Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Revolution - and a Whole Better System - Is Not Just Urgently Needed, it is Possible

Repost of: New Year's Message: 2025: A New Year—Profound New Challenges—And a Profoundly Positive Way Forward in the Face of Very Real Horror.

Bob Avakian Official
Jan 02, 2026

As 2026 begins, this major New Year’s statement from 2025 is worth revisiting.
 
 

2025: A New Year—Profound New Challenges—And a Profoundly Positive Way Forward in the Face of Very Real Horror.

This is Bob Avakian, with an important message.

POINT ONE: Trump 2025 is not just another administration coming into office. This is fascism: the undisguised dictatorship of this system of capitalism-imperialism in the world’s most powerful capitalist-imperialist country—openly and aggressively oppressive and repressive—a fascism fueled by anti-scientific and Christian fundamentalist lunacy, moving to forcibly impose its racist, immigrant-persecuting, woman- and LGBT-hating MAGA madness, determined to unleash unbridled capitalist plunder and naked imperialist expansionism, prepared to violently crush any opposition or resistance.

Contrary to what we are constantly told, it was not “the American people” who chose this fascism. There is not one undivided “American people”—there are “two countries” within this country. And:

The “two countries” within this country, in a real sense, is an extension of a fundamental division that has existed since the beginning of the so-called “United States” of America, with its foundation in slavery and genocide—a division which has never really been resolved throughout the history of this country—not through the Civil War in the 1860s, and not through changes that were brought about through the 1960s and in the years following.

As I have said before, there is a direct line from the pro-slavery Confederacy, at the time of the Civil War, to the fascism of today, with its determination to make America once again openlyaggressively white supremacist, male supremacist, and anti-LGBT people.

All this is why, as I emphasized in my social media message #111, this is “not a time for accepting this Trump/MAGA fascism as ‘legitimate,’ and staying within the confines of ‘how things work’ under this system, as Democratic Party heads and other ‘mainstream’ ruling class representatives are urging people to do. It is not a time for turning inward and attempting to ‘take care of self’ as the juggernaut of Trump/MAGA fascism gains momentum and crushes masses of people. This is a time for reaching out to all the others who feel the same outrage at Trump/MAGA fascism—a time for collective action and self-sacrificing struggle for the greater good: the greater good of defeating this fascism.”(Read the whole article)
 

IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY, WE REFUSE TO ACCEPT A FASCIST AMERICA!

THIS WHOLE SYSTEM IS ROTTEN AND ILLEGITIMATE—WE NEED AND WE DEMAND: A WHOLE NEW WAY TO LIVE, A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT SYSTEM!

 
 

The Bob Avakian Interviews 2025, PART 1

Bob Avakian Official
February 16, 2025
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The Bob Avakian Interviews 2025, PART 2

Bob Avakian Official
March 5, 2025
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Thursday, January 1, 2026

Dear Friends

The “moral arc of the universe” does not automatically bend toward justice. It is up for grabs—right now.

There is either going to be a fascist America, or we are going to defeat a fascist America. This is our solemn responsibility—and our solemn opportunity—to do what few generations ever face: to change the course of human history in a way that is radically better for all of humanity.

That will only happen through sustained, mass, nonviolent resistance—taking the levers of power out of fascist hands before it becomes too late.

That is the moment we are in. And that is why Refuse Fascism exists.
That is why we are asking you to give today and help fuel the power of the people.

Donald Trump is not drifting toward authoritarianism. He is exercising fascist power now—terrorizing immigrants, defying courts, targeting critics, and daring the country to accept brutal rule by decree. Normalization is how this consolidates.

That is why we are launching a national end-of-year surge to put The People’s Indictment of Donald Trump: A Unified Declaration of Illegitimacy directly in front of millions—online, across city walls, and on campuses nationwide.

The People’s Indictment exists to make four truths unmistakable:

• this regime is fascist
• its momentum is accelerating
• it is illegitimate
• and only millions acting together, nonviolently, can stop it

Refuse Fascism Podcast

2025: Live With Fascism — or Stop It

Episode 274 dropped December 29: Host Sam Goldman features voices from 2025.
Fascism is no longer aspirational — it’s operational.
What 2025 revealed, and what 2026 demands.

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This indictment must be seen by millions—and taken up by thousands as an organizing tool right away.

Fascism advances when its nature is obscured, its momentum underestimated, and people are pushed to wait, comply, or trust mechanisms that are too late—and increasingly rigged.
The People’s Indictment does the opposite: it clarifies what we face, exposes the lie of legitimacy, and makes visible the force capable of stopping this regime—the power of the people.

It lays out the crimes of Trump’s fascist regime: resurrecting genocidal white supremacy, targeting immigrants, enforcing patriarchal domination of women and LGBTQ people, shredding the rule of law, and paving the way for boundless terror against the people.

Your gift—at whatever level you can manage—helps turn this clarity into action:

$25 helps push the People’s Indictment into the feeds of young people being told to disengage.
$50 helps place the Indictment in front of thousands online and supports campus-focused outreach.
$100 helps fund larger-scale visibility—ads and posters that break through normalization in public space.

The Trump fascist regime is barreling ahead. $30,000 is needed by January 30 to keep resistance moving forward—rather than stalling as accommodation, compliance, and reliance on too-late elections are being pushed as the answer.

If you can make an end-of-year gift—even $25—you help expand the reach, deepen the impact, and strengthen the collective force needed to stop this regime.

By giving today, you refuse to surrender the future—or our humanity—to a vengeful fascist maniac.

You choose mass, unrelenting, nonviolent resistance over fear and retreat—and help people come back stronger, unite across differences, and sacrifice for the greater good of defeating this fascism.

Give today. The future is still ours to win.

For humanity,

Sam Goldman, host of the RefuseFascism podcast


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