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Join Us for a Discussion on: What Should We Do Now to Work for Revolution?

Something Terrible,Something Truly Emancipating:Profound Crisis,Deepening Divisions,Looming Poss. ofCivil War-&theRevolution that's Needed
Date:
Friday, August 14, 2026
Time:
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Type:
Class/Workshop
Organizer/Author:
Revolution Books
Location Details:
Revolution Books
2444 Durant Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704

Join us for a Discussion on: What Should We Do Now to Work for Revolution?

We'll discuss this excerpt from the talk by Bob Avakian:
"Something terrible something truly emancipating, Profound Crisis, Deepening Divisions, The Looming Possibility Of Civil War—And The Revolution That Is Urgently Needed A Necessary Foundation, A Basic Roadmap For This Revolution" from 2021. 

"The basic way to do this is laid out in the “Declaration and Call.” First of all:

"We need to urgently change the situation where not nearly enough people know about this revolution and are with it. We need to get this revolution, and its leadership, known everywhere. We need to challenge and seriously struggle with people right around us, and all over the country, to do something that, yes, requires real heart and will make a positive difference for real—become part of this revolution, and follow this revolutionary leadership. We need to organize more and more people into the ranks of the revolution.

"So what does it mean to go to work now to organize people into this revolution? As the “Declaration and Call” explains:

"Organizing people into this revolution means reaching out to all sorts of people—not just where there are protests and rebellions against oppression and injustice, but everywhere throughout society—spreading the word about revolution and getting people together (in real life and online) to grapple with why an actual revolution is necessary, what such a revolution involves, and what kind of society this is aiming for. This will enable people who are new to the revolution to themselves become organizers for this revolution and to recruit more and more people to do the same. On this basis, and through the growing ranks of the revolution acting together as an increasingly powerful force, it will be possible to attract and organize the necessary numbers, and build up the necessary strength, to be in the position to do what needs to be done.

"We need to struggle hard with people to take up the orientation and strategy, the values and goals, for this revolution, and dedicate themselves to working for this revolution, while we unite growing numbers to fight the abuse, brutality and destruction perpetrated by this system, and through all this get thousands and then millions of people prepared and steeled to do away with this system that brings so much hell to people. We need to wield this growing revolutionary force to stand up to this system and its murderous enforcers and to change the whole “terrain” (the political, social and cultural situation and “atmosphere”) throughout society, in order to weaken the hold of this system over people, win people away from acting to strengthen and enforce this system, and create the best possible conditions for this revolution to succeed."

You can read the talk here. https://revcom.us/en/something-terrible-or-something-truly-emancipating
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