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Sábado 28 de enero a las 7pm
Invitamos a todos los poetas, cuentistas, narradores, soñardores, y amantes de literatura a estar con nosotros cada cuarta sábado del mes. Este micrófono abierto es diferente a otros, porque la audiencia no solamente oye pero participan con comentarios y preguntas al presentador. Es una oportunidad para expresar libremente sus ideas y sueños. Donación sugerida en la puerta de $5.
Mao, Monopoly, and Malaria
During the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Chinese scientists developed the world's most effective drug against Malaria. How did it happen? Why was the drug deep-sixed in the capitalist world? Discussion with C. Clark Kissinger. February 4, Saturday, 7pm
A screening of "Reds," Warren Beatty's Oscar-winning film of the life of John Reed and vivid depiction of the revolution in Russia -the first socialist state to carve open the road to human emancipation. Pizza during intermission and a discussion afterwards with Andy Zee. February 8, Wednesday, 7pm
Recommended reading: "The Sham and Shame of Slavoj Žižek's 'Honest Pessimism'" --reprinted from Revolution newspaper. Raymond Lotta is a revolutionary intellectual who takes as his foundation Bob Avakian's new synthesis. He has written extensively on China during and after the Cultural Revolution and played a major role in elucidating the actual thinking of Mao and the so-called Gang of Four that supported Mao. He also did important work to expose the restoration of capitalism in the Soviet Union and China, including through writings and public debate. February 15, Wednesday, 7pm
For Black History Month, a special screening of Spike Lee's historical documentary film which tells the story of the infamous 1963 Birmingham church bombing. A discussion of the events will follow. February 18, Saturday, 4pm
An important talk on Mass Incarceration, where it comes from, where it's taking things if the current trajectory of US society isn't radically changed, what needs to be done about this and what all this has to do with the revolution we need. Carl Dix is a longtime revolutionary and a founding member of the Revolutionary Communist Party. In 1970, he was part of the largest mass refusal of US soldiers to go to Vietnam. In 1996, he co-founded the Oct 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality. In 2006, he coordinated the Karina Hearings of the Bush Crimes Commission. In 2011, he was a co-issuer of a Call for a campaign of civil disobedience to Stop "Stop & Frisk." Recently he participated in the 4th in a series of Dialogues with Cornel West under the theme of: "In the Age of Obama: Police Terror; Incarceration; No Jobs; Mis-Education … What Future for Our Youth?" MASS INCARCERATION + SILENCE = GENOCIDE! February 29, Wednesday, 7pm
The book, edited by Daniel Banks, collects eight works by contemporary playwrights Abiola Abrams, Zakiyyah Alexander, Chadwick Boseman, Kristoffer Diaz, Rha Goddess, Antoy Grant, Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Rickerby Hinds, and Ben Snyder. The book also includes a roundtable moderated by Holly Bass and featuring Eisa Davis, Danny Hoch, Sarah Jones, and Will Power.
April 2, Monday, 7pm
James Hal Cone, author, The Cross and the Lynching Tree. Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary Anthony B. Pinn, author, The End of God-Talk: An African-American Humanist Theology. Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies at Rice University Carl Dix, representative of the Revolutionary Communist Party USA
Held on April 11, Monday, 7pm
FOR PH0T0 SLIDE SHOW OF THE EVENT CLICK HERE April 11, 2011: The day finally arrived. Nearly 400 people came out to an amazing program of visual arts, dance, poetry, music of many different genres—all celebrating revolution and the vision of a new world on the occasion of the publication of a powerful and potentially very popular new book, BAsics—a collection of quotes and short essays from the talks and writings of Bob Avakian. Read more... For back information on the event, click here. |
Book of the Week!   This week's Book of the Week is a double selection: Alain Badiou's "Politics of Emancipation": A Communism Locked Within the Confines of the Bourgeois World by Raymond Lotta, Nayi Duniya, and K.J.A. reprinted from the journal Demarcations and The Meaning of Sarkozy by Alain Badiou, published by Verso. In an extensive polemic, three revolutionary communists examine Alain Badiou's political project. They ask "will this lead to emancipation?" Their answer is that it will not and cannot. Badiou's political philosphy flows from his summation of past revolutions and attempts at radical change, centrally the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China and the massive rebellion of May '68 in France. The last two chapters of his new book on Sarkozy sum up his current views. The Meaning of Sarkozy is a 117-page paperback $16.95 value and the reprint from Demarcations is a 117-page spiral bound $15.00 value, both together for only $20 at Revolution Books this week only. Buy your books at Revolution Books where it matters. Cutting edge books to challenge, provoke, give heart and share insight. ▶ YES, there is an alternative to capitalism! Books on political economy and science of revolution. ▶Books on science, evolution and atheism -- there are no gods. ▶ Radical revolt against a revolting culture. Great new music, fiction, poetry, prose, graphic art, and DVDs. ▶ End "the new Jim Crow." Books on national oppression and the mass incarceration of people of color. ▶ The liberation of women. Books on this touchstone issue for the emancipation of all humanity. ▶ The wonderment and science of reality for children. Fun books and books on knowing what's really true. ▶ Libros en Español. Buy BAsics on line!
