Tuesday, July 21, 2009

The Revolution We Need . . . The Leadership We Have

 
 

#144-coverThe Revolution We Need…
The Leadership We Have

A Message, And A Call, From The
Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
 
This Is NOT The Best of All Possible Worlds. . .

And We Do NOT Have to Live This Way 
 
Come to Libros to pick up and discuss this statement and the campaign around it. Get involved in the movement for revolution!
 

#144-cover“The land of the free, and the home of the brave.” “The leader of the free world.” That’s what they always say about this country. But this is a Big Lie.
 
The truth is that we live under a system that, from the start in this country, built up its wealth and power by enslaving
millions of Black people, stealing land from Indians and Mexicans through war and genocide, and working many people, including children, literally to death. It is by such murderous means that this system has expanded “from sea to shining sea” across this continent-and around the whole world.


[Read the whole statement here]  


Join us this Sunday, July 26: 
1) Hollywood Farmers Market (9 AM - 1 PM) Look for our booth near Ivar, between Hollywood & Sunset.
2) Watts - meet at Libros Revolucion at 2 PM.

Call or email us to join a team in the LA garment district, the West side,  in the Crenshaw / Inglewood area and more.  213.488.1303
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Get a bundle of this special issue of Revolution to distribute: 20 for $5, 50 for $10, 100 for $20. Get stacks of this special issue to libraries, barber shops, cafes,  schools,  restaurants, etc. Let us know where you will take responsibility to make sure this gets out, so we can mark it on a large map at the bookstore the places in Southern California where this message and call is being distributed. 
Bundles of special issue #170 also available at:
Headline Records (7706 Melrose, LA)
No Regrets in Long Beach
Smiley’s in Carson
Sugar Shack in Lennox.

 
 
Download a full color poster of this statement to post and distribute [click here].  Or a shortened version of the statement as a flyer to print and distribute [1-page version] [2-page version] at high schools, colleges, concerts, on buses, wherever large numbers of people are gathered, to supplement the full statement in Revolution newspaper.  Read the shortened version yourself out loud on buses or in cafes, on radio stations, in classrooms and in other creative ways to get the word out.  Or download an MP3 recording of an audio reading of the statement to play at street-corner gatherings, on the airwaves, in coffee shops or classes [click here], then scroll down to “Audio of statement (MP3).”
 

Collect donations: Ask people for donations for the special issue and for the efforts to popularize it everywhere.  Donating is an important way people can participate in this revolutionary movement.  Also, develop fundraising projects so materials can be printed up, banners prepared, promotionals developed and distributed.

 
Send in correspondence: Drop us an email or call to let us know your plans, how many flyers and newspapers you have been able to distribute, where, response and questions people have, amount of funds raised, and what you are learning. 
 
Get a crew together or join a team: Volunteer to take out this special issue on teams, at booktables and events, help make displays, do promotionals, donate and put on fundraisers to help spread this message far and wide! Check our blog for places and times to hook up and suggested buslines to flyer.
 
Contribute your services and materials:  Legal, artistic, graphic, web, fundraising and others; making copies of flyers and promotionals, reams of paper and supplies. Contribute ideas and suggestions. 
 
 

Now Available at Libros Revolución:

 
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Demarcations is an online theoretical journal promoting the perspectives of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. Its inaugural issue features an extended and highly important polemic against the political philosophy of Alain Badiou, the prominent French philosopher whose work has attracted attention in many progressive and radical circles. 

 

 Also available online at revcom.us - click here..  

 
 

Libros is open Tues-Sunday from 12 noon to 8 pm

 
Monday, July 27,
7-9 PM

Come pick up the new issue of Revolution and join in initial discussion of its contents and plans for distribution. 

Tues., July 28,
7-9 PM
Screening of key parts of Revolution DVD and discussion.

Contribute your ideas, suggestions,
services and talents - legal, artistic, web, graphics and others. Donate to help spread the word.

Volunteer at the bookstore.

Some suggested bus lines to distribute to:

 
30, 33, 53, 68, 70, 81, 108, 110, 111, 204, 207, 210, 251, 287, 720.
 
 

A Riveting Exchange:

 
The Ascendency of Obama. . .and the Continued Need for Resistance & Liberation: A Dialogue between Cornel West and Carl Dix 
 
Click here to hear the July 14 dialogue on revcom.us website - scroll down to locate and click. Spread the word. Everyone should hear this.
 
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Libros Recommends
Check out these Youtube videos posted on revcom.us:

Response to Obama’s “No Excuses” speech at NAACP convention by Carl Dix (Part 1 / Part 2)

 
 
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Monday, July 20, 2009

Cornel West & Carl Dix on Amy Goodman’s KPFK show

 

[Post on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace - forward to your email lists!]


Libros Revolución recommends:

Listen to CORNEL WEST and CARL DIX interviewed on Amy Goodman’s “Democracy Now!” Wed, July 22nd (towards the last half of the show) on KPFK, 90.7 FM radio.

Spread the word and listen!  Go online to kpfk.org, “Audio Archives” to 7/22/09, Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now!

This interview is coming off of the the ground-breaking dialogue between CORNEL WEST and CARL DIX on “The Ascendancy of Obama. . .and the Continued Need for Resistance and Liberation” held in New York City this past Tuesday, July 14.

You can watch minimally edited video of the dialogue on revcom.us, scroll down to the video image of Cornel West and Carl Dix.  Or listen to the whole audio of the dialogue posted at revcom.us by clicking here.

And you can watch this 3-minute youtube video announcement of the July 14 dialogue from Carl Dix.

CORNEL WEST is one of America’s most provocative public intellectuals and has been a champion for racial justice since childhood. His writing, speaking, and teaching weave together the traditions of the black Baptist Church, progressive politics, and jazz. The New York Times has praised his “ferocious moral vision.” Dr. West currently teaches at Princeton University.

