I have pasted below the Wikipedia article on the RCP. They used to be
quite active in West Virginia. I remember in the late seventies the
local newspapers broke what they considered the astounding story that
the Miners Right To Strike Committee was controlled by the RCP. I
already knew that and most anyone in this area who was involved in
radical politics knew it. The newspaper had a number of articles on the
subject and in one a coal miner was being interviewed saying that you
can't make them mad. He had seen them punched out and they would just
calmly get up and walk away. I wondered if what he had seen was actually
the time I got punched out and I was mistaken for a member of the RCP.
Actually, the movement I was in was constantly being mistaken for the
RCP. They didn't exactly keep themselves very hidden like the Communist
Labor Party did and I also knew just how active the CLP was in our area
too. This is why it was so ludicrous for the local newspapers to think
the were breaking such astounding revelations. Radicals and rank and
file miners already knew the RCP very well even if they did get the
various communists and other radical confused at times. But here is the
article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Communist_Party,_USA
Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
Founded 1975
Headquarters Chicago, Illinois
Ideology New synthesis
Communism
Maoism
Political position Far-left
International affiliation None (formerly the Revolutionary
Internationalist Movement)
Website
www.revcom.us
The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (also known as RCP and The
Revcoms) is a communist party in the United States founded in 1975 and
led by its chairman Bob Avakian. The party organizes for a revolution in
the United States, to overthrow the system of capitalism and replace it
with a new socialist republic,[1] with the final aim of world communism.[2]
Since the 2000s, Avakian's new synthesis of communism is the RCP's
ideological framework,[3] which it considers a scientific advancement of
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism. Prior to this, the party was a founding member
of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement. The RCP has drafted a
Constitution for the New Socialist Republic, to replace the U.S. after a
revolution.[4]
The RCP is notable for its various coalition groups, such as the World
Can't Wait,[5] Stop Patriarchy,[6] October 22 Coalition to Stop Police
Brutality,[7] Stop Mass Incarceration Network,[8] and Refuse Fascism.[9]
The RCP organizes U.S.-based supporters into what it calls Revolution
Clubs,[10] (formerly known as the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade)
with chapters in Berkeley, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City.
Internationally, there are groups of supporters in Iran,[11] Mexico,[12]
Colombia,[13] Brazil,[14] France,[15] and Turkey.[16]
Contents
1 History
1.1 1960s–1970s
1.2 1980s
1.3 1990s–2000s
1.4 2010s
2 Leadership
3 Political ideology
3.1 LGBT issues
4 Activities
4.1 Prison outreach
5 See also
6 References
7 Further reading
7.1 Books
8 External links
History
1960s–1970s
In early 1968, Leibel Bergman, H. Bruce Franklin, Bob Avakian, Stephen
Charles Hamilton and a score or so others—consisting of both veterans of
the Communist Party USA, and Bay Area radicals based in Palo Alto,
Berkeley, and San Francisco, formed the Bay Area Revolutionary Union
(BARU). Among the first tasks of the BARU was to challenge the Maoist
Progressive Labor Party (PLP) over their positions on the Black Panther
Party, the Chinese Cultural Revolution and the direction of Maoism. The
early RU joined with the Revolutionary Youth Movement faction in the
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in opposing PLP's role in SDS at
their national convention in Chicago in 1969. The resulting split led to
PL controlling the SDS name, while RYM itself split into two different
factions.[17]
In 1971, Franklin led a more militant faction of BARU out the
organization to join Venceremos, leaving Avakian in a leading position
within BARU. The RU continued to expand nationally uniting
collectives,[18] across the country, effectively becoming a national
organization—with the long-term goal of forming a new communist party.
The new nationwide structure induced BARU to change its name to simply
the Revolutionary Union (RU). Avakian was elected to the central
committee of the RU shortly thereafter. The RCP claims that of the
various groups coming out of SDS, it was the first to seriously attempt
to develop itself at the theoretical level, with the publication of Red
Papers 1.[19] In 1974 RU started publication of their newspaper
Revolution (renamed Revolutionary Worker in 1979)
In 1973 the anti-war group Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW)
entered into reforms following the end of the Vietnam War, these
included adopting an explicitly Anti-imperialist stance and the opening
of its membership to civilians. During this period the RU became a
popular faction within the VVAW eventually reaching its peak in 1975,
when the RU controlled national office voted to remove members, expel
chapters and place the organization into ideological uniformity,[20]
following the integration RU reconstituted itself as the Revolutionary
Communist Party (RCP).[21]
After the death of Mao in 1976, the RCP lost about 40% of its membership
in a 1978 split over alignment with the new Chinese leadership. Avakian
led the faction that rejected what they considered a
counterrevolutionary coup against Mao's allies, and the split left him
as undisputed leader of the remainder of the RCP.
