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title="Bob Avakian – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bob Avakian" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Avakian" title="Bob Avakian – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bob Avakian" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Avakian" title="Bob Avakian – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bob Avakian" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Avakian" title="Bob Avakian – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bob Avakian" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Avakian" title="Bob Avakian – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bob Avakian" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A2%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86" title="باب آواکیان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باب آواکیان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Avakian" title="Bob Avakian – French" 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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Bob Avakian</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bob_Avakian.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Bob_Avakian.jpg/220px-Bob_Avakian.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Bob_Avakian.jpg/330px-Bob_Avakian.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Bob_Avakian.jpg 2x" data-file-width="366" data-file-height="491" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Avakian in 1980</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Communist_Party,_USA" title="Revolutionary Communist Party, USA">Revolutionary Communist Party, USA</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />1975</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Position established</i></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Robert Bruce Avakian</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1943-03-07</span>) </span>March 7, 1943<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 81)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington D.C.">Washington D.C.</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S." class="mw-redirect" title="U.S.">U.S.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Communist_Party,_USA" title="Revolutionary Communist Party, USA">Revolutionary Communist Party, USA</a> (1975–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peace_and_Freedom_Party" title="Peace and Freedom Party">Peace and Freedom Party</a> (1960s)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Robert Bruce Avakian</b> (born March 7, 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-Mao_and_Beyond_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mao_and_Beyond-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Official_Biography_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official_Biography-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American political activist and <a href="/wiki/Maoist" class="mw-redirect" title="Maoist">Maoist</a> philosopher who is the founder and chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Communist_Party,_USA" title="Revolutionary Communist Party, USA">Revolutionary Communist Party, USA</a> (RCP). Coming out of the <a href="/wiki/New_Left" title="New Left">New Left</a><sup id="cite_ref-Boston_Globe_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boston_Globe-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the 1960s, he has authored the organization’s ideological framework, "the New Synthesis" or "New Communism".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Avakian&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Avakian was born on March 7, 1943, in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, to Ruth and Spurgeon "Sparky" Avakian. His father was an <a href="/wiki/Armenian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian American">Armenian American</a> lawyer, <a href="/wiki/Civil_and_political_rights" title="Civil and political rights">civil rights activist</a>, and later as an <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County_Superior_Court" title="Alameda County Superior Court">Alameda County Superior Court</a> judge.<sup id="cite_ref-Mao_and_Beyond_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mao_and_Beyond-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Peking_Tom_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peking_Tom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After spending his first three years in the <a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington metropolitan area</a>, he spent the rest of his childhood and adolescence in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mao_and_Beyond_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mao_and_Beyond-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_activities">Political activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Avakian&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a student at <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">UC Berkeley</a>, Avakian became involved with <a href="/wiki/Students_for_a_Democratic_Society" title="Students for a Democratic Society">Students for a Democratic Society</a> (SDS), the <a href="/wiki/Free_Speech_Movement" title="Free Speech Movement">Free Speech Movement</a><sup id="cite_ref-Peking_Tom_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peking_Tom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_Party" title="Black Panther Party">Black Panther Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Boston_Globe_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boston_Globe-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1968, he wrote articles for the <a href="/wiki/Peace_and_Freedom_Party" title="Peace and Freedom Party">Peace and Freedom Party</a>'s publications<sup id="cite_ref-Star_News_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Star_News-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in July 1969, he spoke at the Black Panther Party conference in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eve_Indie_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eve_Indie-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Avakian was a member of the SDS <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Youth_Movement_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Revolutionary Youth Movement II">Revolutionary Youth Movement II</a> faction, and ran as the RYM II candidate for National Secretary at the <a href="/wiki/1969_Students_for_a_Democratic_Society_National_Convention" title="1969 Students for a Democratic Society National Convention">1969 SDS National Convention</a>. Avakian was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Rudd" title="Mark Rudd">Mark Rudd</a> of the faction later known as the <a href="/wiki/Weather_Underground" title="Weather Underground">Weather Underground</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sale_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sale-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During that period, Avakian was a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/Bay_Area_Revolutionary_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay Area Revolutionary Union">Bay Area Revolutionary Union</a><sup id="cite_ref-Express_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Express-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> alongside <a href="/wiki/Leibel_Bergman" title="Leibel Bergman">Leibel Bergman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 101">: 101 </span></sup> </p><p>In the early 1970s, Avakian served a prison sentence for <a href="/wiki/Flag_desecration#United_States" title="Flag desecration">desecrating the American flag</a> during a demonstration.