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Revolution #183, November 15, 2009


Hook up with the revolution

Coming Events at Revolution Books

Check the stores' websites for details and more events.

Atlanta
Berkeley
Boston/Cambridge
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
New York
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Seattle
Houston

New York

146 W. 26th Street (between 6th & 7th Avenues)
212-691-3345
revbooksnyc@yahoo.com
revolutionbooksnyc.org
Hours: 12 noon—7 pm every day

November 10, Tuesday, 7 pm
Discussion with Revolution newspaper staff of special new issue on prisons and prisoners in the U.S.

November 11, Wednesday, 7 pm
Book Reading with Jon Jeter, Flat Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working People.

November 14, Saturday, evening (exact time TBA)
Benefit for Revolution Books $100,000 Fund Drive—Screening/Discussion: William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe. Discussion after screening with filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler, and Joey Johnson, notorious flag burner whose case Kunstler argued in the Supreme Court—and won. At Cinema Village, 22 E. 12th Street, NYC $20

November 17, Tuesday, 7 pm
Discussion on "Marx’s most fundamental discovery… that the character of human society, and the relations among people in society, is not determined by the ideas and the wills of individuals—either individual human beings or fantastical supernatural beings—but by the necessity people face in producing and reproducing the material requirements of life and the way in which people come together, and the means they utilize, to meet that necessity."–from Communism: The Beginning of a New Stage, A Manifesto from the Revolutionary Communist Party

November 20, Friday, 7 pm
Open-Mic, "Pieces For Revolution." Presented by Pricetags Art and Revolution Books.

November 22, Sunday, 6 pm
Book Reading with Dashaun Jiwe Morris, War Of the Bloods in My Veins—A Street Soldier’s March Toward Redemption.

December 2, Wednesday, 7 pm
Opening Book Party with John Gerassi, Talking with Sartre: Conversations and Debates, which he edited and translated.

Wednesday, December 9, 7 pm
Opening Book Party with Jeffrey Haas, The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther.

December 11, Friday, 7 pm
Screening: Schmatta: From Rags to Riches to Rags + Talkback with director Marc Levin. New HBO documentary on the decline of the apparel manufacturing industry in the U.S. First in a new series at Revolution Books coming in 2010: "Two-Four Friday Films"—screenings of films every second and fourth Fridays.


Chicago


1103 N. Ashland Avenue
773-489-0930
revbookschi@yahoo.com
chicagorevolutionbooks.blogspot.com
Hours: 11 am—7 pm Tue—Sat, 11 am—5 pm Sun

Sundays, 4-6 pm
Call Revolution Books for topic of discussion.

Every Monday, 5:30-8 pm
Pick up a bundle of Revolution newspaper hot off the press and/or join a discussion of the lead articles and "hot topics" while mailing subscriptions to prisoners. Bring friends.


Los Angeles

Libros Revolución
312 West 8th Street
213-488-1303
librosrevo@yahoo.com
librosrevolucion.blog.com
Hours: 11 am—7 pm, Tuesday—Sunday

November 20, Friday, 3 pm
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe Opening Friday night in L.A., November 20, with showings at 7:30 and 9:50 pm exclusively at the Nuart (Landmark) Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025, 310-281-8223. Guest speakers in person Friday, November 20 at 7:30pm and 9:50pm and Saturday, November 21 at 7:30pm and 9:50pm. Other showings on Saturday: 12 noon, 2:30 and 5:00 pm.
Revolution Books / Libros Revolucion in L.A. will be hosting the L.A. opening night showing at the Nuart Theatre this Friday, November 20, 7:30 pm, including a discussion with the filmmakers Sarah Kunstler and Emily Kunstler immediately after the showing.

November 22, Sunday, 3 pm
Open House, including the screening of a documentary on the 1971 Attica prison uprising.

November 23, Monday, 7-9 pm
Pick up the new issue of Revolution newspaper. Informal discussion of the issue and make plans to get it out everywhere.


Berkeley

2425 Channing Way near Telegraph Ave.
510-848-1196
revolutionbooks@sbcglobal.net
www.revolutionbooks.org
Hours: 10 pm—7 pm Mon—Fri, 11 am—7 pm Sat, 1 pm—6 pm Sun

Every Monday, 7 pm
Hang out with the Revolution Club.

