Bob Avakian
Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party,USA
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Historic Talks by Bob Avakian - Get The Word Out!
We are proud and thrilled to announce the posting of important new talks by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the RCP,USA, on bobavakian.net and revcom.us. These talks are truly pathbreaking explorations in communist theory and its application to a breathtaking range of questions, including political questions which are urgently and sharply posed in today’s situation. They are also living laboratories in the communist method and approach to the world. There is a scope and a depth to each talk, and the talks as a whole, that is really unprecedented and extraordinary. Read On…
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- Why We're In The Situation We're In Today ... And What To Do
About It: A Thoroughly Rotten System and the Need for Revolution
Track 1, Track 2, Track 3 - Communism and Jeffersonian Democracy
Track 1, Track 2, Track 3 - Communism: A Whole New World And The Emancipation of All Humanity
– Not "The Last Shall Be First, And the First Shall Be Last"
Track 1, Track 2 - The NBA: Marketing The Minstrel Show and Serving the Big Gangsters
Track 1, Track 2 - Communism and Religion: Getting Up and Getting Free – Making
Revolution to Change the Real World, Not Relying on "Things
Unseen"
Track 1, Track 2, Track 3 , Track 4 - Conservatism, Christian Fundamentalism, Liberalism and Paternalism
... Bill Cosby and Bill Clinton ... Not all "Right"
But All Wrong!
Track 1, Track 2, Track 3 - "Balance" Is The Wrong Criterion – And A Cover for
a Witch-hunt – What We Need is the Search for the Truth: Education,
Real Academic Freedom, Critical Thinking and Dissent
Track 1, Track 2 - Question and Answer sessions
This Q&A includes an answer to the following question:
Question 1, Question 2, Question 3, Question 4, Question 5, Question 6, Question 7, Question 8, Question 9, Question 10, Question 11, Question 12, Question 13, Question 14, Question 15, Question 16, Question 17, Question 18, Question 19, Question 20, Question 21, Question 22
“My question deals with some of the material from the two series: ‘Views on Socialism and Communism’ and ‘The Basis, the Goals, and the Methods of the Communist Revolution.’
“I’ve been thinking about two things: One is a statement by Arundhati Roy in an interview where she basically said (this is paraphrasing), ‘I support the Maoists in India even though I would probably be the first person they would kill.’ Second I’ve also been thinking about this in relation to the need to make a distinction as you’ve emphasized between those who are actively plotting to overthrow the socialist state and those who are just dissenting or even vehemently opposed to it, but not actively plotting to overthrow it.
“My question is – taking into account the socialist experience and the very secondary aspect where Arundhati Roy might have a point based on what happened in China and also taking into account the particularity of India and the particularities of this country: what should communists say to the Arundhati Roys of the world in relation to this contradiction and why should they believe us?” - Concluding
Remarks
- Click here for the full list of over 20 questions raised and addressed at these Talks.
Hear Bob Avakian read from his memoir:
From Ike to Mao… and Beyond:
My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist
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Chapter One: Mom and Dad
Armenia to Fresno to Berkeley … Compassionate, and Determined
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Chapter Two: One Nation Under God – a 50’s Boyhood
Sports … My Sisters … School … Froggy the Gremlin … One Nation Under God … Traffic Boy … I Liked Ike … “Have You No Decency?” … Becoming Aware of Segregation … Family Vacations … The Movies … The Baseball Hat
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Chapter Three: The World Begins to Open
Arbitrary Authority
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Chapter Four: High School
Orientation … “You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are!” … Segregation Within Integration … Clarence, Lonnie - and Larger Forces … Basketball, Football - and Larger Forces … Dating - and Larger Forces … Street Corner Symphonies … Family Clashes … Plato in the Park … Spring Thaw … Getting Free of Religion … Anne Frank … Football … Keeping the “Rep” … Wild Times and Hairy Situations … “He Walks in the Classroom, Cool and Slow” … “A Little Guy, Brimming With Confidence” … The Truck Barn and the Office … Camping in Yosemite, and Then
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Chapter Four split into two files to fit on CDs: Part A mp3 • Part B mp3
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Chapter Five: Life Interrupted
“Uh Oh, That's Not Good”—Hospitalized … Friends … Re-Thinking … “And No Birds Sing” … “Now Give Me My Milkshake!” … Most Courageous Athlete—Until … Coaching … Back to Cal and Engaged in the World … The Cuban Missile Crisis: World in the Balance … A Scientific Approach … Turning the Corner
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Chapter Six: Your Sons and Your Daughters
Opening Up… Torn by Kennedy and the Democrats… Into the Student Life… Dylan and “Beatlemania”… New People, New Influences… Malcolm X… Straddling Two Worlds… The Free Speech Movement… Mario Savio… The Assassination of Malcolm X… Deciding about Vietnam… Getting In Deeper
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For a Better World
We are proud and happy to be posting these audio recordings of Bob Avakian reading excerpts from his memoir, ‘From Ike to Mao and Beyond’. Read more about these recordings and getting them out to people every where.
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