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Phony Communism Is Dead... Long Live Real Communism! 2nd Edition

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Perhaps, in light of the leap in public consciousness of the lies of the government and mainstream media, it is time to deconstruct one of the most pervasive lies of our time: that capitalism is the only viable (and desirable) system and that the implosion of the Soviet Union was proof. Maybe it is time to really dig into the contributions of Marx, Lenin and Mao, look deeply and critically into the experiences of the Paris Commune, the Russian and Chinese revolutions, and think hard about the future. Well, it's been done!

Bob Avakian's book not only vigorously defends Marx's basic analysis of production, class society, and vision of classless society but he expands on it, by analyzing the practice and probing the questions posed by the revolutions so far. Phony Communism is Dead is fundamentally optimistic about the possibilities ahead, and while not resorting to formulaic pat answers, Avakian argues that struggling for the communist goal is THE way to get to a world we would all want to live in.

Through three decades of work ruthlessly interrogating the first wave of Socialist revolutions, Avakian gives us a deep analysis, and points a way forward with his 'new synthesis'- that has made radical ruptures with trends in the International Communist Movement - in the areas of philosophy, politics, and strategy for Revolution!

This book is especially helpful in concisely explaining what it is we must uphold from the "Three Milestones" of Communist theory- Marx, Lenin, and Mao - while also examining what must be discarded...(and most importantly...why)

A great book that will challenge you to rethink "conventional wisdom" about Socialism/Communism.