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DESCRIPTION:Come and join Revolution Books in  a discussion of Unresolved  
 Contradictions, Driving Forces for Revolution\nPart 2: (Some Observations 
 on) The International 
 Movement\nhttp://revcom.us/avakian/driving/index.html\n\nIn part 2, Bob 
 Avakian addresses the crossroads facing the international communist 
 movement today – will it be “a vanguard of the future or residue of the 
 past.”  This is a “world historic challenge,” he says, and the task 
 is nothing less than launching a new stage of communist revolution 
 internationally – something humanity needs more than ever.  \n\nIn 
 “Vanguards and individual leaders: real contradictions, and the decisive 
 importance of line,” Avakian digs deeply into questions of leadership, 
 including the role of exceptional leaders like Marx, Lenin, and Mao.   
 \n\nHe speaks to the question many raise:  “You have these revolutionary 
 struggles and the leadership goes bad or the leadership gets captured or 
 killed, and that's the end of the struggle.”  (and discusses how 
 communists can and must do better on this than in the past).\n\n* Also 
 discussed: why Avakian’s New Synthesis of communism is the basic 
 framework for a new wave of communist revolution, and the pivotal role of 
 the Manifesto from the RCP: “Communism: The Beginning of a New 
 Stage.”\n\n* The crucial importance of winning a section of the 
 intelligentsia to revolutionary communism; and why in socialism, any 
 leading group will be made up of people who can work with ideas – in 
 essence intellectuals –  no matter where they came from.  How continually 
 strengthening leading cores and bringing forward new waves of leadership is 
 key to dealing with the contradictions of leadership.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/12/29/18633814.php
SUMMARY:Unresolved Contradictions, Driving Forces for Revolution: part 2
LOCATION:Revolution Books\n2425 Channing Way( in the Sather Gate Parking Mall off of 
 Telegraph Avenue). Wheelchair accessible, donations accepted.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/12/29/18633814.php
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