In January 1979 Avakian and 78 other Party members and supporters were
arrested and charged with various crimes in connection to a militant
protest against Deng Xiaoping's visit to the White House. Seventeen
demonstrators, including Avakian, were charged with multiple felonies
which would carry a combined sentence of up to 241 years.[22] After the
RCP and its supporters waged a mass campaign for political, legal, and
other support for the defendants, the charges were dropped in 1982, by
which time Party leadership had decided to go into exile, with Avakian
applying for political asylum in France, where he remained for many years.
1980s
The RCP organized May Day 1980 rallies in 16 cities across the U.S.,
including in Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Seattle, and Washington,
D.C.[23] Weeks before the May Day demonstrations, RCP member Damian
Garcia and two others climbed the Alamo, tearing down the American flag
from its pole, and raising the Red Flag in its place before being
arrested. Shortly thereafter, on April 22, 1980, Garcia was stabbed to
death[24] while organizing in a Los Angeles housing project. At the
time, police said that Garcia's murderer was gang-affiliated, while RCP
insisted that he had been assassinated by the state in retaliation for
his action at the Alamo. Avakian remarked in his memoir that Garcia's
murder was "very clearly tied in with police agents ... it was an attack
on our Party."[25]
In 1983 Avakian was one of the founders of the now-defunct Revolutionary
Internationalist Movement (RIM), an international grouping of Maoist
parties. The RIM published A World to Win news service from 1981 to
2006, but since its dissolution the publication is now updated on the
official website. In 2017, A World to Win was restructured to "a more
thorough-going tool for revolution based on Bob Avakian's new synthesis
of communism."[26]
Flag-burning by RCP members led to the Texas v. Johnson case, which
established the burning of the American Flag as a Constitutionally
protected right.
1990s–2000s
In 1990, RCP Spokesperson Carl Dix embarked on a speaking tour entitled
the "Fear Nothing, Be Down for the Whole Thing" Tour, which helped to
publicize the Party's explicit calls for revolution. Slogans raised in
this era included "Seize The Power: Prepare for Revolutionary War"[27].
In 1991, C-SPAN aired a presentation by RCP spokespersons, about U.S.
wars in the Middle East, the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa,
and what the "new world order" means for black people in America.[28]
RCP regarded the 1992 Rodney King riots as legitimate political
rebellion and advocated for the defendants in the Reginald Denny beating
case.[29] RCP advocated for international Maoist movements such as the
Shining Path guerrilla movement in Peru.[30] In 1996,[31] the RCP
launched the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality.[32]
RCP branches opened Revolution Books stores in major US cities and
became a frequent presence in protest movements.[33] There are currently
two operational locations, one in Berkeley[34] and one in Harlem[35].
2010s
In 2011, RCP spokesperson Carl Dix along with Cornel West co-initiated
the campaigns to Stop "Stop and Frisk" and "Stop Mass
Incarceration".[36][37] Dix and West appeared on Democracy Now! to
discuss the state of Black America in the age of Obama.[38] RCP
organized Rise Up October against racism and police brutality; the
attendance included Quentin Tarantino.[39]
In July 2016, mass protest and police arrests erupted over a
flag-burning by the RCP outside the Republican National Convention,
before a crowd of thousands.[40][41] The next week, the RCP staged
another flag burning outside the Democratic National Convention, after
denouncing the United States.[42] Later that year, in response to Donald
Trump's tweet calling for the criminalization of flag burning, RCP
supporters burned another American flag outside the Trump International
Hotel in New York City.[43]
In October 2016, RCP supporters were banned from the University of
Chicago for "trespass" after encouraging students to get organized with
the revolutionaries, with one activist arrested by police;[44] the next
day they returned to defy the ban, while denouncing U.S. elections and
America.[45]
In August 2016, the RCP led protesters in a two-day march on a
barricaded police station after the fatal officer shooting of a black
man by Milwaukee police;[46] the police chief blamed the RCP for
inciting "violence towards police."[47]
The RCP strongly supported Colin Kaepernick and NFL protests of the U.S.
