Seattle Gay Pride   A group of us hit the streets one evening during gay Pride weekend to spread BA Everywhere and raise money for the next leg of the BA Bus Tour. It had been raining all day and was forecast to rain again that evening, but we had our chance when the clouds cleared for only a few hours! We brought the banner with the BAsics 1:13 quote already surrounded by signatures and messages of support from people young and old and passed out the palm cards, some pinned with purple ribbons for people to wear in protest of the culture of anti-gay bullying that’s fueling the suicide and murder of gay youth around the country. Understanding that the BAsics Bus Tour and spreading BA everywhere is one way to make real the pledge of “No more generations of our youth, no more Trayvon Martins, no more Tyler Clementis…,” our goal was to make a leap in raising a significant amount of money through small donations over the limited time of 2 hours. We raised 45 dollars, mostly from people who donated one dollar. Many people stopped and asked us about the banner, or would read it and sign it, which was one way conversations got started. We found that when we described the vision and reality of the bus tour, the types of places it was going and how we are organizing people into a movement for revolution and introducing people to the leadership of Bob Avakian as partly embodied in BAsics 1:13, people were inspired and motivated to donate on the spot. We asked everyone to donate. It also made a difference to let people know this was national, that people all over the country were doing this and donating this weekend, that we had raised over 30,000 for the first leg and were now on our way to raising 50,000 for the next leg and TWO buses. People donated for a variety of reasons, some because they thought it was a good cause and wanted to contribute to something positive, others because of deep concern for the future of the youth. One person donated because he appreciated that the New York leg was going into immigrant communities and involving them in the movement for revolution. A few people expressed delight that we went to the deep south, venturing out from the more progressive cities.
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Seattle Gay Pride
 
A group of us hit the streets one evening during gay Pride weekend to spread BA Everywhere and raise money for the next leg of the BA Bus Tour. It had been raining all day and was forecast to rain again that evening, but we had our chance when the clouds cleared for only a few hours! We brought the banner with the BAsics 1:13 quote already surrounded by signatures and messages of support from people young and old and passed out the palm cards, some pinned with purple ribbons for people to wear in protest of the culture of anti-gay bullying that’s fueling the suicide and murder of gay youth around the country. Understanding that the BAsics Bus Tour and spreading BA everywhere is one way to make real the pledge of “No more generations of our youth, no more Trayvon Martins, no more Tyler Clementis…,” our goal was to make a leap in raising a significant amount of money through small donations over the limited time of 2 hours. We raised 45 dollars, mostly from people who donated one dollar. Many people stopped and asked us about the banner, or would read it and sign it, which was one way conversations got started. We found that when we described the vision and reality of the bus tour, the types of places it was going and how we are organizing people into a movement for revolution and introducing people to the leadership of Bob Avakian as partly embodied in BAsics 1:13, people were inspired and motivated to donate on the spot. We asked everyone to donate. It also made a difference to let people know this was national, that people all over the country were doing this and donating this weekend, that we had raised over 30,000 for the first leg and were now on our way to raising 50,000 for the next leg and TWO buses. People donated for a variety of reasons, some because they thought it was a good cause and wanted to contribute to something positive, others because of deep concern for the future of the youth. One person donated because he appreciated that the New York leg was going into immigrant communities and involving them in the movement for revolution. A few people expressed delight that we went to the deep south, venturing out from the more progressive cities.

People across the country are supporting — and acting together with — the BAsics Bus Tour… from Seattle:

People gathered at Revolution Books in Seattle for a BAsics Bus Tour kick-off party. A nicely decorated table in the center of the store welcomed everyone with flyers, cards and papers and a sign inviting people to take stacks to help spread the movement for revolution. There was food and celebration of the potential for what the Bus Tour can change in the South and nationwide. People were moved and inspired by the video messages from the tour that we watched online-by the bold projection of BA and communist revolution and by the support for the Tour voiced by youth in Atlanta who had just encountered it.

Through the party, personal donations and money contributed from students in a college classroom, $240 was raised to support the BAsics Bus Tour. An additional large and very generous donation came from a woman and her husband. She shared her thoughts about why they had donated, saying she loves the RCP and cited BAsics 4:21, the analogy that reality is like a burning object, and if you want to move it, you need an instrument. She said she believes the masses can take up revolutionary theory…that people need an instrument to handle fire and Bob Avakian’s new synthesis is that instrument. She expressed a lot of hope in the Bus Tour’s ability to reach people who’ve never heard about this movement for revolution and need to understand how the world can be radically changed.

People created and signed a banner with BAsics 1:13 on the spot. Plans were made take it out to a large street fair over the weekend to spread word of the Tour, as well as gather people to watch video messages from the Tour on May 22nd. The whole idea and reality of the Bus Tour has struck a deep chord with people who are looking for a force to challenge “the way things are”. The Bus Tour has made very real for those who are looking for this and have heard of the Bus Tour, that there is a living force for revolution that is growing.

Join us, send in your photos, reports, and statements of support to baeverwhere [AT] gmail.com

Kick-Off Parties in Atlanta and nationwide this Friday!

Taking REVOLUTION, COMMUNISM, and BOB AVAKIAN to the South! The official Kick-Off Party to send the BAsics Bus Tour on the road!

7-10pm, Friday, May 18th
Little 5 Points Community Center
1087 Austin Ave. (at Euclid)

Join the celebration and excitement, see the decorated RV, meet  the volunteers and all those supporting this, listen to live music and poetry, watch videos documenting our efforts so far and clips of Bob Avakian, bring a dish to share, and more. $10 suggested donation.

Kick-Off Parties all across the country this Friday to celebrate this Tour heading further South:

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