Updated 4/30/2021
From the film of the Dialogue Revolution & Religion:
"Why are we still fighting for justice in 2015?"
"The film brings you up close inside Cornel West's and Bob Avakian's dialogue: the passion, the audacity, the science, the morality, the revolutionary substance. Two courageous voices modeling a morality that refuses to accept injustice – pouring heart and soul into standing together challenging all of us to fight for a world worthy of humanity."
Andy Zee,
co-director of the film
"This is Bob Avakian,
Chairman of the
Revolutionary Communist Party, with a New Year's message—
A Call To REVOLUTION..."
There will never be a revolutionary movement in this country that doesn't fully unleash and give expression to the sometimes openly expressed, sometimes expressed in partial ways, sometimes expressed in wrong ways, but deeply, deeply felt desire to be rid of these long centuries of oppression [of Black people]. There's never gonna be a revolution in this country, and there never should be, that doesn't make that one key foundation of what it's all about.
BAsics 3:19
Letters from prisoners
On BAsics 3:16
I
first started getting into trouble with the law when I was five or six
and I've been in jail, on probation or parole, or "at large" for the
past fifty years... I have come to believe Bob Avakian and the
Revolutionary Communist Party are the only true friends of we who are
forced to live beneath the belly of the beast.
Do you know anyone else—any person or organization—that has managed to bring forth an actual PLAN for a radically different society, in all its dimensions, and a CONSTITUTION to codify all this? — A different world IS possible — Check out and order online the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America (Draft Proposal).
Excerpts from "The Oppression of Black People, The Crimes of This System and the Revolution We Need"
The “Promised Land”— And Rising Expectations
The Black Liberation Struggle: What Really Happened Off the ’60s —And What Did Not
Read entire special issue at: "The Oppression of Black People, The Crimes of This System and the Revolution We Need"
There is the potential for something of unprecedented beauty to arise out of unspeakable ugliness: Black people playing a crucial role in putting an end, at long last, to this system which has, for so long, not just exploited but dehumanized, terrorized and tormented them in a thousand ways—putting an end to this in the only way it can be done—by fighting to emancipate humanity, to put an end to the long night in which human society has been divided into masters and slaves, and the masses of humanity have been lashed, beaten, raped, slaughtered, shackled and shrouded in ignorance and misery.
Bob Avakian, Chairman, Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
Students Rising Up!
April 21: National Student Day of Action to STOP Police Terror! WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
March 28, 2016
2016... And the Dogs Are STILL in the Street
March 21, 2016
Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
On the Significance of RiseUpOctober: Building on Strengths, Overcoming Weaknesses… And Fighting to Actually Put an End to Police Terror and White Supremacy Through Revolution
November 30, 2015
March 2 Day of Resistance to Stop Police Murder in Chicago
March 7, 2016
Quintonio Legrier Bettie Jones
Statement from revcom.us
OUTRAGE!!!
December 26, 2015
The Police Murder of Laquan McDonald in Chicago
Special page
Chicago, November 27, 2015
» Chicago Goddam
» REALITY CHECK: Answers to Burning Questions
» Recent History of the CPD & More Revelations of Cover-Up in the Murder of Laquan McDonald
Rise Up October, October 24, 2015, New York City. The front of the march. Photo: Erik McGregor
Carl Dix speaking at Washington Square Park. Photo: Revolution/revcom.us
Cornel West speaking at Washington Square Park. Photo: Phil Buehler
#SAYHERNAME contingent. The #SAYHERAME campaign documents women murdered by police. Photo: Cindy Trinh/Activists of New York
Jivonte Lee Davis, a close friend of Tony Robinson who was killed by the Madison police on March 5, 2015. Photo: Revolution/revcom.us
Justus Howell was killed by police in Zion, Illinois, April 14, 2015. Photo: Revolution/revcom.us
Eve Ensler, Carl Dix, Cornel West, Quentin Tarantino, on march with family members. Photo: twitter.com/tuneintorevcom
"Ferguson is in the House"—Contingent of Ferguson and St. Louis activists marched on October 24.
