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UPCOMING EVENTS |
September 4, Saturday, 3pm
Screening + discussion every Saturday at 3pm:
"REVOLUTION: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About"
A Film of a Talk by Bob Avakian
5 de septiembre, Domingo, 3pm
El domingo enseñaremos la primera hora del DVD:
"REVOLUCIóN: por qué es necesaria, por qué es posible, qué es"
Una charla de Bob Avakian
Todos los domingos a las tres de la tarde, en español
September 14, Tuesday, 7:30pm, at PS 41 (11th St. & 6th Ave.)
A Benefit for Revolution Books
An Evening with DAVID HARVEY
...on the occasion of the publication of the paperback edition of A Companion to Marx's Capital
Admission $15 (students w/ ID $5)
Advance tickets (recommended):
212-691-3345
A Companion to Marx’s Capital offers fresh, original and sometimes critical interpretations of a book that changed the course of history and, Harvey intimates, may do so again.
David Harvey is considered one of the world's foremost scholars of Marx. He is the Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY).
September 28, Tuesday, dusk, at Union Square (South end)
Outdoor screening of the film of the talk
"REVOLUTION: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About"
Endless wars, Gulf catastrophe, Arizona. The world cries out for revolution. Bob Avakian, chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party takes you on a wide-ranging revolutionary journey. This movie of his talk will challenge you and set your mind to flight. It's all there-- full of heart and soul, humor and seriousness.
Notes from recent events |
Held on January 8, Friday
"After 'Change You Can Believe In,' Wally Shawn reads from his Essays and discusses human nature with a communist."
On Friday night 285 people packed into Friends Meeting House for an evening entitled "After 'Change You Can Believe In,' Wally Shawn reads from his Essays and discusses human nature with a communist."
After reading his "The Quest for Superiority," playwright and actor Wally Shawn sat down for a probing conversation with Andy Zee, spokesperson for Revolution Books. A spirited question and answer session followed. Shawn took part in the evening in order to help save Revolution Books, and the event raised several thousand dollars towards the store's $100,000 Fund Drive. The audience included people in theater, publishing, film, and academia, as well as activists and students, and their enthusiasm for the engagement and for Revolution Books itself was evident through the evening.
Hear "After 'Change You Can Believe In,'" Wally Shawn reads from his Essays and discusses human nature with a communist."
Every Saturday
Come join the store every Saturday at one of our outdoor tables. We talk with 100s of people about the store, sell Revolution newspaper, works by Bob Avakian, and the best collection of progressive and radical used books in the city. This is some meaningful revolutionary work -- come by and see what it's about.
Do you have good, used books? Donate them to Revolution Books. We know there's a treasure house of books out there on people's bookshelves and closets--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 them 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.
BOOKS AT REVOLUTION BOOKS |
Book of the Week!
In this time of brutal attacks against Latino immigrants in Arizona, Juan Gonzalez gives you the background with his sweeping Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America.
Spanning 500 years, from the first New World colonies to the 19th century westward expansion in America, this narrative features family portraits of immigrants along with sketches of the political events and social conditions that compelled them to leave their countries.
Juan Gonzalez is a columnist for the New York Daily News and co-hosts "Democracy Now" with Amy Goodman.
"The book is organized to explore what Gonzalez calls 'Roots,' the historical relationship between Latin America and the U.S., 'Branches,' the six major Latino groups in the nation, and 'Harvest,' issues facing Latinos in the U.S. today. He dissects the U.S. exploitation and occupation of Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Panama, Nicaragua, and Cuba and examines the U.S. policy of supporting dictators friendly to U.S. interest that has destabilized Latin America and provoked massive immigration to the U.S." -- from Booklist
This book is an excellent companion to this excerpt from Bob Avakian's Revolution Talk: "Why do people come here from all over the world?"
A 368 page, $17.00 value for only $12 at Revolution Books this week only.
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"REVOLUTION:
Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About"
now online!
In 2003 Bob Avakian delivered this historic talk in the United States. This is a wide-ranging revolutionary journey. It breaks down the very nature of the society we live in and how humanity has come to a time where a radically different society is possible. He lays it all out in a nine-hour speech-and then goes into three hours of question-and-answer dialogue with the audiences. It's all there-full of heart and soul, humor and seriousness. ...continued
Notes from recent events |
Held on July 22
Now avilable on line:
"Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage"
Author reading with Michael Otterman
Video in three 20 min parts by Fansmiles Productions
Part 1: http://politube.org/show/2911
Part 2: http://politube.org/show/2912
Part 3: http://politube.org/show/2913
An account of the actual carnage in human terms, including interviews with Iraqi refugees. The continuing U.S. occupation is described as an “attempted sociocide… either through negligence or deliberate strategy to stun the country into submission.”
Held June 8
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Raymond Lotta speaking on:
The Gulf Oil Catastrophe
A CAPITALIST OIL SPILL...
A SYSTEM NOT FIT TO BE
CARETAKERS OF THE PLANET...
AND THE REVOLUTION WE NEED!
This important talk will be followed by wide-ranging discussion of the stakes of this crisis and the challenges before us to act.
Raymond Lotta is a revolutionary intellectual who takes Bob Avakian’s new synthesis of revolution and communism as his foundation. Lotta writes for Revolution newspaper. He has published and lectured widely on world economics and the experience of socialist revolution in the 20th century. His recent writings and talks explain how communist revolution makes it possible to create an economically rational, socially just, and environmental sustainable society.
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A new letter from Andy Zee, Spokesperson for Revolution Books:
Dear Friends,
Great needs for fundamental change confront the people and the planet. A thriving Revolution Books is essential to meet this challenge -- we must break out on a much higher level throughout society. Yet at this moment we need to get over a serious financial hump. We must raise $20,000 by the end of September and $50,000 more by January 2011, while also growing the sustainer base of the store so that we are not operating in the red -- except politically. I write to ask you to donate very generously to save, sustain, and expand Revolution Books. . . .
Join the Revolution Books E-mail List by simply writing us at revbooksnyc@yahoo.com and saying "put me on your e-list."
New Installation at Revolution Books:
"who gets to speak?" by Ann Messner
Notes from recent events |
On April 15, over 250 people came to Judson Memorial Church to hear NGŨGĨ WA THIONG'O read and discuss his new book "Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir."
photo: Bud Korotzer
The evening was a benefit to save Revolution Books and it drew in readers of his extraordinary novels from the U.S. and African countries, including many professors and students from NYU, Hunter, New School, Baruch, Columbia, and other schools. Revolution Books still has some signed copies of his new memoir as well as an extensive collection of his novels, plays and literary criticism-- and books about his work. Video will be posted soon at revolutionbooksnyc.org.
For more on Ngũgĩ, go to http://www.ngugiwathiongo.com/
Listen here to a great interview with Ngũgĩ and Michael Slate on Pacifica radio.
Sunsara Taylor's WEBCAST 
"From the Burkha to the Thong, Everything Must, And Can, Change--WE NEED TOTAL REVOLUTION!"
INFO & DONATE HERE
Held on June 1
Emergency Forum:
Condemn the Israeli Attack
on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Speakers:
Alan Goodman, writer for Revolution newspaper
Chris Hedges, author, "Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle"
Abdeen Jabara, past-president of the American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee
Joel Kovel, author of "Overcoming Zionism: Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine"
Adam Shapiro, human rights activist and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement
hosted by Andy Zee
Youtube Excerpts from Revolution Books’ Emergency Forum, June 1, 2010, New York City
Full video recording available (Courtesy of Fansmiles Productions.)
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Audio recording also available.