April 11 17x22in poster

 

On the Occasion of the
Publication of BAsics:
A Celebration of Revolution and the Vision of a New World

April 11, 7pm
Harlem Stage at Aaron Davis Hall
on the campus of the City College of New York

 

from Emory Douglas,
Revolutionary Artist,
former Minister of Culture, Black Panther Party:

A statement of support for BAsics, From the Talks and Writings of Bob Avakian.

"A salute to Revolutionary Bob Avakian on his book 'BASICS.' I recall meeting Bob Avakian in the early, early days of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense while working on the BPP newspaper with Eldridge Cleaver, then the Minister of Information for the BPP. We worked out of his studio apartment in San Francisco, CA. Bob Avakian then a college student would come by often to converse with Eldridge on political issues, on many occasions I observed the conversations to be very intense at times, Eldridge always prodding and pushing Avakian to his limits with his responses. I'm sure from those conversations did help mold the student Bob Avakian into the Revolutionary leader and critical thinker he is. Bob Avakian thereafter would begin to talk at many BPP rallies on the issues of Liberation and Revolution which he unwavering continues to express in 'BASICS.' Bob Avakian continues to Educate to Liberate."

Also, read statements from the host committee HERE.

 

 

BAsics, From the Talks and Writings of Bob Avakian

BAsics, from the Talks and Writings of Bob Avakian is a book that speaks powerfully to questions of revolution and human emancipation being released on April 5. This release will be an opportunity to bring people together from different arenas and perspectives in a celebration of revolution and the vision of a whole new world.

Bob Avakian is a serious revolutionary leader and wide-ranging thinker. He is the leader of a party and a movement aiming to make revolution when the possibility opens up. He is someone who, in the words of Cornel West, "is a long distance runner in the freedom struggle against imperialism, racism and capitalism."

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: A WORLDWIDE SYSTEM OF
EXPLOITATION AND OPPRESSION
Supplement: Reform or Revolution
Questions of Orientation,
Questions of Morality
CHAPTER 2: A WHOLE NEW—AND FAR BETTER—WORLD
Supplement: Three Alternative Worlds
CHAPTER 3: MAKING REVOLUTION
Supplement: On the Strategy for Revolution
CHAPTER 4: UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD
Supplement: "A Leap of Faith" and a Leap
to Rational Knowledge:
Two Very Different Kinds of Leaps,
Two Radically Different Worldviews and Methods
CHAPTER 5: MORALITY, REVOLUTION AND
THE GOAL OF COMMUNISM
Supplement: Beyond the Narrow Horizon of Bourgeois Right
CHAPTER 6: REVOLUTIONARY RESPONSIBILITY
AND LEADERSHIP
Supplement: The Revolutionary Potential of the Masses
and the Responsibility of the Vanguard

 

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