who the hell is...

[Lamanov]

:huh:

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

A jumped-up maoist proclaiming to be the saviour of Marxism

[LSD]

Bob Avakian is the chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, an American Maoist party.

Many members of that party consider him to be a "great" Marxist intellectual, although his actuall writtings are rather mediocre.

[romanm]

Actually, the line of the RCP-U$A is more Trotskyist even though they claim to be Maoists. Information about RCP-U$A can be found here. (http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/wim/wyl/crypto.html)

[redstar2000]

Bob Avakian is a socialist who thinks he is a "communist"...


Originally posted by Bob Avakian
And there will always be in one form or another political representatives; despite all the science fiction and everything else, I do not believe that the highest level that can be achieved is where everybody puts on their TV, listens to a big debate and pushes a computer, yes or no, up or down, kill ’em, throw ’em out, make ’em president or whatever; I don’t believe that’s the way that decision-making is going to be done under communism. There will be political representatives and struggle among them, and the masses will be decisive, yes, but not in the literal, direct, good old town meeting tradition.

If you have "decision-making" by "political representatives", then it follows that you have a state apparatus.

That's a no-no in communism.

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[workersunity]

Bob avakian and the rcp, is very shakky, and too close to stalinism with the whole personality cult

[OleMarxco]

I think they should just simply, uh, shall we say, "dispose" of him, and start takin' command of the "cult" themselves, an'turn it into a REAL communistic movement - These "leaders" are really givin' me blue balls! :o

[More Fire for the People]

Too but it in laymans terms
Bob Avaikan is the shit.

You may interpret that as you like.

[flyby]

Bob Avakian is the leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party and a leading figure within the International Communist Movement. He has been fighting for a whole new look at what communism is, and how we struggle for it -- which in several important ways has the potential for a real rennaisance of communist thinking and action in the world.

A lot of this is concentrated in his Marxist theoretical work -- and in the struggle for a scientific method and approach to reality and politics (that opposes dogmas, even those deeply entrenched in the legacies of the communist movement.)

There is a lot to get into around these things. But for now, here are some links that will help new people get a fix on some of this:

About Bob Avakian (http://bobavakian.net/about.html)

Bob Avakian Speaks -- audio files for downloading (http://bobavakian.net)

Bob Avakian's written body of work (or at least that part available online) (http://rwor.org/chair_e.htm)

[LSD]

Bob Avakian Speaks -- audio files for downloading

Wow, you know I'd never heard Avakian speak before.

um ...not really inspirational, he?

He isn't that good a speaker and I think he has a bit of a lisp.

Honestly, after all the praise he gets from you folks in the RCP, I expected much better. :(

[OleMarxco]

You know what we REALLY need, if we have to put up with a leader, we could atleast have TYLER DURDEN (http://www.durdenforamerica.com). That old fossil Avakian, meanwhile he has a great many ANTI-points, doesn't bring out much pro-Points of Communism, seldom hear he speaks of it, and he's a blatant vanguardist, who spins lies. So why the hell do people flock to him? No-one is asking critical questions. Fuck Bob :che: