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On the 2nd Anniversary of Katrina: The Need for Revolution and the Urgent Need for Resistance

2007-08-30T21:59:00.000-07:00

Katrina, Jena, and the Whole Damn System
The Need for Revolution and the Urgent Need for Resistance

Issue #99 is an important two-week issue on the Katrina Anniversary, calling people to “Make August 29th a day of remembrance … and political resistance!” Getting this issue out far and wide, with its exposure of this gaping sore, can play a role in propelling people into much needed struggle.

The WANTED poster and t-shirts should go out all over. The poster should be up in stores and projects, apartment windows …

Also, find out what people are thinking about the Gonzales resignation. Check out Sunsara Taylor’s article on the World Can’t Wait web site:

Gonzales Resigns -- But the Torture, Spying, and Round-Ups Continue

Drive Out the Bush Regime, Now More than Ever!
By Sunsara Taylor, 8/27/07

What’s up with a country where a torturer -- and let’s call a spade a spade -- an architect of a police state and fascist laws can be forced to resign and no one in a position of power calls for the reversal of everything he’s done and for his and his boss’s indictment for war crimes?

What’s up is a system that is so hellbent on extending and preserving its empire that a police state that tortures is the program of the whole lot of them. That’s why the Democrats grandstand and garner political advantage over Gonzales’s resignation but have not and will not oppose the essence of his program. And it is why the people must. ...

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Revolution Newspaper Fund Drive Event

Sunday, Sept. 2 — 6pm

Revolution Books
9 W. 19th Street (bet 5th & 6th Avenues), NYC

Support the Reporter’s Travel Fund:

Katrina Two Year Later: How the System Betrayed the People Again

–Clips from testimony of the “Bush Crimes Commission Hearings” and

-- a first hand report from New Orleans by Carl Dix of the Revolutionary Communist Party

Benefit for Revolution newspaper's Reporters Travel Fund

· First hand report from Carl Dix, just returned from New Orleans
· Film of damning testimony of New Orleans residents and others at the Bush Crimes Commission about this regime's abandonment of the people and suppression of relief efforts.
· Hear news of the $500,000 Revolution newspaper expansion and fund drive * Bring your stories about participating in the Fund Drive * Share experience * Make plans for getting Revolution newspaper all over the high schools and campuses as school opens * More! *
Revolution Newspaper Expansion Fund Drive
Support Revolution Newspaper's Six-Month Expansion and $500,000 Fund Drive!by joining us on Sunday, September 2, 2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Revolution Books
9 West 19th Street, (Btwn 5th & 6th Ave), NYC

Hear from Revolution newspaper supporters. Talk with others taking up this effort. Learn more about Revolution newspaper -- Sign up -- Get organized with your Fund Drive Kit.
Revolution Books at 212-691-3345 or mailto:revbooksnyc@yahoo.com

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Open House at Revolution Books for the Revolution Newspaper Expansion Fund Drive

2007-08-16T14:04:00.000-07:00

Support
Revolution Newspaper's Six-Month Expansion
and $500,000 Fund Drive!

by joining us on

Sunday, August 18th, 2007
an

Open House

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Revolution Books

9 West 19th Street

(Btwn 5th & 6th Ave)

NYC

Hear from Revolution newspaper writers. Talk with others taking up this effort. Learn more about Revolution newspaper -- Sign up -- Get organized with your Fund Drive Kit.

This will be a potluck event. Please bring your favorite dish, drink, snack.

RSVP Revolution Books at 212-691-3345 or revbooksnyc@yahoo.com

And you won't want to miss :

Sunday, August 19th, 6:00PM
Benefit for Revolution Books:

Featuring Sparrow and the Myk Freedman Band

"One of the funniest men in Manhattan...

Over and above everything else,

Sparrow offers something to believe in."
—Robert Christgau

The Village Voice

Suggested Donation: $20 – All are welcome, buy books, bring friends, spread the word...

About the author:

Sparrow created quite a stir in 1995 when he picketed The New Yorker magazine, holding a placard reading, "My Poetry is as bad as yours." His poetry has since appeared in that magazine as well as The Quarterly, The New York Times and other erudite journals. He was also featured in the PBS series The United States of Poetry and can be heard, along with his legendary band Foamola, on the poetry compilation Poemfone: New Word Order (Tomato). He is a gossip columnist for the Phoenicia Times, a contributing editor to Chronogram, a substitute teacher, and the author of two books: Yes, You ARE a Revolutionary! Plus Seven Other Books and Republican Like Me (both Soft Skull Press). Sparrow lives with his wife and daughter in the hamlet of Phoenicia, New York, in the Catskill Mountains.Marcus Boon (editor) specializes in contemporary literature and theory. He is the author of The Road of Excess: A History of Writers on Drugs (Harvard UP, 2002) which was called "an impressive display of scholarship" by the Boston Globe and a "valuable, philosophically provocative and sometimes quite moving work of literary criticism" by the Denver Post. He writes about music and sound for The Wire and is an Assistant Professor of English at York University in Toronto, Canada.

CHECK BACK FOR INFORMATION ON NEXT FUND DRIVE OPEN HOUSE EVENTS SCHEDULED AT REVOLUTION BOOKS AND ST. MARY'S CHURCH... INVITE EVERYONE YOU KNOW

2007-08-07T15:46:00.000-07:00

08/07/07

"TRUTH... In Preparation for REVOLUTION"

This headline of the special Revolution newspaper Broadsheet has really resonated with lots of people throughout the launch of the expansion and $500,000 fund drive – from the streets of Harlem, to the Rock the Bells concert with Rage Against the Machine; from East Flatbush to Sunset Park, from Marcus Garvey Park to Union Square.

People came from all over to attend this concert and 750 papers were sold. One college student from Buffalo, NY took a bundle of Broadsheets, said that he reads Revolution every time he gets the chance – he's been getting it at anti-war demonstrations in Washington DC. People like him represent the potential for far, far more people to regularly read this paper and for many to donate so this paper can reach this much wider, far-flung audience: "Revolution newspaper must be out there much more boldly and much more broadly – exposing what is going on, revealing why, and pointing to a revolutionary solution in the interests of the vast majority of humanity... This $500,000 will be the first step to realize the potential and rise to the challenge." [Broadsheet]

Use the Broadsheet and the Fund Drive kit! We are learning that these materials really help people see very quickly the difference this Expansion and Fund Drive for the paper will make and how to participate starting right away. It is on this basis that people are beginning to step forward to join the Drive. Lots of bundles of the broadsheet have gone out, people are starting $100 teams, and many vendors are taking the broadsheet. Six restaurants donated wonderful food for the kick off events. People are joining in many ways to be part of launching this expansion and fund drive.

Several people like the 60 year old retired steel worker who is quoted below gave testimonials at the weekend Kick-off events:

"$500,000 to us is a lot but it's a drop in the bucket when you consider the way things work in this world. Murdoch is paying $5 billion for the Wall St Journal. We need millions of dollars for Revolution newspaper. From my personal experience, if you want to fight the powers that be, you gotta have money."

An immigrant proletarian wrote:

"For me the paper has been a messenger that transmits the hope for a better future, the hope for changes that we crave and we see is possible. It has allowed me to have a clearer picture of what this country is doing to the world and its own citizens. The articles written by Bob Avakian, which are very insightful and detailed as well as controversial, always open a window for discussions. I know this because I've discussed these articles with fellow workers over the last ten years. Let us do everything we can to support this paper. I have and I will continue to do so. It needs to be read by millions and it isn't yet. Compare it to all the papers out there that lie to us everyday and are read by millions now. That has to change. It is up to us."

A Revolution Books supporter sent a letter to the Kick-off reception pledging to raise $300 from the activists and students he knows in the suburb where he lives, writing from the heart about how he has been reading the paper for three years and what it means to him.

For an ex-Black Panther who has been reading the paper since the Schomburg "Revolution" DVD event in June, the Harlem kick off brunch made it more real that there was a core of people coming together to make this happen. That's when he made the commitment to raising much needed funds and expanding the distribution of the paper.

How many semi-regular readers of the paper do you know? How many people appreciate you emailing articles to them periodically, or buy the paper whenever they see you? How many people do you know who can learn about and get enlisted in this drive right now? Call them. Invite them to the next Fund Drive reception at Revolution Books or in Harlem. Or invite a bunch of people to have coffee and dessert, or a couple of beers.

Whether you are with your friends or on the street talking to new people: Open up the Broadsheet and the Fund Drive kit. Talk about what would happen if this paper was a "voice that cannot be ignored on any campus," imagine the "societal impact of a revolutionary movement, with this newspaper at the center, based among those who society has enslaved, cast off, or locked up – the proletariat;" what if all the requests from prisoners for subsidized subscriptions, and more, could be filled... if reporters can be sent right away to cover major events like Katrina... if the Spanish edition was improved and reached throughout the Southwest and on-line through Latin America...

Point to the section on "What People Are Saying About Revolution Newspaper" with quotes from people like Marcus Jones, the father of one of the Jena students facing trial for a fight after nooses were hung from the schoolyard tree; from prisoners in the US and people in India, about what they think about the paper. Show people what's been covered in this paper and who's been interviewed, and the description of the articles from Bob Avakian. All the parts of the Broadsheet illustrate how "readers find answers to the burning questions of the times" – Truth in Preparation for Revolution.

Do some collective imagining, go through the Fund Drive kit and make plans. Use the Fund Drive Kit to help people plan for how they can take this up themselves together with people they know, starting right away.

Here's one person's idea for getting sponsors and co-riders for a 100-mile (century) bike ride:

"This could be a way to reach out to people I know, who are into cycling but don't know a lot about the paper, and include them in the whole process of getting pledges, training, and doing the ride itself. I've already told one relative, who (usually) reads articles I send her from the paper and likes them and has a lot of respect for writers like Sunsara Taylor, and she said 'good for you,' and that she'd get back to me, and that $1 per mile would be an amount she'd probably be willing to pledge. I think there are at least 20 people I've known over the years in different ways, some who are cyclists and some who are just middle‑class people who give money to progressive stuff, who would also pledge in large part because of the way I'm raising the money. If they're people who don't know the paper or don't know it much, this could be a way for them to get to know it (and I'd imagine it would be a particularly memorable way to be introduced to it) ... I'm thinking of doing this as part of the Transportation Alternatives (the biggest NYC bike‑advocacy group) Century ride through all 5 boroughs on September 9th. This would be a chance to meet a lot of people in the bike advocacy community, which tends to be a section of people that's very progressive and environmentally‑motivated..."

From the Broadsheet: "YOU, and people like you, can make all this happen... Much is at stake. If people are going to really understand what is going on, and if something good is going to be pulled out of the current storms, a greatly expanded Revolution newspaper must be at the heart of that process."

