BA’s Body of Work

Dig into BA’s Collected Works
Films, Books, Articles, Audio

Bob Avakian’s extensive body of work includes more than a hundred films, books, articles, and audio recordings. To access this body of work, click here.

Featured Works

The New Communism 
The science, the strategy, the leadership for an actual revolution, and a radically new society on the road to real emancipation 
This book is for anyone who cares about the state of the world and the condition of humanity and agonizes over whether fundamental change is really possible. It is a masterwork and a master class — it is a living laboratory of the new synthesis of communism developed by Bob Avakian. It is also striking in its ability to combine high level revolutionary communist theory and modeling of revolutionary leadership with a visceral, colloquial and passionate style that will resonate with and be accessible to a wide variety of readers.

WHY WE NEED AN ACTUAL REVOLUTION AND HOW WE CAN REALLY MAKE REVOLUTION

A speech by Bob Avakian

In the summer of 2018, Bob Avakian gave a speech in several cities, now available online. There has never been a speech like this on these questions… until now.

Breakthroughs—

The Historic Breakthrough by Marx and the Further Breakthrough with the New Communism

“a distilled discussion of the theory, strategic orientation and objectives of the communist movement as this was developed from the time of Marx and with its further development and synthesis with the new communism”
— From the Preface

For anyone who yearns for a different world, one free of all forms of oppression and exploitation, where all humanity could truly flourish and where the planet could thrive, this thought-provoking work from Bob Avakian is essential reading.

Find serious answers to serious questions, and much more, in this hour-long talk and Q&As from Bob Avakian.

The New Synthesis of Communism: Fundamental Orientation, Method and Approach, and Core Elements

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. You can find a selection of those works here. The Bob Avakian Institute made extensive use of quotes from BAsics in palmcards, posters and other materials.

BA Speaks: REVOLUTION — NOTHING LESS! Bob Avakian Live

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

“Yes, this is a film, but that is not its essence. This is a daring, substantive, scientific summoning to revolution. 6+ hours that can change how you see the world and what you do with the rest of your life. Is this hype? No.” – From one of the filmmakers

Order from the distributor HERE. Now available online at revolutiontalk.net.

 Constitution,
Law, and Rights — 
in capitalist society
and in the future socialist society

Selections from the writings of Bob Avakian
including excerpts from the Constitution for the
New Socialist Republic in North America (Draft Proposal)

This compilation brings a truly unique perspective to a subject that is of critical importance for all those concerned with social justice: constitution, law, and rights.

Revolution and Religion
The Fight for Emancipation and the Role of Religion
A Dialogue Between
Cornel West & Bob Avakian

Now on DVD – 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.

Watch the film online!

A Talk by Bob Avakian

“The Problem, the Solution,
and the Challenges Before Us”

An important talk given by Bob Avakian Summer 2017.