Archive for February, 2024
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In Defense of Avakian and the Revcoms
Part 3: Against More Left Slander and Stupidity by Paul Street February 5, 2024 Editors’ note: This article by Paul Street, historian and author, originally appeared on January 30, 2024, at The Paul Street Report. See also Part 1 and Part 2. Dear readers: here concludes my defense of Bob Avakian and the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, for now. I have certainly left out some attacks made against Avakian and the Revcoms and I have certainly not made all the defenses/arguments that longtime Revcoms and Avakian himself would make. I have responded in this series to attacks specifically sent to me. […]
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In Defense of Avakian and the Revcoms
Part 2: Against Neo-McCarthyism and More by Paul Street February 5, 2024 Editors’ note: This article by Paul Street, historian and author, originally appeared on January 25, 2024, at The Paul Street Report. See also Part 1 and Part 3. Dear Readers: This is a continuation from the three-part series I started three days ago. In this and in Part 3 (next week), I respond to each of the left attacks on the RCP and Avakian listed in Part 1. If you have not read Part 1 yet, you probably should do so before reading the current installment. I always expect a […]
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In Defense of Bob Avakian and the Revcoms Part 1 of 3
by Paul Street January 29, 2024 Editors’ note: This article by Paul Street, historian and author, originally appeared on January 25, 2024, at The Paul Street Report. See also: Part 2: Against Neo-McCarthyism and More • Part 3: Against More Left Slander and Stupidity Dear readers: this and my next two Paul Street Reports address the work of Bob Avakian and the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (the “Revcoms”) and the sadly vicious, slanderous, ignorant and reactionary response of much of “the left,” whatever “the left” is anymore, to Avakian and the Revcoms.1 Please make time to listen to the six recently (today) released and short […]