The role of the police is not to serve and protect the people. It is to serve and protect the system that rules over the people.

— Bob Avakian Revolution: Why It’s Necessary, Why It’s Possible, What It’s All About, a film of a talk by Bob Avakian (2003)

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WHY WE NEED AN ACTUAL REVOLUTION AND HOW WE CAN REALLY MAKE REVOLUTION (2018)

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