national anthem.[48] In October 2017, party spokesperson Carl Dix
confronted Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, in relation to NFL
protests, over "his troubling tendency to muzzle his players and align
himself with an oppressive president."[49]
RCP organizer Sunsara Taylor appeared on Fox News's Tucker Carlson
Tonight in February 2017, where she debated the host and said that Trump
is "more dangerous than Hitler" because of his access to nuclear
weapons.[50]
In July 2018, Refuse Fascism and RCP organized 100 handmaids to protest
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in New York City, saying "[he] is a
Christian fascist theocrat for whom the handmaid's tale is a model."[51]
In August 2018, RCP supporters took part in protests organized against
the neo-Nazi Unite the Right 2 rally in Washington, D.C.[52]
In October 2018, the RCP organized a demonstration in Chicago's Daley
Plaza on the 23rd Annual "National Day of Protest to STOP Police
Brutality," in response to the police shooting of Laquan McDonald and
other black youth.[53][54]
At a February 2019 speaking event at USC, in the Q&A, RCP supporters
sparked controversy after criticizing speaker Amanda Nguyen's work in
the U.S. government during the War on Terror.[55]
In March 2019, a Revolution Newspaper correspondent was detained by
police on the anniversary of the police shooting of Stephon Clark, after
getting into an argument with Al Sharpton, while urging attendees to
organize for revolution rather than political reforms.[56]
On International Women's Day 2019, the Revolution Club joined supporters
of the Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist), to march
through Westwood, California, calling for universal women's rights.[57]
On Independence Day 2019, the RCP staged flag burnings at the
U.S.–Mexico border and at the White House, the latter being a
demonstration against the "Salute to America" military parade, which
resulted in two RCP supporters being attacked by the Proud Boys and
arrested by Secret Service officers.[58][59]
In August 2020, Avakian released a controversial statement which was
misrepresented by various right-wing media publications as an
"endorsement" of Joe Biden for President of the United States.[60]
Leadership
Bob Avakian is a controversial figure, who the RCP acknowledges is both
"loved and hated." Avakian is viewed by supporters as a revolutionary
leader whose body of work has advanced communist theory and represents a
"pathway to human emancipation" from the capitalist system.[61][62]
Avakian is also criticized by detractors for an alleged "cult of
personality" around him by the RCP,[63][64] accusations which the party
strongly denies as "lies and slander."[65]
Political ideology
The RCP originated as a Maoist political organization with roots in the
New Left of the 1970s.[66] In the 1990s, its political ideology was
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism.[67] Today, the framework for its political
ideology is Bob Avakian's 'New Synthesis' (or 'New Communism'), which it
sees as an advancement of revolutionary theory; this has been debated
among Maoists internationally.[68][69] The RCP is atheist and stresses
the scientific method.[70]
RCP leadership says "the system cannot be reformed, it must be
overthrown,"[71] and does not participate in charity or elections,[33]
instead organizing for total revolution,[72] to replace the capitalist
system with a new socialist system aiming for communism worldwide.[73]
Its goal is not to "make America socialist" but instead "a world without
America and everything it stands for."[74]
The RCP has identified what it calls "the 5 Stops,"[75] which it says
are social contradictions under capitalism that can only be ended by
revolution: white supremacy, patriarchy and anti-LGBT discrimination,
anti-immigrant persecution, imperialist war, and environmental
degradation. The RCP emphasizes women's liberation,[76] and says it can
only be achieved under communism.
The RCP is not currently engaged in armed struggle, instead preparing
for such a future time; accordingly, it has a strategy pamphlet for "How
We Can Win" a revolution in the U.S.,[77] as well as a proposed
Constitution for the New Socialist Republic,[78] outlining what would
follow. A code-of-conduct called the "6 Points of Attention for the
Revolution" outlines the principles of party members and supporters.[79]
The RCP has declared there are no existing socialist states today,
saying there have not been since China from 1949 to 1976 and the Soviet
Union before 1956. Its website polemicizes against political currents
such as anarchism, democratic socialism, intersectionality, liberalism,
and Trotskyism, as well as criticizing reductionist approaches to
Marxism,[80] and errors within Maoism,[81] insisting only the New
Communism can carry out revolution and eradicate oppression.
LGBT issues
The RCP platform demands full recognition of LGBT rights as a
fundamental component towards establishing socialism.[82] However, in
the 1970s and 1980s, the RCP was noted for its opposition to
homosexuality as "petty bourgeois"[83][84] and prohibited LGBT
individuals from party membership.[85][86] This outlook was consistent
with then contemporary Marxist–Leninist states such as Cuba,[87] and was
consistent with numerous groups of the New Communist movement and the
broader Marxist Leninist movement of the period.[88]
In 2001, the RCP officially reversed this position, writing:
"The revolutionary proletariat is staunchly opposed to the attacks on
homosexuality by reactionary forces such as religious fundamentalists,
and to all physical assaults on, discrimination against, and government
repression of homosexuals, which is so widespread and vicious in the
U.S. today. In the new society, discrimination against homosexuals will
be outlawed and struggled against in every sphere of society, including
personal and family relations."
