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DESCRIPTION:What is the New Communism- A Presentation & Discussion\nSaturday Sept 27 
 6pm-8pm\nRevolution Books 2444 Durant Avenue Berkeley\n\nAre you are 
 anguished by everything Trump is doing?  Don’t like capitalism, let alone 
 Trump MAGA fascism, but do not see what we can do? Don’t know if a 
 radically different, emancipatory world is even possible - haven’t past 
 communist societies been failures? \n\nIf so, we are inviting you to this 
 presentation and discussion on the new communism.  There IS a way to a 
 different world – bring your biggest questions.\nHere are some key points 
 and questions we’ll get into:\n\n1)  Many came to Berkeley because of its 
 aura of free speech and critical thinking, and now find UC, along with 
 other universities, the focal point of a big attack by the Trump regime.  
 The government demands that IT decides who teaches and what is taught, and 
 tries to stomp out critical thinking and and engagement with 
 “inconvenient truths”. Why is this happening? What does it have to do 
 with capitalism? What does it have to do with fascism?\n\n2) What kind of 
 society can we bring into being? What is possible for human beings on the 
 planet? Unlike past socialist societies, in the Constitution for the New 
 Socialist Republic in North America (draft proposal) authored by Bob 
 Avakian, there will be not just the right to dissent, but the government is 
 required to fund its critics.  You will not find this in any other 
 constitution or founding document in any other government in the history of 
 the world. \n\n3) At the heart of the new communism is an evidence-based 
 approach to understanding and changing society:  proceed from objective 
 reality and fearlessly follow the facts where they lead.  Could you have a 
 whole society with this as the prevailing way people see and interact with 
 the world?  This is quite different from  communist movements and communist 
 societies of the past.  And today, Trump of course proceeds from what he 
 says is true, reality be damned.  And what about “who says it determines 
 whether it is true” which has great currency among those who oppose 
 Trump?\n\n4) What do we need to do now to get to a different world?  To act 
 to defeat fascism? To lay the basis for revolution?  \n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/09/24/18880158.php
SUMMARY:What is the New Communism- a Presentation & Discussion
LOCATION:Revolution Books\n2444 Durant Avenue\nBerkeley, CA 94704
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/09/24/18880158.php
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