Revolution Newspaper Special Notice: Kickoff Events Near You

2007-07-31T16:17:00.000-07:00

Revolution Newspaper's Six-Month Expansion and $500,000 Fund Drive! Kick-Off Events August 4-5
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Starting right now, YOU can play a critical role in making this all happen. Come to kick-off events over the weekend of August 4-5. Call your friends and bring with. Copy and email this note to co-workers, family, "interested parties." You'll get hooked up with bundles of this special fundraising issue of Revolution. And at many of these events, you'll be able to meet and talk to writers from Revolution. Teams will be formed. You'll hear about ambitious goals. And you'll contribute to figuring out exciting plans. One important part of all this is for many, many people to pledge to raise $100 or more. There are a thousand ways to raise $100 or more for this fund drive, ways that rely on people, their creativity, and their desire to see this paper having much more influence. To help, there will be resources, organizing kits, and help and advice for raising money and expanding the reach of this paper at revcom.us/drive/ and at the kick-off.

Find and Attend the REVOLUTION EXPANSION AND FUND DRIVE KICK-OFF event near you:

New York
Uptown
Saturday, August 4th
10:30am-1:00pm
Brunch
St. Mary's Church
521 W. 126th Street
(Bet. Broadway and Amsterdam)
212-691-2245

New York
Downtown
Sunday, August 5th
6:00pm-8:30pm
Reception
Revolution Books
9 W. 19th Street
(Bet. 5th & 6th Avenues)
212-692-3345

Chicago
Sunday, August 5th
6:30 pm
Acme Art Works
1741 N. Western Ave., Chicago
773-489-0930

Atlanta
Sunday, August 5th
4 pm to 7 pm RAIN OR SHINE.
POT-LUCK BARBEQUE
at the PICNIC PAVILION
(next to the basketball court and playground)
at the rear of GLENLAKE PARK, CHURCH
and LUCERNE STREETS in DECATUR
404-577-4656

Seattle
Saturday, August 4th
4:00 pm
Potluck Picnic
at Cal Anderson Park
11th Avenue between Denny and Pine on Capitol Hill
(meet at the fountain in the middle of the park, look for Revolution banner)
Bring food, make plans, share conversation
206-325-7415

Seattle
Sunday, August 5th
6:00pm
Revolution Books
1833 Nagle Pl
(near corner of Broadway and Denny)
206-325-7415

Los Angeles
Sunday, August 5th
12 noon
Barbecue at Earvin "Magic" Johnson Park
905 E. El Segundo Blvd
323-241-6709

San Francisco Bay Area
Saturday, August 4th
1:00pm
BBQ/picnic (omnivore and herbivore)
San Pablo Park
(Between Ward St. and Russell St. at Bonar St.)
Berkeley
wheelchair accessible, children welcome
510-848-1196

Boston
Saturday, August 4th
6:00pm
Open House and Pot Luck
Revolution Books
617-492-5443

Honolulu
Monday, August 13th
6:00 - 8:00pm
Revolution Books
2626 South King Street
808-944-3106

Cleveland
Sunday, August 5th
4 pm -6 pm
at the Living Room Cafe
4828 Loraine Avenue
Cleveland, OH
216-932-2543

Donate Now
to the $500,000 Fund Drive

Revolution #97, July 29, 2007

2007-07-23T11:31:00.000-07:00

Two things about Revolution #97:

(1) As the Senate Debates: Death Surge in Iraq...New Threats on Iran
by Larry Everest

The Democrats’ July 17-18, all-night Senate debate on the Iraq war ended where it began—with no agreement in Congress on what to do and with Bush still running the show and vowing to continue the war. …

As the debate in the U.S. government over Iraq has intensified, there have been new steps toward a possible military action against Iran.

On July 16, the Guardian (UK) reported that nearly half the U.S.'s 277 warships are stationed close to Iran, including two aircraft carrier groups, with another carrier on the way.
The Guardian reports: “The balance in the internal White House debate over Iran has shifted back in favor of military action before President George Bush leaves office in 18 months, the Guardian has learned. The shift follows an internal review involving the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department over the last month. Although the Bush administration is in deep trouble over Iraq, it remains focused on Iran. A well-placed source in Washington said: ‘Bush is not going to leave office with Iran still in limbo.’” (http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2127115,00.html) …

The danger [here] isn’t the Democrats going to sleep on the job. The danger is that their anti-war posturing will induce a “slumber” of passivity among those who want to end the war. The real danger lies in relying on and waiting until the 2008 election -- at a time when it is more urgent than ever for millions to take mass, independent action to drive the Bush regime from power and repudiate its entire agenda of war endless war for empire.

(2) Coming August 3…A Special Revolution Fund Drive Broadsheet

The August 3rd issue of Revolution will be a special, updated expansion and fundraising broadsheet: Truth…in Preparation for Revolution! With this special issue, we aim to unleash an unprecedented movement throughout society to raise $500,000 by the end of this year, to expand the reach of Revolution, and to put this paper on a whole new playing field.
This special issue will be released at kick-off events the weekend of August 4-5. …
Getting out this special issue of Revolution will lay the basis for reaching way out into society to raise money. In the projects and prisons and sweatshops, on high school and college campuses, at house parties in the suburbs, and from people with substantial resources…all kinds of people can and must be challenged to find their way to support this paper in their own way, from their own perspectives.

Kick-Off Events August 4-5

Starting right now, YOU can play a critical role in making this all happen. Come to kick-off events over the weekend of August 4-5, where you’ll get hooked up with bundles of this special fundraising issue of Revolution. And at many of these events, you’ll be able to meet and talk to writers from Revolution. Teams will be formed. You’ll hear about ambitious goals. And you’ll contribute to figuring out exciting plans. One important part of all this is for many, many people to pledge to raise $100 or more. There are a thousand ways to raise $100 or more for this fund drive, ways that rely on people and their creativity and desire to see this paper having much more influence. To help, there will be resources, organizing kits, and help and advice for raising money and expanding the reach of this paper at revcom.us/drive/ and at the kick-off.
Another focus will be Labor Day weekend, when we are calling on people to sell thousands of “Wanted” t-shirts (see picture on this page). To have people buying this shirt, and finding out about Revolution at swap meets, from street vendors, in retail stores, from vendors outside concerts, from door-to-door sellers, and beyond.

To find an event in your area, or to get help organizing one, contact RCP Publications (see contact information below), or call the Revolution Books store nearest you (see list on contact page).

Wherever and whoever you are, however you connect with Revolution, whatever it is this paper that you find intriguing, provocative, compelling or addictive about this paper … join in!

#96 The Imperialist Debate Over Iraq: How to Best Maintain a Ruthless, Unjust Empire

2007-07-16T22:49:00.000-07:00

The debate within the U.S. ruling class over how to deal with the war in Iraq heated up this past week—without resolution…

A Washington Post analysis titled “As the War Debate Heats Up, Stagnant Air Is in the Forecast” offers a sober reality check for those who think (or wish) that Bush is “over,” and just a lame-duck president without any power: “Yet no matter how battered he seems, no matter how unpopular he may be in the polls, President Bush still holds the commanding position in his showdown with Congress over Iraq. Even with Republican defections, as votes in both houses made clear this week, opponents do not have anywhere near the veto-proof majorities needed to wrest leadership of the war. The almost-certain result, according to strategists in both parties, will be at least two more months of anger and posturing but no change in direction.” (7/13/07)

The Democrats rode a wave of disillusionment over the war into Congressional power. Bush’s insistence on continuing the war in the face of last November’s vote has deepened anti-Bush anger. Recent U.S. polls show that 45 percent of the people want Bush impeached and 54 percent want Cheney impeached. At the same time, the Democrats’ failure to halt the war has also angered and disillusioned millions who had supported them. One poll found that only 13 percent approved of the actions of the Democratic-controlled Congress.

There is a great disconnect today between the desires of millions and what the leaders in the government are doing. Millions badly want to see this whole regime brought to a halt and the war ended. Yet the Democrats they voted for not only refuse to impeach Bush and Cheney from office, but “rule it off the table,” and meanwhile carry out what amount to worthless charades around the war.

This poses both a huge challenge and a huge opportunity for those who see how bad the situation is—in Iraq, in the torture chambers, and on so many other fronts. How are we going to act on this “disconnect” and turn dissatisfaction with both Bush and the Democrats into massive political action and resistance that can force the rulers to alter their course? The World Can’t Wait—Drive Out the Bush Regime provides such a vehicle, including with their “Declare Yourself: Wear Orange” campaign. On July 27 this campaign will be launched for people across the country to wear orange—to declare themselves against “unjust war, more lying, more spying and more torture” and the whole Bush agenda. Those who want to see the Bush-Cheney cabal removed from power, their nightmarish program repudiated, and the war ended should “Declare Themselves” and take this campaign out broadly.

Revolution #95: America: Separate, Unequal, and Badly in Need of Revolution

2007-07-10T10:21:00.000-07:00

July 13, 2007

U.S. Supreme Court Fortifies the Savage Inequalities

On June 28, by a 5-4 majority, the Supreme Court—headed by the Bush-appointed Chief Justice John Roberts—struck down school admission policies in Seattle and Louisville that used students’ race as a factor to maintain diversity in individual schools.

Make no mistake about it: this ruling is a savage attack on the rights of Black people in this country. It signals an official turning back from even a pretense of a commitment to end white supremacy in the public schools, and it virtually removes the ability of people to use the courts to do that. And it will lend strength to every racist and reactionary in this country, sending a signal of approval from the highest court of the land. …

Think about it. What does that decision, and the whole history that underlies it, say about the depths of the white supremacy that permeates every fiber of America? And what does it say about the determination of the highest court in the land, and the government more generally, to now fortify all that?

What kind of a statement is this about the kind of future this system has for Black people and other oppressed peoples? What does it say about the kind of society this is, and is becoming more starkly every day?

The question this poses is:

What Country Are You Living In?…And What Are You Going to Do About It?

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

7/10 TUE 9:30am Support Bushwick Youth wrongfully arrested on their way to a friend’s wake. Drop the charges! Brooklyn Court, 120 Schermerhorn St. at Adams.

7/10 TUE 7:00pm Film: “Darwin’s Nighmare” at Revolution Books, 9. West 19th Street bet 5th & 6th Avenues

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

7/11 WED 9:30am Support Bushwick Youth wrongfully arrested on their way to a friend’s wake. Drop the charges! Brooklyn Court, 120 Schermerhorn St. at Adams.

