From Ukraine to Iran to Haiti: What's happening, and why

 

October 17, 2022 A Guide to This Issue of  Revolution What You Need to Know and Engage This Week  About the World and Revolution Welcome to Revcom.us and the new issue of Revolution. From Ukraine to Iran to Haiti, from the struggle for abortion rights within the U.S. to the crisis around racism in the Los Angeles City Council, we let you know what’s happening, why it’s happening, and where do the interests of humanity lie in key developments around the world and within the U.S. More than that, we bring you the scientific method and approach of the new communism brought forward by Bob Avakian, BA—the way to understand the world and go to work on transforming it. We try to apply that analysis in everything we write, and we bring you BA’s body of work itself, where you can dig into it. Go here to get into some of these works, and here to “meet” BA himself—the person and leader who’s brought forward these powerful tools for liberation. Of crucial importance in this right now: the analysis and strategy that BA has developed for making revolution in this rare time when revolution becomes more possible. Something Terrible, Or Something Truly Emancipating: Profound Crisis, Deepening Divisions, The Looming Possibility Of Civil War—And The Revolution That Is Urgently Needed, A Necessary Foundation, A Basic Roadmap For This Revolution puts forward an in-depth foundational analysis of the clashing forces of this period and how, within the extremely heavy things going down—including events and developments that threaten the very existence of humanity—there also exists the possibility for something truly emancipating: a revolution. “Something Terrible, OR Something Truly Emancipating” lays out how to go to work to make that real. And there is as well Organizing for an Actual Revolution: 7 Key Points—a concentrated expression of that strategy that can be used by everyone who is, or becomes, active in this movement for revolution. And the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America, authored by BA, presents the sweeping vision and concrete blueprint for moving to build the new world humanity needs after the revolution. This week, before laying out the table of contents, we want to call on all our readers to not only tune into The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less! YouTube show this Thursday, at 8 pm Eastern time, 7 Central and 5 Pacific, but to also let your friends know and to watch it with them, if you possibly can. It’s a special edition, and you won’t be disappointed. In this issue: * Something Terrible, Or Something Truly Emancipating: Profound Crisis, Deepening Divisions, The Looming Possibility Of Civil War—And The Revolution That Is Urgently Needed, A Necessary Foundation, A Basic Roadmap For This Revolution, by Bob Avakian * Organizing for an Actual Revolution: 7 Key Points *War in Ukraine The War in Ukraine This Week—Dangerous Escalations on the Ground, in the Air, with Words U.S. Expresses “Shock and Outrage” at Russian Air Strikes Against Ukraine, BUT… When It Comes to Murdering Civilians and Destroying Cities, America Still Stands Without a Rival POSTER: When It Comes to Murdering Civilians and Destroying Cities, America Still Stands Without a Rival (can also be printed out on two tabloid size sheets and taped together) “Legit Gangsters”—Gangsters with Nuclear Weapons, by Bob Avakian (short version/longer version/video) Ukraine: World War 3 Is the Real Danger, Not a Repeat of World War 2, by Bob Avakian War in Ukraine Resource Page * Struggle in Iran Fire, Explosions and Gunshots at Iran’s Evin Prison. Prisoners’ Blood on Hands of the Islamic Republic. Iran Week Five: Heroic Uprising Defies Vicious Crackdown. Fearless Generation Raises Hope for a Better World. Update…Oil Workers Strike…Massacre in Baluchistan…Support CPI (MLM)! Check back at revcom.us for news and updates during the week. * The Fight for Abortion Rights  * January 6 Hearings—and the Violence of This System, by Bob Avakian (Read the article | Watch the video)  * 3 Questions and 3 Answers on the LA City Council Racism Scandal * Haiti: Imperialist Powers Prepare for Possible Military Intervention—Again! * “Break All the Chains!” Alabama Prisoners “Strike for Human Dignity and Rights” (Updated with photos from October 14 protest in Montgomery) * The Revolution Club: Fighting For… Getting Organized For… REVOLUTION Latest news  Check back at revcom.us for more during the week. * The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show Episode 123, "Biden & Putin Threaten Armageddon. Iranians Rise. STOP “doing you.” Start Thinking About Humanity!" My Block, My Hood, My People, My Gender VS OUR Responsibility to Humanity Crisis in Ukraine: Biden and Putin Hold Humanity Hostage, Threaten "Armageddon"—WE NEED REVOLUTION! Iranians Continue to Rise! Which Way Forward and What Is Our Responsibility? Sunsara Taylor Updates The "6 Insteads" by Bob Avakian For Freedom / Baraye Azadi - DC058 Follow: @TheRevcoms Read: www.revcom.us Watch: youtube.com/TheRevComs “...we have two choices: either, live with all this — and condemn future generations to the same, or worse, if they have a future at all — or, make revolution!” —Bob Avakian START AT HOME PAGE BOB AVAKIAN: A RADICALLY DIFFERENT LEADER—A WHOLE NEW FRAMEWORK FOR HUMAN EMANCIPATION Learn more about Bob Avakian and the new communism What Is the Revolution Club? Who Should Check Out the Revolution Club, Run with It and Join? What Does It Mean To Join? And How Do I Get Started? What do I do first? Wherever you are, sign up. Spread the word. Find out more about Revolution Club » FEATURED: BOB AVAKIAN BAsics, from the talks and writings of  Bob Avakian Short Version—The Basic Truth: “LEGIT GANGSTERS”— GANGSTERS WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS by Bob Avakian FEATURED: NEWS FROM THE REVCOMS (REVCOM.US): A DECLARATION, A CALL TO GET ORGANIZED NOW FOR A REAL REVOLUTION READ MORE THE WOMEN OF IRAN HAVE STOOD UP! THE PEOPLE OF IRAN ARE RAISING THEIR HEADS AND FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE BATONS AND BULLETS OF THE IRANIAN REGIME! WE NEED TO STAND WITH AND SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR STRUGGLE! UNLEASH THE FURY OF WOMEN AS A MIGHTY FORCE FOR REVOLUTION!! WWW.REVCOM.US/REVOLUTION NEWSPAPER brings alive a scientific analysis of major events in society and the world—why they are happening, how different events and developments relate to each other, how all this relates to the system we live under, where people's interests lie in relation to all this, how revolution is in fact the solution to all this and what the goals of that revolution are, how different viewpoints and programs relate, positively or negatively, to the revolution that is needed, and how people can move, and are moving, to build toward that revolution. Revcom.us/Revolution is the guide, the pivot, the crucial tool in drawing forward, orienting, training, and organizing thousands, and influencing millions—fighting the power, and transforming the people, for revolution—hastening and preparing for the time when we can go for the whole thing, with a real chance to win. 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