As we go to press, we are just $2,573 away from making the $30,000 goal by the end of today, March 31, for the National Campaign to Get @BobAvakianOfficial Everywhere. These funds are going toward online advertising to reach thousands and millions with Bob Avakian's urgently needed leadership... leadership which is going against the tide! And these funds are going toward materials for an on-the-ground grassroots movement to spread this—at protests, on walls, passed hand to hand by people who are hungry for answers.
Thank you to everyone who has donated and raised funds!
Here, we want to share two statements from donors
This Saturday, April 5, tens—maybe hundreds—of thousands of people will fill the streets of this country in mass protest. They will be urgently demanding that Trump and Musk keep their "hands off" everything from the rule of law to Social Security. They will be young and old, from different backgrounds, nationalities and political perspectives. They will be furious and terrified, shocked by what is happening but sputtering mad.
Some recognize the extreme fascist danger. But most just know that "this is not normal" and they refuse to stand aside. People are comparing this to the darkest moments in history and asking what they will do and who they will be.
What people understand—about what we are facing, and why—will shape how they respond. What they think is needed will shape what they do, and do not do. And ultimately, whether humanity will win this round.
This is why it's so important that Bob Avakian, the revolutionary leader who has brought forward the new communism, is providing real-time clarity and strategic leadership to equip people for the fight ahead.
On his social media, Bob Avakian (BA) answers: What is driving this fascism? How serious is it? What are its roots? And how do we actually defeat it?! Not learn to live with it, not try to survive it, not make common ground with it, not just protect a handful of people while the fascist juggernaut rolls ahead—but actually defeat it!
And he goes even deeper. In recent Interviews, "Humanity Does Not Have to Live This Way," and in his New Year's Message, "2025: A New Year—Profound New Challenges—And a Profoundly Positive Way Forward in the Face of Very Real Horror," BA digs scientifically into the nature of the system of capitalism which has given rise to this fascism. He gets into what it will take to sustain mass determined protest when things get hard. He leads people to ask the right questions about what is happening and why.
Even more, Bob Avakian breaks down what's so very new in the new communism and he gets very concrete about how a new system could be built. He spells out the whole new ways of relating that would become possible. He explains the radically different economic and political system, and why the new communism provides maximal space for debate and dissent, creativity and ferment—in the direction of ending oppression and exploitation. BA speaks from the heart about questions of leadership, about our responsibility to people all over the world, about telling people the truth no matter how unpopular, and about the courage that people need right now.
The protests on April 5 need to be as large as possible. And they need to mark a turning point—in action and understanding. Think of what it would mean to connect these answers with the questions that will be before these people, stepping forward in this crucial moment. Be part of introducing thousands to Bob Avakian's scientific analysis and revolutionary vision and voice—be part of reaching people with the understanding that they need. And bring others along with you!
What you can do:
- All this week, build for the mass protests on April 5
- If you can, get up posters in the area of the April 5 marches and rallies
- Print up many many thousands of BA's new social media message for mass distribution, Revolution #114 (download the flyer here)
- Get 1 or 2 volunteers to go around with a pamphlet (coming soon) with BA's new social media messages, with a sign getting people to donate, and follow @BobAvakianOfficial on any social media platform, on the spot.
Two statements from donors:
(From a Spanish-speaking immigrant)
Estoy haciendo la donación para popularizar los mensajes de Bob Avakian. Estoy de acuerdo que Trump está portando como Hitler. Es fascista y es urgente movilizar millones de gente ahorita para derrocar el fascismo. La situación de los inmigrantes en las cárceles de Bukele son inhumanas como un infierno y creo que más adelante solo los van a desaparecer. Los van a matar y no puedo tolerar tanta injusticia. Pero no es un tiempo de desesperación. Es un tiempo de acción colectiva contra el fascismo y el sistema capitalista. Como dijo Bob Avakian: es posible otra forma de vivir completamente diferente, un sistema fundamentalmente diferente. Bob Avakian no está en las noticias ni la televisión ni nada. Pero con esta campaña de @BobAvakianOfficial podemos popularizar per medio de las redes socialies. Por eso son muy importantes las donaciones.
(Translation from revcom.us)
I'm donating to spread Bob Avakian's messages. I agree that Trump is behaving like Hitler. He's a fascist, and it's urgent to mobilize millions of people right now to overthrow fascism. The situation of immigrants in Bukele's prisons is as inhumane as hell, and I believe that later on they're just going to disappear them. They're going to kill them, and I can't tolerate so much injustice.
But this isn't a time of despair. It's a time of collective action against fascism and the capitalist system. As Bob Avakian said: a completely different way to live is possible, a fundamentally different system. Bob Avakian isn't on the news or television or anything. But with this campaign for @BobAvakianOfficial, we can spread the word through social media. That's why donations are so important.
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A $50 donation from a 98-year-old after hearing Bob Avakian's New Year's Message: "2025: A New Year—Profound New Challenges—And a Profoundly Positive Way Forward in the Face of Very Real Horror":
This talk should be spread to the whole world. I liked it not just because it is for revolution, but because he gave reasons and evidence for why there should be a revolution. From the standpoint of humanity, this system is rotten and illegitimate. And people are the most important thing, that's what it's all about, isn't it?
lt's also about the environment. Capitalism is so destructive—don't they realize they're destroying it for future generations? But they don't care as long as it's profitable.
l'm 98 and l've never seen such internal conflict in the U.S. We should take advantage of it in a humanistic and scientific way for a complete metamorphosis. We could have better conditions for people. There's no reason for people to suffer. This system is really kind of stupid. lt doesn't make sense. lt's really insane. Overall on Bob Avakian's talk: lt's a great talk. He saying what it is and proving it with a historical background.