BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org
PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:Indybay-18886940
SEQUENCE:19064637
CREATED:20260624T022900Z
DESCRIPTION: Discussion:Bob Avakian's New Series:\n\nTHE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 
 (And Related Questions): INVENTIONS\nAND DISTORTIONS OF REALITY AND 
 HISTORY—IN THE SERVICE OF REAL\nAND REPEATED ATROCITY\n\nPart 1: Profound 
 Inequality, Brutal Oppression—and Crude Distortion of the Actual 
 Foundation and Nature of this Country. Read 
 here:https://revcom.us/en/bob_avakian/declaration-independence-and-related-questions-inventions-and-distortions-reality-and\n\nExcerpt 
 from part 1\n"To begin, there is this critical analysis in my recent work 
 \nHUMANITY ON THE BRINK: A Forced March Into the Abyss, or Forging a Way 
 Forward Out of the Madness?: \nHere it’s worth stepping back and 
 reviewing the history of this country and the system in this country from 
 the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution to today—to the 
 thoroughly outmoded monstrosity of capitalism-imperialism. At the beginning 
 of this country, at the initiation of the war of independence (which they 
 like to call a revolutionary war), it was declared that “all men are 
 created equal.” But the whole history of this country from that time 
 forward has proven that it is definitely not the case within this country 
 that there is equality for all. Even at the time when the Declaration of 
 Independence and then the Constitution were written, there were huge 
 numbers of slaves. There were Native Americans whose land was being stolen 
 and who were being subjected to genocidal atrocity. There were women who 
 basically had no rights, and certainly none equal to men. There was, in 
 short, a system of exploitation which was given further impetus by breaking 
 free of British colonialism.\n\n"As I will show through this series, in the 
 Declaration of Independence in particular, and in the celebration of what 
 it has served to establish, maintain and expand, there are indeed 
 fundamental inventions and distortions of reality and history, in the 
 service of very real and repeated atrocity."\n\nJoin us for a series of 
 discussions of Bob Avakian's articles.\n\nOn Friday, July 3rd, we will 
 discuss Part 2: Rights Are Not "Endowed" by "God," and "To Secure These 
 Rights" Is Not the Reason Governments Are Established.\n\nOn Friday July 10 
 we will discuss Part 3: NO to a Celebration of Slavery, Capitalist 
 Exploitation and Worldwide Plunder—This is a Time for a New, Urgently 
 Needed, Truly Emancipating Revolution\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/06/23/18886940.php
SUMMARY:Discussion:Declaration of Independence:Inventions & Distortions of Reality & History
LOCATION:Revolution Books\n2444 Durant Avenue\nBerkeley, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/06/23/18886940.php
DTSTART:20260627T020000Z
DTEND:20260627T040000Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR