What Is the Revolution Club?
What Does It Mean To Join?
How Do I Become Part of This Revolution?
- On this page:
- What Does it mean to join the revcoms and the Revolution Club?
- Where Do I Start?
- What Do I Do?
- Kicking Up the Controversy and Setting Standards
- The National Movement: Lessons, Experience, Grappling from Revcoms Across the Country
- Points of Attention for the Revolution
- Contact the Revolution Clubs
“Everyone who can’t stand this world the way it is... who is sick and tired of so many people being treated as less than human... everyone who has the heart to fight for something that is really worth fighting for: You need to be part of this revolution” Join the revcoms. Get with the Revolution Club!
You need to know Bob Avakian (BA), revolutionary leader, author and architect of a whole new framework for human emancipation: the new communism.
What does it mean to join the revcoms and the Revolution Club?
We are working for a real revolution and a whole new, emancipating way to live.
We live by, spread and fight for the Six Points of Attention. These Points of Attention are the principles and morality of the revolutionary society that we are fighting to bring into being. Members of the Revolution Clubs agree to live by these principles today.
The Revolution Club bases itself on:
1. Humanity Needs Revolution And The New Communism Brought Forward By Bob Avakian (BA)
We base ourselves on the scientific method and approach of the new communism brought forward by BA, we revcoms have the clear understanding that this system of capitalism-imperialism is the source of all the outrages and madness that people are subjected to, here and all over the world—and that it is long past time for this system to be swept off the face of the Earth. We spread the word of this revolution, and this leadership, while we're learning more about it and grappling together.
2. Fight the Power, and Transform the People, for Revolution
We are uniting with and mobilizing people to rise up and resist the continuing crimes of this system, and defending people from attacks on their rights and their lives while waging fierce struggle against ways of thinking that keep people chained to this system, winning people to the scientific understanding that we do not have to live this way and that we need to, and can, bring a whole different and much better system and world into being through revolution.
Where Do I Start?
There is leadership, a vision and an actual strategy for making this revolution:
1 Watch, spread and discuss the Interviews with Bob Avakian on The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show. People need to know about, and get with, this leadership. Bob Avakian (BA) is completely different than the endless stream of bourgeois (capitalist) “leaders” who are put forward, and others who cannot see, or will not look, beyond the confines of this horrific system. He is hard-core for revolution, with a largeness of mind, generosity of spirit, and lively sense of humor — all of which shines through in these Interviews. People need to know about, get into and get with the leadership we have in BA.
2 Study, spread, discuss and apply the basic guide and roadmap:
3 Every week, watch and take leadership from The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show.
Go to the website, revcom.us.
4 Systematically apply: The 7 Key Points for Organizing for an Actual Revolution.
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← Dig into and spread: WE ARE THE REVCOMS
Raise the mass demand: WE NEED/WE DEMAND →
Spread these everywhere.
Get into, spread and discuss the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America
Especially at a time like this—a time when big things are up in the world, affecting the whole future of humanity...when those big-time exploiters and oppressors who rule over us in this country are bitterly divided among themselves and increasingly unable to hold things together as a “unified” ruling class...when there is not just an urgent need but a real possibility to seize on this situation to overthrow them altogether—if you are NOT getting with the revcoms (revolutionary communists) who are working every day for this revolution, if you are not part of working to bring about this revolution, then what the hell are you doing?!
— Bob Avakian, from “EXPLOITATION: WHAT IT IS, HOW TO PUT AN END TO IT”
What Do I Do?
1 With “Something Terrible, Or Something Truly Emancipating” as the basic guide, and utilizing The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show and the website revcom.us as key resources, organize people who are drawn to this to grapple with why an actual revolution is necessary, what such a revolution involves, and what kind of society this is aiming for.
Write your thoughts, comments and questions on the youtube channel. DM us @therevcoms or write to GetOrganizedforRevolutionTour@gmail.com.
2 Join in putting this revolution on the map so that throughout society people will know about this revolution and its leadership, and growing numbers of people will be drawn to becoming part of the revolution.
