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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


A Timely Provocation from Bob Avakian


The Moral Blind Spot of Supporters of Israel Who Criticize Hamas—and Hamas Alone—for Murdering Children


Yes, There Can Be No “Equivalence” Between Israel and the Palestinians—But the Reality Is the Reverse of What Supporters of Israel Insist


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  • “I had to wake up and deal with cold reality when I met up with BA and the Revolutionary Communist Party. I also learned that there is a way out of this madness.”

    My grandson was fourteen years old when he entered the most dangerous prison in Texas. My grandson was put into prison with adult men. He was scared and put up a brave front. He was often involved in fights and one time he was cut from his ear to his throat. He received no visitors because his family resides across the country. We, his family reacted like most families when he went to prison. We thought if he did the crime he must serve the time. How wrong we were. My relationship with my grandson is practically non-existing. I feel […]

     
  • BA’s New Synthesis of Communism

    “Communism? Great idea, but it’ll never work. And besides, you could never make a revolution in a country like this anyway.” Ever heard that? No doubt—and maybe it’s what you think. After all, it’s the conventional wisdom. But in a time when the future on offer from capitalism is increasingly bleak… when the heartless machinery of empire grinds and crushes people all over the world… when political institutions have no answers—or at least no answers that lead anywhere good… maybe the conventional wisdom really isn’t so wise, after all. As a matter of fact, it’s dead wrong. Bob Avakian is a revolutionary […]

     
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  • Nationwide Premiere Screenings and Online Launch

    REVOLUTION AND RELIGION:  The Fight for Emancipation and the Role of Religion A Film of a Dialogue Between CORNEL WEST & BOB AVAKIAN Saturday, March 28 New York 4 pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd. @ 135 St. Harlem, New York Tickets: $25, general admission; $10, low income; $100, premium Media sponsor is WBAI For more info and tickets: Revolution Books 146 W. 26 St., NY, NY 212-691-3345 revolutionbooksnyc.org or BA Everywhere Committee ba.everywherenyc@gmail.com 347-835-8656 Los Angeles 2-7 pm (doors open at 1:30 pm)  The Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC) 514 South Spring St.  […]

     
  • Bob Avakian Timeline

    TIMELINE— Political Activism and Revolutionary Leadership of Bob Avakian (BA), During the 1960s-1970s, and Continuing to the Present Time Editors’ Note: In response to frequently asked questions about the history of Bob Avakian as a radical political activist and his development as a revolutionary and communist leader, the following Timeline has been assembled. This is drawn from BA’s memoir From Ike to Mao, and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist (Insight Press, 2005) and some additional information provided by BA. While this is not intended to include all the many different events and elements that have gone into BA’s […]

     
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