Thurs., Sept. 22nd, 7 PM: "An Appeal to Those the System Has Cast Off"

"An Appeal to Those the System  Has Cast Off" from BAsics 3:16 (see below) Join Us on Thursday, Sept. 22nd,  7 pm We will read out loud the last essay in BAsics, "The  Revolutionary Potential of the Masses and the  Responsibility of the Vanguard" and get people's  reactions to it.  Bring your friends!  We'll also be making plans to get ready for the next  issue of Revolution, publishing on October 3, which  will focus on BAsics 3:16.   An Appeal to Those the System Has Cast Off Here I am speaking not only to prisoners but to those whose life is lived on the desperate edge, whether or not they find some work; to those without work or even homes; to all those the system and its enforcers treat as so much human waste material. Raise your sights above the degradation and madness, the muck and demoralization, above the individual battle to survive and to "be somebody" on the terms of the imperialists - of fouler, more monstrous criminals than mythology has ever invented or jails ever held. Become a part of the human saviors of humanity: the gravediggers of this system and the bearers of the future communist society. This is not just talk or an attempt to make poetry here: there are great tasks to be fulfilled, great struggles to be carried out, and yes great sacrifices to be made to accomplish all this. But there is a world to save - and to win-and in that process those the system has counted as nothing can count for a great deal. They represent a great reserve force that must become an active force for the proletarian revolution.   - BAsics 3:16 This special issue will feature letters from prisoners, as well as others, in response to this appeal. Letters and visual art from those who are rising above the muck and mire can inspire and challenge many others-from the communities of the oppressed to students, teachers and professors, artists and others who agonize about the unjust society we live in-to question the way things are and think about the possibility of real revolutionary change. This issue will concentrate that powerful call and be a living challenge to all those who live day-to-day in the most desperate conditions to get into Bob Avakian, to know about and study his talks and writings... to defend and protect him... take up the leadership he is providing. And to join in this movement we are building for revolution to bring a new world into being. This issue needs to get out far and wide...[Read whole article from revcom.us HERE].

Radio Ad of BAsics  In July, $7,000 was raised to run an ad about BAsics from the Talks  and Writings of Bob Avakian on hip hop radio stations.  This is the ad that will run.  We'll let readers know more details soon. This is an edited version of BAsics 3:16.  It can be played on internet radio stations, campus stations or community radio, sound trucks and more.  Download, distribute and send us your ideas. ·DOWNLOAD HIGH QUALITY RECORDING FOR RADIO AD