I am posting this for my friends, family and all you who have been lied to about the history of Communism….and then repeat those lies. Please comment here and let me know what you really think and where your understanding comes from.
But wait a minute…isn’t communism a totalitarian nightmare? Don’t all the textbooks and experts and memoirs agree? No, you’ve been fed distortions about communism…By the same people who told you that the war in Iraq was about weapons of mass destruction…And by liberal and even some progressive scholars who don’t want to see the world turned upside down.
This fall teams of revolutionaries will be hitting campuses around the country—challenging those who have been lied to about communism, those who have been told that the horror of this capitalist-imperialist system is “the best of all possible worlds.”
A centerpiece of these efforts to bring revolution to the campuses will be a major speech by Raymond Lotta. Lotta’s speech will be substantive and potentially transformative for all who hear it, and it must be made a VERY BIG DEAL. The buzz should spread about a revolutionary who is serious about overturning the verdict on communism and has the facts, the analysis, and the passionate commitment to humanity’s liberation to back it up. Those who are attracted to the idea of communism but who’ve been told “it can never work” should know this is the place to come and ask their toughest questions. Opposition from reactionaries should be turned around and made part of the growing controversy and sense that Lotta’s speech must be heard and engaged. All those who consider themselves progressive critics of the current order but who use their “radical” or even “Marxist” credentials to rule real revolution off the table should be compelled—by the overall atmosphere and expectations created campus-wide—to bring their best arguments and put them up against what Lotta will have to say.
Thurs. 10-8-09, 4pm-6pm, Lipman Room, 8th flr, Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley, Barrow Lane & Eshleman Road,
info: Revolution Books, 510-848-1196, revolutionbooks@sbcglobal.net, www.revolutionbooks.org
Read the editorial aboutThe Raymond Lotta Campus Tour
The material above is introductory. To get in-depth scholarly background on the subject go to the ‘SOCIALIST EXPERIENCE’ section of Ray Lotta’s website This is Communism; Set the Record Straight.
Also, on the subject of fighting against the greatest propaganda campaign on Earth to defend capitalism from being overthrown, I really like
chapter 1, “History and Responsibility”
Marxism and the Call of the Future
Conversations on Ethics, History and Politics
This link opens up the Amazon book excerpt tool which will let you read the first three pages of chapter 1.
Raymond Lotta sounds like he is ready to straighten out some misconceptions! If the event he is talking about is the one on Oct. 8th at the UC Berkeley campus, I’ll be there. If that’s not the one please let me know the details. This video was a little distracting because the graphics and the audio were off. I will try going to the you-tube link and see if the same problem exists. This guy seems very interesting and wise, as are most Revolutionary Communists I’ve met! Sounds like he has some great info and insight.
Yes it’s October 8th at UCB. I updated the post with the event info.
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Capitalism is a failure? D)