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The Bob Avakian Institute is a nonprofit institute organized for educational purposes. Its mission is to preserve, project, and promote the works and vision of Bob Avakian with the aim of reaching the broadest possible audience.
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The Bob Avakian Institute is a nonprofit institute organized for educational purposes. Its mission is to preserve, project, and promote the works and vision of Bob Avakian with the aim of reaching the broadest possible audience.
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http://revcom.us/a/018/bob-av
http://revcom.us/a/018/bob-avakian-day.htm
We shouldn't mock. He's the
We shouldn't mock. He's the greatest Marxist theoretician and organizer since Mao at least! Just ask them! :groucho:
Fuck, they are mental
Fuck, they are mental bastards...
from
from http://revcom.us/a/274/get-ready-to-kick-off-basics-bus-tour-en.html
seems that he has been crucified for our sins ... the daily explanation from the bible:
[youtube]l3iUCgEEMAk[/youtube]
Avakianh's Witnesses?
BOB IS GREAT
BOB IS GREAT
There supposedly is a debate
There supposedly is a debate someone on the internet between Avakian(ists) and Zizek at some talk in Manhattan. I have searched to no avail.
iexist wrote: I'm assuming
iexist
Semi-well known in certain cities in the U$, only really liked by his followers... what a bunch of clowns.
where do I sign up, now?
where do I sign up, now?
Marx-Trek wrote: There
Marx-Trek
I was there. It was not a debate. During the question and answer time, an RCP guy in the audience rambled on and on about Avakian, and Zizek responded something along the lines of, "I'm really sorry to tell you this, but I have read Avakian and did not find a single original or interesting argument." Then, Zizek was yelled at later by Maoists for daring to say there was mass starvation in Communist China.
praise the Bob! touching the
praise the Bob!
touching the image may heal pustules
Or cause them.
Or cause them.
Chilli Sauce wrote: Or cause
Chilli Sauce
yes ... if you are an unbeliever ;-)
They should have called that
They should have called that book the BAble.
Also, we should sue them for nicking our colour scheme.
To be fair most Marxists have
[youtube]TinLbeXKivw[/youtube]
To be fair most Marxists have a problem with people worship. It all started with Lenin.
http://revcom.us/a/284/sustai
http://revcom.us/a/284/sustain-revcom-en.html
BOB IS GREAT
BOB IS GREAT
Entdinglichung
Entdinglichung
Yeah they are really in the trenches all right. I wonder how many papers the RCP sold to hurricane victims.
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http://revcom.us/a/298/bob-av
http://revcom.us/a/298/bob-avakian-en.html
It is just mad, isn't it?
It is just mad, isn't it?
Entdinglichung wrote: from
Entdinglichung
A book of quotes? Ha, what a lazy fuck this guy is. He can't even be bothered to write his babble in essay form.
I've never had the pleasure of meeting an Avakian's witness (very nice Entdinglichung ;) ) in person, but whenever they use the word "science" it makes me cringe.
http://www.revcom.us/movement
http://www.revcom.us/movement-for-revolution/BAE/film.html
Why Go to This Film Premiere?
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Clear the Day!
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See the Film Premiere of…
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ALL CAPS!!
ALL CAPS!!
Illyana wrote: Why go to
Illyana
Attention revolutionary parents: Do you have a kid? Fuck that kid. You should be at this film premiere.
Did these people have their
Did these people have their sense of irony surgically removed?
[youtube]l3iUCgEEMAk[/youtube]
now, Avakian is under attack:
now, Avakian is under attack: http://spartacist.org/english/wv/1020/avakian.html
Quote: Giving the
:lol:
Entdinglichung wrote: now,
Entdinglichung
For a Trot group I was starting to like that piece, until it listed pandering to Feminism as one of the many crimes of BA.
Then their was this chestnut "The Spartacist League has a proud history of defending NAMBLA, opposing “age of consent” laws and all laws curtailing the privacy and sexual freedom of consenting individuals. "
Seems like someone's been gazing into the abyss to long.
Reddebrek wrote: Then their
Reddebrek
I like how that was preceded by, "Anti-pedophile hysteria...". It reminds me of gems like, "Anti-racist means anti-white" and "Feminism is misandry".