BAsics is a new book of quotes and essays from Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. BAsics concentrates more than 30 years of Avakian's work on everything standing between humanity and complete emancipation into a single concise book of essential quotes and short essays. A 210-page paperback for $14.00. Price includes sales tax and shipping.
A Radical Step 
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This Constitution (Draft Proposal) is written with the future in mind. It is intended to set forth a basic model, and fundamental principles and guidelines, for the nature and functioning of a vastly different society and government than now exists: the New Socialist Republic in North America, a socialist state which would embody, institutionalize and promote radically different relations and values among people; a socialist state whose final and fundamental aim would be to achieve, together with the revolutionary struggle throughout the world, the emancipation of humanity as a whole and the opening of a whole new epoch in human history–communism–with the final abolition of all exploitative and oppressive relations among human beings and the destructive antagonistic conflicts to which these relations give rise. Paperback, 91pp., $8.
In case you missed it, Revolution Books distributed our Science Quiz for Kids at the World Science Festival in Washington Sq. Park Read the answers to the science quiz here.
"After Change You Can Believe In, Wally Shawn reads from his Essays and discusses human nature with a communist."
In January 8, 2010, almost 300 people packed into Friends Meeting House in New York City for an unusual evening. After reading his essay "The Quest for Superiority," Wally Shawn sat down for a conversation with Andy Zee. Their unscripted discussion dug into urgent questions facing humanity: Can people change and how? Is there a far better way society could be organized? Does political power inevitably lead to bad outcomes because of innate human nature? Their conversation spanned the current political moment, past socialist experiences, and future revolutionary possibility - animated by examples from art, morality, and daily life. This was followed by a provocative Q&A with the audience. Proceeds from this evening and the DVD go towards saving Revolution Books. Now available in DVD for $15: Hear "After 'Change You Can Believe In,'" Wally Shawn reads from his Essays and discusses human nature with a communist." Bring your used books to Revolution Books 
Do you have good used books? Donate them to Revolution Books. We are assembling a large collection of good used books, including a treasure house of rare books-- the hidden histories of the Soviet and Chinese revolutions, memoirs from the 60s Black liberation and women's movements, out-of-print chronicles of struggles in Africa, Latin America, Asia... art books, novels, poetry... Bring your books to Revolution Books and we will get them back in circulation to the people who yearn for a different future. And you will help keep this revolutionary bookstore open. Every third Saturday, Revolution Books holds a Giant Used Books Sale. We fill the store and tables outdoors with thousands of the best used books in the city. And every day at the store you can find an unusual selection of used books on our outdoor tables. |
"No More Defensiveness, Conciliation, or Reliance on the Democrats: Abortion On Demand and Without Apology!"
On February 9, 2011, Revolution Books sponsored "An Evening with Junot Diaz" 
The full video record of "An Evening with Junot Díaz" is now available. This event was a benefit for Revolution Books on February 9, 2011. Almost 400 people crowded into the Community Church in NYC for a fascinating and moving evening with Junot--conducted almost entirely as a Q&A with an audience (over half HS and college students) who never ran out of questions and comments. Cinematography, editing, and production by Jordan Mattos and Fabian Jimenez The evening was introduced by Andy Zee, the spokesperson of Revolution Books, who offered an appreciation of Junot's work, and got into the unique work of Revolution Books and why we wanted to host this author. Junot Díaz was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. His novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the. Díaz is also the author of Drown. |
