Episode 219: Gaza, the Terrible "Choices" in this Election, & How Revolutionary Forces Can Seize This Moment Introduction. Bob Avakian on this critical moment, leading into the truly high-stakes elections. We'll also hear him speak about how the forces for revolution can grow rapidly, from small to big, and seize on this rare time when revolution m…

No Trump! No Harris! Don't Choose Between Oppressors... Get Organized For A Real Revolution! Welcome to the RNL Show! Snapshot of recent events in Gaza & the Middle East. No Trump! No Harris! Don't Choose Between Oppressors... Get Organized For A Real Revolution! A NEW publication on the 60th Anniversary of the Free Speech Movement, "FSM Reflection…

One Year of U.S./Israeli Genocide In Gaza | Bob Avakian on the Fight for the Soul of Black People "We can no longer afford to allow these imperialists to dominate the world...." Introduction. From “BOB AVAKIAN FOR THE LIBERATION OF BLACK PEOPLE AND THE EMANCIPATION OF ALL HUMANITY.” UC Berkeley Administrator Calls the Cops On A Skit About Free Spee…

STOP The US-Israeli Rampage in the Middle East! | PLUS: Bob Avakian On Black People & Revolution Introduction. US-Israeli Aggression in the Middle East & the Heightening Dangers of Nuclear War. Genocide, Lies, & Videotape. Noche Diaz and Rafael Kadaris discuss the NEW 6 Points from the REVCOM CORPS for the Emancipation of Humanity. Excerpt from BOB…

Israel's Deadly Terror in Lebanon | A Revolutionary Campaign to Change the World Introduction. We Have 2 Choices. Rafael Kadaris On Israel's Deadly Airstrikes & Brutal Terror Against the People in Lebanon. Sunsara Taylor & Rafael Kadaris talk about the latest in the campaign to Get @BobAvakianOfficial Everywhere & the effort to raise funds. They sh…

Who Killed Amber Thurman? Bob Avakian On What Is Capitalism & Why He Is Not Running For President Sunsara Taylor: Amber Nicole Thurman should be alive today, but died needlessly and painfully because of the woman-hating Christian Fascist abortion bans. What kind of system allows this to happen? A system that must be overthrown through a real revolu…

06No More Immigrant-Bashing! Stop the Attacks on Bob Avakian & the Revcoms. Get Organized 4 Revolution Introduction. From THE REVCOM CORPS, Chicago: What happened at the program on @BobAvakianOfficial dispatch on Black people hating on immigrants. @BobAvakianOfficial dispatch #73—Black people hating on immigrants. Nonsense, and worse, from people w…

No More Black People Hating On Immigrants: A Challenge from Bob Avakian to Unite for Revolution! Introduction, Sunsara Taylor and Annie Day. Interview with Members of the RevCom Corps in Chicago on the Controversy Over @BobAvakianOfficial Revolution #73 on Black People Hating on Immigrants. What Would You Say To Those Who Catch The Worst Hell Under…

Kamala Harris Is NOT "For The People." She's For The System! We Need REVOLUTION! Sunsara Taylor on Kamala Harris, For the SYSTEM. Bob Avakian and what the “rule of law” means under this system. From the Bob Avakian Interviews. The campaign to spread Bob Avakians' social media throughout all society. “Welcome to Hell, the Israeli Prison System as a …

Episode 210: Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, #DNC2024: A Lovefest With Mass Murderers! Introduction. The Liberals' Love Affair With Mass Murderers (excerpt from @BobAvakianOfficial, Revolution 74). Andy Zee talks with writer Paul Street, who is on the ground in Chicago, about his latest article: "America is a Great Nation," Responding to Two National Chau…

There IS An Alternative To Fascist Trump & Cold Blooded Kamala! Bob Avakian & The RevComs! Introduction. Bob Avakian on: What is a real revolution? (excerpt from The Bob Avakian Interviews on the RNL Show, 2022). Sunsara Taylor talks to Rafael Kadaris, on the ground in Chicago, about plans for the Democratic National Convention. A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN…

Episode 208: National Campaign for @BobAvakianOfficial, the Danger of Wider War in the Middle East + Taking on BS! Introduction. Sunsara Taylor on Gaza, Israel, & the Dangers of Regional War... & Who's Responsible. Annie Day talks with Sunsara Taylor about the National Campaign to Get @BobAvakianOfficial Everywhere. Straight Talk on Bob Avakian (ex…

