BA Everywhere—Imagine the Difference It Could Make!

Why and how it is key to changing the world—to making revolution

The widespread promotion and popularization of the new synthesis of communism that Bob Avakian has brought forward, and what is embodied in his leadership overall, is a crucial part of preparing minds as well as organizing forces for revolution. In this period BA Everywhere is the concentrated focus of the work to carry out that promotion and popularization.

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"The World Should Know About BA": A Movement of Fundraising House Parties, Salons and Film Showings Over the Next Three Weeks

Stepping Into the Future
Celebration Premieres in New York and LA, December 7 and 11

For people who have never seen or experienced Bob Avakian and the impact of his words, this film is an inspiring introduction. In the documentary, jazz composer and musician Matthew Shipp comments: "Avakian talks a lot about revolutionaries having a poetic imagination, so it was really good to see that idea within the context of an event that has to do with the political or philosophical idealism of revolution."

On the Death of Nelson Mandela

On December 5, 2013, Nelson Mandela died at the age of 95. In the coming period, revcom.us/Revolution will have more reporting and analysis of the significance of the struggle against the brutal racist apartheid regime in South Africa with which Mandela was so closely associated, Mandela's role in that, and the nature of South Africa today.

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Apartheid in South Africa: Decades of Serving the U.S. Empire

In the barrage of self-congratulatory eulogies for Nelson Mandela, spokesmen and ideologues for the rulers of the United States have conveniently whited out two things: 1) The ghastly horrors of the apartheid system that enslaved black people (and other non-white peoples) in South Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s; and 2) The fact that the apartheid system was backed by, and served the interests of, the rulers of the United States all this time—a source of massive profits, and a strategic bulwark of empire.

UN Climate Talks: Criminal Charade in Warsaw

At the latest UN climate conference, which ended in November, the delegates gave a standing ovation to Yeb Saño, who declared he would go on a fast until there was a real agreement to stop climate change, which poses an emergency threat to ecosystems and life itself on earth. Then the conference proceeded to do absolutely nothing to seriously address the climate emergency.

Climate Negotiations and "Big Power" Rivalry

From a recent article by Raymond Lotta, "On the 'Driving Force of Anarchy' and the Dynamics of Change: A Sharp Debate and Urgent Polemic: The Struggle for a Radically Different World and the Struggle for a Scientific Approach to Reality."

photo: flickr/Eoghan Rice-Trócaire

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We ARE Building a Movement for Revolution and Building the Party as Its Leading Core

In all of our work, it has been very important to emphasize that we ARE building a movement for revolution, and that all that we do must proceed from the strategy for revolution that the Party has put forward. In line with that strategy, it is also decisive that we build the Party as the leading core of that movement for revolution.

"But How Do We Know Who's Telling the Truth About Communism?"

The short answer to this question is: Be scientific. Examine the evidence, and examine the methods and criteria being applied.

Read the special issue of revcom.us/Revolution:

You Don't Know What You Think You "Know" About... The Communist Revolution and the REAL Path to Emancipation: Its History and Our Future

Also in this issue

What Kind of System Sentences People to a "Living Death"?

In the U.S., 49,000 prisoners are serving life-without-parole (LWOP) sentences—told they will live in prison until they die. As of 2012, 3,278 of these prisoners are being punished for non-violent drug and property crimes in the federal system and in nine states.

Standing with Sasha Against Bigotry

After 18-year-old Luke "Sasha" Fleishman, who is agender (gender neutral), was set on fire while sleeping on a bus in Oakland, California, there was an outpouring of support—including at the college prep high school Sasha attends, and at Oakland High, the school that Sasha's alleged attacker attends.

An Evening of Beats, Rhymes and Rhythms Against the Slow Genocide of Mass Incarceration

On Friday, November 22, the National Black Theater of Harlem hosted a benefit, featuring Grammy-winning jazz musician Arturo O'Farrill, to raise money for the STOP Mass Incarceration Network (SMIN).

Radically Simple Plan for Getting the Special Issue of Revolution Out on Campuses

A reader shares some ideas for getting out the Revolution special issue "The Communist Revolution and the REAL Path to Emancipation: Its History and Our Future" out on campuses in the remaining days of the academic calendar.

Drawing Attention to the Abortion Rights Emergency at UC Berkeley

Student Boldly Calls Out Obama for Spearheading Attacks on Immigrants

Ju Hong, a 24-year-old student, disrupted a recent speech by Obama in San Francisco's Chinatown to demand a stop to the massive deportation of immigrants—which has soared to record levels during Obama's presidency.

Ju Hong calls out Obama for Sspearheading attachs on immigrants

We Will Not Go Back!

On November 25, a university "rally" of hundreds was held in response to a racist hate crime on the San Jose State University campus. Some students wore duct tape over their mouths as a symbol of their protests against racism being repeatedly ignored, as well as the fact that no students had been scheduled to speak at this rally!