#revolution talk

[ahistoryofanxietyandanxietyand]

But whatever: the civil rights movement, the black freedom struggle, the unfinished project of abolition, was never so that black folk could be included in every stupid-ass thing, whether that be a collection of baby pictures or the white house. It was always, finally, about more than black people anyway, as history has deeply and constantly been bearing out since way before blacks ceased to be, by whatever narrow unit of measure, the largest minority in the U. S. It was about making another world; it was about the liberation of the other world in this one which, by the way, is what poetry is also about.

Fred Moten

[ahistoryofanxietyandanxietyand]

Some people want to run things, other things want to run. If they ask you, tell them we were flying. Knowledge of freedom is (in) the invention of escape, stealing away in the confines, in the form, of a break. This is held close in the open song of the ones that are supposed to be silent.

from The Undercommons by Fred Moten&Stefano Harney

[ahistoryofanxietyandanxietyand]

If we cannot first imagine freedom, we cannot actually achieve it. Freedom, like fiction and all art, is a process in which the dream of freedom is only the first part.

from The Gray Album by Kevin Young

[kcrabb88]

"If you wish to know what revolution is, call it progress. If you wish to know what progress is, call it tomorrow." ~ Victor Hugo

A playlist for passionate revolutionaries everywhere, inspired by my forever obsession with Les Mis.

(Image credit to PopularResistance.org)

1.) Vox Populi, 30 Seconds to Mars ; 2.) Hey Ha, 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille ; 3.) The World Will Know, Newsies Movie ; 4.) My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark, Fall Out Boy ; 5.) Paris/Look Down, Les Mis 2012 ; 6.) Je Veux le Monde, 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille ; 7.) Things We Lost in the Fire, Bastille ; 8.) Louder than Words, Tick, Tick...Boom ; 9.) This is Gospel, Panic at the Disco ; 10.) Revolting Children, Matilda

http://8tracks.com/kcrabb88/if-you-want-to-know-what-revolution-is-call-it-progress

[basicsbustour]

We need a revolution! Watch Bob Avakian imagine a viable and vibrant new society in which people will be able to carry the revolution forward to emancipate all humanity — in this 5-video YouTube playlist, "Imagine a New Socialist Society in North America."

These are excerpts from Bob Avakian's Revolution talk. Avakian is a visionary communist thinker and revolutionary leader. He is the author of many books and articles. He is the leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. And he is more than that: he’s an innovative and critical thinker who has taken Marxism to a new place; he’s a provocative commentator on everything from basketball to religion, doo-wop music to science; and he’s a pit-bull fighter against oppression who’s kept both his solemn sense of purpose and his irrepressible sense of humor.

Watch the full talk at revolutiontalk.net. Participate in the BA Everywhere campaign at basicsbustour.tumblr.com.

[basicsbustour]

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"Why do people come here from all over the world?" - clip from Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About, a film of a talk by Bob Avakian given in 2003 in the United States. Bob Avakian is the Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. This talk, followed by questions and answers, is a wide-ranging revolutionary journey, covering many topics. It breaks down the very nature of the society we live in and how humanity has come to a time where a radically different society is possible. It is full of heart and soul, humor and seriousness; it will challenge you and set your heart and mind to flight. Watch the entire film online at http://revolutiontalk.net

[basicsbustour]

"What to the slave is your fourth of July? From the past to the present." - clip from Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About, a film of a talk by Bob Avakian given in 2003 in the United States. Bob Avakian is the Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. This talk, followed by questions and answers, is a wide-ranging revolutionary journey, covering many topics. It breaks down the very nature of the society we live in and how humanity has come to a time where a radically different society is possible. It is full of heart and soul, humor and seriousness; it will challenge you and set your heart and mind to flight. Watch the entire film online at www.revolutiontalk.net

[basicsbustour]

"The police, Black youth and what kind of a system is this?" - a clip from Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About, a film of a talk by Bob Avakian given in 2003 in the United States. Bob Avakian is the Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. This talk, followed by questions and answers, is a wide-ranging revolutionary journey, covering many topics. It breaks down the very nature of the society we live in and how humanity has come to a time where a radically different society is possible. It is full of heart and soul, humor and seriousness; it will challenge you and set your heart and mind to flight.

Watch the full Revolution talk at http://revolutiontalk.net/films. Watch and discuss with friends, and share this online.