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DESCRIPTION:Presentation & Discussion:  "Socialism and Capitalism, Constitutions and 
 Laws: Similarities - and Profound Differences"\n\n\nIn October 2010, the 
 Revolutionary Communist Party, USA published a pathbreaking CONSTITUTION 
 For The New Socialist Republic In North America (Draft Proposal) based on 
 Bob Avakian's new synthesis of communism.\n\nIn his recent talk, "Birds 
 Cannot Give Birth to Crocodiles, but Humanity Can Soar Beyond the Horizon," 
 Avakian explores:\n\n* Why laws and constitutions in any society are 
 ultimately based on and must reflect the prevailing economic and social 
 relations.\n\n* The similarities - and profound differences - between the 
 constitutions of states ruled by exploiting classes (like the U.S.) which 
 exist to maintain and further capitalism, and a socialist constitution 
 which is a vehicle for the furtherance of liberation and the communist 
 revolution.\n\n* Why socialism requires continuing struggle against 
 spontaneity, and why this necessitates the institutionalized leading role 
 of the communist vanguard, embedded in the Constitution - even as this 
 Constitution also embodies basic principles and "rules" which will apply to 
 all members and institutions in society, including the communist 
 vanguard.\n\n* The applicability and non-applicability in socialism of the 
 "separation of powers" and "checks and balances," and what is the role of 
 elections?\n\n* The crucial role this Constitution must play in a radically 
 new, socialist society that is overcoming all oppression while giving great 
 scope to intellectual work, ferment, and dissent as integral to the 
 complete emancipation of humanity.\n\n\nPresentation & Discussed based on 
 the sections (excerpted in Revolution # 229 and #230) :\n\n"The Basic 
 Nature, and the Constitution, of a Socialist State"  &\n\n"Socialism and 
 Capitalism, Constitutions and Laws: Similarities-and Profound Differences" 
 \n\n \n\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/05/15/18679778.php
SUMMARY:Presentation & Discussion: "Socialism and Capitalism, Constitutions and Laws: Similaritie
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/2011/05/15/18679778.php
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