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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.

BASKETBALL AND BIG QUESTIONS
The Caitlin Clark Controversy—Greats, “Greatest of All Time,” White Stars in a “Black Sport,” Racism and the Fight Against it, and the Kind of World We Should Strive to Have

by Bob Avakian—revolutionary leader, author and architect of the new communism, and a passionate fan of basketball

2024 SCENARIOS (A SKETCH), AND THE CHALLENGES

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  • The Vital Mission of The Bob Avakian Institute at a Pivotal Time in History
    The New Communism and the Fight to Raise People’s Sights

    from Annie Day, Director of The Bob Avakian Institute and follower of Bob Avakian July 16, 2024 This article was written for and posted at revcom.us on July 15, 2024. This week, The Bob Avakian Institute will be releasing a print version of the updated Official Biography of Bob Avakian. This is a lively introduction to Bob Avakian (BA) and his work, and a great resource for people to get to know in a basic way who this revolutionary leader is, what his history is and a beginning sense of the world historic breakthroughs in the new communism that he’s developed. I want […]

     

  • PHILOSOPHY AND REVOLUTION 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” by Bob Avakian June 3, 2024 In Part 1, I spoke to the fundamental principle upheld and applied by Marxism (communism) that whether something is true, or not, depends on whether it is in correspondence with—is a correct reflection of—objective reality. I refuted the erroneous line of argument that attacks this fundamental principle and seeks to substitute subjective, supposed “class truth” for actual objective truth. Marxist “reflection theory” also includes this basic principle of communism, as a scientific method […]

     
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  • 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. by Bob Avakian May 20, 2024 Introduction In my social media message number Thirty-Seven (@BobAvakianOfficial), I referred to my article Another Provocative But Simple And Basic Truth On Communism And The Fallacy Of “Totalitarianism,” which begins with this blunt statement:  It is very common to hear communism denounced as “totalitarian,” but the fact is that there is no such thing as totalitarianism.  That article goes on to make this point:  There has never been a society—in Russia, China, or anywhere else—that corresponds to what is asserted by […]

     

  • Statement from Somayeh Kargar, former Iranian political prisoner

    “Let’s participate in these important and special screenings of selections from the Bob Avakian Interviews” [Translation of this letter courtesy of Revcom volunteers and the revcom.us website.] Greetings My Name is Somayeh Kargar, follower of the New Synthesis of Communism, an ex political prisoner in Iran. The world we live in is no longer tolerable. From the killing of courageous women fighters in Iran or Afghanistan by the theocratic fundamentalist governments or the genocide of Palestinian people, Ukrainian people, by the imperialist states or their lackeys and supporters, or the pains and suffering of the children in Africa, the destruction […]

     
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  • Israel and Palestine, the Middle East and U.S. Imperialism, the Revolution Humanity Needs: A selection of writings from Bob Avakian

     

  • BASKETBALL AND BIG QUESTIONS

     

  • The Communist Revolution and the Radical Change in Supposedly Unchanging “Human Nature”

     

  • There Is No Such Thing As “Human Nature.”

     

  • Why Is Religious Fundamentalism Growing in Today’s World?

     

  • The Oppression of Women and the Two Outmodeds

     
 
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