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“BREATHTAKING” MEMOIR OF REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST MAKES DEBUT ON C-SPAN2’S BOOK TV JULY 24
FROM IKE TO MAO AND BEYOND: MY JOURNEY FROM MAINSTREAM AMERICA TO REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST BY BOB AVAKIAN

NEW YORK, JULY 24 - Bob Avakian’s book, From Ike to Mao and Beyond will be featured on C-SPAN2's Book TV this Sunday July 24 at 5:15am EST. Bob Avakian is chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. His recently published memoir was the focal point of an event held at Valencia Street Books in San Francisco. During the event Bekka Fink, performing artist, Wilson Riles, Jr., former member of Oakland City Council, Lucia Marano, actress, Michael Lange, playwright, Larry Everest, author, and Patricia St. Onge, activist, read from his memoir and gave their personal reflections. Also features a provocative conversation between Martha Quetzal Ceja, Managing Editor of Insight Press, and Raymond Lotta, Maoist Political Economist, regarding the author’s influence.

Bob Avakian's new memoir, From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist is garnering attention at a time of great polarization in America. The San Francisco Chronicle (4/29/05, F5) wrote: "Avakian's new memoir... leaves a breathtaking impression. Having deepened and purified his convictions over 40 years of personal and political struggle, Avakian sounds a high, sustained cry for complete social transformation almost as if he were the trumpet of Lenin himself." Over three thousand copies of the book have been sold since March, when it was officially released. Along with the aforementioned review, it has been reviewed in the Midwest Review of Books and CounterPunch.org along with several college and high school newspapers. Reviews are available upon request.

Mr. Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, is known for his radical and non-dogmatic approach to communism. Cornel West, Professor of Religion at Princeton University has said: “His voice and witness are indispensable in our efforts to enhance the wretched of the earth. And his powerful story of commitment is timely.” Carol Downer, co-founder of the Feminist Women’s Health Centers has said: “Bob Avakian brings candor and sometimes retrospective insight into what it means to grow up white and male in our patriarchal, capitalistic culture and still to emerge as a leader of the fight against social injustice. His memoir is fascinating and inspirational.” Interviews are available with Quetzal Ceja, Managing Editor of Insight Press, Inc., a new, independent publisher devoted to meeting the urgent and diverse needs of critical inquiry.

From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist
by Bob Avakian
ISBN# 0976023628
$18.95Available from the publisher: Insight Press 70-A Greenwich Ave. #117 New York, NY 10011  books@insight-press.com, www.insight-press.com.
Also available at Amazon.com and local bookstores.
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