CARL DIX is a longtime revolutionary activist and a spokesperson for the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. Carl was one of the Fort Lewis 6 - six GI’s who refused orders to go to Vietnam in 1970. Carl served 2 years in Leavenworth Military Penitentiary for this stand.

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Sat, July 18, 6 pm: Book Release Celebration of ¡Fuera con todo los dioses!

Books to understand, explore and radically change the world  
 
Sat, July 18, 6 pm - Bilingual Book Release Celebration of
¡Fuera con todo los dioses! / Away With All Gods! by Bob Avakian

Celebration, readings and conversation.

Bilingual book release celebration of the Spanish edition of Away With All Gods! Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World by Bob Avakian - ¡Fuera con todo los dioses!  Desencadenando la mente y cambiando radicalmente el mundo. 
 
#144-coverAt Librería Martinez Books and Art Gallery

1200 N. Main St. 100-D
Santa Ana, CA  92701
[See website].

Sponsored jointly by Librería Martinez and
Libros Revolución


To carpool from Libros, meet there at 4 pm

AwayAbout the Book
Is believing in gods actually harmful?  How has Christianity for centuries served as an ideology of conquest and subjugation?  Why is the “Bible Belt” in the U.S. also the “lynching belt”?  Why is there a rise of religious fundamentalism throughout the world?  In the intensifying conflict between U.S. imperialism and Islamic fundamentalism, is the only choice to take one side or the other?  Why is patriarchy and the oppression of women foundational to so many religions?  Can people be good without god?  These are just some of the questions explored in this provocative work by Bob Avakian.

Bringing a unique revolutionary communist voice to the current discourse about god, atheism and morality, Avakian demystifies religious belief and examines how, even in its most progressive interpretations, religion stands in the way of the emancipation of humanity.  A thread deeply woven throughout Away With All Gods! is the need to fully rupture with all forms of superstition, and to take up instead a truly scientific approach to understanding and transforming reality.

Whether you believe in god, or are an agnostic or an atheist, Bob Avakian will challenge you with his powerful critique of long-established traditions and his liberating vision of a radically different world.

[About the author]
[Praise for the book]

Book available at Librería Martinez and at Libros Revolución.
$12.95 Spanish edition, $14.95 English version, plus tax.
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“Let’s get our hands on this book by Bob Avakian, to enrich our hermeneutic thinking and to shed light in these dark times of brutal capitalism. Bob Avakian’s book is a book whose truth will make us freer.”

- Dr. Fausto Trejo F.
Psychiatrist and psychotherapist. Former professor of Psychiatry at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma del Estado de México. Former Director of the Department of Vocational Guidance at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Mexico.

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“Forceful, scathing, and timely. While I did not personally agree with everything Bob Avakian has to say in this book, I found his arguments cogently articulated and provocatively put forth. Angry, humorous, provocative, and hopeful in equal measure, this was an enjoyable and engaging read.”

- Phil Zuckerman
Associate Professor of Sociology, Pitzer College
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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Upcoming July Events

Books to understand, explore and radically change the world
 
Sat, July 18, 6 pm - Bilingual Book Release Celebration of ¡Fuera con todo los dioses! 

Bilingual book release celebration of the Spanish edition of Away With All Gods! Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World by Bob Avakian - ¡Fuera con todo los dioses!  Desencadenando la mente y cambiando radicalmente el mundo. 
 
Librería Martinez Books and Art Gallery

1200 N. Main St. 100-D
Santa Ana, CA  92701
 
#144-cover Away
$12.95 Spanish            $14.95 English

 
 
 
 
 


Forward to anyone you know who can be in New York City for this historic event.  Check out a promo for the event here on YouTube.

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TUESDAY, July 14, 7:00 pm in New York City,  Harlem Stage at Aaron Davis Hall, 150 Convent Avenue at West 135th Street, City College of New York

Tickets: $20 - $10 with student ID - Premium Tickets: $100. Group rates also available. For more information, call Revolution Books at 212-691-3345, Email: cornelcarldialogue@gmail.com

THIS EVENT promises to be a crackling evening of passionate and penetrating conversation over matters that many are seriously concerned about but have not dared to discuss out loud and in public. Cornel West and Carl Dix will break the silence and address from their different philosophical perspectives what the election of Obama really means for people in the U.S. and around the world.

CORNEL WEST is one of America’s most provocative public intellectuals and has been a champion for racial justice since childhood. His writing, speaking, and teaching weave together the traditions of the black Baptist Church, progressive politics, and jazz. The New York Times has praised his “ferocious moral vision.” Dr. West currently teaches at Princeton University.

CARL DIX is a longtime revolutionary activist and a spokesperson for the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. Carl was one of the Fort Lewis 6 - six GI’s who refused orders to go to Vietnam in 1970. Carl served 2 years in Leavenworth Military Penitentiary for this stand.

Proceeds of this event will benefit Revolution Books in New York City and the Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund, which provides subsidized subscriptions to Revolution newspaper and other revolutionary literature to prisoners. Information about the Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund is available at: www.prisonersrevolutionaryliteraturefund.org

 


In the coming weeks, look for a showing of this event on DVD at Libros Revolución.

 
 

July 13, Monday, 7 to 9 pm 

 

Come down to Libros to pick up the new issue of REVOLUTION newspaper - both Spanish and English will be available this day - read and begin to discuss the contents, and make plans for wide distribution.

 

 

Sunday, July 12 discussion of “Ruminations and Wranglings…” Part 6, is postponed to later in the month.  Check our blog for rescheduling.  Read the beginning of part 6[here].

 
 

Sunday, July 19  3 pm 

 

Special program. -  Details to be announced.

 
 
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