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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Thursday, Dec. 17, 7 pm

Forum on the Hot Mix in the World Today--and...

There IS a Way Out of This Madness!

From Syria to San Bernardino, from Chicago to Paris to Colorado Springs... heavy shit is going down. But now is not the time to seek shelter. Out of the storms today and the coming storms tomorrow, we can fight through to a radically new, and far better, world!

Come to Revolution Books to Talk About This.

Get into the revolution, get into Bob Avakian (BA).

Also Coming Up This Week at RB...

Wednesday, Dec. 16, 7 pm

Monthly discussion of articles from

Demarcations, A Journal of Communist Theory and Practice

The New Synthesis of Communism and the Residues of the Past

By the Revolutionary Communist Organization (OCR), Mexico, Issue Number 3, Winter 2014

A polemic from communists in Mexico in support of Bob Avakian's new synthesis, in opposition to wrong lines in the international communist movement. Join the discussion, get into some of the biggest questions facing humanity.

Why do you need a scientific summation of the experience of socialism in the 20th century, and a conception of how to advance further and better this time?
Do the defeats of the first experiences of socialism mark the end of the first stage of communist revolution? What do those defeats imply about the possibilities for socialist revolution in the 21st century?
Are qualitative advances in the science of communism needed in order to lead a new stage of communist revolution, or is the previous theoretical framework 'good enough'?

Friday, Dec. 18, 6:30 pm

Presentation & Discussion of

The New Synthesis of Communism:

Fundamental Orientation, Method and Approach, and Core Elements

This is the second of a two-part series to delve deeply into the outline on the new synthesis of communism written by Bob Avakian. This is a compelling opportunity to find out what is so new about the new synthesis of communism, why is it the most developed scientific theory available today, and why do we make such a big deal about Bob Avakian.

Reading beforehand, and bringing all of your questions, will be a better basis to get more deeply into this, but it is not necessary.

Sunday, Dec. 20, 4 pm to 6 pm

BA Speaks: Revolution--Nothing Less!

In this critical moment, don't miss this film showing

Screening Disc 3 on December 20

A Revolutionary Situation... The Role of Youth... & How to Work Today so that There Is a Revolutionary Force When That Time Comes
Could We Really Win... Really?
Resisting the Brainwash--A Radical Revolt Against a Revolting Culture
People Are Systematically Miseducated Under This System
Scientific Communist Leadership--The Rosetta Stone We Need to Win

Straight Talk On BA

The Challenge: Revolution--Nothing Less!

A film of a talk given by Bob Avakian that one of the filmmakers described as "a daring, substantive, scientific summoning to revolution." If you hate the horrors heaped on oppressed people everywhere, if you wish revolution were possible but wonder if people are "too messed up," if you yearn for some kind of fundamental change, THIS is the film for you. Join us to watch and discuss together.

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