Episode 207: USA is #1... Genocide, Global Plunder, And Driving People From Their Homelands Introduction. Sunsara Taylor interviews Alan Goodman, writer for www.revcom.us, on the U.S. Rulers Rally for the War Criminal Netanyahu & the Latest on the Genocide in Gaza. “Why Do People Come Here from All Over the World? Bob Avakian Answers” (From the Rev…

Episode 206: Messianic Madness For Trump, Delusional Euphoria For Kamala & THE POSSIBILITY For REVOLUTION News clips of just some of the craziness in the last two weeks gripping the United States Introduction. "The madness, the intensity of the shifting ground... what has been normal is no longer..." Andy Zee speaks to Joe Biden dropping out... and…

Episode 204: What Sustains Bob Avakian? Why Mark Ruffalo Shouldn't Be Canceled. Why YOU Should Join the Revcoms Introduction with co-hosts Sunsara Taylor and Rafael Kadaris. EXCLUSIVE: Leaked footage from a Liberal's living room—Can God fix the Biden/Trump situation? Sights and sounds from the anti-July 4 actions called for by the Revcoms. Excerpts…

Episode 205: Trump Is A Violence-Mongering Fascist. The Democrats Will Not Save You. We Need Revolution! Note: This episode aired before Biden dropped out. Stay tuned to revcom.us for further developments. Introduction with co-hosts Sunsara Taylor and Rafael Kadaris. Sunsara Taylor, On the Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump and Four Important …

Introduction. An Inconvenient—But Absolutely Necessary—Truth for July 4th Excerpts from the Trump/Biden Debate Lenny Wolff with 3 Points on the Trump/Biden Debate "Did you always have this view of America?" Revolutionary leader Bob Avakian Answers (an excerpt from the 2022 Bob Avakian Interviews on The RNL Show) Sunsara Taylor: 10 Ways the Democrat…

Chuck D & Bloody Blinken? WHAT THE F**K, CHUCK? On the Ground in Gaza. What IS A System? & More Introduction Chuck D & Bloody Blinken? WHAT THE F**K, CHUCK? July 4: SAY NO to Celebrating America—Truly a Model of Depraved, Racist Genocide. We Need and Demand: Revolution For a Whole New Way to Live, A Fundamentally Different System What IS A System? …

Introduction. Break the Chains! Unleash the Fury of Women as a Mighty Force for Revolution! Sunsara Taylor on 2 years since the Supreme Court overturned women's fundamental right to abortion. Annie Day and Sunsara Taylor on the importance of Bob Avakian's social media dispatches. (See link below.) Bob Avakian is the architect of a whole new framewo…

Introduction to our special 200th episode! Excerpts from the L.A. Teach In: STOP THE GENOCIDAL SLAUGHTER OF PALESTINIANS NOW. Opening comments from Michelle Xai, leader of the Revcom Corps in LA. Noura, long time activist for Palestinian Liberation. Carmen, vice president of BSU at El Camino College. Annie Day, the Revcom Corps for the Emancipation…

Introduction. Dr Mohamad Abdelfattah, an intensive care unit (ICU) physician from Southern California and an organizer with Orange County for Justice in Palestine, interviewed by Alan Goodman. Dr. Abdelfattah describes the experience of serving at the European Gaza Hospital (EGH) in Gaza for three weeks in May. Sunsara Taylor talks with medical pro…

Episode 198: Israel Bombing "Safe Zones" Is Not A Red Line for Biden. Humanity Needs Revolution Introduction. Alan Goodman: Israel Bombs Camp for Displaced Palestinians in Rafah. Protests at US embassy in Jerusalem, and at Hebrew University. Bob Avakian on: “Wars of Empire, Armies of Occupation, & Crimes Against Humanity” (excerpt from 2018 speech)…

Introduction . Bob Avakian: "If it's about... some groups that have been down for a while, having their chance to be up, and have their turn lording it over others... then I'm not interested..." Student Protests Continue... And At A Crossroads: What's Needed Now? ISRAEL/U.S. STARVE & CUT GAZA IN TWO, Biden Sends A Billion For Arms: An interview wit…

Introduction. Seven months into the US-backed Israeli genocidal slaughter in Gaza, Alan Goodman provides important update and analysis. Annie Day: A Question To All Those Who Are Part Of The U.S. Government’s Institutions. No Graduation as Usual Amidst a Genocide. Key lessons from the 1960's for today (an excerpt from @BobAvakianOfficial REVOLUTION…