<sup id="cite_ref-Peking_Tom_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peking_Tom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was charged with assaulting a police officer in January 1979 at a demonstration in Washington, D.C. to protest <a href="/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping" title="Deng Xiaoping">Deng Xiaoping</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Visit_by_Deng_Xiaoping_to_the_United_States" title="Visit by Deng Xiaoping to the United States">meeting</a> with <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Boston_Globe_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boston_Globe-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After receiving an <a href="/wiki/Arrest_warrant" title="Arrest warrant">arrest warrant</a>, Avakian went to France and applied for political refugee status.<sup id="cite_ref-Mao_and_Beyond_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mao_and_Beyond-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1980, he gave a speech to 200 protestors in downtown Oakland<sup id="cite_ref-Logansport_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Logansport-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his police assault charges were dropped a few years later.<sup id="cite_ref-Mao_and_Beyond_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mao_and_Beyond-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Boston_Globe_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boston_Globe-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, Avakian published an autobiography, <i>From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mao_and_Beyond_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mao_and_Beyond-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has been the Revolutionary Communist Party's <a href="/wiki/Central_committee" title="Central committee">central committee</a> chairman and national leader since 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-Logansport_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Logansport-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tar_Heel_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tar_Heel-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, the RCP USA and others helped form the organization <a href="/wiki/Refuse_Fascism" title="Refuse Fascism">Refuse Fascism</a>, which called for the removal of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-montgomery_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-montgomery-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2020, Avakian released a statement about what he called the "growing threat" of <a href="/wiki/Fascism_in_the_United_States" title="Fascism in the United States">fascism in the United States</a>, calling on supporters to use "every appropriate means of non-violent action" to remove Trump, including voting for <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> for president, while continuing to organize for revolution.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Avakian&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Avakian is a controversial figure. Supporters see him as a revolutionary leader and claim his body of work has advanced communist theory and represents a "pathway to human emancipation" from the capitalist system.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Detractors criticize the RCP as a <a href="/wiki/Cult_of_personality" title="Cult of personality">cult of personality</a> around him,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which the party has called "lies and slander".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Avakian&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Books</b> </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bannedthought.net/USA/RCP/Avakian/Avakian-LossInChina-Searchable.pdf"><i>The Loss in China and the Revolutionary Legacy of Mao Tse-tung</i></a> (1979)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bannedthought.net/USA/RCP/Avakian/Avakian-MaoTsetungImmortal-Searchable.pdf"><i>Mao Tse-tung’s Immortal Contributions</i></a> (1979)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://revcom.us/bob_avakian/conquerworld/">Conquer The World? The International Proletariat Must and Will</a> (1981)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bannedthought.net/USA/RCP/Avakian/Avakian-HarvestOfDragons-Searchable.pdf"><i>For a Harvest of Dragons</i></a> (1983)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bannedthought.net/USA/RCP/Avakian/Avakian-HorribleEnd.pdf"><i>A Horrible End, or an End to the Horror?</i></a> (1984)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bannedthought.net/USA/RCP/Avakian/Avakian-Bullets-Searchable.pdf"><i>Bullets: From the Writings, Speeches, and Interviews of Bob Avakian</i></a> (1985)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://revcom.us/avakian/ba-democracy-cant-we-do-better.html">Democracy: Can't We Do Better Than That?</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://revcom.us/avakian/ba-phony-communism-is-dead-long-live-real-communism.html">Phony Communism is Dead—Long Live Real Communism</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bannedthought.net/USA/RCP/Avakian/Avakian-PreachingPulpitOfBones-Searchable.pdf"><i>Preaching from a Pulpit of Bones: We Need Morality But Not Traditional Morality</i></a> (1999)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.insight-press.com/site/epage/47698_664.htm">Observations on Art and Culture, Science and Philosophy</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.insight-press.com/site/epage/47681_664.htm">From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist: A Memoir</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.insight-press.com/site/epage/55427_664.htm">Away with All Gods! Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://revcom.us/Comm_JeffDem/Jeffersonian_Democracy.html"><i>Communism and Jeffersonian Democracy</i></a> (2008)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.insight-press.com/site/epage/152002_664.htm">Birds Cannot Give Birth to Crocodiles, But Humanity Can Soar Beyond the Horizon</a> (2010)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=j1S3uAAACAAJ"><i>BAsics, from the Talks and Writings of Bob Avakian</i></a> (2011)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://revcom.us/avakian/what-humanity-needs/interview.pdf"><i>What Humanity Needs: Revolution and the New Synthesis of Communism</i></a> (2012)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.revcom.us/avakian/Constitution-Law-and-Rights.pdf"><i>Constitution, Law, and Rights in Capitalist Society and in the Future Socialist Society</i></a> (2015)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://revcom.us/avakian/science/bob-avakian_the-new-commmunism.pdf"><i>The New Communism: The Science, the Strategy, the Leadership for an Actual Revolution, and a Radically New Society on the Road to Real Emancipation</i></a> (2016)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.insight-press.com/books-ebooks/breakthroughs/"><i>Breakthroughs: The Historic Breakthrough by Marx, and the Further Breakthrough with the New Communism</i></a> (2019)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://revcom.us/avakian/hope-for-humanity-on-a-scientific-basis/Bob-Avakian_Hope-For-Humanity-On-A-Scientific-Basis-en.pdf">Hope For Humanity On A Scientific Basis: Breaking with Individualism, Parasitism and American Chauvinism</a> (2019)</li></ul> <p><b>Films</b> </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://revolutiontalk.net/2003-home/"><i>Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About</i></a> (2003)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://revolutiontalk.net/"><i>Revolution—Nothing Less!</i></a> (2012)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://revcom.us/film/index.html"><i>Revolution and Religion: The Fight for Emancipation and the Role of Religion; A Dialogue Between Cornel West & Bob Avakian</i></a> (2015)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://revcom.us/a/512/see-and-share-this-talk-en.html"><i>The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go! In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE To Accept a Fascist America, A Better World IS Possible</i></a> (2017)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://revcom.us/ActualRevSpeech/"><i>Why We Need An Actual Revolution And How We Can Really Make Revolution</i></a> (2018)</li> <li>Three Interviews with Bob Avakian: <i>Up Close and Personal with Bob Avakian - Heart and Soul & Hard-Core for Revolution</i> (2023) (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTtMbJrbqyU">Part 1</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiqPP69weuc">Part 2</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7fo7or5gkU">Part 3</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Avakian&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/James_LeGros" title="James LeGros">James LeGros</a> portrays Avakian in the 1995 <a href="/wiki/Mario_Van_Peebles" title="Mario Van Peebles">Mario Van Peebles</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Panther_(film)" title="Panther (film)">Panther</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Avakian&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-Mao_and_Beyond_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mao_and_Beyond_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mao_and_Beyond_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mao_and_Beyond_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAvakian2005" class="citation book cs1">Avakian, Bob (2005). <i>From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist</i>. Insight Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780976023623" title="Special:BookSources/9780976023623"><bdi>9780976023623</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=From+Ike+to+Mao+and+Beyond%3A+My+Journey+from+Mainstream+America+to+Revolutionary+Communist&rft.pub=Insight+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=9780976023623&rft.aulast=Avakian&rft.aufirst=Bob&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABob+Avakian" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Official_Biography-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Official_Biography_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thebobavakianinstitute.org/bob-avakian-ba-official-biography">"Bob Avakian (BA) — Official Biography"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bob+Avakian+%28BA%29+%E2%80%94+Official+Biography&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fthebobavakianinstitute.org%2Fbob-avakian-ba-official-biography&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABob+Avakian" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Boston_Globe-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Boston_Globe_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Boston_Globe_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Boston_Globe_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Boston_Globe_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOppenheimer2008" class="citation news cs1">Oppenheimer, Mark (January 27, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/01/27/free_bob_avakian/?page=3">"Free Bob Avakian!"</a>. <i>Boston Globe</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Boston+Globe&rft.atitle=Free+Bob+Avakian%21&rft.date=2008-01-27&rft.aulast=Oppenheimer&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boston.com%2Fbostonglobe%2Fideas%2Farticles%2F2008%2F01%2F27%2Ffree_bob_avakian%2F%3Fpage%3D3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABob+Avakian" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_news" title="Template:Cite news">cite news</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: url-status (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_url-status" title="Category:CS1 maint: url-status">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://revcom.us/avakian/ba-new-synthesis-expanded.html">"A more in-depth introduction to BA's new synthesis of communism"</a>. <i>revcom.us</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 27,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=revcom.us&rft.atitle=A+more+in-depth+introduction+to+BA%27s+new+synthesis+of+communism&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Frevcom.us%2Favakian%2Fba-new-synthesis-expanded.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABob+Avakian" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Peking_Tom-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Peking_Tom_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Peking_Tom_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Peking_Tom_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaum2010" class="citation book cs1">Baum, Richard (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=yzykD4-mN7cC&dq=%22Bob+Avakian%22&pg=PA241"><i>China Watcher: Confessions of a Peking Tom</i></a> (1st ed.). University of Washington Press. p. 241. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780295800219" title="Special:BookSources/9780295800219"><bdi>9780295800219</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=China+Watcher%3A+Confessions+of+a+Peking+Tom&rft.pages=241&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=University+of+Washington+Press&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=9780295800219&rft.aulast=Baum&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DyzykD4-mN7cC%26dq%3D%2522Bob%2BAvakian%2522%26pg%3DPA241&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABob+Avakian" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDelVecchio2002" class="citation news cs1">DelVecchio, Rick (February 2, 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Sparky-Avakian-racism-fighting-judge-2877881.php">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Sparky' Avakian – racism-fighting judge"</a>. San Francisco Chronicle.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=%27Sparky%27+Avakian+%E2%80%93+racism-fighting+judge&rft.date=2002-02-02&rft.aulast=DelVecchio&rft.aufirst=Rick&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fnews%2Farticle%2FSparky-Avakian-racism-fighting-judge-2877881.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABob+Avakian" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>RNL Show,</i> November 2022. "The Bob Avakian Interviews": <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTtMbJrbqyU">Part 1</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7fo7or5gkU">Part 3</a> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Star_News-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Star_News_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWerkmen1968" class="citation news cs1">Werkmen, Dirk (March 10, 1968). 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<li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Althusser" title="Louis Althusser">Louis Althusser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samir_Amin" title="Samir Amin">Samir Amin</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bob Avakian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alain_Badiou" title="Alain Badiou">Alain Badiou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Baidya" title="Mohan Baidya">Mohan Baidya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afzal_Bangash" title="Afzal Bangash">Afzal Bangash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bettelheim" title="Charles Bettelheim">Charles Bettelheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biplav" title="Biplav">Biplav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Xilai" title="Bo Xilai">Bo Xilai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Boda" title="Chen Boda">Chen Boda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chin_Peng" title="Chin Peng">Chin Peng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushpa_Kamal_Dahal" title="Pushpa Kamal Dahal">Pushpa Kamal Dahal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saroj_Dutta" title="Saroj Dutta">Saroj Dutta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norm_Gallagher" title="Norm Gallagher">Norm Gallagher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abimael_Guzm%C3%A1n" title="Abimael Guzmán">Abimael Guzmán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Haywood" title="Harry Haywood">Harry Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Hill_(Australian_communist)" title="Ted Hill (Australian communist)">Ted Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0brahim_Kaypakkaya" title="İbrahim Kaypakkaya">İbrahim Kaypakkaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiang_Qing" title="Jiang Qing">Jiang Qing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kang_Sheng" title="Kang Sheng">Kang Sheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Minqi" title="Li Minqi">Li Minqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lin_Biao" title="Lin Biao">Lin Biao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charu_Majumdar" title="Charu Majumdar">Charu Majumdar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Mulele" title="Pierre Mulele">Pierre Mulele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huey_P._Newton" title="Huey P. Newton">Huey P. Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nie_Yuanzi" title="Nie Yuanzi">Nie Yuanzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qi_Benyu" title="Qi Benyu">Qi Benyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganapathy_(Maoist)" title="Ganapathy (Maoist)">Muppala Lakshmana Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Sanyal_(politician)" title="Narayan Sanyal (politician)">Narayan Sanyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siraj_Sikder" title="Siraj Sikder">Siraj Sikder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_Maria_Sison" title="Jose Maria Sison">Jose Maria Sison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Hongwen" title="Wang Hongwen">Wang Hongwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Wenyuan" title="Yao Wenyuan">Yao Wenyuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akram_Yari" title="Akram Yari">Akram Yari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Chunqiao" title="Zhang Chunqiao">Zhang Chunqiao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salim_Rubaya_Ali" title="Salim Rubaya Ali">Salmin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Theoretical<br />works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Report_on_an_Investigation_of_the_Peasant_Movement_in_Hunan" title="Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan">Report on an Investigation of the Peasant<br />Movement in Hunan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1927)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_Contradiction" title="On Contradiction">On Contradiction</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1937)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_Practice" title="On Practice">On Practice</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1937)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_Guerrilla_Warfare_(Mao_Zedong_book)" title="On Guerrilla Warfare (Mao Zedong book)">On Guerrilla Warfare</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1937)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_Protracted_War" title="On Protracted War">On Protracted War</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1938)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Major_Relationships" title="Ten Major Relationships">On the Ten Major Relationships</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1956)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_the_Correct_Handling_of_Contradictions_Among_the_People" title="On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People">On the Correct Handling of Contradictions<br />Among the People</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1957)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Critique_of_Soviet_Economics" title="A Critique of Soviet Economics">A Critique of Soviet Economics</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1960)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quotations_from_Chairman_Mao_Tse-tung" title="Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung">Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1964)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_Eight_Documents" title="Historic Eight Documents">Historic Eight Documents</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1965—1966)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombard_the_Headquarters" title="Bombard the Headquarters">Bombard the Headquarters</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1966)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Settlers:_The_Mythology_of_the_White_Proletariat" title="Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat">Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1983)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Soviet_Republic" title="Chinese Soviet Republic">Chinese Soviet Republic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jiangxi_Soviet" title="Jiangxi Soviet">Jiangxi Soviet</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March" title="Long March">Long March</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Revolution" title="Chinese Communist Revolution">Chinese Communist Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="History of the People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China_(1949%E2%80%931976)" title="History of the People's Republic of China (1949–1976)">1949–1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China_(1976%E2%80%931989)" title="History of the People's Republic of China (1976–1989)">1976–1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China_(1989%E2%80%932002)" title="History of the People's Republic of China (1989–2002)">1989–2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China_(2002%E2%80%93present)" title="History of the People's Republic of China (2002–present)">2002–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_to_Suppress_Counterrevolutionaries" title="Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries">Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sino-Soviet_split" title="Sino-Soviet split">Sino-Soviet split</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward" title="Great Leap Forward">Great Leap Forward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_power_movement" title="Black power movement">Black power movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/16_May_Notification" title="16 May Notification">16 May Notification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_August" title="Red August">Red August</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_Storm" title="January Storm">January Storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Down_to_the_Countryside_Movement" title="Down to the Countryside Movement">Down to the Countryside Movement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Communist_movement" title="New Communist movement">New Communist movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambodian_Civil_War" title="Cambodian Civil War">Cambodian Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naxalite%E2%80%93Maoist_insurgency" title="Naxalite–Maoist insurgency">Naxalite–Maoist insurgency</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naxalbari_uprising" title="Naxalbari uprising">Naxalbari uprising</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_People%27s_Army_rebellion" title="New People's Army rebellion">New People's Army rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sino-Albanian_split" title="Sino-Albanian split">Sino-Albanian split</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maoist_insurgency_in_Turkey" title="Maoist insurgency in Turkey">Maoist insurgency in Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Mao_Zedong" title="Death and state funeral of Mao Zedong">Death and funeral of Mao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambodian%E2%80%93Vietnamese_War" title="Cambodian–Vietnamese War">Cambodian–Vietnamese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_Whatevers" title="Two Whatevers">Two Whatevers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Civil_War_of_1980%E2%80%932000" class="mw-redirect" title="Peruvian Civil War of 1980–2000">Peruvian Civil War of 1980–2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_Civil_War" title="Nepalese Civil War">Nepalese Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chongqing_model" title="Chongqing model">Chongqing model</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shining_Path" title="Shining Path">Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Front_of_the_Philippines" title="National Democratic Front of the Philippines">National Democratic Front of the Philippines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Philippines" title="Communist Party of the Philippines">Communist Party of the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_People%27s_Army" title="New People's Army">New People's Army</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Turkey/Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist" title="Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist">Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist_Centre)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)">Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Maoist)" title="Communist Party of India (Maoist)">Communist Party of India (Maoist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proletarian_Party_of_East_Bengal" title="Proletarian Party of East Bengal">Proletarian Party of East Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Burma" title="Communist Party of Burma">Communist Party of Burma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Ecuador_%E2%80%93_Red_Sun" title="Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun">Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serve_the_People_(Norway)" title="Serve the People (Norway)">Serve the People – Communist League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_Party" title="Black Panther Party">Black Panther Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Internationalist_Movement" title="Revolutionary Internationalist Movement">Revolutionary Internationalist Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_(Maoist)_Party_of_Afghanistan" title="Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan">Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Conference_of_Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist_Parties_and_Organizations_(International_Newsletter)" title="International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (International Newsletter)">International Conference of Marxist–Leninist<br />Parties and Organizations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Communist_League_(Maoist)" title="International Communist League (Maoist)">International Communist League</a></li></ul> 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