Revolution Books, New York City
New York City, Revolution Books
HOURS: Tues-Thurs-Fri-Sat-Sun 12-6 pm
LOCATION: 437 Malcolm X Blvd (at 132nd St) (2/3 train to 135th St)
New York, NY 10037
CONTACT: 212-691-3345
revbooksnyc@yahoo.com
revolutionbooksnyc.org
Revolution Books, Berkeley
Berkeley Revolution Books
HOURS: Tues-Fri 12:30-7pm; Sat & Sun 1:00-6pm
LOCATION: 2444 Durant Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
CONTACT: 510-848-1196
revolutionbooksberkeley@gmail.com
www.revolutionbooks.org
New York Events
437 Malcolm X Blvd (at 132nd St) (2/3 train to 135th St)
New York, NY 10037
Raymond Lotta: A talk and Q&A on "Communism Has Never Worked" WRONG!
Tuesday, July 22 @7:00pm
The Real History of the Russian and Chinese Revolutions
And the Even More Liberating Future with the New Communism
You are told that there is no alternative to this world of war, genocide, climate catastrophe, and growing fascism. You are told that the Russian and Chinese revolutions of the 20th century were unworkable “utopian projects” that turned into “totalitarian nightmares.” This is the capitalist-imperialist system talking — drilling into your head that this is the best of all possible worlds. But this does not stand up to the facts.
Raymond Lotta will cut through the lies and slanders, and set the record straight about humanity’s first attempts to create societies free of exploitation and oppression. He will bring out the truth of the history and achievements of these first socialist revolutions—as well as their errors and problems, and how capitalism was restored in those countries.
He will speak to how, through decades of work and struggle, the revolutionary leader Bob Avakian has forged the new communism—a whole new, scientific framework for human emancipation. It is now possible to make and carry forward a truly liberating revolution, to free humanity from all oppression and exploitation.
And Raymond Lotta will draw a sharp line between this real revolution and real socialism-communism...and the phony socialism of Zohran Mamdani, the DSA, and other “left" reformists.
The stakes could not be higher.
Come hear Raymond Lotta.
Bring your toughest questions and biggest concerns.
Berkeley Events
2444 Durant Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
Discussion on "NO to a Celebration of Slavery, Capitalist Exploitation and Worldwide Plunder—This Is a Time for a New, Urgently Needed, Truly Emancipating Revolution"
Friday, July 17th, 7 p.m.
Join us for a series of discussions of Bob Avakian's articles.
Friday 7pm, we will discuss Pt. 3 from the series: THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (And Related Questions): INVENTIONS AND DISTORTIONS OF REALITY AND HISTORY—IN THE SERVICE OF REAL AND REPEATED ATROCITY
Read this article and come with your questions and comments.
Excerpt from part 3:
“What Was “Brought Forth” through the American Revolution Was Not a New Nation “Conceived in Liberty,” and Not a Nation “Dedicated to the Proposition that All Men Are Created Equal.”
What I have already indicated here (and examined more fully in the previous article in this series) reveals clearly that neither the American Revolution of 1776, nor the Civil War in the 1860s, was actually fought to establish, or to preserve, “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” The essential “liberty” brought about through the American Revolution was the removal of the constraints that the British empire enforced on the slave-owners and developing capitalists in the colonies, who were the “fathers” and basic beneficiaries of this Revolution.
And as for today:
Finally, and most importantly: The crucial question is not comparison with past oppressive and murderous countries and empires, or with other oppressive regimes in the world now (although U.S. capitalism-imperialism far surpasses its rivals now in terms of war crimes and crimes against humanity). The decisive question is: what is now possible for humanity, in terms of actual and fundamental emancipation—in opposition to the way that this system of capitalism-imperialism stands as the direct barrier to the achievement of unprecedented emancipation, and the fact this system is, in an all too real and terrible sense, force marching humanity toward the abyss.
