This Q&A took place after the speech by Bob Avakian: Why We Need An Actual Revolution and How We Can Really Make Revolution

LISTEN to the speech that preceded this Q&A:
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PART 1: Only an Actual Revolution Can Bring About the Fundamental Change That Is Needed 
PART 2: How We Can Really Make Revolution
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“...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, from this speech

This two part speech and Q&A with Bob Avakian (BA) took place in the summer of 2018 in several cities. BA is the leader of this revolution and the architect of a new framework for revolution, the new synthesis of communism.

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Q&A with Bob Avakian, Los Angeles

This Q&A took place after the speech by Bob Avakian: Why We Need An Actual Revolution and How We Can Really Make Revolution

Listen to Part 2 of this Q&A here: https://soundcloud.com/tuneintorevcom/qa-la-part2

LISTEN to the speech that preceded this Q&A:
soundcloud.com/tuneintorevcom/sets/why-we-need-an-actual-revolution-and-how-to-really-make-revolution
PART 1: Only an Actual Revolution Can Bring About the Fundamental Change That Is Needed 
PART 2: How We Can Really Make Revolution

Join the movement for revolution and find out more at www.revcom.us, @tuneintorevcom
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PART 1 QUESTION LIST:

** What will it take for masses of white people to break from white supremacy?  What is it going to take to convince Black people, and other people of color, that the Revolutionary Communist Party is not simply like the Democratic Party, really a white supremacist party?
[00:30] 

** Under socialism, will there be space for autonomous communities that are self-organized and voluntary?
[29:49]

** Given the risks, and taking into account the fear in the community, how much should undocumented immigrants contribute to this movement? 
[36:37]

** What is our strategy against state repression – like dealing with what was done to the Black Panther Party? How do we prevent the same thing happening even before we get to a revolutionary situation?
[45:00]

** How can we be silent on the brutality towards animals when factory farming and meat production is not only barbaric but is contributing to the destruction of the Earth? 
[1:00:36]

** Questions on revolutionary strategy: 
- Would the U.S. have to become a 'failed state' for the revolution to have a chance? 
- What is your timeframe for revolution, if you have one?
- Do you see a role for US military forces joining with the forces for revolution, in a revolutionary situation?
[1:12:35]

Q&A with Bob Avakian, Los Angeles Part 1

This Q&A took place after the speech by Bob Avakian: Why We Need An Actual Revolution and How We Can Really Make Revolution

Listen to Part 1 of this Q&A here: https://soundcloud.com/tuneintorevcom/qa-la-part1

LISTEN to the speech that preceded this Q&A:
https://soundcloud.com/tuneintorevcom/sets/why-we-need-an-actual-revolution-and-how-to-really-make-revolution
PART 1: Only an Actual Revolution Can Bring About the Fundamental Change That Is Needed 
PART 2: How We Can Really Make Revolution

Join the movement for revolution and find out more at revcom.us, @tuneintorevcom
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PART 2 QUESTION LIST:
** Questions about building up the forces for revolution now:
- What's the relationship between building up the Revolution Clubs and the broader mass movement for revolution?
- What is the role of art and artists in bringing forward a revolutionary people?
- What other movements should we be working with?
- What is the significance and necessity of being "future people" in building this movement for revolution? 
- I've been wrestling with the science and art of leadership.  Can you talk more about that?  Also, how do we deal with the frustration of breaking through with the masses, and in particular the youth who have no future under this system?
[1:55]

** What would society look like right after the revolution?
[52:02]

** Would Mexico and Central America still be the US' backyard after the revolution?
[1:01:49]

** Could you speak to the negative situation in the world – with the rise of fascism – and the negative situation in the international communist movement?
[1:08:27]

** After the revolution, what kind of justice would be applied to former rulers of this system?
[1:42:55]

** COMMENT: A painful lesson learned from previous revolutions. 
[1:55:34]

** How do you think we should go about waging key ideological and political battles today? What can we learn from history about this?
[1:58:32]

** You've talked before about the obstacle of American chauvinism.  How do we take this on as part of building a movement to drive out the Trump/Pence regime and, even further, for revolution?
[1:59:22]

** How do you see the role of prisoners in building the revolution now and during a revolutionary situation? 
[2:00:14]

Answers to the above three questions:
** BA answers the question on waging political and ideological struggle.
[2:01:38]

** BA answers the question on American chauvinism and the Trump/Pence regime.
[2:09:55]

** BA answers the question on the role of prisoners today and in a revolutionary situation.
[2:16:35]

** BA closing remarks
[2:22:15]

Q&A with Bob Avakian, Los Angeles Part 2

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