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Revolutionary Communist 4 Tour

by James Pruitt Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2005 at 6:10 PM

Revolutionary Communist 4 Speaking Tour Is Coming to Your Area: Saturday, July 23rd at Cal State University Dominguez Hills. Funds Needed!

Revolutionary Communist 4 Speaking Tour Is Coming to Your Area: Saturday, July 23rd at Cal State University Dominguez Hills. Funds Needed!

 

 

THE REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST 4 SPEAKING TOUR 
IT’S TIME TO THROW OFF THE CHAINS OF OPPRESSION
AND GET WITH THE EMANCIPATORS OF HUMANITY!

 

In these dangerous times, Revolutionary Communist Speaking Tour is set to hit the road, spreading revolution and communism and challenging those at the bottom of society to step forward and become emancipators of humanity.  
 
Is revolution really possible? What does it mean to emancipate all of humanity and what does that have to do with Black people’s experience of slavery and oppression which continues down to today? Why is communism the answer and what does it mean for people to be communists and to get involved in a communist movement?

 What kind of leadership do we need? How do you judge revolutionary leadership? Is it based on nationality or should it be based on a vision of where we need to go and what we need to do to get out of  this nightmare and bring into reality our dreams of a  better world?

 Is communism a European ideology? Are Black people too much into religion to be attracted to communism? What about spirituality: is it true that communism is cold and devoid of soul?

 What future does the Bush team have for the youth in the ghettos and barrios.  Prisons  and jails, military uniforms and Bibles –  calling on the youth to pray to a non-existent god while fighting, dying, and killing others like themselves for empire.

 Can we really rise up and actually get our freedom?

 These are all big questions. And this tour is coming your way to get into all this and more–with no holds barred.

 If we are going to be liberators of humanity, we must have a revolutionary, scientific way of looking at the world and approaching all questions. We need the leadership of Bob Avakian, the Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP). We say straight up that Bob Avakian is a visionary and creative revolutionary communist thinker and leader who is serious about leading a revolution in this country. Listen to the love for and profound confidence he has in the people:

 “One of the things that I see, something that I haven’t lost sight of, is this: I see all the strength of the ruling class, but I also see all the way through all this shit, all the contradictions in society–I actually see a force in this society that, if it were developed into a revolutionary people, actually could have a go at it, could have a real chance of making revolution, of being the backbone force for revolution, when the conditions were ripe. I see a force of millions and millions and millions–youth and others–for whom this system is a horror.”

 This tour is aiming to connect that potential and creativity with revolutionary science–a powerful combination that could actually mean that we would have a fighting chance to really change things.

 We are revolutionary communists, and we do not believe in gods or saviors. We look reality in the face, and we are passionate about changing the world. We are:

CARL DIX: RCP National Spokesperson. In 1970 Carl was one of six active duty GI’s at Ft. Lewis who refused orders to Vietnam. A veteran revolutionary activist, Carl was formerly with the Black Workers’ Congress and the African Liberation Day Support Committee. He represented the RCP, USA, at the founding press conference for the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement in London in 1984. And he is a co-founder of the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality in 1996.

CLYDE YOUNG: In 1990, the Revolutionary Worker published a lengthy interview with Clyde Young, referring  to him  as Comrade X in that interview. As a teenager, he served  time in juvenile “correctional institutions” and while serving a lengthy prison sentence he became a revolutionary –leading prison  rebellions and other political activity. He was influenced by the revolutionary leaders and movements of the 1960s, including Malcolm X, George Jackson and the Black Panther Party. He was also greatly influenced by Mao and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China. Upon his release from prison, Clyde Young met Bob Avakian and recognized in him unique and special qualities as a leader and also his enormous sense of humor. Clyde Young’s writings for the revolutionary press range from essays on Martin Luther King and the Vietnam War, Muhammad Ali and boxing to a major analysis of demographic changes, “Since the 60s: Trends of Impoverishment, Oppression, and Class Polarization in the Black Nation.”

AKIL BOMANI: Akil Bomani is a member of the Chicago Revolutionary Writers and Artists Collective and a correspondent to Revolution  newspaper. Growing up in the streets of Chicago in the 1990s with his Pentecostal mom, Akil searched for answers. He speaks powerfully to how he came to be a revolutionary communist in his article, “Losing My Religion.” He is a writer, poet, rapper, and actor. Akil is currently studying for a masters degree in linguistics and writing a book on Black culture.

JOE VEALE: Joe Veale is the spokesperson for the Los Angeles branch of the RCP. Joe arrived in L.A. during the ‘92 Rebellion determined to link up with the courageous fighters there and fuse their determination to confront injustice with the science of MLM and the cause of communist revolution. Joe is a veteran of the Black Panther Party.

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 On the tour we will also be dealing with some things that are really vexing for people :   for example, what’s up with all those crucifixes–gold and otherwise–that are so popular? Why is the “Preacherman” speaking for and representing Black people, including some preachers who are hanging out with the Christian Fascists and the Bush crowd, skinning and grinning and spreading that poison among Black people?And what about Bill Cosby’s recent (and on-going) tirade about personal responsibility and why is he playing the role of a bootlicker and a flunkey for the ruling class (the powers-that-be) with all that drivel? 

What about all that dissin’ and disrespectin’ the sisters and all that “manhood” shit?
 
And why do so many young women with so much creativity and revolutionary potential think that the only thing they can do in life is to "make babies?"

 What about all that hip-hop capitalism and entrepreneurialism? How can the masses change the world if they, the very people who need  revolution the most, are caught up in all that “bling-bling” and “gettin’ paid and gettin’ rich” and  “pimpin’ and playin’” and “bangin’ and slangin’”? 

 People of all nationalities who are brutally oppressed  at the bottom of society need to start “fighting the powers that be” and start being revolutionaries and communists and emancipators of humanity!

 This tour is right on time. We are restless, we are passionate and we are ready to hit the road. So look out, here we come, dropping science as we travel from one end of the country to another.

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 We need big funds right away to make this important speaking tour a reality. We call on everyone–masses in the ghettos and barrios, youth and students, and revolutionary-minded people in the arts, sciences, sports, hip hop, teachers, lawyers, doctors–to donate generously to make it possible for the speaking tour to happen. Get in touch. Help us to spread the word. And invite us to your town.

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For more on information on the tour http://rc4ny.blogspot.com/

Contact:
The Revolutionary Communist 4 Speaking Tour
P.O. Box 941 Knickerbocker Station
New York, NY 10002-0900

Email: rc_speaks@yahoo.com
Phone/Fax: 866-841-9139 x 2670

Watch the Internet for further development to our website at www.rc4tour.info
You can also contact Carl Dix c/o Revolution Books, 9 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011
or call 866-841-9139 x 2670, or Email: comradecarl@hotmail.com

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"Get with the emancipators of humanity."

by Meyer London Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2005 at 6:41 PM

Like your heroes Stalin and Mao? Is this some kind of a bad joke? The above post would be hillarious if it was not, on another level, so sad.

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What kind of leadership do we need

by Sheepdog Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2005 at 6:49 PM

We need to live by Sheepdog's rules of order. No one else but Sheepdog.

Who are these impostures?

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