Preparing for the BAsics Bus Tour coming to the Bronx: Going to Soundview
Photo: At the door where Amadou Diallo was shot and killed by NYPD. Neighbors hold up Revolution posters (PDF|JPG).
This week, as we have gone to community centers and people we have met in the Bronx to prepare places for the tour volunteers to stay and more, we went to the Soundview area and to the block where Amadou Diallo was shot 41 times by NYC police in the alcove of his apartment building in 1999.
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An Anti-July 4th.
“What to the slave is your fourth of July? From the past to the present.” - clip from Revolution: Why It’s Necessary, Why It’s Possible, What It’s All About, a film of a talk by Bob Avakian given in 2003 in the United States. Bob Avakian is the Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. This talk, followed by questions and answers, is a wide-ranging revolutionary journey, covering many topics. It breaks down the very nature of the society we live in and how humanity has come to a time where a radically different society is possible. It is full of heart and soul, humor and seriousness; it will challenge you and set your heart and mind to flight. Watch the entire film online at www.revolutiontalk.net
“Que, para el esclavo es vuestro cuarto de Julio? Desde el pasado hasta el presente.” - corto de Revolución: por qué es necesaria, por qué es posible, qué, una charla filmada de Bob Avakian, dada en 2003 en Estados Unidos. Bob Avakian es el presidente del Partido Comunista Revolucionario, Estados Unidos. Esta charla, seguida de preguntas y respuestas, es toda una expedición revolucionaria que abarca muchos temas. Examina la naturaleza de la sociedad y plantea que la humanidad ha llegado a un momento histórico en que es posible crear una sociedad radicalmente distinta. Habla con mucho corazón, entusiasmo, humor y gran seriedad. Da mucho que pensar y echa a volar la mente y el corazón. Vea la película completa en línea en www.revolutiontalk.net
Taking BA and BAsics to Juneteenth in a small town
We had some initial discussion about the “12 ways” palmcards – about involving people on the spot to be part of this revolution such as getting out the “12 ways” and BAsics 1:13 palmcards, stickers, and posters we brought. The newer folks on our small team mainly got out the palm cards and stickers, talking to people about mass incarceration and revolution, while I sold the paper and told people about the BAsics Bus Tour that brought BA, revolution and communism to the South. There was interest in the response to the bus tour to Sanford. In some ways the town reminded me of Sanford and the new Jim Crow as it is a small town that’s very polarized with open white supremacy/supremacists.
Juneteenth at Richmond CA, and connecting folks with Bob Avakian and the revolution
Richmond, California drew thousands for the annual Juneteenth festival last Saturday. The legendary musician George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic was the highlight of the day. It was a scorching hot day. At the end, the combination of clouds rolling over and the soothing voice of George Clinton brought some relief and brought the mostly Black participants to their feet.
The Juneteenth Festival commemorates the end of the civil war and the end of legal slavery in Texas. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the war had ended and that the slaves were free.
It was in this setting that a crew of revolutionaries set up a table under the shade of a huge tree and decorated the area with displays of quotations from Bob Avakian (BA), and enlarged covers of BAsics. Our focus was on the BAsics 1:13 quote, “No more generations of our youth…” We had a large banner for people to sign to support the BAsics Bus Tour - we talked about the trip through the South to Sanford, Florida and were calling for donations for its just-announced upcoming mission to the Greater New York City area!
Bay Area, June 5: Boldly spreading “No more generations of our youth…” on the day of protest for Justice for Trayvon Martin
June 5 was a day of defiance and struggle for those standing up for justice for Trayvon Martin—-beginning at high schools during the day, carrying over to Oscar Grant Plaza at 5 pm and rolling back to the ‘hood’ where people of all ages joined in reading quote 1:13 from BAsics, marching for justice for Trayvon Martin, and finding ways to be part of the day even if they couldn’t stand out on the street corner.
“No more generations of our youth, here and all around the world, whose life is over, whose fate has been sealed, who have been condemned to an early death or a life of misery and brutality, whom the system has destined for oppression and oblivion even before they are born. I say no more of that.”
— Bob Avakian, BAsics 1:13
At the high school
At a high school in the ‘hood’ many students were wearing stickers for the June 5 Day of Justice: We Are All Trayvon Martin! Wear Hoodies Everywhere Day! A young guy came and stood by the banner for Trayvon which he had already signed earlier that week. A revolutionary urged him to step forward. He agreed to hold the banner but was silent. Then some young women students walked up and took charge. In a short time they had the situation under control, leading chants on the bullhorn: “Revolution is what we need, to liberate humanity.” “Justice for Trayvon Martin.” Three young women read the “No More generations” quote from BAsics on the bullhorn. Two other young women posted up in the street in front of the school, thrusting a flier with a picture of Trayvon and a card with BAsics and the quote “no more generations” into the window of every passing car. Soon there was a small protest of a couple dozen students, an adult who worked at the school, and a handful of revolutionaries. The people in the cars liked it.
100 Days - 100 Hoodies in Harlem, the impact of BAsics 1:13
Yesterday’s march “100 Days – 100 Hoodies” was greeted with great enthusiasm by people in Harlem. People expressed over and over that the system is greasing the skids to let George Zimmerman free and once again making the victim out as the criminal. And they want this to stop! Click HERE for pictures, and click below to read on.
On June 5th, 100 days after the modern American lynching of Trayvon Martin, Harlem youth and others declare “We Are All Trayvon Martin” and respond to the message of BAsics 1:13. They added their names and messages to a poster bearing this quote:
“No more generations of our youth, here and all around the world, whose life is over, whose fate has been sealed, who have been condemned to an early death or a life of misery and brutality, whom the system has destined for oppression and oblivion even before they are born. I say no more of that.”
— Bob Avakian, BAsics 1:13
