Sunday, August 2, 4:00pm Discussion at Revolution Books

Join us Sunday as we continue to explore:
Ruminations and Wranglings: On the Importance of Marxist Materialism, Communism as a Science, Meaningful Revolutionary Work, and a Life with Meaning, by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA.

We will discuss part 6, called The Social Basis for Revolution.
This brings me to some other very important statements by Marx, which were cited in the book Ghana: End of an Illusion, by Bob Fitch and Mary Oppenheimer. This book was written more than 40 years ago, analyzing the rise and fall of Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana and the larger social and international relations bound up with this. In speaking about the partial revolution-or, in fact, reforms within the system of imperialism and exploitation that people grouped around Nkrumah were seeking to carry out in Ghana-Fitch and Oppenheimer quote Marx to contrast that experience with a "total revolution," that is, a real revolution that involves the radical transformation of society.
Read on...

Watch or Listen to Cornel West and Carl Dix

Watch or Listen to the ground-breaking Dialogue between Cornel West and Carl Dix on The Ascendancy of Obama... and the Continued Need for Resistance and Liberation.
AVAILABLE at the Revolution Books NYC website: www.revolutionbooksnyc.org

Also, Listen to the nationally broadcast interview with Carl Dix and Cornel West on Democracy NOW, July 22 with Amy Goodman, http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/22/cornel_west_and_carl_dix_on

Cornel West and Carl Dix will break the silence and address from their different philosophical perspectives what the election of Obama really means for people in the U.S. and around the world. And they will exchange over the need for resistance and the prospects for and path to liberation for the oppressed in the U.S. and indeed, for all of humanity.

CORNEL WEST is one of America's most provocative public intellectuals and has been a champion for racial justice since childhood. His writing, speaking, and teaching weave together the traditions of the black Baptist Church, progressive politics, and jazz. The New York Times has praised his "ferocious moral vision." Dr. West currently teaches at Princeton University.

CARL DIX is a longtime revolutionary and a founding member of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. In 1970 Carl was one of the Fort Lewis 6, six GI's who refused orders to go to Vietnam. He served two years in Leavenworth Military Penitentiary for this stand. In the aftermath of the 1985 bombing of the MOVE house in Philadelphia, Carl initiated the Draw the Line statement, a powerful condemnation of the attack. He co-founded the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality in 1996. Carl coordinated the Katrina hearings of the 2006 Bush Crimes Commission.

Sunday, July 26, 4pm, Special Event at Revolution Books

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HELP BUILD and BRING MANY PEOPLE to this SPECIAL EVENT.

Come to Revolution Books Sunday for a formal presentation and to discuss this statement and the campaign around it. Get involved in the movement for revolution!

The Revolution We Need...
The Leadership We Have

A Message And A Call,
From The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA

This Is NOT The Best of All Possible Worlds. . .
And We Do NOT Have to Live This Way


". . .A system which offers millions and millions of youth no greater purpose, no better fate, than crime and punishment, or to become a mindless killing machine for the system itself - that alone is reason enough to sweep this system from the face of the earth! . . ."

". . .Right now, and in an ongoing way, we must spread the word about the revolution we need and the leadership we have, to every corner of this country. . .giving people the means to become part of this revolutionary movement, and organizing into this movement everyone who wants to make a contribution to it, who wants to work and fight, to struggle and sacrifice, not to keep this nightmare of a world going as it is but to bring a better world into being. . ."

As our Party's Constitution says: "The emancipation of all humanity: this, and nothing less than this, is our goal. There is no greater cause, no greater purpose to which to dedicate our lives."

[Read the whole statement here]

Read the editorial "Spread the Word"


HELP GET THIS STATEMENT OUT.
LEARN ABOUT THIS REVOLUTION.
LEARN ABOUT THIS LEADER, BOB AVAKIAN.

Check out the Bob Avakian section in Revolution #170, click here

Take up the DVD of Chairman Avakian's speech,
REVOLUTION: WHY IT'S NECESSARY,
WHY IT'S POSSIBLE, WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

Read Bob Avakian's memoir, From Ike to Mao and Beyond.
"Get with the revolutionaries. Be part of initiating a whole new stage of revolution, here and around the world."

