Archive for January, 2015
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Bob Avakian Timeline
TIMELINE— Political Activism and Revolutionary Leadership of Bob Avakian (BA), During the 1960s-1970s, and Continuing to the Present Time Editors’ Note: In response to frequently asked questions about the history of Bob Avakian as a radical political activist and his development as a revolutionary and communist leader, the following Timeline has been assembled. This is drawn from BA’s memoir From Ike to Mao, and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist (Insight Press, 2005) and some additional information provided by BA. While this is not intended to include all the many different events and elements that have gone into BA’s […]
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After the Dialogue Alice Walker
Revolution and Religion: a Dialogue Between Cornel West and Bob Avakian ©2014 by Alice Walker If the murder of our youth is considered insignificant to those in American society who make the laws, those of us who love the children, and their parents, and ourselves, must awaken to the reality that the political system we find ourselves prisoners of must be abandoned. What is to be done? This question is approached with courage, dignity, and clarity in this conversation between Cornel West, a Christian revolutionary, and Bob Avakian, a Communist revolutionary. The way will not be easy, but when has […]
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Before the Dialogue
from a Black businessman A Revolutionary Meeting of Two Extraordinary Minds!!! A revolutionary meeting of two extraordinary minds!!! Plus you get to see Bob Avakian live and in person. It’s worth it just for that. I’m interested to see what’s going to come out of this conversation. ~~~~~ from Jed Stone, Criminal Defense Attorney, October 24, 2014: “I Recognize the Power and Perils of Belief” I have struggled for years with issues of faith. As an agnostic I recognize the power and perils of belief. Bob Avakian and Cornel West are to be lauded for their efforts to bring struggle […]
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Ardea Skybreak, On Attending the Dialogue Between Bob Avakian and Cornel West
EDITORS’ NOTE: The following is an excerpt from a wide-ranging interview with Ardea Skybreak. A scientist with professional training in ecology and evolutionary biology, and an advocate of the new synthesis of communism brought forward by Bob Avakian, Skybreak is the author of The Science of Evolution and the Myth of Creationism: Knowing What’s Real and Why It Matters, and Of Primeval Steps and Future Leaps: An Essay on the Emergence of Human Beings, the Source of Women’s Oppression, and the Road to Emancipation. In this part of the interview she speaks to the experience of attending the November 15, […]
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