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From Bob Avakian, revolutionary leader, author of the new communism
A Challenge to Katherine StewartDO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE TRUTH ACTUALLY MATTERS, AND THAT INTELLECTUAL INTEGRITY IS IMPORTANT—AND DO YOU RECOGNIZE HOW ENDANGERED THIS IS, THESE DAYS? DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE URGENT IMPORTANCE NOW OF UNITING ALL WHO CAN BE UNITED AGAINST TRUMP/MAGA FASCISM? As someone who found previous writings of yours to be characterized by principled methods and containing valuable insights, particularly in analyzing the dangers posed by right-wing Christian fundamentalists, I was especially dismayed to see that, in your book Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy, you indulge in all-too-familiar and strikingly crude methods in attacking the revolutionary […]
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Trump is moving to make this a dictatorship, not of the ruling class as a whole, but of a certain—fascist—section of the ruling class…
February 21, 2025 In my article U.S. Constitution: An Exploiters’ Vision of Freedom, along with its essential exposure and indictment of the whole system of capitalism-imperialism and its development in this country, there is the following, which has real importance now in relation to the Trump fascist juggernaut: In general, the rights and the restrictions of power established in the Constitution of the newly founded United States revolved around preventing arbitrary rule by despots and the concentration of too much power in one person or one part of the government. The “separation of powers” and the “checks and balances” of different branches […]
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FASCISM AND THE WHOLE SYSTEM
Why the “Mainstream” Representatives of This System Cannot Fight the Fascists the Way They Need to Be Fought—and Why This Fight Needs to Be Waged as Part of Fighting to Abolish This Whole System by Bob Avakian November 1, 2024 In relation to the election—and the larger conflict it is part of (and concentrates now)—the striking fact that the “mainstream” ruling class cannot fight the fascists in the way they need to be fought has found expression again in relation to the comment by Biden that the actual “garbage” is Trump’s supporters. (This was in response to the recent Trump […]
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YOU WAKE UP WITHOUT THE NEED FOR ANY GOD
The Answer to a Question Raised by Basic Youth by Bob Avakian, revolutionary leader, author of the new communism October 28, 2024 A number of times, when they learn that we revcoms (revolutionary communists) do not believe in god, basic youth have raised things like: If there is no god, how do you wake up in the morning? The answer is circadian rhythm. (“Circadian” is a Latin language term. It means: approximately a day.) So what is circadian rhythm? To quote the Cleveland Clinic: Your circadian rhythm is the pattern your body follows based on a 24-hour day—it’s the name given to […]
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