7/11 WED, 10 am-4 pm - Event: Opening Day & Fair for South Bx Community Market /Inauguracion & Feria para el Mercado Comunitario del Sur del Bx. Fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, fresh herbs, honey & eggs straight from local farms & community gardens. Accept/aceptan cash/efectivo, EBT/Food Stamps/Cupones de alimentos, FMNP Checks & Health Bucks. Voter registration /registro de votantes, cooking demonstration /demonstracion de cocinar 11:30 am-1:30 pm, & more/mas. At front of El Girasol Community Garden, E 138th St, Bx (btw St Ann's & Cypress Aves). Info: More Gardens, 718-585-2109, 917-518-9987, aresh@moregardens.org & http://moregardens.org/

7/11 WED Be there at 6:15pm; Film starts at 7pm Film: “Dr. Gary Null’s documentary Gulf War Syndrome: Killing Our Own at Symphony Space/The Leonard Nimoy Thalia. 2537 Broadway at 95th Street. $25

7/11 WED Team meets at 8:30pm, event starts at 7pm. 72nd & 5th Avenue Summer Stage: Femi Kuti & the Positive Force. Rumsey Playfield Central Park 69th St. at Fifth Ave.

7/11 WED 7:00pm Ray Lotta: “Hugo Chavez has an Oil Strategy…But Can This Lead to Liberation?” at Revolution Books, 9 W. 19th St. bet 5/6 Ave

Thursday, July 12, 2007

7/12 THU 9:30am Support Bushwick Youth wrongfully arrested on their way to a friend’s wake. Drop the charges! Brooklyn Court, 120 Schermerhorn St. at Adams.

7/12 THU Thursday Day Team Fulton Mall/Court-Montague St./Ft. Greene area in Brooklyn

7/12 THU 12 noon-2pm BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at Metrotech. Free

7/12 THU Thursday PM Team. "Sicko" Lines. Regal Union Square Stadium 14, 850 Broadway. 7:20 ; 7:55 ; 10:20 ; 10:45. Try to get to at least two lines; the 7pmish or 10pmish

Friday, July 13, 2007

FRI 7/13 Friday Day Team 2:00pm Meets at Bookstore. Going to Upper West Side.

7/12 THU-7/15 SUN - Event: CitySol. Summer music & market series on Manhattan's East River waterfront. Renewable energy-powered live music, interactive exhibits showcasing key innovations, practices & policies for NY's sustainable future, & a green lifestyle marketplace offering apparel, electronics, household goods, media & much more. At Solar 1, E 23rd & East River & South Street Seaport. Info: http://www.citysol.org & http://www.solar1.org

FRI 7/13 Friday PM Team Meets at 6:30 at the NW corner of W. 23rd & 8th Avenue, by the BBQ on the 8th Avenue side. Event: Project for a Revolution in New York Matthew Marks 523 W. 24th St., New York, NY 10011 nr. Tenth Ave. 212-243-0200 Gallerist Mitchell Algus curates this show of under appreciated European artists from the sixties and seventies. Price Free. Subway: C, E at 23rd St.

FRI 7/13 Friday Club Team

Saturday, July 14, 2007

SAT 7/14 10:30am Harlem Team meets at the Burger King, 125th & Lenox

SAT 7/14 10:30am Brooklyn Green Market Team, Grand Army Plaza.

SAT 7/14 East Flatbush Brooklyn Team

SAT 7/14 11:00am East Harlem Team. Meets at Wendy’s, 116th & 3rd Avenue

SAT 7/14 Times Square Team

Sunday, July 15, 2007

SUN 7/15 Upper Westside Team

SUN 7/15 Jackson Heights Team. Meets at #7 Train stop Junction Blvd

Monday, July 16, 2007

MON 7/16 4:30-6:30pm Rally: Troops out Now! Times Square, in front of the Recruiting Station Stop the War at Home and Abroad! Troops Out Now! Impeach Bush & Cheney for War Crimes!

MON 7/16 7:00pm Event: People's Power vs the Right's Advance: The Case of South Dakota. With Laura Flanders. The Culture Project, 55 Mercer St. $15 www.cultureproject.org

UP COMING EVENTS

7/18 WED 7:30pm Celebrate Brooklyn Prospect Park Band Shell: Ani DiFranco. The entrance to the Prospect Park Bandshell is located at Prospect Park West & 9th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn -- F (best) to 7th Avenue. Exit at the front of the Brooklyn-bound train leaves you at 8th Avenue and 9 Street. Walk 1 block to park's 9th Street Entrance. Benefit Concert $37.00

7/21 SAT 11:00am-6:00pm The 9th annual HARLEM BOOK FAIR [JULY 20 - 22, 2007] on West 135th Street from 5th to 7th Avenues.

7/28 / 29 SAT, SUN Rock the Bells with Rage Against the Machine + Wu-Tang Clan + Public Enemy + Cypress Hill + The Roots + Mos Def + EPMD + MF Doom Randalls Island. $83.

Wk #2: #94: Hugo Chavez Has an Oil Strategy...But Can This Lead to Liberation?

2007-07-03T01:10:00.000-07:00

July 5, 2007

*** PRIORITY: We need a count of all papers unsold in the area. Please contact Flaco or Janet and let them know how many papers you have left unsold -- both English and Spanish as soon as possible.***

Week #2 of getting out issue #94: Hugo Chavez Has an Oil Strategy...But Can This Lead to Liberation?

One selling team found that these talking points connected with people when they went to the soccer fields in Brooklyn:

“There was a real interest among many when the question was posed, is it possible to build a just society on oil revenues, dealing with imperialist gangsters and depending on them, and that this article was saying no.

“We used the pull out quote on the second page, bottom, of the article, about the rope of imperialism. We also pointed a lot to the Three Alternative Worlds article, which people were also interested in (especially speaking to why the Cuba model is not what we need, and there is another alternative that goes somewhere good).

“To the extent that there was agitation, it was basically ‘Here's Revolution, the newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist Party, with this article on Chavez. This world does cry out for radical change, and the question is posed: can you liberate humanity using profits from selling oil in an imperialist world? This article says no, and talks about why.’”

Some other suggestions:

1) As above, sellers have found that using/pointing to the pull out quotes gives potential readers a clearer idea of what we are talking about and peaks their interest in this analysis. We are not just “going for people who agree with us”, but we’re out to engage people in a discussion of what the content of the “Bolivarian Revolution” is, where this leads to, why and how another way is possible.

“Over the last half century, oil income has both lubricated a certain kind
of growth and development in Venezuela and locked Venezuela into an
international oil economy dominated by Western imperialism.”

“Export-oriented oil production is a relation to the world imperialist
economy, a rope of control and dependence, a rope tightly constricting the
creative capacities of the masses of people. And that rope must be cut
through revolution...”

“Even if this program provides some short-term improvement in the conditions
of the masses, it cannot be sustained and cannot lead to a world beyond
imperialism.”

2) Suggest that people buy more than one paper and get out bundles of the paper to their friends, family or to distribute at barber shops, club houses or other places where people gather.

3) A reminder to sellers: Encourage people to purchase the special 5-week subscription of Revolution – Use the contact cards to have people sign up for this offer. This article on Venezuela is the first of a series – if they subscribe they will be sure to get the whole series.

4) Displays draw attention to the paper and sellers. Teams are encouraged to make for the 4th poster boards with enlargements of the front and back of the paper.

Sellers need make sure that they have papers and other materials to bring when they go out on the teams.

We are a little over ¼ of our goal as of Monday the 2nd. We have the rest of this week to sell out this issue. We can do this. Teams should discuss the selling goals before they start off and sum up where they are several times during the outing to push further on accomplishments and break through on difficulties. We are counting on Wednesday, July 4th to be a big day to get out the paper. Our aim is to sell out this issue.

7/3 TUES 7:00pm “Iranian Women & Liberation – Neither Islamic Theocracy nor U.S. Imperialist Domination” Talk/discussion with Azar Derakhshan, Iranian activist now living in Europe. Revolution Books, 9 W. 19th St.

7/4 WED 12 Noon Anti July 4th Picnics “What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?” Frederick Douglass, 1852

7/4 WED 12 Noon Independence Day w/ Granny Peace Brigade & Norman Siegel in Strawberry Fields. Tradition begun by Norman Siegel in 1969.

7/4 WED 2pm NY Historical Society, Chat with Frederick Douglass, the great African American abolitionist, listen to his Famous Fourth of July speech. 170 Central park West @ 77th Street.

7/4 WED 11am Internation’l African Arts Festival, Commodore Barry Park, Bklyn, Info: info@iaafestival.org & http://www.iaafestival.orgNavy St. bet. Park Ave & Flushing Ave (F to York)

7/4 WED 11:30am Coney Island Beach & Broadwalk. Meet at Stillwell Avenue at Nathan's.

7/4 WED 6:30-8:30pm Vigil: Bring Them Home Now! Times Sq. Recruiting station. Military Families Speak Out, Veterans for Peace-End the War.

7/5 THU 3pm IVAW members host barbecue for vets & active-duty soldiers, sailors & marines. At Ft Hamilton, Dyker Beach Park, Bkn (D to 18th Ave & walk 15 blocks WSW or take southbound B8 bus to Bay 8th St/Dyker Beach Park) Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW East Coast Tour. Sponsors: IVAW, Military Project, Veterans for Peace, Military Families Speak Out. Info: Jose Vasquez (NYC IVAW): 917-587-3334.

7/5 THU, 7 pm - Talk/benefit: "New Face of State Repression." W/Christian Parenti (Nation contributor, author, The Freedom: Shadows & Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq, The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America..., Lockdown America: Police & Prisons in the Age of Crisis). At 6th St Community Ctr, 638 E 6th St btw Aves B & C, F/V to 2nd Ave or F to Delancey St). Proceeds to Eric McDavid's legal fund (1 of 16 "Operation Backfire" defendants). Info: David Segal, 718-844-9849.

7/6 FRI 11:30am Internation’l African Arts Festival, Commodore Barry Park, Bklyn, Info: info@iaafestival.org & http://www.iaafestival.orgNavy St. bet. Park Ave & Flushing Ave (F to York)

7/6 FRI Evening. SICKO movie lines, theater in the Village

7/6 FRI Doors open 7:30pm Celebrate Brooklyn Prospect Park Band Shell. Rewind: A Cantata For Voice, Tape & Testimony / Richie Havens. Cape Town composer Philip Miller's international collaboration is based on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings that led South Africa from apartheid to democracy.

7/6 FRI 9:00pm Special Youth Night Team Club night: Ludlow street between Houston and Delancy; Bowery Poetry Club, Nuyorican Poetry Club

7/7 SAT 10:30am Harlem Team Meets at the Burger King on 125th & Lenox.

