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Archive for June, 2022

 

  • PRONOUNS AND STARVING CHILDREN

    by Bob Avakian June 18, 2022 I have previously pointed to this horrific fact: in the period of slightly more than 75 years since the end of World War 2, because of the way the world is dominated by the system of capitalism-imperialism, at least 350 million children in the Third World have needlessly died because of starvation and preventable disease—a number greater than the entire population of this country!* And this terrible reality of what amounts to mass extermination of children is just one of the truly horrendous atrocities which this system of capitalism-imperialism imposes on humanity. Do you think that any of these children—or their loved […]

     

  • BIPOC LEADERSHIP: THERE IS NO SUCH THING

    The Fight Against Oppression and the Leadership That Is Needed by Bob Avakian June 18, 2022 These days we hear a lot, from certain quarters, about how it is necessary to follow the leadership of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color). But, in reality, there is no such thing as “BIPOC Leadership”—and no such thing as BIPOC, as some kind of uniform and unified social force. Of course, there are Black people, indigenous people, and other people of color, and all of these peoples are subjected to various forms of discrimination and oppression. But there are very real differences within […]

     
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  • A SERIOUS FIGHT AGAINST INJUSTICE—
    NOT A PETTY HUSTLE FOR “OWNERSHIP”

    by Bob Avakian June 18, 2022 Today, there are some people and groups that identify as “progressive” or “woke” but have become so influenced by capitalist notions of property relations that they actually believe that they “own” the fight against injustice and the public spaces, and even whole cities and areas, where this fight needs to be waged. This has come up, for example, in the fight waged by RiseUp4Abortion Rights.org to prevent the fascist majority on the Supreme Court from ripping away the right to abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade. “Rise Up” has consistently sought to build the broadest […]