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“Will humanity be thrust back into the dark ages or will we listen to Bob Avakian?” - The Bob Avakian Interviews at the Barbershops
“He doesn’t sugarcoat anything, does he?!”
Fundraising
- 2024: THIS MUST BE OUR YEAR—A YEAR OF REVOLUTION
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Palestine
- U.S. Postures as Defender of Civilians, Calling for “Restraint”. . .
While It Fully Backs, Arms and Funds Israel’s Escalating Genocide of Palestinians - A message from the Revcoms:
TO ALL WHO HAVE STOOD UP FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AGAINST THE U.S.-BACKED ISRAELI GENOCIDAL WAR - The Need to Go Beyond Frantz Fanon to An All-The-Way Communist Revolution
Featured
- 2024: WE’RE HERE TO RECRUIT YOU—FOR THE REVOLUTION
- To those who say, “I don't want to follow an old white man,” when they hear about the revolutionary leader Bob Avakian…
- Another View of the Henry Taylor Exhibit: We Should Definitely Uphold and Popularize What Is Good…But We Cannot Fail to Criticize What Is Not Only Wrong But Damaging
- The Nightmare for Migrants: Made in the USA
We Don’t Have an Immigration Problem, We Have an Imperialism Problem
Iran
- From Atash/Fire, journal of the Communist Party of Iran, Marxist-Leninist-Maoist
On the Importance of Truth to Achieving Emancipation: A Letter to Narges Mohammadi from Somayeh Kargar
Also available at revcom.us Home page
From the Revcoms (Revolutionary Communists):
REVOLUTION
BUILDING UP THE BASIS TO GO FOR THE WHOLE THING, WITH A REAL CHANCE TO WIN: STRATEGIC ORIENTATION AND PRACTICAL APPROACH
NEW: PDF for pamphlet version
Major Declaration from the Revcoms:
WE NEED AND WE DEMAND:
A WHOLE NEW WAY TO LIVE,
A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT SYSTEM
In the name of the people… In the name of humanity…
We Declare and Demand:
The Existing Capitalist-Imperialist System And Institutions Of Government In This Country Must Be Abolished And Dismantled—And Replaced By A New, Socialist System Based On The CONSTITUTION FOR THE NEW SOCIALIST REPUBLIC IN NORTH AMERICA
WE ARE THE REVCOMS: WE ARE WORKING FOR A REAL REVOLUTION AND A WHOLE NEW, EMANCIPATING WAY TO LIVE
- Read the text of proclamation issued May 1, 2023
- Get PDFs of the broadsheet for printing: Cover/Back/Centerfold
Climate Devastation... Nuclear War Threatened... The Direct Danger of All-Out Fascism... Times Like These Demand a Revolutionary Answer
THE BOB AVAKIAN INTERVIEWS
on The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show
- Videos: Interview Part 1/Part 2/Part 3
- A Message to the Revcoms and Everyone Else Yearning for a Better World: The Bob Avakian Interviews (Part 1/Part 2/Part 3/Part 4)
Two Systems. Two Constitutions. Two Futures.
- U.S. Constitution: An Exploiters’ Vision of Freedom—Added Notes (and Brief Introduction), by Bob Avakian (Download PDF pamphlet)
- Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America
- Video from The RNL Show: Bob Avakian on Why He Wrote the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America
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, Revolutionary Leader, Author of the New Communism
Audio: Listen to Bob Avakian Reading "Something Terrible, Or Something Truly Emancipating"
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? by Bob Avakian
REVOLUTION: A REAL CHANCE TO WIN, by Bob Avakian
Part One: We Are Serious
Part Two: A Scientifically Based Strategy
Part Three: Civil War and Revolution
Part Four: Hard Core Youth and the Revolution
Part Five: Winning and Winning
PDF of pamphlet with all five parts
Organizing for an Actual Revolution: 7 Key Points
ALLEGIANCE
- Read and spread
- A Special RNL Show Dispatch
- Download poster PDF/JPG
- Download flyer PDF
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
- 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
Audio of this piece by Bob Avakian - Illustrated version of BA's article from The RNL Show: State of Emergency...
