Featured Author: Bob Avakian
ABOUT THE AUTHOR BOB AVAKIAN
Bob Avakian is a veteran of the Free Speech Movement and the revolutionary upsurges of the 1960s and early 70s. In 1975 he led in founding the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, and has been its Chairman ever since.
Bob Avakian has an extensive body of work, including numerous books, other writings and talks. Among these works are:
From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist [a memoir]
Marxism and the Call of the Future: Conversations on Ethics, History, and Politics
[co-authored with Bill Martin]
Observations on Art and Culture, Science and Philosophy
Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About
[a video/DVD of a talk by Bob Avakian]
Democracy: Can't We Do Better Than That?
Phony Communism is Dead...Long Live Real Communism!
[2nd edition, includes Appendix: Democracy: More Than Ever We Can and Must Do Better Than That]
Reflections, Sketches & Provocations
Communism and Jeffersonian Democracy
Recent talks by Bob Avakian include "Communism: A Whole New World and the Emancipation of All Humanity--Not 'The Last Shall Be First, And the First Shall Be Last" and "The NBA: Marketing the Minstrel Show and Serving the Big Gangsters."
[available as audio files]
For audio downloads and recent works by Bob Avakian, see http://bobavakian.net/
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