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February 8, Wednesday, 7pm
Recommended reading: "The Sham and Shame of Slavoj Žižek's 'Honest Pessimism'" --reprinted from Revolution newspaper. If you don't know about Slavoj Zizek, you need to be part of this discussion. If you know Slavoj Zizek's work, and even agree with him, you need to come and make your arguments. 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 17, Friday, 8-10pm
An open-mic like no other. Bring your most powerful piece and be ready to talk about it. Co-produced with Pricetags. February 18, Saturday, 4pm
Carl Dix says, "All this comes down to a slow genocide which could easily accelerate." On February 18th, Dix break all this down and speak to where things are headed if action is not taken. Listen to Dix as he discusses "what kind of revolution is needed to eliminate mass incarceration and all the brutality and misery this capitalist system enforces on humanity once and for all". 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 U.S. soldiers to go to Vietnam. In 1996, he co-founded the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality. In 2006, he coordinated the Katrina Hearings of the Bush Crimes Commission. Recently he participated in a series of dialogues with Cornel West under the theme: "In the Age of Obama: Police Terror; Incarceration; No Jobs; Mis-Education... What Future for Our Youth?" " In 2011, he co-issued a call for a campaign of civil disobedience to STOP "Stop & Frisk." Sponsor: Revolution Books NYC. Hosted by: The Mission and Social Justice Commission of The Riverside. At The Riverside Church, Assembly Hall, 490 Riverside Drive New York, 10027. Enter on the Claremont Avenue side between 120th and 122st Streets. #1 train to 125th or 116th Street. MASS INCARCERATION + SILENCE = GENOCIDE! Sábado 25 de febrero 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. 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. |
Books of the Week!   This week's Books of the Week are: Away With All Gods!: Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World by Bob Avakian published by Insight Press and Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed, published by Penguin. Bringing a revolutionary communist voice to the current discourse about god, atheism, and morality, Bob Avakian's Away With All Gods demystifies religious belief and examines how, even in its most progressive interpretations, religion stands in the way of the emancipation of humanity. An American journalist and revolutionary writer, John Reed was an eyewitness to the 1917 revolution in Russia. Ten Days That Shook the World is Reed's extraordinary record of that event. He gives a gripping account of the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviks led the masses to seize power. Away With All Gods is a 256-page paperback $14.95 value and Ten Days That Shook the World is a 368-page paperback $13.00 value, each for only $9 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.
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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. |
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"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. |