7/7 SAT 10:30am Brooklyn Green Market team

7/7 SAT Brooklyn Team. East Flatbush and/or International African Arts Festival

7/7 SAT Washington Heights Team. Dominican Day Festival. Amsterdam Avenue between 190th & 193rd. 1-8pm And/or Broadway from 157 to 168; soccer games at Inwood Park by the river, go from Dyckman west to the river, then north.

7/7 SAT LIVE EARTH Doors open 1pm; Starts 2:30pm. Giant Stadium, part of Meadowlands Sports Complex in NJ. Special Youth Night Team

7/7 SAT 10am-7pm Arab-North African Street Fair Great Jones between Broadway and Lafayette

7/8 SUN Jackson Hts Team

7/8 SUN 11:00am Upper Westside Team Meets at 81st & Columbus, north end of museum park

7/8 SUN Dominican Day Festival Amsterdam Avenue between 190th & 193rd Sts. 1-8pm

7/9 MON 4:00pm The Student Coalition Against Racial Profiling will be rallying outside the 83rd Precinct. This group of youth began organizing after 32 of their peers were wrongfully arrested on their way to a friend's wake. 83rd Precinct, 480 Knickerbocker Ave @ Bleeker St., Bushwick. L to Myrtle/Wyckoff Avenues; M to Knickerbocker Ave

7/9 MON, 7:30 pm - Film: "Sir No Sir." Acclaimed film about antiwar rebellion among troops in the Vietnam War. At Islamic Society of Bay Ridge, 6807 5th Ave, Bkn (R to Bay Bridge Ave). Sponsor: Bay Ridge Neighbors for Peace. Info/volunteer: 646-546-6642, bayridgepeace@yahoo.com

7/10 TUE 7:00PM - Film: "Darwin's Nightmare" At Revolution Books, 9 W. 19th Street, NY

7/11 WED 7:00pm - A discussion with Raymond Lotta: Hugo Chavez Has an Oil Strategy...But Can This Lead to Liberation? At Revolution Books, 9 W. 19th Street, NY

#94 Hugo Chavez Has an Oil Strategy…But Can This Lead to Liberation?

2007-06-26T01:20:00.000-07:00

July 1, 2007

The following is from the intro to the article in this week's issue. Sellers have found the pull out quotes from the article useful in getting into the conversation further with people. Also, striving to get the paper to people who like Chavez's strategy and encouraging comments to the paper.

Scroll below for particular words for this week and this issue from Revolution distributors:

Editor’s Note: This week Revolution is publishing this article by Raymond Lotta which is part of a fuller analysis being developed by a writing group about Hugo Chavez and what has been happening in Venezuela since Chavez came to power in 1998.

The nature of Hugo Chavez’s “Bolivarian revolution” is a highly important and widely discussed issue among progressive and radical-minded people. Chavez has carried out a host of social and economic measures whose stated aim is to empower and improve the lives of the poor and politically disenfranchised in Venezuelan society; he has condemned the U.S. as an imperialist and bullying power; and in 2005 he announced that Venezuela was embarking on a project of ”21st Century Socialism.” At a time when the U.S. is waging its “war on the world” and at a time when the U.S. has been spearheading a pounding and brutalizing neoliberal economic agenda for the countries of the Third World—developments in Venezuela have attracted great interest.

But what is the actual program and outlook of Hugo Chavez, what is the character of the process unfolding in Venezuela, and where is it heading? Does Chavez’s program represent a real alternative to imperialist-led exploitation, a viable road to liberation in today’s world? And what is the meaning of socialism in today’s globalized world?

Our view is that the “Bolivarian revolution” does not represent a fundamental break with imperialism, nor embody a vision or path to truly radical societal transformation. But understanding why this is so is a complex matter requiring close analysis. In the full analysis soon to be published, we discuss the historical factors shaping Venezuela’s development, the economic model that Hugo Chavez has been bringing forward, the role of the army and new popular institutions in the “Bolivarian revolution,” the social and class forces involved in and leading this movement, and the larger debate about “21st-century socialism” and the real challenges of making revolution in today’s world.

While we offer this critique of the Chavez project , it in no way cuts against our stand with the Venezuelan people and our total opposition to any attempts by U.S. imperialism to undermine or openly commit aggression against the Chavez regime.

The article appearing in this issue focuses on Venezuela’s oil economy. We start here because oil has been so central to Venezuela’s historical domination by imperialism and to Venezuela’s economic-social development, and because oil figures centrally in Hugo Chavez’s program to reclaim sovereignty and change Venezuelan society.

Our goal is to contribute to understanding, to learn from analysis of others, and to deepen dialogue and debate about these crucial issues.

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#94 is an important 2-week issue of Revolution. We want to sell all copies of this issue in our area – to promote it very widely and broadly, among all strata, progressive and movement forces, proletarians of all nationalities, and especially Spanish speaking masses; at events, movies showings, street fairs, places where people gather.

ALSO: Each issue of the paper should get stuffed with the flyer for the 7/3 event at Revolution Books. Flyers are available at Revolution Books, or downloadable (as PDF) from http://www.revolutionbooksnyc.org/.

Revolution Books presents:
Iranian Women and Liberation -Neither Islamic Theocracy nor U.S. Imperialist Domination
A talk by Azar Derakhshan
Tuesday, July 3, 2007, 7pm
Followed by Q/A and discussion
Azar Derakhshan joined the Union of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran) in the midst of the 1979 Iranian revolution. She was forced to leave Iran in 1985 and today lives in Europe. Since 1998 she has been the political correspondent and editor of the "Women of March 8" magazine, published in Farsi and distributed in many countries. She was one of the organizers of the March 2006 European March Against Anti-Women Laws in Iran and works with women "in the front for elimination of lawful inequality and Islamic punishments."
At this time when there is urgent necessity to oppose increasing U.S. war moves on Iran, this is a unique opportunity to hear first-hand about Iranian opposition to both U.S. imperialist war and domination and to the repression of the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially against women.

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Events:

6/26 TUES Be there at 5:15pm; Program starts 6:30pm
6/27 WED Be there at 5:15pm; Program starts 6:30pm (two nights)
Manu Chao at
Celebrate Brooklyn Prospect park Ban Shell
(enter at Brospect Park West & 9th Street;
F to 7th Avenue) Benefit Concerts (sold out)

6/26 TUES Be there at 7:00pm; program starts 8:00PM
The Nightwatchman + Dustin Kensrue
Bowery Ballroom (sold out)

6/26 TUES Be there at 6:30pm; program starts 7:30pm
Sinead O'Connor
Joe's Pub at the Public Theater (sold out)

6/26/ TUES Be there at 6PM; program 7 PM - 9 PM
A Symposium on the Depiction of Black America: R-E-S-P-E-C-T: When Did We Lose It? How Do We Get It Back?
The Schomburg Center
Harriette Cole, Creative Editor of EBONY Magazine, will serve as the moderator and the distinguished panelists are:
Gary Anthony Ramsay, President NY Association of Black Journalists
Jewelnel Davis, University Chaplain Columbia U
Tamika Mallory, Director Decency Initiative, National Action Network
Maurice Cox, Vice President Pepsi-Cola Company
John Flateau, Dean External Affairs Medgar Evers
Vanessa Bush, Executive Editor ESSENCE Magazine
Cathy Lee Jones, Franchise Owner WuTang Clan
The evening opens with a reception at 6:00 p.m. featuring C. Vivian Stringer, Coach of the Rutgers Women’ Basketball Team, The Scarlet Knights, as a special guest.

6/27 WED, 9am
Get issuse #93 and the broadsheet out to high schools, stores in the area and youth centers. Raise money for the broadsheet production.

6/27 WED, Be there at 6:00PM; program at 7:00 PM
GÜNTER GRASS & NORMAN MAILER
in conversation with Andrew O’Hagan:
The 20th Century on Trial
Celeste Bartos Forum
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
5th Avenue and 42nd Street.

6/27 WED, 7pm
CHRIS HEDGES
Revolution Books
9 West 19th St.
Chris Hedges author of AMERICAN FASCISTS: THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT AND THE WAR ON AMERICA. What is happening in America is revolutionary. A group of religious utopians, with the sympathy and support of tens of millions of Americans, are slowly dismantling democratic institutions to establish a religious tyranny, the springboard to an American fascism--from “American Fascists”

6/28 THURS Be there at 6:00PM (event at 7:00pm)
Discussion with Bobby Seale
Opening Night: BAM Afro Punk Festival
BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building
30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
Join legendary Black Panther Co-Founder Bobby Seale in person for a discussion about the history of the movement: where it's been and where it's going. Accompanying this discussion are two historic short films from 1969 by the Newsreel collective: May Day Panther, a document of the historic Free Huey rally in San Francisco, and Bobby Seale, an interview conducted during his imprisonment. Don't miss your chance to start the Afro-Punk weekend right, with a visit from a man who helped start it all.
Discussion is followed by a booksigning and art reception in the lobby featuring historic photographs from Stephen Shames, Black Panther-inspired work from students at Pratt, and more!

6/29 FRI
Movie Line Team: SICKO

6/30 SAT
Harlem Team
El Barrio Team
Brooklyn Team
Union Sqare Team

6/30 SAT 10:30am
East/West Village Team
Meets at the Bookstore

6/30 SAT 5:00pm
Ozomatli + Babylon Circus (3:00 PM to 6:00 PM)
Central Park SummerStage.
72nd & 5th Avenue enterance to park

6/30 SAT, noon-1:30 pm (RESCH from 6/16) - Rally: US Out of Iraq, Bring the Troops Home Now. "Music, street theater & energy! We want to reach out to groups & individuals to show the strength & diversity of Staten Islanders who want this endless war to end & US troops to come home." At Tappen Park, Bay St & Water St, SI (from SI Ferry Terminal: walk or drive S on Bay St 1 mile to Water St, or take S51 to Water St). Sponsor: Peace Action SI. Info: 718-989- 2881, pasi.eblast@gmail.com & http://www.panys.org/SI/

July

7/1 SUN 11:00am
Red Hook team meets in Brooklyn, call Flaco

7/1 SUN 10:30-11:00am
Flushing Meadow Park Team
Meets at the foot of the bridge, at the entrance to the park by the benches
If you are late, call Janet or Bruce to catch up.