Ethos wrote: I like how that
Ethos
My personal favourite was that just before that "Proud" admission the author was criticising BA for their insincere reversal on Gay rights. Promoting NAMBLA is probably the worst thing you can do for the whole LGBT rights/liberation thing and shows how little they themselves understand "Queer folk".
I'd write in but no doubt my complaint would be read as a plea to "queerism" or anti-youth freedom.
Still its good that these minor Red princes are busy pecking each other helping to make themselves even more irrelevant,
Reddebrek wrote: [ I'd write
Reddebrek
If you're feeling particularly sisyphean, I'd say go for it, but it's just as you say that dogma is well protected against criticism. Your writing will be just another symptom of the disease for which the cure is Nambla and Maosim.
Ethos wrote: If you're
Ethos
On second thought I think its better to leave it, stupid statements like that are a sure fire way to keep Gays well away from them. I've noticed that groups like the Trot's and the church of Bob even when they make formal concessions on "identity politics" still maintain a deep loathing for the actual groups involved in those struggles.
Its probably a case of the classic Vanguard hating people leading their own fights for liberation but I seem to remember Saint Bob made a name for himself by working to support the Black Panther Party. So why was he willing to let Blacks take the lead when in every other instance his group tries to impose control over everyone else?
Perhaps I have to buy the book to find out. I'll probably wait till my table leg gets wobbly.
from
from http://revcom.us/a/151online/Sunsara_on_Avakian-en.html
http://doing-the-basics.tumbl
http://doing-the-basics.tumblr.com/
Bob Avakian fan wrote: Bob
Bob Avakian fan
There is nothing more funny than a proper cult of personality in an at most 50 person tiny left group. the sense of scale is so fucked, its like looking at a tiny social replica of 1960s china
new delusional stuff by
new delusional stuff by Sunsara Taylor:
http://revcom.us/a/315/celebrating-ba-everywhere-en.html
why not take an RCP text and replace "revolution" with "salvation" and "Bob Avakian" with "Jesus" ...
meanwhile, the former
meanwhile, the former Peruvian comrades of Bob aren't amused:
Bob Avakian can he fix
Bob Avakian can he fix it?
Bob Avakian yes he can!
praise the Bob!
praise the Bob!
[youtube]R2j5W2cHElw[/youtube]
it's easy to explain the
it's easy to explain the understandable confusion between Bob Avakian and J R "Bob" Dobbs.
One is the made up frontman of a blatantly money making scam, and the other is J R "Bob" Dobbs blessed salesman of the Church of the subgenius,inc.
from the treasure trove of
from the treasure trove of (the RCP's/RU's) history
http://www.revolutionintheair.com/chron/chron3.html
http://www.revolutionintheair.com/chron/chron4.html
SCEF = Southern Conference Educational Fund, originally a front of the CPUSA which became independent, partly taken over by Klonsky's October League during the 1970ies (using it to pass resolutions against "Russian Social Imperialism")
Entdinglichung wrote: from
Entdinglichung
Shit, have you been reading that?!?
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http://revcom.us/a/349/watchi
http://revcom.us/a/349/watching-Fruitvale-Station-with-Bob-Avakian-en.html
Jonestown... I mean Bobtown
Jonestown... I mean Bobtown
They went to "the Island"
They went to "the Island" this summer...
http://revcom.us/a/357/you-ha
http://revcom.us/a/357/you-have-a-chance-to-see-the-jimi-hendrix-of-revolution-live-en.html
So amazing. Quote: If you
So amazing.
Entdinglichung
Entdinglichung
oh crikey i just might.
unless i have to pay.
petey wrote: Entdinglichung
petey
will Avakian play air guitar? Looking forward to your report ...
Jimi Hendrix? Avakian is a
Jimi Hendrix? Avakian is a corpse?
At the very least he has a
At the very least he has a corpse in his mouth...
Bob's just part of a
Bob's just part of a beautiful binary view and doesn't know it.
Stop the Lies and Slanders:
Stop the Lies and Slanders: Bob Avakian and the RCP Are the Exact Opposite of a "Cult"!
godDAMMit i sort of forgot
godDAMMit i sort of forgot about it.
WHICH, IN MORALS, LEADS AWAY
WHICH, IN MORALS, LEADS AWAY FROM SUPERSTITION
WHICH, IN POLITICS, LEADS AWAY FROM GOVERNMENT
WHICH, IN ART, LEADS AWAY FROM TRADITION
http://revcom.us/a/393/in-the
http://revcom.us/a/393/in-the-neighborhood-with-ba-everywhere-en.html
dance the Avakian!