Download and print materials. Spread this revolution — on the walls, in stores, through stickers, and through representing for revolution. Wear this tee-shirt: “BA Speaks: REVOLUTION — NOTHING LESS!” Contact the Revolution Club or Order from Revolution Books. Contact us to order bulk materials.
Become a patreon and be part of raising funds for this revolution. This revolution needs to have massive impact, which means raising serious funds. Plus, fundraising networks are part of getting organized for revolution. Go here for ideas and reports from others across the country.
Chicago Revolution Club at Bud Billiken Day Photo: @RevClubChi
3 Unite with and mobilize others to stand up against injustices and outrages constantly perpetrated by this system. On the basis of the Points of Attention for the Revolution, be part of defending people from attacks on their rights and their lives by racist, woman-hating and anti-LGBTQ thugs, in and out of government.
Los Angeles Photo: Ringo Chiu
Kicking Up the Controversy and Setting Standards
Part of making revolution means challenging all the old system ways of thinking and acting — some people love that, some people are challenged and intrigued and maybe don't know what they think at first... and some people hate it. The rulers of this system will set out to attack and repress those who are fighting to bring a different world into being. And there are some among the masses who act in line with the rulers of this system — who feel they have a stake in the status-quo and attack and slander the revolution. These kinds of attacks have come down sharpest on BA, who has faced vicious repression and slander. Protecting and defending our revolutionary leadership is a central part of making revolution — and is the responsibility of everyone who is serious about fighting for a better world.
Importantly, there is an essential distinction to be made between this kind of counter-revolutionary attack — which needs to be opposed by every person of principle — and genuine criticism, even sharp criticism, which we welcome.
While setting terms about what standards and principles are needed, genuine debate over questions of substance and line are needed — now and throughout society.
The National Movement: Lessons, Experience, Grappling from Revcoms Across the Country
Everything depends on bringing forward a revolutionary people, from among the most bitterly oppressed, and all parts of society, first in the thousands and then in the millions, as a powerful revolutionary force, organized from the start and consistently with a country-wide perspective, impacting all of society and changing the terms of how masses of people see things and how every institution has to respond. Everything must be focused now on actually bringing forward and organizing this revolutionary force.
Read dispatches, reflections, reports and more from revcoms across the country working to apply the strategic approach to making revolution. Write in with your questions, reports and thoughts to GetOrganizedforRevolutionTour@gmail.com or DM @therevcoms.
Points of Attention for the Revolution
The Revolution Club upholds, lives by and fights for the following principles:
1 We base ourselves on and strive to represent the highest interests of humanity: revolution and communism. We do not tolerate using the revolution for personal gain.
2 We fight for a world where ALL the chains are broken. Women, men, and differently gendered people are equals and comrades. We do not tolerate physically or verbally abusing women or treating them as sexual objects, nor do we tolerate insults or “jokes” about people’s gender or sexual orientation.
3 We fight for a world without borders, and for equality among different peoples, cultures and languages. We do not tolerate insults, “jokes” or derogatory names about a person’s race, nationality, or language.
4 We stand with the most oppressed and never lose sight of their potential to emancipate humanity—nor of our responsibility to lead them to do that. We work to win people of all backgrounds to take part in the revolution, and do not tolerate revenge among the people.
5 We search for and fight for the truth no matter how unpopular, even as we listen to and learn from the observations, insights and criticisms of others.
6 We are going for an actual overthrow of this system and a whole better way beyond the destructive, vicious conflicts of today between the people. Because we are serious, at this stage we do not initiate violence and we oppose all violence against the people and among the people.
Contact the Revolution Club:
Bay Area:
IG and Twitter: @revclub_bay
Tel. (510) 244-3336
Email: revclub.bay@gmail.com
Chicago:
(312) 804-9121
Revclub.chi@gmail.com
@revclubchi
1857 E. 71st Street
Chicago, Illinois 60649
Los Angeles:
(323) 671-9839
revclub_la@yahoo.com
@revclub_la
2716 S. Vermont Ave Unit 8
Los Angeles, CA
New York City:
(917) 969-2146
nycrevclub@gmail.com
@nycrevclub