Be
part of national launch parties for an audacious
group of volunteers
departing May 18th from Atlanta,
Georgia, who will be taking revolution
right into the
heart of the deep south. "The BAsics Bus" will be
bringing the work of Bob Avakian (BA) and his new
book BAsics
right into what Avakian has called the
"Bible belt" & "lynching
belt." Speaking to people's
raw outrage and their deep
hopes, the tour will bring
a fresh wind of the possibility of a whole
new world.
We'll watch a video from the bus tour, a clip from the
Revolution Talk by Bob Avakian on Emmett Till and the
Jim Crow, sign a banner to send to the bus tour and more.
Donate [here], be part of the national send-off parties,
and follow the BAsics bus tour daily on their blog:
From the bus tour blog:
CHARLES PERSON, one of the 13 original Freedom Riders stopped
by for a meet-and-greet with all the Basics
Bus Tour volunteers
last night! There was a great discussion among
Charles and the
volunteers, they talked a lot on how to sum up the
movements
of the 1960s and going forward today. See more photos on the blog...
"First
thing, I am only not part of this BAsics Bus Tour because my
health
issues will not allow it. Otherwise, I would have my seat
reserved on
the bus. I hate that I am going to miss this, because
when I think
about it, it reminds me about the beginning of the Black
Panther Party:
the enthusiasm and determination of being a significant
part of a
great movement to change things in this country. Participating
in and
being a significant part of change is addictive-once you have
experienced it, you'll do anything to get that feeling again-because
it
is not an irrelevant act. It is being part of a conscious movement
to
make change-and when you do that it develops you as a human being
and a true fighter for the rights of all people. I won't be there
physically
but my revolutionary spirit travels with the tour. All Power to the People!
And, Fuck the Police!" RICHARD BROWN - Former Black Panther
[Watch and share this on YouTube]
Cornel West supports the BAsics Bus Tour
"I
wanna put in my strong endorsement of this freedom bus... Courageous
brothers and sisters going down to the gut-bucket South. The old Jim
Crow
senior, still the Jim Crow junior, of course. Whole lot of lynching
used be
going on in the past, still police brutality taking place,
unemployment and
underemployment taking place. Dilapidated housing in
place, disgraceful
school system's in place... Revolutionary Communist
Party bearing witness
in a serious kind of way. And I just want to let
folk know... I'm behind what
they're doing... keeping track of the
injustice here in the state. Keep track
of the freedom bus-the Avakian
bus!" CORNEL WEST
Read other statements of support [here].
