Every once in a while, to get to see the man again, and not just reading his articles, to see him in person, up close and personal, as the title indicates—for most of us who have known him through his articles and talks, especially seeing him in his age being in good shape and good frame of mind. And especially for people who meet him for the first time, to see and hear from him in person, where he comes from and how many years he’s been through this struggle. And as Cornel West has said, he’s a long-distance runner in this and not has given up and turned the opposite way, which a lot of people have given up on revolution. So, it’s good really for what these interviews are all about and hopefully there’ll be more of it in the future.
LATEST NEWS
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
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
and
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
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