![]() ![]() In an interview on The RNL-Revolution, Nothing Less!-Show, Bob Avakian (BA) says “We can no longer afford to allow these imperialists to dominate the world and to determine the destiny of humanity. The existential climate crisis… the threat of nuclear war… police murder… rape and brutality against women… the horrific refugee crisis… this system has no good answers for these crises. Will you give generously to something that can make all the difference-a fund drive to put real revolution on the map on a scale not seen in decades, if ever, in the history of this country? YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE! Shortly after I talked to him, I saw him in deep discussion with the revcoms about the difference he could make in this picture. ![]() Even going back to the protests against the Vietnam War, and the Gulf War.” New York City could be one of the places to kick it off because New York City is one of those places where protests and revolution start. People try looting but that don’t do shit, they just shut down the stores and a bunch of people get arrested. We think we know everything but we don’t. He said, “In that picture, I could definitely do more. And shake them out of the life they are in. I strongly encouraged him to engage with the revcoms’ strategy to go from small to a critical mass that can pose the challenge of a whole other way that the world could be to these youth. Eric Adams, Obama, they don’t do shit about that… And even the ones in college, they just gotta get that degree, try to get an apartment, but you can’t even afford that. “They have no hope, they don’t see themselves as humans, sadly, with drugs, mass incarceration, and the system loves that. He spoke with specificity and pain to how the youth, particularly Black youth, are being programmed by the lyrics of rap songs, being denied a real history of this country, and how the system relies on that. Like the Panthers, the Civil Rights Era.” “A lot of the youth are afraid, especially minority youth, because if they are arrested, they will be put through the system and they know what happened to the previous generations-people were murdered and put in jail. He wanted to go right to “where is everybody?” And had a lot to say about that. ![]() I talked to a young Black guy who follows the revcoms on social media and came to check out the action. That’s not the only answer, but it’s part of the solution.” We paused to listen to the messaging from the bullhorn for a bit and she added, “Mental health support is one of the aspects in which we are going to help move things forward and towards a better society where people enjoy a sense of well-being. And that’s not even beginning to touch on the question of why so many people are suffering with mental illness in the first place, because this society is sick itself.” So, the best and brightest minds are often going into the private sector, and poor folks who can’t afford that are left with very little access to any kind of quality mental health support. The not-for-profit sector is starved and massively underpaid. The wealthy have access to fantastic mental health support in this city but it’s $250 a session to see a therapist privately. I asked for her insights into the mental health crisis, and if she might bounce off the messaging from the revcoms about a whole different kind of society? And the fact that people are in that position in the first place.” It happened on the subway in this city and no one did anything. I talked with a white mental health professional who was on her way to work but stopped to join the protest. ![]()
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