[youtube]2JrHXTpl6cg[/youtube]
dance the Avakian!
http://revcom.us/a/397/letter
http://revcom.us/a/397/letter-from-a-reader-on-the-new-synthesis-of-communism-by-bob-avakian-en.html
http://revcom.us/a/395/when-y
http://revcom.us/a/395/when-you-put-on-this-t-shirt-you-step-into-the-revolution-en.html
1. Make tshirts 2. . . .
1. Make tshirts
2. . . .
3. Destroy Capitalism
Sorry if I missed something
Sorry if I missed something but what's the Cornell West link with Bob Avakian?
Ed, it's called Maoism. True
Ed, it's called Maoism. True story, bro.
Ed wrote: Sorry if I missed
Ed
I think the two of them had a talk in which they congratulated each other on how "revolutionary" they are.
Cornell West is a Maoist? No
Cornell West is a Maoist? No idea how I missed that one.
Chilli Sauce wrote: Cornell
Chilli Sauce
he never was one, he's a DSA member and describes himself as a non-marxist and christian socialist ... but he's probably the only celebrity who has in public chatted with Avakian during the last 25 years
Let's not forget that all
Let's not forget that all forms of Leninism are a subset of social democracy.
Black Badger wrote: Let's not
Black Badger
Oh, thanks!
likewise, Christianity,
likewise, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, etc. are all derivatives of the Ugaritian mythology
http://revcom.us/a/401/August
http://revcom.us/a/401/August-22-BA-speaks-revolution-nothing-less-tshirt-day-en.html
https://workersspatula.wordpr
https://workersspatula.wordpress.com/2015/09/02/bernie-sanders-unveils-his-new-synthesis/
This lot are even more
This lot are even more idiotic than ancaps.
Edit: Says the idiot that triple posted!
This lot are even more
This lot are even more idiotic than ancaps.
This lot are even more
This lot are even more idiotic than ancaps.
http://revcom.us/avakian/ba-t
http://revcom.us/avakian/ba-the-new-synthesis-of-communism-en.html
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http://revcom.us/a/423/six-re
http://revcom.us/a/423/six-resolutions-of-the-Central-Committee-of-the-RCP-USA-en.html
Think I read the same thing
Think I read the same thing about Jim Jones on a travel brochure for Jonestown.
http://revcom.us/a/446/revolu
http://revcom.us/a/446/revolution-club-in-june-projecting-revolution-into-every-corner-of-society-en.html
Can you give a summary for
Can you give a summary for those of us who prefer not to visit the site?
Quote: the Revolution Club is
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LOL
LOL
http://revcom.us/a/461/get-in
http://revcom.us/a/461/get-into-the-revolution-tour-chicago-day-1-en.html
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http://revcom.us/a/483/awtwns
http://revcom.us/a/483/awtwns-editorial-introducing-a-transformed-awtwns-en.html
Have we talked about BA's
Have we talked about BA's article defending Bill Cosby?
OliverTwister wrote: Have we
OliverTwister
Jesus. Where is that?
Entdinglichung
Entdinglichung
mostly lolz, but interesting that they have rejected the Nepalese Maoists now. Whereas initially Maoists in the States defended the Nepalese Maoists faced with the reporting of their anti-working class nature by Red Marriott
In fact RCP/AWTW were more
In fact RCP/AWTW were more 'radical' (within the generally warped terms of US maoism) than most of the Kasama & co pro-Nepalese maoist bunch and much earlier denounced Prachanda & co for being revisionist (laying down arms, joining parliamentary politics etc) and not following traditional Maoist practice.
Steven. wrote: OliverTwister
Steven.
It was printed and reprinted in their rag somewhere. Not going to try to find it, but it was pretty disgusting: "Of course women hold up half the sky, BUT ... we don't know where these accusations are coming from!"
https://www.facebook.com/note
https://www.facebook.com/notes/389761313052/
A voice that should be Herd.
A voice that should be Herd.
https://revcom.us/a/659/bob-a
https://revcom.us/a/659/bob-avakian_statement-on-the-immediate-critical-situation-en.html