In Why We Need an Actual Revolution and How We Can Really Make Revolution, Bob Avakian speaks to decisive questions and matters in really making revolution:

• How could the revolutionary force avoid being defeated at the beginning when they are weaker, yet be able to advance in their fighting strength and capacity?
• How could the revolutionary forces demoralize and disintegrate the counter-revolutionary forces and their civilian base?
• Why would a real revolution involve a civil war between two sections of the people?
• How could backbone forces of the youth who through the course of this period become committed to the revolution be transformed into organized fighting forces? And, how could their training be carried out and the necessary equipment be provided for?
• How could all the logistical needs of a fighting force be provided for? What would the decisive role of the masses who support and sustain the revolution be?
• How would every aspect of an actual revolution be, as BA says here, “in line with the emancipating outlook and goals of the revolution,” and why is that essential as part of the revolutionary military strategy?
• How could the revolutionary forces fight only on favorable terms and avoid decisive encounters, which would determine the outcome of the whole thing, until the balance of forces had shifted overwhelmingly in favor of the revolution?
• How would the revolution deal with holding onto territory? Why should the revolutionary forces “not attempt to openly control and govern territory, until the necessary ‘favorable balance of forces’ has been created.”
• What is the relationship between the revolution here and the countries to the south and north?
• How could the immoral brutality of the forces that rule this country, the massive destructive means which they wouldn’t hesitate to viciously use with their future at stake, be turned against them by the morality and goals and conduct of the revolutionary forces?
• How could the revolutionary forces counter the decapitation strategy of the enemy and why and how is what we do today in building the movement for revolution of tremendous import to addressing this problem?
• And last there is a critically important discussion of the differences and similarities between the road to revolution here and in countries of the “Third World” which leads Bob Avakian to get into our strategic orientation of Hastening While Awaiting the time when the all-out struggle could be launched.

We urge everyone to watch and study this, Part 2, of this speech with these questions in mind: