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The latest from @BobAvakianOfficial on Substack:
On October 18, in Berkeley:
60th Anniversary of the Free Speech Movement: “standing against injustice… with largeness of mind and generosity of spirit”
A new compilation from The Bob Avakian Institute 
Reflections on the Free Speech Movement from Bob Avakian
LATEST WRITINGS
NEW
FASCISM AND THE WHOLE SYSTEM
NEW
YOU WAKE UP WITHOUT THE NEED FOR ANY GOD
NEW:
FEATURED—
on The RNL—Revolution Nothing Less—Show
on youtube/therevcoms
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PHILOSOPHY AND REVOLUTION
Part 1: Objective reality and truth, in opposition to paltry yet poisonous opportunism—perversions of communist theory in the name of proletarian/communist revolution
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Part 2: More on Marxist “reflection theory,” the importance of communism as a scientific approach to understanding and transforming reality—and refutation of opportunist attacks on this by phony “communists”
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS “TOTALITARIANISM”
“Totalitarianism” is a thoroughly unscientific—or, really, anti-scientific—“theory” concocted and promoted by intellectual apologists of this system of capitalism-imperialism.
2024 SCENARIOS (A SKETCH), AND THE CHALLENGES
The BA Institute is pleased to make materials available to assist in deepening the engagement with the new synthesis of communism developed by Bob Avakian.
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Testimonials
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From a photographer who covered the Ferguson uprising, the Stockley verdict and the Black Lives Matter Uprising in 2020
This is something that’s been on my mind anyway. I’ve been having to deal with this since it happened. Me and a few other people—we had to defend the work of the RCP, Ferguson, Refuse Fascism, Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights – we’ve had to defend all of that. And that’s ongoing. The first thing I want to say is I felt totally insulted—and that’s what I felt about this. I felt totally insulted for somebody to say I’ve been working with a cult all these years. Because working with the RCP and following the leadership of BA who I […]
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A medical professional, after reading Sunsara Taylor’s rebuttal to the hit-piece by Robert Mackey at the Intercept
When I checked this morning, the Intercept still had the original story [attacking Rise Up and the Revcoms] featured prominently (middle of the page, one of the top stories in the “politics” section) without a printed rebuttal. The article by Sunsara was very well constructed. Detailing the complete lack of journalistic integrity, both by Mackey and by editorial staff, is important. Illustrating the trumpian methods of “argument” he employed to extremely dangerous ends, here directed by “progressive” journalists against some of the only organized forces that mobilized protest and resistance. Continuing to press for the Intercept to publish the rebuttal should […]
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Pam Laskin, poet, author, editor, lecturer at the City College of New York
Original posted at RiseUp4AbortionRights.org The following is a copy of the letter Pam Laskin sent to the editor of the hit-piece published at The Intercept attacking Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights, as well as Bob Avakian, Sunsara and the Revcoms. Dear Ms. Renner, As an active member of Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights and admirer of the passion, integrity, hard work and commitment of one of its leaders, Sunsara Taylor, I was appalled to read the recent attack waged against Bob Avakian, the revcoms and—in particular—against an institution, Rise-Up, so committed to securing the health and safety of women’s reproductive freedom. […]
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From Brother B In The Streets, Educator, California
Bob Avakian a “cult” leader. I’ve heard this kind of talk for a long time, and each time it comes up what do these forces who spread this accusation reveal about themselves: no engagement… absolutely no serious engagement with anything Bob Avakian has written. Show me where, in anything Bob Avakian has written, or in his talks, where he says his work shouldn’t scrutinized. People mustn’t be intellectually lazy and just swallow this talk about “cult.” There is something called objective truth—and people will be played for fools if they refuse to realize there are people who DO speak the truth (and there will be […]
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