The Lynching of Ahmaud Arbery, the Oppression of Black People, and the Revolutionary Struggle to End ALL Oppression

From Revolution/revcom.us: The RNL Show—Revolution, Nothing Less! Episode 8: The Lynching of Ahmaud Arbery, the Oppression of Black People, and the Revolutionary Struggle to End ALL Oppression youtube.com/therevcoms The recent lynching of Ahmaud Arbery has seared the souls of Black people and many others throughout society, calling to mind slave-catchers and lynch-mobs of old. The question is sharply posed: When will this end!? Bob Avakian has written:  There is the potential for something of unprecedented beauty to arise out of unspeakable ugliness: Black people playing a crucial role in putting an end, at long last, to this system which has, for so long, not just exploited but dehumanized, terrorized and tormented them in a thousand ways—putting an end to this in the only way it can be done—by fighting to emancipate humanity, to put an end to the long night in which human society has been divided into masters and slaves, and the masses of humanity have been lashed, beaten, raped, slaughtered, shackled and shrouded in ignorance and misery. Episode 8 of The Revolution, Nothing Less Show is framed by this quote and by the work Bob Avakian has done on this question, driven by deep feeling and penetrating science. We share an excerpt from BA's speech Why We Need An Actual Revolution And How We Can Really Make Revolution on how white supremacy and capitalism are stitched together and can only be ended through an actual revolution. This is followed by a conversation between Andy Zee and Carl Dix.   Share this everywhere

From Bob Avakian: An Important Observation Regarding the Article by Sunsara Taylor On Tara Reade’s Accusation Against Joe Biden May 12, 2020 | revcom.us The points that are made in the article by Sunsara Taylor on Tara Reade’s accusation against Joe Biden* are important, but one other point should be made, especially as this article speaks (as it should) to the fact that an accusation that is made long after the alleged incident results in a situation where any process seeking to determine the truth of the accusation is tainted and vitiated by the passage of so much time. This needs to be accompanied by a statement that it is entirely possible both to recognize that (as is spoken to in this article) women who are actually subjected to sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape often do not come forward at the time, because of intimidation, a (false, socially-imposed) sense of shame, and other reasons, and at the same time to recognize that, when (for whatever reasons) a long time has passed before the accusation is made, the basis for determining the truth of the accusation has been vitiated.  And it needs to be emphasized: The answer to this is to focus on creating the conditions in society where women feel encouraged and supported in coming forward at the time and, while not automatically “believed,” are taken seriously, and a serious, evidence-based scientific investigation and process is conducted with regard to their accusation. * In Light of Tara Reade’s Accusation Against Joe Biden, Points of Basic Principle. This article is available at revcom.us. [back] We’ve surpassed $10,000, on to $15,000 or more! May 15: Today we reached $10,029, surpassing our $10,000 goal for the month. Thanks to $910 in donations collected in Hawaii, Los Angeles and Boston, $105 from 3 Paypal contributions, and $600 from a longtime supporter. This enables us to aim for a total of $15,000 in much-needed funds by the end of May. Five generous donors – one contributing $1,000 and another $500 – have pooled their funds for a $2,000 match. So all new donations will be doubled up to that amount! Next step: meeting that match!