Activities
The RCP releases daily updates online and a periodic print edition of
its weekly newspaper, Revolution (formerly called Revolutionary Worker,
1979–2005) available in English and Spanish, and published continuously
since 1979.
In December 2016, party members and others co-initiated Refuse Fascism,
a coalition group aiming to "drive out" the Trump administration through
sustained street protests.[89] InfoWars and other far-right conspiracy
theory websites claimed the RCP and Refuse Fascism were organizing a
military overthrow of the government on November 4, 2017.[90] Several
nationwide anti-Trump protest marches were organized for that day,
numbering in the thousands.[91][92]
Refuse Fascism protesters were arrested in September 2017, after
blocking four lanes of the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles during rush hour,
to "sound the alarm about fascism."[93][94]
RCP supporters Michael Slate and Sunsara Taylor have regularly aired
shows on radio networks KPFK[95] and WBAI,[96] respectively, where they
discuss news and politics with guests.
Prison outreach
The RCP runs the Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund (PRLF),[97]
which sends its newspaper and other political works from its publishing
press to hundreds of incarcerated people nationwide to spread a
revolutionary message.[98] The PRLF as its aim: "provides an educational
opportunity for prisoners to engage with world events and key political,
cultural, and philosophical questions from a unique communistic
perspective, including discussions of morality, religion, science, and
the arts centered around a positive socialist-light."[99]
The RCP has faced increasing censorship by prison officials who seek to
deny inmates requested access to revolutionary literature.[100]
See also
Maoism
Sunsara Taylor
Carl Dix
Refuse Fascism
Marxism
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Books
Elbaum, Max, Revolution in the Air, Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao
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Aaron J. Leonard and Conor A. Gallagher, Heavy Radicals - The FBI's
Secret War on America's Maoists: The Revolutionary Union/Revolutionary
Communist Party 1968-1980 (Zero Books, 2013)
The Red Paper I (1972)
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Carl Sagan
“Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder
and awe. Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to
nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will
prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront
the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the
Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will
penetrate its deepest mysteries.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
On 8/28/2020 12:19 PM, Carl Jarvis wrote:
Google tells us: The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (also known as
RCP and The Revcoms) is a communist party in the United States founded
in 1975 and led by its chairman
Bob Avakian.
I did not go to Wikipedia, but there's more for those who care.
Carl Jarvis
On 8/27/20, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 10:19 PM
To: 'Roger Loran Bailey' <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [blind-democracy] Unexpected
I heard this guy on either Flashpoints or Loud and Clear. He was introduced
as the head of the Revolutionary Communist Party. Unfortunately, I don't
remember his name. One more disability, short term memory deficit. However,
he did say that ordinarily, he would never recommend voting for a candidate
of either of the two major parties. He believes that this time, such a vote
is necessary in order to prevent a Fascist takeover.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 9:58 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [blind-democracy] Unexpected
I don't regularly read the press of the Revolutionary Communist Party, but I
think you must be thinking of some other party unless the RCP has made a
complete 180 from the position they have held since their founding. The RCP
has always urged everyone not to vote for anyone. They urge a boycott of
bourgeois elections in favor of direct street actions.
I am thinking that you may have heard someone from the Communist Party, USA.
The last time I recall them running their own candidate was when Gus Hall
ran for president in 1976. If they have run a candidate for anything since I
must have missed it. It seems to me that they have become a faction of the
Democrat party instead. They always urge a vote for the Democrat candidate
and, in fact, when they ran Gus Hall in 1972 they still praised party
members for voting for George McGovern. But if they no longer run candidates
of their own and always urge a vote for Democrats I find it hard to see how
the CPUSA is not a faction of the Democrat party.
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Carl Sagan
“Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of
wonder and awe. Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who
pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human
beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather
than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and
structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes
and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
On 8/27/2020 3:33 PM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
On Flashpoints, I heard someone, I think he's the head of the
Revolutionary Communist Party, say that given the immanent threat of
Fascism that another term of Trump as President is causing, everyone
should vote for the Democrdatic nominee, Joe Biden, regardless of what
they think of him. Isn't that a surprise for someone in a Communist
party to suggest, given Roger's position on voting?
Miriam
