

SUPREME COURT:
CHRISTIAN FASCISTS
STEALING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD

“Woke” is a destructive force

“Woke” Lunacy vs. Real Revolution

A speech by Rafael Kadaris, and Q&A
Tuesday, August 15, 7 pm
Revolution Books, NYC

Join the Revcoms at the Sociology Conference in Philly!

Bob Avakian: Woke is a Joke, a Bad Joke

“Woke” is a destructive force in the political, intellectual, artistic and ethical life of society

Including poster and leaflet >>

VIDEO: “Woke” Lunacy Vs. Real Revolution — Sunsara Taylor Speaks at UCLA.

VIDEO: Watch the Special Episode of
The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show:
‘Woke’ Lunacy vs. Real Revolution
A Speech by Sunsara Taylor

WHAT?!? YOU STILL HAVEN’T READ BOB AVAKIAN ON ‘WOKE OBSTRUCTIONISM’?

“If you haven’t read this deep-going and foundational critique from Bob Avakian, you’re out of it. You won’t understand the really deep perniciousness of this trend, where it came from, and how to win people away from it…”
—Sunsara Taylor

Bob Avakian On
Fascist Lunacy and “Woke Folk” Insanity: A New “Two Outmodeds”

I’m So Sick of this Whole “Identity Politics” and “Woke” Thing

REVOLUTION AND EMANCIPATION—NOT PETTY REFORM AND REVENGE:

On Movements, Principles, Methods, Means and Ends

Four quotations from Bob Avakian on Woke Obstructionism

A SERIOUS FIGHT AGAINST INJUSTICE—NOT A PETTY HUSTLE FOR “OWNERSHIP”

PRONOUNS AND STARVING CHILDREN

BIPOC LEADERSHIP:
THERE IS NO SUCH THING

The Fight Against Oppression and the Leadership That Is Needed

WORKING WITH BLACK PANTHERS,

WORKING FOR REVOLUTION—

NOT “WOKE IDENTITY” BULLSHIT

Bob Avakian Speaks On
THE FIGHT AGAINST OPPRESSION,
THE NEED FOR REVOLUTION—
AND OVERCOMING “WOKE” OBSTRUCTION

OPERATION SATURATION — Putting Revolution on the Map

The plan:

Operation Saturation: Put Revolution on the Map by Putting It on the Walls

Featured

Andy Zee Commentary on The RNL Show:

The Indictments of Trump and the Rare Time;

The Sharpening Volatile Divide

And the Potential and Responsibility to Act for a Real Revolution

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THE RAYMOND LOTTA FALL CAMPUS SPEAKING TOUR
You’ve Been Lied To! The First Communist Revolutions Were Liberating...
The NEW Communist Revolution Will Be Far Better

ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR... QUACKERY AND CONSPIRACY...
UNCONVENTIONAL IDEAS AND A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH
To Debate or Not to Debate—That Is a Question of Principle and Method

Now available as a pamphlet (PDF) >>

To the People Living in and Loving Hawai’i—WE NEED A WHOLE NEW WAY TO LIVE

Grieving for the Loss of Lives from the Maui Fires… and Angry at the System

Reprinted with permission, from San Antonio Current:

Bad Takes: Jason Aldean's claims of patriotism and victimhood both ring hollow

BARBIE?!? Stop Play-Acting With Patriarchal Toys. Unleash the Fury of Women for Revolution

Raymond Lotta speaking on “Robert Oppenheimer Served America’s Empire: We Have the Responsibility and Possibility to End This Horror, and Bring a Far Better World Into Being.”

O’Shae Sibley: Murdered for Being Gay — We Say NO MORE!

Mississippi Pigs Terrorize and Torture Two Black Men — What Kind of Sick System Is This!?