Posters: What is that? Who said that? Say what? Provoke. Inspire. Drive people to the BA Interviews on The RNL Show
"Cult"—An Ignorant and Cowardly Slander
Bob Avakian Speaks to "Cult": A Ridiculous, Ignorant and Irresponsible Accusation
Bob Avakian on Exploitation
- Killer Mike, Ice Cube, WHY CAPITALIST PROGRAMS and BOURGEOIS ASPIRATIONS CANNOT LEAD TO LIBERATION and WHY WE NEED A REAL REVOLUTION
- PUTTING AN END TO EXPLOITATION, AND ALL OPPRESSION
- VIDEO: EXPLOITATION: WHAT IT IS, HOW TO PUT AN END TO IT by Bob Avakian
(produced by The RNL Show) - EXPLOITATION: WHAT IT IS, HOW TO PUT AN END TO IT
THE TRIALS OF FASCIST DONALD TRUMP, AND THE CRIMINAL NATURE OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM
Or, Don’t Be Played for Suckers by Trump’s Posturing, or the Democrats’ Posing as Defenders of Justice—We Need a Revolution and a Fundamentally Different and Far Better System, by Bob Avakian
CAPITALISTS, ANTI-COMMUNISTS: BLATANT HYPOCRISY, GLARING CONTRADICTION, by Bob Avakian
Listen to the audio of this piece by Bob Avakian
GOD, PREJUDICE, OPPRESSION, TERROR AND THE WAY OUT OF THIS MADNESS, by Bob Avakian (download PDF)
Stop the U.S.-Backed Israeli Genocidal War Against Palestine!
The Palestinian People Must Be Free!
Down With the Racist Apartheid State of Israel and Its Master, U.S. Imperialism!
Stop the Repression, Censorship and Blacklisting of Pro-Palestinian Voices!
From the Imperialist USA to Palestine The People Need Real Revolution Based on the New Communism!
- Resource page on the genocidal assault on Palestine—and Israel as an Enforcer of Imperialism [updated]
- Some Basic Truths About the U.S.-Supported Israeli War Against Palestine, by Bob Avakian
- A Timely Provocation from Bob Avakian
- The Moral Blind Spot of Supporters of Israel Who Criticize Hamas—and Hamas Alone—for Murdering Children, by Bob Avakian
- Yes, There Can Be No “Equivalence” Between Israel and the Palestinians—But the Reality Is the Reverse of What Supporters of Israel Insist, by Bob Avakian
- Video: Bob Avakian on the Two Meanings of "Never Again"
- For the Revcoms, Including People in and Around the Revolution Clubs: PALESTINE, ISRAEL, IMPERIALISM: WAR, THE DANGER OF EVEN GREATER WAR—AND REVOLUTION
BASIC ORIENTATION, COMPELLING AGITATION AND MOVING MASSES, by Bob Avakian - Essential Writings from Bob Avakian on the Middle East, Israel and the Revolution—and the World—We Need
- To those who say “It’s too complicated” and “I don't know enough” to stand against the U.S. backed Israeli genocide in Gaza…
- Take the Quiz! Israel: Perception & Reality
Part 1. The Origins of the State of Israel, the Palestinians, and the Holocaust - What Is Hamas?
- In the Midst of the Assault on Palestine, People Need Science, Not Religious Consolation
- Two excerpts from Away with All Gods! by Bob Avakian: Islam Is No Better (and No Worse) Than Christianity/Why Is Religious Fundamentalism Growing in Today's World?
The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show
- VIDEO: Watch the latest weekly episode: Gaza, Kate Cox, Cop28: The Need For Revolution & A Rare Time When Revolution Is More Possible
- VIDEO: Bob Avakian for the Liberation of Black People and the Emancipation of All Humanity
- The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show Podcast!!
