BAsics, from the talks and writings of Bob Avakian is a book of quotations and short essays that speaks powerfully to questions of revolution and human emancipation. These were collected from over 30 years of BA's work. The Bob Avakian Institute made extensive use of quotes from BAsics in palmcards, posters and other materials.
In the fall of 2012, Bob Avakian gave a series of talks in different cities. This is a film of one of those talks.
"Those this system has cast off, those it has treated as less than human, can be the backbone and driving force of a fight not only to end their own oppression, but to finally end all oppression, and emancipate all of humanity." – From the film
Now available online at revcom.us.
A film of the November 2014 historic Dialogue on a question of great importance in today's world between the Revolutionary Christian Cornel West and the Revolutionary Communist Bob Avakian.
In the early part of 2015, over a number of days, Revolution conducted 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, among other works, 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. This interview was first published online at www.revcom.us.
Stepping Into The Future – On the Occasion of the Publication of BAsics: A Celebration of Revolution and the Vision of a New World
On April 11, 2011, Harlem Stage in NYC came alive with music, poetry, dance, visual art, and words of revolution on the occasion of the publication of Bob Avakian’s BAsics. This film is the story of that night, and the reflections of the artists and participants: what inspired them, their hopes and their dreams. Watch on youtube.com/TheRevcoms