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Archive for March, 2022

 

  • Bob Avakian Speaks On
    THE FIGHT AGAINST OPPRESSION,
    THE NEED FOR REVOLUTION—
    AND OVERCOMING “WOKE” OBSTRUCTION

    March 18, 2022 A concentrated way to describe much that is wrong with “woke identity politics” is this: It is an attempt to dictate what parts of reality can be talked about, and by whom—and an attempt to change the “labels” on reality, instead of transforming the reality itself, to actually eliminate and uproot very real oppression. This has stood out very clearly, for example, around the right to abortion. The right to abortion hangs by a thread right now, and there is the real possibility of its being torn away from the women and girls for whom this right is essential to their […]

     

  • Forces of Brutal Oppression, Hypocritical Apologies for Genocidal Murderers
    WHAT SHOULD BE “CANCELED”

    by Bob Avakian March 17, 2022 I have already written fairly extensively about what is seriously wrong with “woke cancel culture.”1 More needs to be said about this, but here I am going to be speaking to the question of individuals, and beyond that social forces and institutions, that should actually be “canceled”—or, more correctly put, exposed, denounced and actively opposed. Definitely among the forces that fall into this category are the Christian fundamentalist fascists in this country, based on the ideas and actions they aggressively put forward and carry out. I will have more to say about them shortly. But first, […]

     
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  • Bob Avakian Calls Out FRONTING FOR THIS SYSTEM OF OPPRESSION

    March 9, 2022 Malcolm X frequently spoke, with disdainful anger, about the “Uncle Tom Negroes” of his time, whom he compared to the “house slaves” on the plantations, who lived in the master’s house and identified with the master more than with the “field slaves” (when the master’s house caught on fire, Malcolm pointed out, the house slaves would exclaim, “master, our house is on fire!”). Today, this phenomenon is even more widespread and pronounced, including in the form of bourgeois Black “media personalities” fronting for this system. You can see them on MSNBC, or CNN, as “hosts” and “guest commentators” on […]

     

  • Imperialist Parasitism and “Democracy”: Why So Many Liberals and Progressives Are Shameless Supporters of “Their” Imperialism

    by Bob Avakian March 2, 2022 In the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there has been a not-so-remarkable but thoroughly revealing, and disgusting, display of American liberals and progressives mindlessly mouthing condemnation of Russian aggression in a way that is thoroughly in line with the position and aims of the imperialist ruling class of this country (the “good old USA”), which by far holds the record  for invasions and other acts of violent interference in other countries. Of course, this act of imperialist aggression by Russia deserves to be condemned. But especially for people residing in this country—which, again, by far holds the […]

     
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