The Courageous Uprising in Iran
- From the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners Now (IEC)
Renewed Global Spotlight Needed Against Iran’s Intensified Repression Posing New Threat to All Its Political Prisoners - From the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran's Political Prisoners Now: Letter from 9 Prisoners at Evin Prison: Our Responsibility Concerning the Suffering of Others
- From Atash/Fire #145, Journal of the Communist Party of Iran, Marxist-Leninist-Maoist:
The Reality of Communism, Democracy and Freedom of Expression—The Economic Base Is the Decisive Factor! Part 3
- From Atash/Fire #144, Journal of the Communist Party of Iran, Marxist-Leninist-Maoist
The Reality of Communism, The Reality of Democracy and the Ideal of Democracy, Part 2
- From Atash/Fire #143, Journal of the Communist Party of Iran (MLM): The Reality of Communism, Bourgeois Democracy Means Class Dictatorship of the Bourgeoisie, Part 1
- From Atash/Fire #142, Journal of the Communist Party of Iran (MLM): Revolution Is Impossible Without a Revolutionary War to Overthrow the Ruling Government
Bootlickers Gallery
The Communist Revolution so Badly Needed… vs. the Anti-Communist Brainwash You’re Getting: Raymond Lotta Fall Speaking Tour
- Video: The Truth About the Ukraine War: Refuting Timothy Snyder’s Lies, Demagoguery & War Mongering, Raymond Lotta, from The RNL Show
- Trafficking in Lies, Demagoguery, and War Mongering: Timothy Snyder is a Vicious Anti-Communist Ideologue... And Shameless Apologist for the U.S. Empire: A Challenge to Debate from Raymond Lotta (Summary/Challenge)
- Video: Raymond Lotta Kicks Off the Fall Speaking Tour on “The Communist Revolution So Badly Needed… vs. the Anti-Communist Brainwash You’re Getting,” Revolution Books NYC, September 19
- Learn About the Tour… Bring Raymond Lotta to Your Campus
- Against the Anti-Communist Brainwash... Socialist China’s Great Leap Forward of 1958-60:
What It Was Actually About, Why It Is Attacked, and the Actual Causes of Famine, by Raymond Lotta - Resource page: The True History of Communist Revolution
- More on the Socialist Experience
“Woke” Is a Destructive Force
- Rich and Lively Engagement About “‘Woke’ Lunacy vs. Real Revolution” at Two Universities in North Carolina
- “Woke” Lunacy vs. Real Revolution National Tour Hits Houston
- A Seven Point Indictment: “Woke” is a destructive force in the political, intellectual, artistic and ethical life of society
- Video: “Woke” Lunacy vs. Real Revolution, a speech by Sunsara Taylor (a special episode of The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show)
- Special page: Get involved with the Sunsara Taylor Campus Speaking Tour
- Bob Avakian on Opposing “Woke” Madness and Obstructions
The Revolution Club
- VIDEO: The Empty Chair: Revcoms Challenge Administrator—And Some Students—At Fremont High, Los Angeles
- Message from the Revcoms: To Those Saying, "Why Should I Care About the People in Gaza"
- Joe Veale on The RNL—Revolution Nothing Less!—Show on the Points of Attention, the Code of the Revolution
- Live by and Fight for These Six Points of Attention, the Code of the Revolution!
- Go here to find out about the Revolution Club
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNIST THEORY AND THE PROBLEM WITH “MASS LINE,” by Bob Avakian
ANTI-SCIENTIFIC “ANTI-AUTHORITARIANISM”: Serving American Imperialism and Promoting American Chauvinism, by Bob Avakian (Download PDF pamphlet)
Reality and Distortions of Reality—Objective Truth and Subjective Influences, by Ardea Skybreak
No Nuclear War! It’s This System, Not Humanity, That Needs to Become Extinct!
- A World in Flames: Imperialist Bloodbath in Ukraine Expands, War Preparations in East Asia Intensify
- War in Ukraine: Frequently Asked Questions
- 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, by Raymond Lotta - Resource Page on the War in Ukraine and U.S. Threats Against China
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, with added note by Bob Avakian
From Bob Avakian
- LIBERALS… LIAR, LIAR: In honor of Daniel Ellsberg: who was willing and determined to face, to speak—and to urge others to speak out about—crucial truths about the crimes of this American empire and the dangers it poses to the people of the world and the very existence of humanity
[including video] - About Bill Maher— A Further Observation on American Chauvinism And Parasitic Individualism
WHAT SYSTEM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO TYRE NICHOLS AND THOUSANDS MORE? THE POLICING SYSTEM OR THE SYSTEM THE POLICING SERVES?, by Bob Avakian
RACIAL OPPRESSION CAN BE ENDED—BUT NOT UNDER THIS SYSTEM, by Bob Avakian
ABOLITION—REAL AND ILLUSORY, by Bob Avakian
Bob Avakian on the Struggle for Abortion Rights, the Oppression of Women, and the Revolutionary Struggle to Emancipate ALL Humanity
- Video: Bob Avakian on Why You Can’t Break All the Chains Except One...
- Video: From The Bob Avakian Interviews: What Accounts For The Attack On Abortion And What Must Be Done
- THE CRUCIAL FIGHT FOR ABORTION RIGHTS AND ENDING ALL OPPRESSION
Broad Unity and Necessary Struggle
Featured from Bob Avakian
- Essential readings from BA
- Palestine
- 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
Revolutionary Hope/La esperanza revolucionaria, Revolutionary Communist Organization, Mexico