7/1 SUN 12 noon-5pm Call Lu for coordination. Some people won't be able to get there until 2:30-3:00pm
Afro-Punk Block Party
Clinton Avenue (between Myrtle and Willoughby Avenues)
To celebrate Brooklyn's own DIY rebel spirit, the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership—in collaboration with BAM and Afro-Punk—will throw a massive block party and juried arts market featuring innovative performing and visual artists, fashion and jewelry designers, and craft artists selling an eclectic mix of art and merchandise. The event will also feature music by DJs Rich Medina and The Dustbin Brothers and a live set by No Surrender.
also
team might go to
Flatbush Avenue Street Fair
between Cortelyou Road & Parkside Avenue
Take the Q to Cortelyou Road

7/2 afternoon
Upper Westside Team -- call Janet for details

7/3 TUE 7:00pm
"Iranian Women & Liberation--Neither Islamic Theocracy nor US Imperialist Domination."
Revolution Books
9 W 19th St.
Talk/discussion with Azar Derakhshan, longtime Iranian activist now living in Europe. She works to build opposition to repressive anti- woman laws and & punishments in Iran's Islamic Republic as well as to oppose US imperialist attacks on Iran. Followed by Q/A & discussion.

7/4-8 WED-SUN 10am-9pm Daily
International African Arts Festival
Commodore Barry Park
Downtown Brooklyn
Navy St. bet. Park Ave & Flushing Ave
(F to York)
Rain or Shine

7/5 THU, 7 pm - Talk/benefit: "New Face of State Repression."
W/Christian Parenti (Nation contributor, author, The Freedom: Shadows & Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq, The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America..., Lockdown America: Police & Prisons in the Age of Crisis). At 6th St Community Ctr, 638 E 6th St btw Aves B & C, Proceeds to Eric McDavid's legal fund (1 of 16 "Operation Backfire" defendants).
Info: David Segal, 718-844-9849.

7/7 SAT Live Earth
Giants Stadium
AFI + Akon + Alicia Keys + Bon Jovi + Dave Matthews Band + Fall Out Boy + John Mayer + Kanye West + Kelly Clarkson + KT Tunstall + Ludacris + Melissa Etheridge + Rihanna + Roger Waters + Smashing Pumpkins + The Police.

"Revolution" Comes to Harlem

2007-06-19T01:54:00.000-07:00

Revised June 23, 2007

The "Special Evening" at the Schomburg – June 12th – lived up to its promise. Dreams deferred were awakened as the possibilities and prospects of revolution—a vision of a liberating socialism and communism that inspires—percolated through the multi-national, multi-generational crowd, aroused by meeting and engaging Bob Avakian through watching excerpts of the film of his 2003 talk, Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About.

As one person put it, the entire event served to "open the conversation."

1) Continue to open up that conversation, especially throughout Harlem and the Upper Westside – Join the teams going out. We intend to get back to all those contacted before the event, to those we were unable to reach, and to those who didn’t know about it, but upon hearing about it, want to learn more; to find more vendors for the paper; more paper distributors; set up showings of the DVD.

2) Distribution of a broadsheet with articles from the current issue: NYC Public Schools and the Criminalization of the Students -- What Kind of System Does This to Its Youth?
-- Arrested While Grieving
“This wasting and squandering of human potential, this dehumanizing of the youth, is unacceptable and intolerable. We could have an entirely different society--a society where there is no need at all for schools with state-sanctioned armed thugs, jacking up and locking down students. A society where the youth have an important role and future in building a whole new world. A society where there is no longer one group that is held down and locked out of the realm of ideas--and locked into prison-like schools--while others are trained to use ideas to either “get ahead” or to dominate others. A socialist society--where the state power is in the hands of the masses and where they wield it to wipe out exploitation and to dig up the roots of all the social relations, institutions, and ideas that go with that exploitation--and get to a communist world, where this kind of domination and abuse is really NO MORE.”
Just last weekend, 208 mainly youth were arrested at the Puerto Rican Day parade, 132 charged with “illegal assembly” (at a parade?).
Let’s get out to the schools, youth centers, hang-out places to get the broadsheet into the hands of youth throughout the city; find ways to keep in touch with people over the summer; set up DVD showings;

Key events coming up:
Call Flaco or Janet to let them know which event you will organize or join up with the selling team

Throughout the week: Teams going out in Harlem

6/23 SAT & 6/24 SUN, 10am Harlem Team meets, call Flaco
6/23 SAT, 10am, Upper Westside Teams meets at Revolution Books, call Janet

6/21 THU, 6 pm - Talk: policy address. W/John Edwards (2004 Democratic VP nominee), ex-NYS gov Mario Cuomo, Cooper Union pres George Campbell Jr. At Cooper Union Great Hall, 7 E 7th St (at 3rd Ave, 6 to Astor Pl, R to 8th St-NYU). Info: 212-353-4195, http://www.cooper.edu

6/22 FRI, 6-8 pm - Forum: "Athletes as Social Activists: Pushing the Boundaries of the Sports World." W/Dave Zirin (author, Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics & Promise of Sports), Toni Smith (protested war in Iraq as co-captain of Manhattanville College women's basketball team in 2003). At Murphy Center for Labor, Community & Policy Studies, 25 W 43rd St. 18th fl (7 to 5th Ave, B/D/F/V to 42nd St, 4/5/6 to 42nd St-Grand Central). RSVP by 6/18: Eloiza Morales, 212-642-2029.

6/23 SAT, 5 pm - March: 15th annual NYC Dyke March. Bring noisemakers, signs & rebel-rousing lesbians. "The dyke march is a protest march, not a parade--we don't ask for a permit, because we have the right to protest. As lesbians, we recognize that we must organize amongst ourselves to fight for our rights, for our safety, for visibility." At Bryant Park, 42nd St & 6th Ave (D/F to 42nd St/6th Ave, 7 to 5th Ave). Planning meetings: 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22

6/24 SUN, 12 noon
Gay Pride March
5th Avenue & 52nd Street to Christopher & Greenwich Streets

**6/25 MON, 6:30 PM
Town Hall Meeting:
2008 is Too Late!
New York Society for Ethical Culture, Central Park West @ West 64th Street
World Can’t Wait – Drive Out the Bush Regime
What harm can Bush do before his term is up? He can bomb Iran? He can appoint another Supreme Court Justice. He can continue with impunity the war crime of torture in an unjust war. And more?
Drive Out the Bush Regime! Impeach Bush and Cheney for War Crimes.
Speakers include:
Jeff Sharlet, writer, contributing editor to Harper's,written extensively on Christian fundamentalism in America.
Mayor Rocky Anderson of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ann Wright, retired US Army Colonel, retired U.S. State Department official.
Major Robert Odell Owens, former U.S. Congressman
Mayor John Shields of Nyack, NY
Liam Madden, co-founder of Appeal of Redress anti-war campaign within U.S. military
(more speakers to be announced)
World Can’t Wait will announce new plans for mass mobilization. Be part of changing the course of history.
Tickets: $10

6/26 TUES 6:30pm
6/27 WED 6:30pm (two nights)
Manu Chao at
Celebrate Brooklyn Prospect park Ban Shell
(enter at Brospect Park West & 9th Street;
F to 7th Avenue)
Benefit Concerts (sold out)

6/26 TUES 8:00PM
The Nightwatchman + Dustin Kensrue
Bowery Ballroom (sold out)

6/26 TUES 7:30pm
Sinead O'Connor
Joe's Pub at the Public Theater (sold out)

6/27 WED, 7:00 PM
GÜNTER GRASS & NORMAN MAILER
in conversation with Andrew O’Hagan:
The 20th Century on Trial
Celeste Bartos Forum
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
5th Avenue and 42nd Street
“I always thought violence was one of the frontiers left to us as novelists. The great writers of the nineteenth century did not deal with violence. They dealt with disappointment and love, with corruption, they dealt with society as a general abstract force that could bend a person’s will. Then came the 20th century."
Norman Mailer, Paris Review.
"Auschwitz was not a manifestation of common human bestiality; it was a repeatable consequence of a network of responsibilities so organized and so subdivided that the individual was conscious of no responsibility at all. The action of every individual who participated or did not participate in the crime was determined, knowingly or unknowingly, by a narrow conception of duty."
Gunter Grass, What Shall We Tell Our Children?

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The Whole List of Events:

Tuesday, June 19th

6/19 TUES, 6:00pm-8:30 pm
Film/discussion: "Heir to an Execution."W/Ivy Meerepol
Tamiment Library
70 Washington Sq South, 10th fl (A/C/E, B/D/F/V to W 4th St, R to 8th St-NYU, 1 to Christopher St-Sheridan Sq).
Sponsors: Tamiment, National Cmt to Reopen the Rosenberg Case. Info: 212-998-2428, Michael.Nash@nyu.edu &Marilyn.Young@nyu.edu

6/19 TUES, 7pm
A screening of
Stephanie Black's Film Life & Debt
Revolution Books
9 West 19th St.
NY, NY
This 2001 documentary portrays the impact of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and current globalization policies on Jamaica and the wider Third World

TimesTalks: New York, New York: Songwriter's Muse
Landmark Sunshine Cinema
143 East Houston Street
NYC
The city that never sleeps has been inspiring musicians for decades - from Duke Ellington with "Take the A Train" to Jay Z and "The City is Mine" to They Might Be Giants with "Token Back to Brooklyn." Join us as four "hometown" talents - composer-performer Meredith Monk, guitarist Vernon Reid and singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega - riff on how and why New York has been such a powerful influence on them and so many other artists. Moderated by New York Times chief pop music critic Jon Pareles.

Wednesday, June 20

**6/20 WED, 8:30 am - Public Debate: Local Responses to the US Immigration Crisis: Hightstown, NJ, Hazelton, PA, New Haven, CT, Morristown, NJ, Suffolk Cty, others. W/Jackson Chin (PRLDEF), Muzaffar Chishti (Migration Policy Institute, NYU School of Law), Michael Cutler (Center for Immigration Studies, former INS agent), Heather MacDonald (Manhattan Institute), Michele Wucker (World Policy Institute). How are towns & municipalities responding to immigration crisis? What are effects on our communities? Conversation & debate. At 101 6th Ave (btw Grand St & Watts St, A/C/E/1 to Canal St). Sponsor: Local 32BJ SEIU. Info: Dulce Mateo, 212-539-2793, dmateo@seiu32bj.org & Kate Ferranti, 212-388-3469, kferranti@seiu32bj.org

Thursday, June 21

6/21 THU, 6 pm - Talk: policy address. W/John Edwards (2004 Democratic VP nominee), ex-NYS gov Mario Cuomo, Cooper Union pres George Campbell Jr. At Cooper Union Great Hall, 7 E 7th St (at 3rd Ave, 6 to Astor Pl, R to 8th St-NYU). Info: 212-353-4195, ttp://www.cooper.edu

Friday, June 22

6/22 FRI, 7 pm
AIDS Candlelight Vigil
Steps off from Sheridan Square Park,
Christopher Street & 7th Avenue
Annual candlelight vigil and march commemorates all those loved and lost to HIV and AIDS. Candles are distributed to all participants for free. A procession of bikes leads the march down Christopher Street to the piers, where there is a non-denominational prayer service, and a wreath is cast into the Hudson River.

