The name “bikini” given to the bathing suit comes from comparing “the effects of a scantily clad woman to the effects of an atomic bomb.”

Revolutionary Communism and the Liberation of Women -- WE NEED TOTAL REVOLUTION!    

#8

Recently I was reading an essay called "Disarming Images" about an exhibit of art for nuclear disarmament which was held in the early 1980s. And I noticed that the author of this essay points out that according to the dictionary, Webster's Third International Dictionary, the name "bikini" given to the bathing suit comes from comparing "the effects of a scantily clad woman to the effects of an atomic bomb." When you think about this, and you think about the horrendous death, destruction, mutilation and suffering alive before dying that was caused by the atomic bombs that the U.S. dropped on Japan, and what would result from the much more powerful nuclear weapons these monsters have today—when you think about all that, and you think about the reasons for naming the bikini after all that, and what kind of view of women this promotes—do you need any other proof about how sick this system is, and how sick is the dominant culture it produces and promotes?

Bob Avakian 

Chairman of the

Revolutionary Communist Party, USA

BAsics 1:17

Enough of this “bitches and ho's”... Enough of this “get low” bullshit.

Revolutionary Communism and the Liberation of Women -- WE NEED TOTAL REVOLUTION!    

#7

Let’s imagine if we had a whole different art and culture. Come on, enough of this “bitches and ho’s” and SWAT teams kicking down doors. Enough of this “get low” bullshit. And how come it’s always the women that have to get low? We already have a situation where the masses of women and the masses of people are pushed down and held down low enough already. It’s time for us to get up and get on up.

Imagine if we had a society where there was culture—yes it was lively and full of creativity and energy and yes rhythm and excitement, but at the same time, instead of degrading people, lifted us up. Imagine if it gave us a vision and a reality of what it means to make a whole different society and a whole different kind of world. Imagine if it laid out the problems for people in making this kind of world and challenged them to take up these problems. Imagine if art and culture too—movies, songs, television, everything—challenged people to think critically, to look at things differently, to see things in a different light, but all pointing toward how can we make a better world.

Imagine if the people who created art and culture were not just a handful of people but all of the masses of people, with all their creative energy unleashed, and the time were made for them to do that, and for them to join with people who are more full-time workers and creators in the realm of art and culture to bring forward something new that would challenge people, that would make them think in different

ways, that would make them be able to see things critically and from a different angle, and would help them to be uplifted and help them to see their unity with each other and with people throughout the world in putting an end to all the horrors that we’re taught are just the natural order of things. Imagine all that.

Bob Avakian 

Chairman of the

Revolutionary Communist Party, USA

BAsics 2:8

Indiegogo.com/BAsicsEvent - A Success!!

To all my blog followers:

Here's the wonderful update on the determined effort to fund the upcoming film "Occasioned by BAsics: A Celebration of Revolution & the Vision of a New World."

By the time of the deadline at midnite PST on Dec. 12, $25,002 was raised!

Here's the final message from Indiegogo.com/BAsics event:

WE MADE IT!!  Thank you to the hundreds who contributed in large amounts and small, thank you to everyone who helped call people, attended house parties, participated in bake sales and more!  All of us together accomplished a very important thing in raising and contributing the funds so this film can be produced and released.  The community that came together to fund this film can grow further as the film is released... and every single donation that came in will help reach a greater community and audience from here forward.  We will keep everyone posted on developments with the film.  Thank you!

My Urgent Appeal -- Watch It, Donate, Spread It!!

go to http://www.indiegogo.com/Occasioned-by-BAsics-A-Celebration-of-Revolution-The-Vision-of-a-New-Worldhttp://www.indiegogo.com/Occasioned-by-BAsics-A-Celebration-of-Revolution-The-Vision-of-a-New-World

Only 9 days left -- Be Part of Changing the Culture!

Hey Y'all,

Watch this trailer -- then go and make a donation.  We are trying to get 70 new donations -- of any amount -- by Tuesday.  You can make a big difference!

Sunsara



To make a donation, go here: http://www.indiegogo.com/Occasioned-by-BAsics-A-Celebration-of-Revolution-The-Vision-of-a-New-World

Give $10 today -- write a friend and let them know you did it in their name!

Okay everyone -- I know that 99% of you can come up with $10 today.  I mean in the next five minutes.

I also know that you all have at least one friend (possibly two or three or four) who would be thrilled if you wrote them a little note saying that you gave $10 in their name to this awesome film that needs to be made and get out into the world.

Just tell them... "Come on now, enough of this 'bitches and hos' bullshit... enough of this 'get low'... and how come its always the women who have to get low?... We've already got a situation where the masses of women, and the masses of people generally, are kept down and held down way too low already.  Its time to get up and get on up!"

WE NEED A RADICALLY DIFFERENT AND LIBERATING CULTURE!  GIVE $10 TO SUPPORT AND SPREAD A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY TO THINK, FEEL, AND BE!
This film won't get finished without your support!
WATCH THIS!

"Let’s imagine if we had a whole different art and culture."

BAsics 2:8

Let’s imagine if we had a whole different art and culture. Come on, enough of this “bitches and ho’s” and SWAT teams kicking down doors. Enough of this “get low” bullshit. And how come it’s always the women that have to get low? We already have a situation where the masses of women and the masses of people are pushed down and held down low enough already. It’s time for us to get up and get on up.

Imagine if we had a society where there was culture—yes it was lively and full of creativity and energy and yes rhythm and excitement, but at the same time, instead of degrading people, lifted us up. Imagine if it gave us a vision and a reality of what it means to make a whole different society and a whole different kind of world. Imagine if it laid out the problems for people in making this kind of world and challenged them to take up these problems. Imagine if art and culture too—movies, songs, television, everything—challenged people to think critically, to look at things differently, to see thiNgs in a different light, but all pointing toward how can we make a better world. 

Imagine if the people who created art and culture were not just a handful of people but all of the masses of people, with all their creative energy unleashed, and the time were made for them to do that, and for them to join with people who are more full-time workers and creators in the realm of art and culture to bring forward something new that would challenge people, that would make them think in different ways, that would make them be able to see things critically and from a different angle, and would help them to be uplifted and help them to see their unity with each other and with people throughout the world in putting an end to all the horrors that we’re taught are just the natural order of things. Imagine all that. 

 Revolution: Why It’s Necessary, Why It’s Possible,

What It’s All About, a film of a talk by Bob Avakian,

excerpt transcribed in Revolution #176, September 13, 2009

Available here