Members of RevCom, the Revolutionary Communist Party, burned several American flags outside the Jason Aldean concert in Chicago over the weekend.
The protest was stopped when police “declared an unlawful assembly and said their activism ‘alarmed and disturbed others,'” according to video of the incident from News2Share.
2) “We did it in a small town! We did it in a small town!” chanted the RevComs (“Revolutionary Communists”) as they marched away from the Jason Aldean concert where they burned American flags.
“1, 2, 3, 4, slavery, genocide, and war! 5, 6, 7, 8, America was never great!” pic.twitter.com/VBLnYG8h0X
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) September 10, 2023
“We did it in a small town! We did it in a small town!” members of the political movement chanted as they burned the flags, referring to Aldean’s hit song “Try That in a Small Town.” The chant, however, made little sense as the concert was not in a small town by any stretch of the imagination.
RevCom was started by Bob Avakian in 1975.
Members of the group often chant, “Bob Avakian is our leader,” as they march during protests — leading to them frequently being described as a “cult.”
“Basing ourselves on the scientific method and approach of the new communism brought forward by the revolutionary leader Bob Avakian, we revcoms have the clear understanding that this system of capitalism-imperialism is the source of all the outrages and madness that people are subjected to, here and all over the world—and that it is long past time for this system to be swept off the face of the Earth,” the organization’s website states.
The group often travels to places of unrest to protest and promote Communism. They were staples at the Ferguson riots over the death of Mike Brown and the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots over George Floyd.
Aldean’s song was released in May, but drew controversy in June when he released the music video, which many claimed was critical of Black Lives Matter due to the riot footage that was used.
While the left attempted to “cancel” him for the song, conservatives drove it to the top of the charts.
“In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and was subject to the comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests. These references are not only meritless, but dangerous,” Aldean wrote on his social media at the time.