6/22 FRI, 6-8 pm
Forum: "Athletes as Social Activists: Pushing
the Boundaries of the Sports World." W/Dave Zirin (author, Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics & Promise of Sports), Toni Smith (protested war in Iraq as co-captain of Manhattanville College women's basketball team in 2003). At Murphy Center for Labor, Community & Policy Studies, 25 W 43rd St. 18th fl (7 to 5th Ave, B/D/F/V to 42nd St, 4/5/6 to 42nd St-Grand Central). RSVP by 6/18: Eloiza Morales, 212-642-2029.

Saturday, June 23

6/23 SAT, 5 pm
March: 15th annual NYC Dyke March. Bring noisemakers, signs & rebel-rousing lesbians. "The dyke march is a protest march, not a parade--we don't ask for a permit, because we have the right to protest. As lesbians, we recognize that we must organize amongst ourselves to fight for our rights, for our safety, for visibility." At Bryant Park, 42nd St & 6th Ave (D/F to 42nd St/6th Ave, 7 to 5th Ave). Planning meetings: 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22

6/23 SAT, 8-9 pm - Action: protest the war by making a lot of noise in Park Slope. "Ring a bell, blow a horn, set off a siren, create feedback--set off car horns, set off car alarms, ride a sound bike- anything goes, & the louder the better." At any loc in Park Slope, Bkn. Info: http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2007/05/86442.shtml

Sunday, June 24

6/24, SUN 12 noon
Gay Pride March
5th Avenue & 52nd Street to Christopher & Greenwich Streets

6/24 SUN-6/27 WED - Conference: "Creating Sustainability W/in Our Midst: Challenge for the 21st Century." 4th biennial conf of US Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE). At Pace U downtown campus.
6/24 5pm Opening Ceremony
Key note speaker: David Orr, Oberlin college: “Some Don’t Like It Hot: A Cooler Economics in a Hotter Time”
Info: http://www.ussee.org/conference.htm

**6/24 SUN & 7/1 SUN, 2 pm - Performance: Hot & Holy Highline Revival. W/Rev Billy, Stop Shopping Gospel Choir & the Not Buying It Band. Lunch & liquor served, consumed souls saved, weddings & baptisms & enveloping buss of radical gospel. 35-voice choir, 8- piece band, playing in wake of Rev's new book, What Would Jesus Buy?, & anticipation of film by Morgan Spurlock. At Highline Ballroom, 431 W 16th St (btw 9th/10th Aves, A/C/E, L to 8th Ave at 14th St). $12/$10 adv. Info: reverendbilly.org Tix: http://www.highlineballroom.com Directions: Highline Ballroom, 212-414-5994.

Monday, June 25

6/25 MON, 9:00am
Plenary: Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America
Conference: "Creating Sustainability W/in Our Midst: Challenge for the 21st Century." 4th biennial conf of US Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE). At Pace U downtown campus.

6/25 MON, 6:30 PM
Town Hall Meeting:
2008 is Too Late!
New York Society for Ethical Culture, Central Park West @ West 64th Street
World Can’t Wait – Drive Out the Bush Regime
What harm can Bush do before his term is up? He can bomb Iran? He can appoint another Supreme Court Justice. He can continue with impunity the war crime of torture in an unjust war. And more?
Drive Out the Bush Regime! Impeach Bush and Cheney for War Crimes.
Speakers include:
Jeff Sharlet, writer, contributing editor to Harper's,written extensively on Christian fundamentalism in America.
Mayor Rocky Anderson of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ann Wright, retired US Army Colonel, retired U.S. State Department official.
Major Robert Odell Owens, former U.S. Congressman
Mayor John Shields of Nyack, NY
Liam Madden, co-founder of Appeal of Redress anti-war campaign within U.S. military
(more speakers to be announced)
World Can’t Wait will announce new plans for mass mobilization. Be part of changing the course of history.
Tickets: $10

6/25 MON, 7:30-9pm
Tishman Auditorium at The New School
66 West 12th Street
NYC
TimesTalks
No More Violence Against the World's Women
Hundreds of millions of girls and women around the globe continue to endure deadly oppression and human rights violations. Every day, they are threatened, beaten, raped, mutilated, enslaved, trafficked and killed with impunity. Hear New York Times foreign correspondent Celia Dugger; Times Op-Ed columnist Bob Herbert; international women's rights spokesperson Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the author of "Infidel"; and LaShawn Jefferson, executive director of the women's rights division of Human Rights Watch, discuss how such

Tuesday, June 26

**6/26 TUE, 10:30 am-1 pm - Action: Day of Contemplation & Action
on UN's Int'l Day for Victims of Torture. At various locs.
Sponsors: New York Religious Campaign Against Torture & Rev. Daniel Berrigan. Info: 347-683-4928, 212-774-5500, Frida.Berrigan@gmail.com & daloisio@riseup.net & hallinan@nysj.org
--10:30-11:30 am: Inter-faith service, w/a meditation on Guantanamo by Daniel Berrigan SJ. At St Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave at 51th St.
--11:30-noon: Peaceful procession to the offices of Sens Charles
Schumer & Hillary Clinton.
--Noon-1 pm: Vigil/press conference calling for an end to torture.
W/Guantanamo lawyers. At Clinton's office, 780 3rd Ave, 49th St.

**6/26 TUE, 11:30 am - Rally: "Day of Action to Restore Law & Justice." "Demand Congress & the president restore the great principles upon which this country was founded--freedom & fairness." Restore due process, habeas corpus, reform Military Commissions Act by passing Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007, end torture & abuse in secret prisons, stop extraordinary rendition, close Guantanamo Bay detention camp, accountability for those who broke the law. At Upper Senate Park, near the Capitol, DC. Sponsors: NY Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty Int'l, Leadership Council on Civil Rights, National Religious Campaign Against Torture. Info: http://www.juneaction.org

6/26 TUES The Nightwatchman Bowery Ballroom. $16.

6/26 TUES, 7:00 P.M.
Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue, ground floor
Admission: A three-part series ticket $20, single admission $10
The state of journalism is examined through cable and broadcast news, newspapers, the internet, and political advertising. The series features journalists Marlene Sanders, formerly of ABC and CBS News; William Small, chairman for News and Documentaries Emmy Awards, National Television Academy; William E. Casey Jr., vice president of special editions, The Wall Street Journal ; Richard Roth, United Nations correspondent for CNN; and Vivian Schiller, New York Times. Moderated by Professor Stuart H. Loory, Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies at the Missouri School of Journalism and director of the Missouri Journalism summer program at The New School in 2007.

Wednesday, June 27

**6/27 WED-7/1 SUN - Conference: US Social Forum. At various locations in Atlanta. $20-$125. Info: Alice Lovelace, 404-622-1133, alovelace@mindspring.com & http://www.ussf2007.org

**6/27 WED - Event: welcome "Iraq Veterans Against the War Deployed: Northeast Bus Tour." Vets' bus tour, w/barbecues at every military base they can get to, starting in DC on 6/15 & stopping at Camp Meade, Walter Reed, Andrews AFB, Fort Belvoir, MCB Quantico, VA. Volunteer to help w/media contact, site for barbecue, advance outreach to troops, planning the event, housing, etc. At Ft Hamilton, Bkn. Info/volunteer: 917-520-076, elainebrower@worldcantwait.org

6/27 WED, 7pm
CHRIS HEDGES
Revolution Books
9 West 19th St.
NY, NY
author of
AMERICAN FASCISTS: THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT AND THE WAR ON AMERICA
What is happening in America is revolutionary. A group of religious utopians, with the sympathy and support of tens of millions of Americans, are slowly dismantling democratic institutions to establish a religious tyranny, the springboard to an American fascism--from “American Fascists”

6/27 WED, 7:00 PM
GÜNTER GRASS & NORMAN MAILER
in conversation with Andrew O’Hagan:
The 20th Century on Trial
Celeste Bartos Forum
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
5th Avenue and 42nd Street

6/30 SAT 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Ozomatli + Babylon Circus
Central Park SummerStage.

**6/30 SAT, noon-1:30 pm (RESCH from 6/16) - Rally: US Out of Iraq, Bring the Troops Home Now. "Music, street theater & energy! We want to reach out to groups & individuals to show the strength & diversity of Staten Islanders who want this endless war to end & US troops to come home." At Tappen Park, Bay St & Water St, SI (from SI Ferry Terminal: walk or drive S on Bay St 1 mile to Water St, or take S51 to Water St). Sponsor: Peace Action SI. Info: 718-989- 2881, pasi.eblast@gmail.com & http://www.panys.org/SI/

July

7/7 SAT Live Earth with AFI + Akon + Alicia Keys + Bon Jovi + Dave Matthews Band + Fall Out Boy + John Mayer + Kanye West + Kelly Clarkson + KT Tunstall + Ludacris + Melissa Etheridge + Rihanna + Roger Waters + Smashing Pumpkins + The Police Giants Stadium. $55, $85, $175, $350.

7/20 FRI, 6:30 pm - Discussion: "Passin' It On!" An intergenerational dialogue on Black Power in observation of the 40th anniversary of the New Ark Rebellion. W/elder, veteran & youth voices, experts on Black Power, & surprise guests. Tributes to Kwame Ture, John Coltrane, Assata Shakur (60th birthday), John Henrik Clarke, New Ark's own Amiri Baraka. At WISOMMM African- American Culture Center, 15 James St, Newark, NJ. $10. Sponsors: New Black Panther Party, People's Organization for Progress (POP), REFAL, others (list in formation). Info: 201-602-0780.

7/28 / 29 Rock the Bells with Rage Against the Machine + Wu-Tang Clan + Public Enemy + Cypress Hill + The Roots + Mos Def + EPMD + MF Doom Randalls Island. $83.

August
8/25 SAT - March: statewide demo to bring the troops home NOW &
spend money instead in our communities for people's needs. At loc
TBA in Newark, NJ. Sponsor: People's Coalition for Peace & Justice,
organization w/120 member organizations. Info: 973-801-0001.

