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Bob Avakian | |
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Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA | |
Assumed office 1975 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Bruce Avakian March 7, 1943 Washington D.C., U.S. |
Political party | Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (1975–present) |
Other political affiliations | Peace and Freedom Party (1960s) |
Robert Bruce Avakian (born March 7, 1943)[1][2] is an American political activist and Maoist philosopher who is the founder and chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP), a group often described as a cult surrounding Avakian.[3] Coming out of the New Left[4] of the 1960s, he is credited with the organization’s ideological framework, "the New Synthesis" or "New Communism".[5]