A Serious, Scientific Approach to What Gave Rise to Trump
Some Works by Bob Avakian on How We Got to This Situation—And the Possibility of Something Far Better
March 7, 2016 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
If you want to seriously understand the situation that gave rise to Donald Trump, a key place to start is with the work Bob Avakian (BA) has done on the decades-long crisis in the U.S. ruling class and its possible implications for revolution. Bob Avakian is the leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, and the architect of a new synthesis of communism. This new synthesis represents a qualitative advance in the scientific approach to making revolution and emancipating humanity. You can find out more, and find his talks and writings, here.
Along with digging into what he reveals about this particular crisis, the most important thing is to learn from the method and approach he applies.
Get into this, and get into BA. There is a way forward.
Where to start:
- BA Speaks: REVOLUTION—NOTHING LESS! Bob Avakian Live (film of a talk given in 2012)
- “The Pyramid of Power And the Struggle to Turn This Whole Thing Upside Down” [“Another war for election purposes? (pyramid)” on the DVD film Revolution: Why It’s Necessary, Why It’s Possible, What It’s All About.] Also available in the pamphlet The Coming Civil War and Repolarization for Revolution in the Present Era
- The Coming Civil War and Repolarization for Revolution in the Present Era (a collection of excerpts drawn from conversations and discussions, as well as more formal talks, by Bob Avakian)
- Unresolved Contradictions, Driving Forces for Revolution (edited transcript of a talk by Bob Avakian, fall 2009)
- Birds Cannot Give Birth to Crocodiles, But Humanity Can Soar Beyond the Horizon, Part 2: BUILDING THE MOVEMENT FOR REVOLUTION,” March 8, 2011
- “Why We’re in the Situation We’re in Today... And What to Do About It: A Thoroughly Rotten System and the Need for Revolution,” the first of the “7 Talks”—available online in audio
All these works and more are available here.
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