Members from Stop Mass Incarceration, San Francisco/Bay Area, CA. Photo: Revolution/revcom.us
Revolution Club contingent, made up of members from around the country. Photo: Revolution/revcom.us
En route from Washington Square Park to Bryant Park. Photo: Oscar Diaz @oscmdiaz
Artwork contributed to Rise Up October
Artwork contributed to Rise Up October
Photo: Cindy Trinh/Activists of New York
The Audre Lorde Project demanding justice for Yvonne McNeil, a homeless lesbian, murdered by the NYPD in October 2011. Photo: Revolution/revcom.us
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Harlem, New York. Photo: Revolution/revcom.us
Youth and others take the message to Times Square. Police attacked, and arrested six people. Photo: twitter.com/StopMassIncNet
Huge, beautiful portraits of people killed by the prison system and prison authorities were contributed to Rise Up October by French street artist/photographer JR as part of his #insideoutproject-A Global Art Project. Photo: Revolution/revcom.us
South Bronx Community Congress. Photo: Revolution/revcom.us
Unitarian Universalists. Photo: Revolution/revcom.us
Columbia University students. Photo: Noel Altaha @ngaltaha
Demanding justice for Justus Howell and all victims of police murder
The October 22-24 Demonstrations—Rise Up October
An Important Step Forward in the Fight Against Police Terror—That Must Now Be Taken Further
November 2, 2015
Carl Dix at the October 24 Rally:
“Let’s do all that we can to stop the horror of police murdering our people. And then let’s do even more because we gotta stop this.
October 26, 2015
The Police Attack on Quentin Tarantino – and the Urgent Need to Stand Against It
by Annie Day
November 2, 2015
When Black and Latino lives are being stolen by the police in epidemic numbers—We Need More and More People Saying This:
One of the things about the movement that actually just means so much is that they have a powerful slogan: “Which side are you on?” If you’re not on our side, you’re on their side. There’s no straddling the fence. There’s no silent majority. There is none of that. You have to take a stand. If you believe it’s murder, then you gotta call it murder. And you gotta call the murderers, murderers.
– Quentin Tarantino, film director, actor
“If you want others to be strong, you must be strong yourself...”
Lessons and Challenges in the Fight Against Police Murder and in Defense of Quentin Tarantino
by Annie Day
November 9, 2015
Behind the Threats on Quentin Tarantino by Police Brutality Associations
November 9, 2015
Press Release from Rise Up October, Nov. 6:
New FOP Threats Against Quentin Tarantino; Rise Up October Responds
Carl Dix condemns FOP's "dangerous thuggery"
November 6, 2015
Quentin Tarantino responds to attacks for speaking out against murder by police as part of Rise Up October:
"What they’re doing is pretty obvious," he said. "Instead of dealing with the incidents of police brutality that those people were bringing up, instead of examining the problem of police brutality in this country, better they single me out. And their message is very clear. It’s to shut me down. It’s to discredit me. It is to intimidate me. It is to shut my mouth, and even more important than that, it is to send a message out to any other prominent person that might feel the need to join that side of the argument."
Voices of Conscience Step Up in Defense of Quentin Tarantino and Condemn the Police Union Threats and Boycott
Read the latest statements here
Cheers to Jamie Foxx
Cheers to Jamie Foxx for speaking out and defending Quentin Tarantino against the attacks by police unions at the Hollywood Film Awards on Sunday, November 1. When Foxx had the stage to present an award, referring to Tarantino's words at the October 24th Rise Up October demonstration, he told Tarantino to "Keep telling the truth, keep speaking the truth and don't worry about none of the haters."
Moya-Smith: Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino Sends Message to Mother of Slain Native American
October 28, 2015
Statement from Carl Dix:
“I challenge Pat Lynch to a debate”
October 26, 2015
Pat Lynch—the Loudmouthed Bigot Leading the Pack in the Pig Attacks on Quentin Tarantino
November 2, 2015
Fight the Power, and Transform the People, for Revolution
Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
ON "PRINCIPLED COMPROMISES," AND OTHER CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
What we need is an actual revolution—and if you are serious about an actual revolution, you have to get seriously into BA.
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