SEPTEMBER
9/22 SAT-9/29 SAT - Action: antiwar encampment & march on the White
House. At loc TBA in DC. Sponsor: Troops Out Now Coalition. Info:
http://www.troopsoutnow.org

OCTOBER
10/27 SAT - Event: Million Women March 10th Anniversary. At locs in
Atlanta, Detroit, & New Orleans. Info: 267-299-6424,
mwmsistahood@aol.com & mwmorganization@yahoo.com &
http://myspace.com/millionwomenmarch

Revolution brings truth

2007-06-13T23:40:00.000-07:00

Revolution brings truth, and a revolutionary perspective, to a uniquely diverse audience that includes prisoners, students, professors, youth in the housing projects, artists, immigrant workers, anti-war activists and scientists and others. At a moment when much of humanity finds itself in a living hell, when the horror of the U.S. occupation of Iraq threatens to escalate into a war against Iran, and when the future of the planet itself is threatened, Revolution newspaper must be out there much more boldly and much more broadly —exposing what is going on, revealing why, and pointing to a revolutionary solution in the interests of the vast majority of humanity.

Get ready for the launch of Revolution’s six-month expansion drive accompanied by a fund drive to raise $500,000.

Tuesday, June 12

7:00-9:30 pm
Film/discussion/reception: "Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About," film of talk by Bob Avakian. W/poet Staceyann Chin, excerpts from film, other performers TBA. Reception to follow. At Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd (at 135th St, 2/3 to 135th St). $15. Sponsors: Revolution Books, Chuck D, Rev Earl Kooperkamp, Herb Boyd & others. Info/tix: 212-691-3345.

Wednesday, June 13th

5:30-7:30 pm
Discussion: "Global Warming & Climate
Change: Is NYC Up to the Challenge?" W/Rohit Aggarwala (Mayor's
Office of Operations), Drew Becher (NY Restoration Project), Marcia
Bystryn (NY League of Conservation Voters). At Goddard Riverside
Community Center, 593 Columbus Ave (at 88th St, photo ID req).
$10/free for WCC members & students w/ID. Sponsor: Women's City
Club of NY. Info/register (req): 212-353-8070 x204,
victoriap@wccny.org

Thursday, June 14

6/14-28th
Human Rights Watch: International Film Festival
6:00pm 6/14 Opening Reception & Benefit Screening
Mon Colonel
Walter Reade Theater,
Lincoln Center

6:30pm
Activism in America
Madison Square Park
Fifth Avenue @ 23rd Street
Women's rights advocate Gloria Steinem and hip-hop historian kevin Powell inaugurate Madison Square Park's literary series with readings from recent works.

6:30-8:30pm
Artist’s Talk
Location: MoCADA – 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY
Cost: $8 for the general public; $4 for MoCADA members, senior citizens and students with ID
Space is limited; Please RSVP to info@mocada.org or call 718-230-0492
Alexis Peskine will discuss the concept of the exhibition and the inspiration for the art included in it. There will be a
talk in English and French to ensure that this exhibition also caters to native French speakers.

8:00pm
The Neville Brothers
Celebrate Brooklyn
The Prospect Park Bandshell.
Parospect park West & 9th St. park Slope, Brooklyn
(F to 7th Ave)

**6/14 THU, 7-8:30 pm - Discussion: "Sunlight in the Torture
Chamber: Expert Views on the US's Use of Secrecy, Detention & Interrogations in the War on Terrorism." W/Col Janis Karpinski (ex-commander at Abu Ghraib Prison), Jumana Musa (Amnesty Int'l), Tara McKelvey (The American Prospect, author, Monstering: Inside America's Policy of Secret Interrogations & Torture in the Terror War), Josh Rushing (Al-Jazeera English), Steven Watt (ACLU Human Rights Program, counsel, El-Masri v Tenet), Errol Louis (NY Daily News). At Fordham Law School, McNally Amphitheatre, 160 W 62nd St (1 to 66th St, A/C, B/D to 59th St Columbus Circle). Free. Sponsors: NY Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty Int'l USA, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU, Fordham Law School's Public Interest Resource Center, People for the American Way Foundation. Info: 212-607-3358, arosmarin@nyclu.org & http://www.nyclu.org/torturepanel

Friday, June 15th

7:00pm
Cassandra Wilson + Olu Dara
Central Park SummerStage.
Central Park SummerStage Opening Night!

**6/15 FRI-6/28 THU - Films: 18th Human Rights Watch Int'l Film Festival. "Strange Culture" (on US), "Enemies of Happiness" (on Afghanistan), "Sari's Mother" (on Iraq), many others. At Walter Reade Theater, 165 W 65th St, Plaza Level. Sponsors: HRW, Film Society of Lincoln Center. Info: http://www.hrw.org/iff/2007 Tix: 212-875-5600 or http://www.filmlinc.com

Saturday, June 16

6/16 & 6/17
Clearwater Music & Environmental Festival: Great Hudson River Revival 2007
Croton Point Park,
Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Info: Jen Rubbo, Volunteer Coordinator, 845-454-7673 x123, volcoord@clearwater.org or http://www.clearwaterfestival.org

12 noon-1:30 pm
Rally: for peace
Clove Lake Parks, SI
Music, street theater & energy! We want to reach out to groups & individuals to show the strength & diversity of Staten Islanders who want this endless war to end & US troops to come home." Sponsor: Peace Action SI. Info: sjones1@si.rr.com

7:00 pm
Performance: "Antiwar Expressions: A Poetic Rhythmic Journey from Qns to Borinquen to Baghdad."
Hunter College
Lang Center, 424 HN
68th St & Lexington Ave (6 to 68th St-Hunter College).
A Latino response to the Iraq war, combining poetry, spoken word & music to convey the horrific effects of war on communities in the US & abroad. At $15 adv/$20 door/$5 for high school students w/student ID. Tix: 646-594-4344, ollinimagination@yahoo.com & http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/

7:30pm
Celebrate Brooklyn
The Prospect Park Bandshell.
Parospect park West & 9th St. park Slope, Brooklyn(F to 7th Ave)
Joan Osborne / The Jazz Passengers: The Supremes Project
With her brand new album Breakfast in Bed, an homage to the great soul and R&B of the ‘60s and ‘70s, Brooklyn's own JOAN OSBORNE has reconfirmed her status as one of the most powerful and versatile singers of her generation. "her voice, all on its own, conveys whole choirs of feeling." (Rolling Stone) The wild and wooly JAZZ PASSENGERS, whose "irreverent, sometimes gorgeously cinematic music somehow manages to orbit both Sun Ra and the Marx Brothers," (New York Magazine) take an instrumental approach the classic songs of The Supremes. A special commission for Celebrate Brooklyn.

Sunday, June 17th

2:00-6:00pm
Gay Pride Rally Bryant Park (42nd St & 6th Avenue)

Monday, June 18th

9:30 am
Court support: for Juanita Young
Bronx Criminal Court
61st St & Sheridan Ave, Bx (B/D/4 to 161st St-Yankee Stadium).
Juanita Young, outspoken police brutality activist (mother of Malcolm Ferguson, murdered by NYPD in 2000) awaiting trial on bogus criminal charges brought against her by the precinct whose officers attacked her. Stand w/Juanita on the day that motions are due from her lawyer Geoffrey Stewart. Info: 866-235-7814, oct22ny@yahoo.com & http://www.october22-ny.org

8:00pm
Yoko Ono in Conversation with Anthony DeCurtis
92nd Street Y @ Lexinton Avenue
Kaufmann Concert Hall
Yoko Ono is a ground-breaking and award-winning musician, artist, filmmaker and peace activist. Her most recent work includes the albums, Yes, I'm a Witch and Open Your Box. One of the boldest creative thinkers and cultural icons of our time, she discusses her extraordinary life journey with Anthony DeCurtis, who is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the author of In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work.

**6/18 MON, 7 pm - Discussion/book signing: "Can Progressives Move the Democratic Party to the Left?" W/Stanley Aronowitz (CUNY Grad Ctr), Laura Flanders (Air America Radio), Gary Younge (Guardian/moderator). Debate on the possibilities & limitations of working w/in the Democratic party. At CUNY Grad Ctr, Elebash Recital Hall, 34th St & 5th Ave (N/R/W, B/D/F/V to 34th St, 6 to 33rd St). $5-$10. Sponsors: Left Forum, The Nation. Info: 212-817-2003, leftforum@leftforum.org

Tuesday, June 19th

6:00pm-8:30 pm
Film/discussion: "Heir to an Execution."W/Ivy Meerepol
Tamiment Library
70 Washington Sq South, 10th fl (A/C/E, B/D/F/V to W 4th St, R to 8th St-NYU, 1 to Christopher St-Sheridan Sq).
Sponsors: Tamiment, National Cmt to Reopen the Rosenberg Case. Info: 212-998-2428, Michael.Nash@nyu.edu &Marilyn.Young@nyu.edu

06.19.07
Landmark Sunshine Cinema
143 East Houston Street
NYC TimesTalks
New York, New York: Songwriter's Muse
The city that never sleeps has been inspiring musicians for decades - from Duke Ellington with "Take the A Train" to Jay Z and "The City is Mine" to They Might Be Giants with "Token Back to Brooklyn." Join us as four "hometown" talents - composer-performer Meredith Monk, guitarist Vernon Reid and singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega - riff on how and why New York has been such a powerful influence on them and so many other artists. Moderated by New York Times chief pop music critic Jon Pareles.

A three-part series
Tuesdays, June 12, 19, and 26, 7:00 P.M.
Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue, ground floor
Admission: series ticket $20, single admission $10
Webcasts: www.newschool.edu/webcasts
The state of journalism is examined through cable and broadcast news, newspapers, the internet, and political advertising. The series features journalists Marlene Sanders, formerly of ABC and CBS News; William Small, chairman for News and Documentaries Emmy Awards, National Television Academy; William E. Casey Jr., vice president of special editions, The Wall Street Journal ; Richard Roth, United Nations correspondent for CNN; and Vivian Schiller, New York Times. Moderated by Professor Stuart H. Loory, Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies at the Missouri School of Journalism and director of the Missouri Journalism summer program at The New School in 2007.

Coming Up:

**6/20 WED, 8:30 am - Public Debate: Local Responses to the US Immigration Crisis: Hightstown, NJ, Hazelton, PA, New Haven, CT, Morristown, NJ, Suffolk Cty, others. W/Jackson Chin (PRLDEF), Muzaffar Chishti (Migration Policy Institute, NYU School of Law), Michael Cutler (Center for Immigration Studies, former INS agent), Heather MacDonald (Manhattan Institute), Michele Wucker (World Policy Institute). How are towns & municipalities responding to immigration crisis? What are effects on our communities? Conversation & debate. At 101 6th Ave (btw Grand St & Watts St, A/C/E/1 to Canal St). Sponsor: Local 32BJ SEIU. Info: Dulce Mateo, 212-539-2793, dmateo@seiu32bj.org & Kate Ferranti, 212-388-3469, kferranti@seiu32bj.org

6/21 THU, 6 pm - Talk: policy address. W/John Edwards (2004
Democratic VP nominee), ex-NYS gov Mario Cuomo, Cooper Union pres
George Campbell Jr. At Cooper Union Great Hall, 7 E 7th St (at 3rd
Ave, 6 to Astor Pl, R to 8th St-NYU). Info: 212-353-4195,
http://www.cooper.edu

AIDS Candlelight Vigil
Friday, June 22, 2007
7 p.m.
Steps off from Sheridan Square Park,
Christopher Street & 7th Avenue
Annual candlelight vigil and march commemorates all those loved and lost to HIV and AIDS. Candles are distributed to all participants for free. A procession of bikes leads the march down Christopher Street to the piers, where there is a non-denominational prayer service, and a wreath is cast into the Hudson River.