Be A Part of Building A Revolutionary Movement!

* Get a bundle of Revolution newspapers to distribute:
Stop by Revolution Books (hours/location below) and pick up a bundle of this special issue of Revolution - 10 for $5 or a bundle, 100 for $20 to take out everywhere in society.
Get these to people who are searching for radical change, and ask them to get a bundle of 10 from you for $5, and be a part of the distribution network. Get a crew together and think of places that might help distribute this special issue: libraries, barber shops, cafes, schools, restaurants, etc. Let us know where you can take responsibility to make sure this gets out, and call or email us so we know.

* You can pick up a shortened version of the statement as a flyer at Revolution Books, also available online to print and distribute. [1-page version][2-page version]. Distribute at high schools,colleges, concerts, on buses, wherever large numbers of people are gathered, to supplement the full statement in Revolution newspaper. Read the shortened version out loud on buses or in cafes, on radio stations, in classrooms and in other creative ways to get the word out.

* Collect donations: Without this we cannot build this needed revolutionary movement! Ask people for donations for the special issue and for the efforts to popularize it everywhere. Donating is an important way people can participate in this revolutionary movement. Also, develop fundraising projects so materials can be printed up, banners prepared, promotionals developed and distributed.

* Send in correspondence: Drop us an email or call to let us know your plans, how many flyers and newspapers you have been able to distribute, where, response and questions people have, amount of funds raised, and what you are learning.

* Join a team: Volunteer to take out this special issue on teams, at booktables and events, help make displays, do promotionals, donate and put on fundraisers to help spread this message far and wide! Email back or call us at 770-861-3339

Schedule of Events: Join In

Saturday, July 25, Noon
Meet @ Revolution Books
Located inside Four Corners Market, 1087 Euclid Ave. in Little 5 Points. Meet at Revolution Books and be a part of team distributing special issue of Revolution #170 in to different communities across the city.

Sunday, July 26, 2-4 pm
Meet @ Revolution Books, 1087 Euclid Ave., inside 4 Corners Market in Little 5 Points
Help distribute Revolution in the Little 5 Points plaza (corner of Euclid Ave. & Moreland) while we build for the Special Event at Revolution Books starting at 4:00 pm ( info at the top of this email)

Sunday, July 26, 4-6 pm
Special Event at Revolution Books
Details at the top of this email, help build and bring people to this event.


If you would like to be a part of contributing or have ideas,

Call us: at Revolution Books 770-861-3339. (Call if you are lost and looking for us)

Schedule of Events: Meaningful Revolutionary Work

Schedule of Events Below

The Revolution We Need... The Leadership We Have
A Message, And A Call, From The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA

This Is NOT The Best of All Possible Worlds…
And We Do NOT Have to Live This Way

"The land of the free, and the home of the brave." "The leader of the free world." That’s what they always say about this country. But this is a Big Lie.

The truth is that we live under a system that, from the start in this country, built up its wealth and power by enslaving millions of Black people, stealing land from Indians and Mexicans through war and genocide, and working many people, including children, literally to death. It is by such murderous means that this system has expanded "from sea to shining sea" across this continent—and around the whole world.
Read on…

Meaningful Revolutionary Work
Schedule of Events

Friday, July 17, 3-6 pm
West End (corner of Ralph Abernathy @ Lee St.)
Help spread special issue #170, learn and talk with people while building the needed revolutionary movement. If you are new to this and feeling shy, come out anyway there is a place for you.

Saturday, July 18, Noon
Meet @ Revolution Books
Located inside Four Corners Market, 1087 Euclid Ave. in Little 5 Points.
Meet at Revolution Books, decorate a couple of cars and join a car caravan to the West End neighborhoods to spread the newspaper and meet people. If you have streamers, placards, markers, masking tape, bring it along.

Sunday, July 19, 2-4 pm
Meet @ Revolution Books (address above)
We will spread the newspaper and meet people in the Little 5 Points Plaza, corner of Euclid @ Moreland. We will build for the discussion at Revolution Books starting at 4:00 (see below).

Sunday, July 19, 4-6 pm
Revolution Books Weekly Discussion
@ Revolution Books

with special guest Betty Couvertier
Host of WRFG 89.3 FM, Alternative Perspectives. This week we will Listen and discuss WRFG, 89.3 FM, Alternative Perspectives' podcast of an exchange with Sunsara Taylor, writer for Revolution newspaper, and Harry Knox, Human Rights Campaign faithbased director and President Obama's faith-based initiative counsel.
This exchange is part 2 of a 6 part series, Alternative Perspectives is airing called Faith and Politics. Questions to consider: Can we work within the system to get to a better world or will it take a revolution to get to a world that will emancipate humanity?
Listen to the podcast here.

Sunday, July 26, 4 pm
Special Revolution Books Atlanta Event
@ Revolution Books
Help build for and bring many people to this special event:

The Revolution We Need. . .The Leadership We Have:
A Message, And A Call From the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA.

There will be a formal presentation and discussion of the statement in Revolution newspaper #170 , and the campaign around it. Get involved in the movement for revolution.
Spread the Word Editorial from this special issue, click here

Special Section on The Leadership We Have
Check out The Bob Avakian Section at revcom.us

The Bob Avakian section at revcom.us introduces Bob Avakian, and provides easy access to his life… and work. Many of Avakian's articles and printed talks, books and pamphlets are available. The section includes links to downloadable audio of Bob Avakian reading from his memoir, From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist, as well as what others are saying about Bob Avakian and his work (including An Open Letter to the Revolutionary Communists and Everyone Seriously Thinking About Revolution: On the Role and Importance of Bob Avakian.) Also available: links to audio and video from and about Bob Avakian, including the video Revolution -- Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About.

If you aren't available at these times, but would like to be a part of contributing or have ideas, call us at Revolution Books 770-861-3339. Call if you are lost and looking for us

Wednesday, July 15, 6:30pm: The Revolution We Need...The Leadership We Have

Join Us for a reading and initial discussion of the statement contained in this very special issue of Revolution newspaper #170, and the campaign around it. Pick up a copy/bundle. Get involved in the movement for revolution!

The Revolution We Need. . . The Leadership We Have
A Message, And A Call, From The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA

This Is NOT The Best of All Possible Worlds. . .And We Do NOT Have to Live This Way
"The land of the free, and the home of the brave." "The leader of the free world." That's what they always say about this country. But this is a Big Lie.

The truth is that we live under a system that, from the start in this country, built up its wealth and power by enslaving millions of Black people, stealing land from Indians and Mexicans through war and genocide, and working many people, including children, literally to death. It is by such murderous means that this system has expanded "from sea to shining sea" across this continent-and around the whole world.
Read on. . .

Check out Revolution #170 Slide Show: Click here

Spread The Word

Editorial from Revolution #170

You have in your hands a most special issue of Revolution, devoted to a major statement that can be found in its center spread:
The Revolution We Need... The Leadership We Have. This statement will be the focus and pivot of our Party's efforts over many months, reaching and enlisting many, many people, in a campaign with many parts and dimensions.
Read on...

July 14 in Harlem: A Dialogue with Cornel West and Carl Dix on "The Ascendancy of Obama and the Continued Need for Resistance and Liberation."

Join us for our Anti-July 4th Cookout! Grant Park, July 4th, 12 noon to 5 pm

Grant Park Saturday, July 4 12 noon - 5pm - Boulevard Side. Look for our Tent & Banner!

Stop Thinking Like Americans! Start Thinking About Humanity! Come join us --we'll be sharing food and good conversation--talking about revolution to emancipate all humanity.
Volunteer to help, bring a dish, bring your ideas and questions. You can contact us in advance by e-mailing revbooksatl@hotmail.com or calling 770-861-3339, or just look for us in the park on July 4th.

If you can conceive of a world without America- without everything America
stands for and everything it does in the world-then you've already taken great
strides and begun to get at least a glimpse of a whole new world. If you can
envision a world without any imperialism, exploitation, oppression -and the
whole philosophy that rationalizes it-a world without division into classes or
even different nations, and all the narrow-minded, selfish, outmoded ideas that
uphold this; if you can envision all this, then you have the basis for
proletarian internationalism. And once you have raised your sights to all this,
how could you not feel compelled to take an active part in the world historic
struggle to realize it; why would you want to lower your sights to anything
less?

Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA

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