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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a series of discussions of Bob Avakian's articles.\nFriday July 
 17th p.m. We will discuss Pt. 3\n\nTHE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (And 
 Related Questions): INVENTIONS\nAND DISTORTIONS OF REALITY AND HISTORY—IN 
 THE SERVICE OF REAL AND REPEATED ATROCITY\n\nRead this article and come 
 with your questions and comments.  revcom.us\n\nExcerpt from part 
 3:\n\n“What Was “Brought Forth” through the American Revolution 
 Was Not a New Nation “Conceived in Liberty,” and Not a Nation 
 “Dedicated to the Proposition that All Men Are Created Equal.”\n\nWhat 
 I have already indicated here (and examined more fully in the previous 
 article in this series) reveals clearly that neither the American 
 Revolution of 1776, nor the Civil War in the 1860s, was actually fought to 
 establish, or to preserve, “government of the people, by the people, for 
 the people.” The essential “liberty” brought about through the 
 American Revolution was the removal of the constraints that the British 
 empire enforced on the slave-owners and developing capitalists in the 
 colonies, who were the “fathers” and basic beneficiaries of this 
 Revolution.\n\nAnd as for today:\n\nFinally, and most importantly: The 
 crucial question is not comparison with past oppressive and murderous 
 countries and empires, or with other oppressive regimes in the world now 
 (although U.S. capitalism-imperialism far surpasses its rivals now in terms 
 of war crimes and crimes against\nhumanity). The decisive question is: what 
 is now possible for humanity, in terms of actual and fundamental 
 emancipation—in opposition to the way that this system of 
 capitalism-imperialism stands as the direct barrier to the achievement of 
 unprecedented emancipation, and the fact this system is, in an all too real 
 and terrible sense, force marching humanity toward the abyss.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/07/12/18887387.php
SUMMARY:Discussion: Pt.3 Declaration of Independence:Inventions & Distortions of Reality & History
LOCATION:Revolution Books\n2444 Durant Avenue\nBerkeley, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/07/12/18887387.php
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