Episode 240: Trump Trashes the Rule of Law, the Resistance We Need; Bob Avakian On Dissent Under Socialism

Trump Trashes the Rule of Law, the Resistance We Need; Bob Avakian On Dissent Under Socialism   Introduction. On Trump Invoking the Alien Enemies Act to Deport Hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador's Torture Chamber Prisons. Trump Trashes the Rule of Law. Free Mahmoud Khalil! Israel Continues Its Genocide Against Palestinians, Launches Air Strikes on Gaza, Killing Hundreds. The Resistance We Need. How could it really be real that tens of millions could come forward to defeat this fascism? And how does that relate to being in a time when revolution is more possible? (Excerpt from The Bob Avakian Interviews, 2025) From the Bob Avakian Interviews, 2025: You have said that never before in any proposed or actually existing founding document of a government has there been anything close to the level, not only of provision for dissent, protest, disagreement and ferment as is written into the Constitution that you authored. While also being oriented to meeting people's basic needs and overcoming oppression. Can you give an example of how this is built into the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic? Discussion of Bob Avakian's revolutionary leadership A national fundraising effort to spread Bob Avakian's leadership & voice everywhere Columbia Professor Joseph Hawley's statement of support for Mahmoud Khalil David Rovics "St. Patrick Battalion" (El Batallón de San Patricio) (Follow David Rovics on his Substack: https://davidrovics.substack.com/)   Watch this episode on YouTube.