Bob Avakian

Bob Avakian (* 7. März 1943 i​n Washington, D.C.) i​st Vorsitzender u​nd Theoretiker d​er Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP), d​er größten maoistischen Gruppe d​er Vereinigten Staaten.[1]

Leben

Avakians Großeltern immigrierten a​us Armenien. Avakian w​urde in Washington geboren u​nd wuchs i​n Berkeley auf. Dort besuchte e​r das Gymnasium u​nd die University o​f California. Er w​urde in d​er Bewegung für Meinungsfreiheit (Free Speech Movement o​der FSM) politisiert u​nd war zunächst e​in Führer d​er Revolutionary Union (Revolutionärer Bund). Im Jahr 1975 w​ar Avakian e​in Mitbegründer d​er Revolutionären Kommunistischen Partei u​nd ist seither d​eren Vorsitzender.

Veröffentlichungen
  • Away with All Gods! Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World, 2008.
  • Observations on Art, Culture, Science, and Philosophy, 2006.
  • Marxism and the Call of the Future: Conversations on Ethics, History, and Politics, 2006, geschrieben mit Bill Martin.
  • From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist, 2006.
  • Preaching from a Pulpit of Bones, 1999.
  • Phony Communism is Dead...Long Live Real Communism!, 1992.
  • Could We Really Win?, 1991.
  • Reflections, Sketches, and Provocations: Essays and Commentary, 1981–1987', 1990.
  • Democracy: Can't We Do Better Than That?, 1986.
  • Bullets: From the Writings, Speeches, and Interviews of Bob Avakian, 1985.
  • A Horrible End, or an End to the Horror?, 1984.
  • For a Harvest of Dragons, 1983.
  • Mao Tsetung's Immortal Contributions, 1979.
  • The Loss in China and the Revolutionary Legacy of Mao Tsetung, 1978.

Einzelnachweise
  1. Webpräsenz der Revolutionären Kommunistischen Partei
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