One of the things that I see, something that I haven’t lost sight of, is this: I see all the strength of the ruling class, but I also see all the way through all this shit, all the contradictions in society—I actually see a force in this society that, if it were developed into a revolutionary people, actually could have a go at it, could have a real chance of making a revolution, or being the backbone force of a revolution, when the conditions were ripe. I see a force of millions and millions and millions—youth and others—for whom this system is a horror: It isn’t going to take some cataclysmic crisis for this system to be fucking over them. The ruling class, ironically, sees them too. It is those who once had but have lost—or those who never had—a revolutionary perspective…it is they who can’t see this.”
—Bob Avakian’s BAsics, Chapter 6 Supplement: “The Revolutionary Potential of the Masses and the Responsibility of the Vanguard
A volunteer let the tears come as he described what it’s meant to him to become a part of this. Uplifted that we’re not just trying to help some people but actually change people and lift their sights to be a part of changing everything. People have had the experience of seeing first hand how people live on the bottom of this society, in this supposed greatest of all countries.
On the way to an outing two people stopped to ask for directions early in the morning. They pulled up to a corner where migrant workers were waiting. People from Mexico and Africa waiting for work saw the car and approached thinking it was an opportunity for work. “These guys are pushing each other and fighting each other to open the door,” The volunteer described through tears, “waiting to be exploited.”
It was hard to find the words to describe this, but very clear that a system that creates these kinds of situations needs to get the fuck out of the way of humanity. And the fact that we have a leader like Bob Avakian, that sees all the way through all this shit, means the masses have a chance.
On the way to an outing two people stopped to ask for directions early in the morning. They pulled up to a corner where migrant workers were waiting. People from Mexico and Africa waiting for work saw the car and approached thinking it was an opportunity for work. “These guys are pushing each other and fighting each other to open the door,” The volunteer described through tears, “waiting to be exploited.”
It was hard to find the words to describe this, but very clear that a system that creates these kinds of situations needs to get the fuck out of the way of humanity. And the fact that we have a leader like Bob Avakian, that sees all the way through all this shit, means the masses have a chance.