The RNL Show comes to you in an extraordinary moment, when the genocide of the Palestinian people by Israel, fully backed and supported by the US, is poised to take another, almost unimaginably horrific turn, with the bombing beginning now in Rafah. A million Palestinians were forced to flee to this border city. This is also a moment when students …

This week the RNL Show comes at a time of great change and tumult, in the US and in the world as a whole. It is a time of students rising up on the campuses against the vicious genocide that Israel is committing against the people of Gaza, with the full backing and conscious complicity of the United States government. It is also a time when there h…

Episode 193: Campus Crackdown And Righteous Resistance As U.S.–Israeli Genocide In Gaza Intensifies Episode 193 goes live as courages college students face repression for standing up against the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza... and as the Revcoms get ready for Revolutionary May Day 2024. Andy Zee and Sunsara Taylor call attention to the dang…

From the cancellation of Asna Tabassum's commencement speech at USC, to the 100+ people arrested at Columbia University, to the suspension of students, the banning of pro-Palestinian student organizations and the firing of college presidents: What's Behind the Suppression and Repression of Pro-Palestinian Voices on College Campuses? University of S…

0600Episode 191: May Day 2024, Fighting to Break Free of ALL the Chains! Bob Avakian on the Bible vs Communist Manifesto Introduction with co-hosts Sunsara Taylor and Noche Diaz Noche Diaz and Sunsara Taylor discuss Revolutionary May Day 2024: We Need and We Demand Revolution For A Whole New Way To Live, A Fundamentally Different System Lenny Wolff…

Episode 190: Actually?... Revolution IS Possible! A Speech by Sunsara Taylor, Followed by Q&A @ UCLA February 15. This week, the RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less!—Show is featuring a talk by Sunsara Taylor, “Actually?... Revolution IS Possible! And If This Revolution Isn't Made Soon, Humanity Is Thoroughly F*CKED!” This is the full speech given at UCLA…

Episode 189: The Police Murder Of Ryan Gainer, The Suppression Of Pro-Palestinian Voices, THE REVOLUTION WE NEED! Introduction, Sunsara Taylor and Rafael Kadaris. Report on the police murder of Gainer Ryan, a 15-year-old Black child with autism who was in the midst of a mental breakdown, by San Bernardino Sheriffs. Voices from a press conference wi…

Introduction with co-hosts Sunsara Taylor and Annie Day: the crises in Gaza and Haiti — why this system can't be reformed... and how revolution could actually be made Bob Avakian from “Why We Need An Actual Revolution, And How We Could Really Make Revolution,” a speech from 2018. Two excerpts: the opening, and “Wars of Empire, Armies of Occupation …

Introduction, with Sunsara Taylor and Annie Day, including Bob Avakian “What if...?”, an excerpt from a 2014 dialogue with Cornel West, “Revolution and Religion.” They discuss “We Need and We Demand, a Whole New Way to Live, a Fundamentally Different System,” a proclamation from the RevComs Sunsara Taylor interviews Raymond Lotta, on Taking on the …

Ep 186: From Palestine to the USA, Revolution Is the Way! Introduction, Andy Zee & Rafael Kadaris. NO TO STUPOR TUESDAY! YES TO REVOLUTION! A skit performed by the Revcoms at UCLA on "Super Tuesday" “Why the revolution that is urgently needed is actually possible… not just in some far off place and time, but right here and right in this time we are…

Episode 185: Gaza, Women's Oppression, Border Crisis: As Society Rips Apart—Get Organized for a Real REVOLUTION! Introduction: Sunsara Taylor & Annie Day Annie Day talks about Aaron Bushnell, an active duty air force member, who set himself on fire last week in protest to the US-backed Israeli genocide of Palestinians... and she speaks to everyone …

On the RNLI's 200th anniversary, the charity's Chief Executive reflects on his 5 years at the wheel In the final episode of 200 Voices, hear from the person who has led the RNLI through some of its toughest challenges and into our 200th anniversary year: the charity's Chief Executive, Mark Dowie. With a love for the RNLI that grew from helping with…

200 Voices might be a podcast, but when the composer of the theme music created the soundtrack, it was a movie that played in his head The sea doesn’t want for drama. And with its ever-changing moods - from blissful calm to surging swells - it has long inspired musicians. In it, Jon Nicholls, composer of the 200 Voices soundtrack, finds beauty and …

