From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist: A Memoir

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Insight Press
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ISBN
0976023628
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Regular item
Year
2005
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Spanning some of the most tumultuous and storied decades of American history, this account of Bob Avakian's political life touches on what it takes to lead a revolution and how such a leader is made. Bob Avakian, radical activist and communist leader, takes readers into his 1950s, middle-class past with tales of attending an integrated high school, an experience that profoundly altered his worldview. From there, he traces his path into the heady whirl of 1960s Berkeley, where he engaged with revolutionaries of all stripes. Revealing insights gained from politics, music, sports, study, and late-night bull-sessions, this dissection of the experiences that formed and informed Avakian looks back at a galvanizing history, and forward to a possible future of revolutionary change. His story offers a rare picture of what it is like to lead a revolutionary party in the most powerful country in the world. --Source: Book jacket