Bob Avakian

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Bob Avakian (born March 7, 1943 in Washington, DC ) is chairman and theoretician of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP), the largest Maoist group in the United States .

Life

Avakian's grandparents immigrated from Armenia . Avakian was born in Washington and grew up in Berkeley . There he attended high school and the University of California . He has been in the movement for freedom of expression politicized (Free Speech Movement or FSM) and was initially a leader of the Revolutionary Union (Revolutionary Confederation). Avakian co-founded the Revolutionary Communist Party in 1975 and has been its chairman ever since.

Publications

  • Away with All Gods! Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World , 2008.
  • Observations on Art, Culture, Science, and Philosophy , 2006.
  • Marxism and the Call of the Future: Conversations on Ethics, History, and Politics , 2006, written with Bill Martin.
  • From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist , 2006.
  • Preaching from a Pulpit of Bones , 1999.
  • Phony Communism is Dead ... Long Live Real Communism! , 1992.
  • Could We Really Win? , 1991.
  • Reflections, Sketches, and Provocations: Essays and Commentary , 1981-1987 ', 1990.
  • Democracy: Can't We Do Better Than That? , 1986.
  • Bullets: From the Writings, Speeches, and Interviews of Bob Avakian , 1985.
  • A Horrible End, or an End to the Horror? , 1984.
  • For a Harvest of Dragons , 1983.
  • Mao Tsetung's Immortal Contributions , 1979.
  • The Loss in China and the Revolutionary Legacy of Mao Tsetung , 1978.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the Revolutionary Communist Party

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personal data
SURNAME Avakian, Bob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician, leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP)
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC