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Bob Avakian and His Work

"Bob Avakian is a long distance runner in the freedom struggle against imperialism, racism and capitalism. His voice and witness are indispensable in our efforts to enhance the wretched of the earth. And his powerful story of commitment is timely." 
     — Cornel West 

"A truly interesting account of Bob Avakian's life, a humanizing portrait of someone who is often seen only as a hard-line revolutionary. I can understand why Bob Avakian has drawn so many ardent supporters. He speaks to people's alienation from a warlike and capitalist society, and holds out the possibility for radical change."
     — Howard Zinn

"Bob Avakian brings candor and sometimes retrospective insight into what it means to grow up white and male in our patriarchal, capitalistic culture and still to emerge as a leader of the fight against social injustice. His memoir is fascinating and inspirational." 
     — Carol Downer, co-founder, Feminist Women's Health Centers

"Away with All Gods!  is a powerful and erudite critique of religion and superstition and a rousing call to place our trust in reason and the scientific method....Unusual for an atheist work and in marked difference to works of Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins Avakian went further to explore the way in which religion is used to sustain the status quo and as a reactionary force by political power mongers...He stands against not only religion and superstition but for reason and science and shows us what an alternative way of living can really be like. More importantly he shows us the revolutionary potential of finally doing away with all gods and what such a new world could look like."
     — Synergy Magazine

"I could read Bob Avakian all day long, literally. His writings speak to me very powerfully and profoundly. He doesn't speak as a 'intellectual' to the masses; he speaks intellectually to the masses, in a way that's easy to grasp a hold of and figure into our everyday lives and scattered ideas and feelings about our place in society and the system which exploits and oppresses us and gives form and organization and orientation to all this. It's very motivating and inspiring when everything that troubles us finds accessible interpretation and a 'bright' though 'torturous' future is unfolded before us."
     — a prisoner commenting on "Observations..."