The writer of One Crew – an RNLI history book – recounts some of the names and stories that time forgot Over 200 years the RNLI has saved more than 144,000 lives. Many rescues and achievements are rightly celebrated, but some sit below the horizon. So when maritime historian Helen Doe set about the daunting task of capturing 2 centuries’ worth of l…

In Welsh, Porthdinllaen crew member and TV producer Mali Parry-Jones recalls the real-life drama of a call out to a sailor who’d suffered a stroke Growing up on the Llyn Peninsula, Mali was always aware of her local lifeboat. Porthdinllaen RNLI was the constant backdrop to her childhood, whether she was hearing the maroons firing or pedalling her b…

The force behind the launch - Mark Smith on powering his crew to a Silver Medal rescue When his pager went off on 20 May 2021, Trearddur Bay RNLI Tractor Driver Mark Smith knew exactly what it was about. Moments before, he’d looked out of his window and spotted three surfers struggling in treacherous swell and waves. Mark talks about the incredibly…

The charity's founder was a man on a mission. In his words from 1823, we see the same guiding vision that’s saving lives 2 centuries later On 28 February 1823, RNLI founder Sir William Hillary wrote his Appeal to the Nation. It set out his vision for a voluntary organisation, supported by charitable donations to save lives at sea. A vision so forwa…

Former Torbay RNLI Coxswain Keith Bower remembers a life-changing rescue On December 6, 1976, just before 1am, when most were sleeping soundly, Torbay RNLI’s then Acting Coxswain Keith Bower was woken by an urgent call for help. It marked the start of a shout for which Keith was awarded a Gold Medal for Conspicuous Gallantry. Faced with storm condi…

Friday, March 8, International Women's Day 2024 Save the Date! Make Plans. Stay Tuned. Break the Chains! Unleash the Fury of Women as a Mighty Force for Revolution! Capitalism and Patriarchy—You Can't End One Without Ending the Other We Need to AND CAN End Both. Revolution—Nothing Less! Forced Motherhood Is Female Enslavement Abortion On Demand and…

It was anything but a day of rest – a legendary St Davids Coxswain on his greatest test For local fisherman Dai Chant, volunteering on the St Davids lifeboat was perhaps inevitable. On 26 February 1989, the Mayday call came in for his most dangerous shout – to lead the rescue of four fellow fishermen, as their trawler Stephanie Jane dragged perilou…

In an age of selfies, photographer Jack Lowe uses Victorian methods on his quest to capture lifeboat crew from every RNLI lifeboat station. He tells us why For a 200-year-old institution, it’s fitting that photographer Jack Lowe’s Lifeboat Station Project allows us to see the modern work of the RNLI through a historical lens – quite literally. In 2…

The 20th Chairman of the RNLI reflects on why 200 years of lifesaving connects us all What does it mean to be part of the RNLI? In his lifelong connection with our charity, Charles Hunter-Pease has been gathering stories to answer that question. From his childhood hearing the maroons fire and awaiting the Filey lifeboat crew’s safe return, Charles …

At the RNLI, we don’t just answer calls for help. Alison Murphy on the privilege of hearing from our supporters Phone the RNLI to ask a question, make a donation or just have a chat, and you’ll speak to Alison or one of her 26-strong team. For more than 20 years, the Supporter Experience Manager has been one of the friendly, compassionate voices an…

When seasoned swimmer Michael got into difficulty, open-water safety training guided him - and his crew - onshore Many of us have been discovering the joys of winter dips lately. Michael’s cold-water odyssey started with cold showers and learning the Wim Hof Method of breathing. Now you’ll find him dipping in Scarborough’s North or South Bay severa…

When Dom Jackson went missing while kayaking in 2017, a 5-day search ensued. Since his death, his sister Ellie has called on others to take vital steps to keep themselves safe at sea It wasn’t unusual for Dom to head off on an outdoor adventure - he had an adventurous spirit - but when he failed to return home after a lone kayaking trip, Ellie knew…

Andy Zee & Annie Day introduce episode 183 STATE OF EMERGENCY: CHAINS ON PEOPLE WHO DESPERATELY NEED TO BE FREE by Bob Avakian (produced by The RNL Show) Noche Diaz announces: THE REVCOM CORPS For The Emancipation Of Humanity Andy Zee talks to Noche Diaz about the formation of the REVCOM CORPS & what it means to JOIN NOW Annie Day talks about the m…