Monthly Archives: July 2026

An Appreciation of, and Call to Study, Internalize, and Wield Bob Avakian’s “Communism: A Whole New World and the Emancipation of All Humanity—Not ‘The Last Shall Be First, and The First Shall Be Last’”

From a volunteer with The Bob Avakian Institute

The Escalating Combat Between the U.S. and Iran, the Danger of More Catastrophic War, and the Outmoded System Driving This Madness and Threatening Humanity

On July 11, Iran announced that it had fired warning shots at several vessels taking “unapproved” routes through the Strait of Hormuz and that it was closing the Strait to shipping altogether “until the end of U.S. interference in the region.”

FASCIST CRUELTY AND ATTACK ON EMPATHY VS. THE NEW COMMUNIST VIEW OF EMPATHY 

by Bob Avakian

Donald Trump holds a cage-fighting spectacle on the grounds of the White House (where, not coincidentally, one of the main participants attacks Michelle Obama in crudely racist, sexist and homophobic terms). This is the same Donald Trump who called on police to treat people more roughly when arresting them. The same Donald Trump who, during his first run for president, called on his supporters to physically attack protesters at his rallies—and who boasted that if he murdered someone in plain sight in New York City, his supporters would continue to support him.

“WOKE” IS A DESTRUCTIVE FORCE in the political, intellectual, artistic and ethical life of society

Bizarre and capricious rules enforced by cancel culture threats. Puffed-up unscientific claims to “represent the marginalized.” Insisting that people “stay in their lanes” in fighting oppression. “Woke” lunacy manifests much that is harmful with the capitalist-imperialist system and its dominant culture, furthering the nightmare of humanity!