Revolution #117, January 27, 2008
Hook up with the revolution
Coming Events at Revolution Books
New York
9 West 19th St. (btwn 5th and 6th Aves)
212-691-3345
revolutionbooksnyc.org
Tuesdays, 7 pm
Join us for a series of sweeping and incisive discussions based on the new series “MAKING REVOLUTION AND EMANCIPATING HUMANITY” by Revolutionary Communist Party, USA Chairman Bob Avakian. The discussions are open to those who’ve been engaging the works of Bob Avakian and those who are brand new—all are welcome! Together we’ll get into some of the most essential questions confronting people who want to see a different world.
January 22:
What is truth? What is science? Can you scientifically understand society? Does such an understanding mean that there is no role for “free will” and human ideals and actions?
January 29:
What is wrong with religion—and how would/should a new society deal with religious belief and religious institutions? Does a god exist? And even if such a god does not exist, don’t people need a god in order to “be good” or to have hope and purpose?
February 5:
What about democracy? What is dictatorship? And what is America—a democracy, a dictatorship, or both? If the “true ideals of the founders” could be realized—what would it look like—and why?
February 12:
What really happened in socialist societies? What would “doing better” mean and look like—and can you really do better?
January 24, Thursday, 7 pm
Join Director John Kirby for a screening of his film The American Ruling Class
Los Angeles
Libros Revolución
312 West 8th Street 213-488-1303
librosrevolucion.blog.com
Every Sunday, 4:30 pm
Ongoing bilingual discussion series of the latest Revolution newspaper installment of the “Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity,” a talk by Bob Avakian
Every Tuesday, 7 pm
Showing and discussion in Spanish of sections from the DVD Revolución: Por qué es necesaria, por qué es posible, qué es
Every Thursday, 7 pm
Bilingual discussion of the current issue of Revolution newspaper
Every Friday, 7 pm
Cinema Revolución: Screening and discussion
of progressive and revolutionary films
January 25: Spike Lee’s 4 Little Girls
January 23, Wednesday, 7 pm
Film screening and discussion of: The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, by Brian Greene (Part 1). Part 2 will be screened on Wednesday, January 30.
January 27, Sunday, 2 pm
Dr. Susan Wicklund, speaking and signing her book This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor
Chicago
1103 N. Ashland Avenue
773-489-0930
revbookschi@yahoo.com
January 22, Tuesday, 7 pm
Salon discussion of Bob Avakian’s “Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity, Part I: Beyond the Narrow Horizon of Bourgeois Right.” Second of six sessions: “Communism Will Not
Be a ‘Utopia’—It Will Be a Radically Different
and Far Better World”
January 24, Thursday, 7 pm
Film: Bulworth
January 25, Friday, 8 pm
ACT YOUR RAGE—invitation to all youth to bring your poetry, your music, your art, for a night of radical and revolutionary culture. Theme: We Won’t Live in a Torture State!
January 26, Saturday, 4 pm
Revolution newspaper—discuss latest issue
January 27, Sunday, 2 pm
Revolution writer on “Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity”
January 29, Tuesday, 7 pm
Salon discussion of Bob Avakian’s “Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity, Part I: Beyond the Narrow Horizon of Bourgeois Right.” Third of six sessions: “Marxism as a Science: Refuting Karl Popper”
January 30, Wednesday, 7 pm
“Set the Record Straight: Mao Then and Now—Revolutionary Ideas and Changing the World”—40-minute video of Set the Record Straight
panel at 2007 U.S. Social Forum.
First in bi-weekly series
Cleveland
2804 Mayfield Rd (at Coventry)
Cleveland Heights 216-932-2543
revbookscle@hotmail.com
February 7, Thursday, 7 pm
Second in a series of discussions on Part 1 of “Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity” by Bob Avakian: Are All “Ideal Visions of Society” Equally Valid and Good?
February 10, Sunday, 3 pm
Black History Month Film Showing:
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Honolulu
2626 South King Street
808-944-3106
Every Monday, 6:15 pm
Reading circle/discussion of the current installment of Bob Avakian’s series, “Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity”
Seattle
1833 Nagle Place
206-325-7415
Every Saturday in January, 7 pm
Ongoing reading and discussion of the series “Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity” by Bob Avakian
Boston/Cambridge
1158 Mass Ave, 2nd Floor
Cambridge 617-492-5443
revbooks@netzero.net
Every Monday, 6:30 pm
Discussion of talk by Bob Avakian, “Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity”
Berkeley
2425 Channing Way near Telegraph Ave
510-848-1196
www.revolutionbooks.org
January 23, Wednesday, 7 pm
“Who’s Putting the Heat on Barry Bonds...
And Why?” Discussion
January 24, Thursday, 7 pm
Revolution newspaper discussion
January 26, Saturday, 11 am
Discussion of “Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity” by Bob Avakian:
Communism Will Not Be a “Utopia”—It Will Be a Radically Different and Far Better World
January 27, Sunday, 7 pm
Elections: Not How Leaders Are Chosen, Not How Decisions Are Made and Not How You Can Make a Difference (But How You WON’T Make a Difference). Discussion with Larry Everest, Revolution correspondent and author of Oil, Power, & Empire
January 28, Monday, 7 pm
Video showing: Life and Debt
January 29, Tuesday, 7 pm
Discussion of “Making Revolution and
Emancipating Humanity” by Bob Avakian:
The TV Show House and the Experience of Socialist Society So Far
January 30, Wednesday, 7pm
Revolution newspaper discussion
Detroit
406 W.Willis
(between Cass &2nd, south of Forest)
313-204-2906
Every Sunday, call for dates & times
Ongoing Sunday afternoon discussions of “Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity,” a talk by Bob Avakian
Every Week, call for dates & times
Discussion of the current issue of Revolution newspaper
RBOGoes to the Movies each month
Monthly film showings at the bookstore or gatherings to see current films with discussion afterwards
January 25, Friday, 7 pm
Film: Persepolis, at Detroit Film Theatre, first gathering of “RBO goes to the movies”
Atlanta
4 Corners Market of the Earth
Little 5 Points, 1087 Euclid Avenue
404-577-4656 & 770-861-3339
rbo-atlanta.blogspot.com
Open Wednesdays & Fridays 4 pm - 7 pm, Saturdays 2 pm - 7 pm
January 27, Sunday, 1:30-3:45 pm
Back from Jena: What Time Is It in America?
Education Room at
Sevananda Natural Foods Market
467 Moreland Ave. NE, Atlanta
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