November 11, Wednesday, 7 pm
Guantanamo: Torture & Lies—Evening With Andy Worthington, journalist and author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison.

November 17, Tuesday, 7 pm
Veronica Chater discusses and reads from her book Waiting for the Apocalypse: A Memoir of Faith and Family.


Honolulu

2626 South King Street
808-944-3106
revolutionbks@yahoo.com
Hours: 12 noon—6 pm every day

Every Wednesday evening, 6:15 pm
Revolution reading circle/discussion.

Sunday, November 15, 3 pm
Novelist/essayist Uzma Aslam Khan reads from her recently released The Geometry of God.

Sunday, November 22, 3-6 pm
Open House with displays, reading, poetry and refreshments to benefit Prisoner's Revolutionary Literature Fund.


Boston/Cambridge

1158 Mass Ave., 2nd Floor, Cambridge  
617-492-5443
revbooks@netzero.net  
revolutionbookscamb.org
Hours:  2 pm—6pm Thu & Fri, 12 noon—6 pm Sat

November 12, Thursday, 6:30pm
Discussion: U.S. Constitution: An Exploiters' Vision of Freedom by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party. Available at revcom.us.

November 19, Thursday, 6:30 pm
Discussion of articles from Revolution newspaper.


Seattle

89 S. Washington St. (off 1st Ave. in Pioneer Square)
206-325-7415
rbsea@yahoo.com
www.revolutionbookssea.org
Hours: 11 am—6 pm Tuesday & Friday, 11 am—9 pm Thursday, 11 am—7 pm Saturday, 12 noon—5 pm Sunday

Every First Friday, 7 pm
"Reverberate" Open Mic. Bring your poetry, hip hop, music...Reverberate to liberate!

November 14, Saturday, 6:30 pm
"Abortion, Morality & The Liberation of Women." Panel and discussion with Marcy Bloom (reproductive rights organizer in Mexico and former Executive Director of Aradia Women’s Health Center) and Margo Heights (Revolution Books).

2nd, 3rd & 4th Thursdays, 7 pm
Revolution discussion.

Saturdays, 10 am
Come discuss and get involved with the campaign to spread "The Revolution We Need... The Leadership We Have" in Revolution issue #170.


Cleveland

2804 Mayfield Rd. (at Coventry)
Cleveland Heights  216-932-2543
revbookscle@hotmail.com
http://revolutionbookscleveland.intuitwebsites.com
Hours: 3—8 pm, Wed—Sat

November 22, Sunday, 6 pm
Screening & Discussion: Eyes on the Prize—The Attica Prison Riot.


Detroit

4160 Woodward Avenue (at Willis)
313-204-2906
rbodetroit@yahoo.com
myspace.com/rbodetroit
NEW TEMPORARY HOURS: Friday 3 pm to 8 pm and Saturday 10 am to 8 pm


Atlanta

4 Corners of the Earth Market
1087 Euclid Avenue in Little 5 Points
770-861-3339
revbooksatl@hotmail.com
rbo-atlanta.blogspot.com
Hours: 4 pm—7 pm Wed, 4:30 pm—7 pm Fri, 2 pm—7 pm Sat, 4 pm—6pm Sun

November 15, Sunday, 4-6 pm
Discussion: "Communism at a Crossroads: Vanguard of the Future or Residue of the Past?" section V. of Communism: The Beginning of a New Stage. A Manifesto from the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA.

November 19, Thursday, 7-9 pm
Join us to for a Open House. We'll be watching clips from the PBS series Eyes on the Prize and discussing the special Revolution issue on prisons and prisoners in the U.S.

Every Wednesday, 4-7pm
Pick up the latest issue of Revolution and a bundle of special issue #170. Get these to people who are searching for radical change and be a part of the Revolution distribution network.


Houston

Revolution Distributors
832-865-0408
revolutionhtown@yahoo.com
revolutionhtown.blogspot.com

Every Monday, 7 pm
Weekly Revolution discussion: Call 832-865-0408 or check out our web site at revolutionhtown.blogspot.com for topics and location each week.

November 11, Wednesday, 7 pm
Carl Dix Campus Speaking Tour: From Buffalo Soldier to Revolutionary Communist. Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Rm 106-107.


Check the stores' websites for details, information, and more events.
Unless otherwise noted, the events listed on this page are in English, but in many cases Spanish translation is available. Please call the bookstore in advance to request Spanish translation.


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