Bob Avakian (born on March 7, 1943) is Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP), which he has led since its formation in 1975. He is a veteran of the Free Speech Movement and the Left of the 1960s and early 1970s, and was closely associated with the Black Panther Party. He has continually published writings on Marxism and Maoism for over 35 years and is viewed by many inside and outside the communist movement as the foremost Maoist revolutionary in the U.S. He has described his body of theoretical work and everything he does as a communist leader as focused on "developing a scientific understanding of the world and providing leadership in radically transforming it toward the goal of revolution and the final aim of communism." Avakian writes regularly for the newspaper of the RCP, Revolution (formerly titled Revolutionary Worker).
Read more about Bob Avakian: Overview, Early Life, Early Political Career, "Restoration of Capitalism" in China, Arrest and Self-exile, Avakian's "New Theoretical Synthesis", On Democracy
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