Discussion:Declaration of Independence:Inventions & Distortions of Reality & History

Discussion:Bob Avakian's New Series:

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (And Related Questions): INVENTIONS
AND DISTORTIONS OF REALITY AND HISTORY—IN THE SERVICE OF REAL
AND REPEATED ATROCITY

Part 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

Excerpt from part 1
"To begin, there is this critical analysis in my recent work
HUMANITY ON THE BRINK: A Forced March Into the Abyss, or Forging a Way Forward Out of the Madness?:
Here 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.

"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."

Join us for a series of discussions of Bob Avakian's articles.

On 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.

On 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