Two More Immigrant Deaths From “Operation Lone Star”
Fascist Governors Send Reinforcements to Texas

Reflections from a Reader about Rodriguez, and the Film Searching for Sugar Man That Tells His Story

Turning What Were School Libraries Into Detention Centers: The Fascist Transformation of the Houston School District

“which future we get is up to us…”

Coming to a School Near You: Patriotic Christian Fascist Indoctrination

Bringing “We Need and We Demand” and “We Are the Revcoms” to a Rally Against the Fascist Takeover of Houston’s School District

Lessons Learned from Broad Outreach Outing at Farmer’s Market on Hiroshima Day Weekend

Snapshot: Chicago Hiroshima Day at the Logan Square Market

Watching Raymond Lotta’s Talk on Robert Oppenheimer

The Righteous Clash in Montgomery…

And Being Able to Bury Amerikkka & the Capitalist System It Was Founded on… for Good

**No Nuclear War! It’s This System, Not Humanity, That Needs to Become Extinct!**

Ukrainian Offensive Escalates Against Dug-In Russian Army
Wake Up People! A Hellish Imperialist War Is Imperiling the World

War in Ukraine: Frequently Asked Questions

“DON’T WORRY ABOUT A NUCLEAR WAR — IF THERE IS ONE, RUSSIA WILL LOSE!”

The Dangerous Demagoguery of Timothy Snyder On Behalf of U.S. Imperialism and Its Proxy War in Ukraine

UKRAINE: WORLD WAR 3
IS THE REAL DANGER,
NOT A REPEAT OF WORLD WAR 2

Piercing the Lies, Digging Beneath the Surface
The Larger Dynamics of the World Imperialist System Driving the War in Ukraine...
And a Lesson from When There Was a Genuinely Socialist Soviet Union

The War in Ukraine and the U.S. Threats Against China: A Resource Page >>

NO U.S./NATO WAR WITH RUSSIA!
STOP U.S. THREATS AGAINST CHINA!

NO WORLD WAR 3!
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

Bob Avakian on Imperialist Gangsters and the Need for Revolution — Essential Reading

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)

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

New: Added Note by Bob Avakian

Bob Avakian on Biden, Putin & Xi Jinping: Imperialist Gangsters and the Need for Revolution!

“LEGIT GANGSTERS”—
GANGSTERS WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS

by Bob Avakian

Download PDF: Short Version | Longer Version

Bob Avakian: Free Yourself from the GTF! The Great Tautological Fallacy

Sean Penn Shills for Imperialist War

An Introduction to Bob Avakian's Article on Sean Penn's Madness

Sean Penn’s Delirious Madness
And the Danger of Nuclear War

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

WORLD WAR 3 AND DANGEROUS IDIOCY

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

THE FOG OF WAR,
THE CLARITY OF WAR

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Bootlickers Gallery

Bootlicker of the Week: KRS-One… or should we say KRS-Five-O

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Bootlicker of the Week: KRS-One… or should we say KRS-Five-O

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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Nominations Now Open for Bootlickers Hall of Shame

Timothy Snyder: Shamelessly Shilling for U.S. Capitalism-Imperialism in the Proxy War in Ukraine with the “Tyranny vs. Democracy” Hustle

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Shamelessly Shilling for the U.S. War Machine

Bob Avakian on the “Propaganda Machinery of the Capitalist-Imperialist Ruling Class”

Joy Reid, a “House Negro” Shilling for a Hellish War to Defend a Hellish System

Sean Penn Shills for Imperialist War

An Introduction to Bob Avakian's Article on Sean Penn's Madness

From Bob Avakian

About Bill Maher—
A Further Observation on American Chauvinism
And Parasitic Individualism

Raising Funds to Put Revolution On the Map

News and Statements from Donors >>

The Courageous Uprising in Iran

From the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners Now!:

Somayeh Kargar Speaks at the Festival Soleil d’Iran in Paris, France

Iran’s Theocrats Stiffen Hijab Laws Ahead of Mahsa Amini Uprising Anniversary

Universities a Focus of Repression and Potential Hotbeds of Resistance

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

Global Outcry Needed: No Bans! No Jail Time! No Executions!

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!

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

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!!

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