**6/22 FRI, 6-8 pm - Forum: "Athletes as Social Activists: Pushing
the Boundaries of the Sports World." W/Dave Zirin (author, Welcome
to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics & Promise of Sports), Toni
Smith (protested war in Iraq as co-captain of Manhattanville
College women's basketball team in 2003). At Murphy Center for
Labor, Community & Policy Studies, 25 W 43rd St. 18th fl (7 to 5th
Ave, B/D/F/V to 42nd St, 4/5/6 to 42nd St-Grand Central). RSVP by
6/18: Eloiza Morales, 212-642-2029.

6/23 SAT, 5 pm - March: 15th annual NYC Dyke March. Bring noisemakers, signs & rebel-rousing lesbians. "The dyke march is a protest march, not a parade--we don't ask for a permit, because we have the right to protest. As lesbians, we recognize that we must organize amongst ourselves to fight for our rights, for our safety, for visibility." At Bryant Park, 42nd St & 6th Ave (D/F to 42nd St/6th Ave, 7 to 5th Ave). Planning meetings: 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22

6/23 SAT-6/27 WED - Conference: "Creating Sustainability W/in Our Midst: Challenge for the 21st Century." 4th biennial conf of US Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE). At Pace U downtown campus. Info: http://www.ussee.org/conference.htm

6/23 SAT, 8-9 pm - Action: protest the war by making a lot of noise
in Park Slope. "Ring a bell, blow a horn, set off a siren, create
feedback--set off car horns, set off car alarms, ride a sound bike-
-anything goes, & the louder the better." At any loc in Park Slope,
Bkn. Info: http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2007/05/86442.shtml

6/24 SUN
Gay Pride March
5th Avenue & 52nd Street to Christopher & Greenwich Streets

**6/24 SUN & 7/1 SUN, 2 pm - Performance: Hot & Holy Highline
Revival. W/Rev Billy, Stop Shopping Gospel Choir & the Not Buying
It Band. Lunch & liquor served, consumed souls saved, weddings &
baptisms & enveloping buss of radical gospel. 35-voice choir, 8-
piece band, playing in wake of Rev's new book, What Would Jesus
Buy?, & anticipation of film by Morgan Spurlock. At Highline
Ballroom, 431 W 16th St (btw 9th/10th Aves, A/C/E, L to 8th Ave at
14th St). $12/$10 adv. Info: reverendbilly.org Tix:
http://www.highlineballroom.com Directions: Highline Ballroom,
212-414-5994.

06.25.07
Tishman Auditorium at The New School
66 West 12th Street
NYC
TimesTalks
No More Violence Against the World's Women
Hundreds of millions of girls and women around the globe continue to endure deadly oppression and human rights violations. Every day, they are threatened, beaten, raped, mutilated, enslaved, trafficked and killed with impunity. Hear New York Times foreign correspondent Celia Dugger; Times Op-Ed columnist Bob Herbert; international women's rights spokesperson Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the author of "Infidel"; and LaShawn Jefferson, executive director of the women's rights division of Human Rights Watch, discuss how such

**6/26 TUE, 10:30 am-1 pm - Action: Day of Contemplation & Action
on UN's Int'l Day for Victims of Torture. At various locs.
Sponsors: New York Religious Campaign Against Torture & Rev. Daniel
Berrigan. Info: 347-683-4928, 212-774-5500,
Frida.Berrigan@gmail.com & daloisio@riseup.net & hallinan@nysj.org
--10:30-11:30 am: Inter-faith service, w/a meditation on Guantanamo
by Daniel Berrigan SJ. At St Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave at 51th
St.
--11:30-noon: Peaceful procession to the offices of Sens Charles
Schumer & Hillary Clinton.
--Noon-1 pm: Vigil/press conference calling for an end to torture.
W/Guantanamo lawyers. At Clinton's office, 780 3rd Ave, 49th St.

**6/26 TUE, 11:30 am - Rally: "Day of Action to Restore Law & Justice." "Demand Congress & the president restore the great principles upon which this country was founded--freedom & fairness." Restore due process, habeas corpus, reform Military Commissions Act by passing Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007, end torture & abuse in secret prisons, stop extraordinary rendition, close Guantanamo Bay detention camp, accountability for those who broke the law. At Upper Senate Park, near the Capitol, DC. Sponsors: NY Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty Int'l, Leadership Council on Civil Rights, National Religious Campaign Against Torture. Info: http://www.juneaction.org

26 The Nightwatchman Bowery Ballroom. $16.

A three-part series
Tuesdays, June 12, 19, and 26, 7:00 P.M.
Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue, ground floor
Admission: series ticket $20, single admission $10
Webcasts: www.newschool.edu/webcasts
The state of journalism is examined through cable and broadcast news, newspapers, the internet, and political advertising. The series features journalists Marlene Sanders, formerly of ABC and CBS News; William Small, chairman for News and Documentaries Emmy Awards, National Television Academy; William E. Casey Jr., vice president of special editions, The Wall Street Journal ; Richard Roth, United Nations correspondent for CNN; and Vivian Schiller, New York Times. Moderated by Professor Stuart H. Loory, Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies at the Missouri School of Journalism and director of the Missouri Journalism summer program at The New School in 2007.

**6/27 WED-7/1 SUN - Conference: US Social Forum. At various locs in Atlanta. $20-$125. Info: Alice Lovelace, 404-622-1133, alovelace@mindspring.com & http://www.ussf2007.org

**6/27 WED - Event: welcome "Iraq Veterans Against the War Deployed: Northeast Bus Tour." Vets' bus tour, w/barbecues at every military base they can get to, starting in DC on 6/15 & stopping at Camp Meade, Walter Reed, Andrews AFB, Fort Belvoir, MCB Quantico, VA. Volunteer to help w/media contact, site for barbecue, advance outreach to troops, planning the event, housing, etc. At Ft Hamilton, Bkn. Info/volunteer: 917-520-076, elainebrower@worldcantwait.org

Wednesday, June 27, 2007
7:00 PM
GÜNTER GRASS & NORMAN MAILER
in conversation with Andrew O’Hagan:
The 20th Century on Trial
Celeste Bartos Forum
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
5th Avenue and 42nd Street
“I always thought violence was one of the frontiers left to us as novelists. The great writers of the nineteenth century did not deal with violence. They dealt with disappointment and love, with corruption, they dealt with society as a general abstract force that could bend a person’s will. Then came the 20th century."
Norman Mailer, Paris Review.
"Auschwitz was not a manifestation of common human bestiality; it was a repeatable consequence of a network of responsibilities so organised and so subdivided that the individual was conscious of no responsibility at all. The action of every individual who participated or did not participate in the crime was determined, knowingly or unknowingly, by a narrow conception of duty."
Gunter Grass, What Shall We Tell Our Children?

30
Ozomatli + Babylon Circus
Central Park SummerStage.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
From 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Central Park SummerStage

**6/30 SAT, noon-1:30 pm (RESCH from 6/16) - Rally: US Out of Iraq,
Bring the Troops Home Now. "Music, street theater & energy! We want
to reach out to groups & individuals to show the strength &
diversity of Staten Islanders who want this endless war to end & US
troops to come home." At Tappen Park, Bay St & Water St, SI (from
SI Ferry Terminal: walk or drive S on Bay St 1 mile to Water St, or
take S51 to Water St). Sponsor: Peace Action SI. Info: 718-989-
2881, pasi.eblast@gmail.com & http://www.panys.org/SI/

July

7 Live Earth with AFI + Akon + Alicia Keys + Bon Jovi + Dave Matthews Band + Fall Out Boy + John Mayer + Kanye West + Kelly Clarkson + KT Tunstall + Ludacris + Melissa Etheridge + Rihanna + Roger Waters + Smashing Pumpkins + The Police Giants Stadium. $55, $85, $175, $350.

28 / 29 Rock the Bells with Rage Against the Machine + Wu-Tang Clan + Public Enemy + Cypress Hill + The Roots + Mos Def + EPMD + MF Doom Randalls Island. $83.

1. Tonight, June 5th -- Come to the Final Planning Meeting for Schomburg June 12th; 2. Some Points of Orientation. REVISED June 5.

2007-06-05T10:23:00.000-07:00

** See event listings for this week below

1. Tonight, June 5th -- Come to the Final Planning Meeting for the Schomburg event June 12th

Dear friend,

We're writing to invite to the final planning meeting for a very special evening on June 12th at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This evening will feature a showing of selections from Revolution: Why It's Necessary; Why It's Possible and What It's All About, a film of a talk by Bob Avakian, leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party.

This meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 5th, 7 PM at St Mary's Church which is located at 126th st (Between Amsterdam and Broadway) in Harlem.

We're closing in on June 12th. Imagine an overflow crowd at the Schomburg that night, being challenged and inspired by the clarity of Avakian's insights and the sharpness of his call to act. Imagine the crowd thrilled by performances by Staceyann Chin (of Def Poetry Jam) and jazz musicians Reggie Workman, Mike Wimberly, James Spaulding and other special guests. Imagine several hundred people staying around after the program to talk to Herb Boyd, Reverend Earl Kooperkamp, Father Luis Barrios and other members of the host committee; to representatives of the Revolutionary Communist Party and to each other. Imagine that people all over New York City and beyond have been talking about who Avakian is and about his revolutionary political stance. Imagine the impact this can have on people who feel the world is crying out for radical change yet wonder what, if anything, could be done about all the ills facing humanity. How it could open up new possibilities for people to envision things being different, and for them to act to change things.

But don't just imagine all this happening, get involved in making it happen! Come out to the meeting on June 5th. Bring your ideas for getting the word on this special evening even further out. Volunteer to take on the tasks generated by pulling off an event like this. We need your involvement to make this evening truly special.

And don't wait till the meeting to get involved. Call Revolution Books or any of the other vendors outletting materials for June 12th. Get tickets to sell to your friends, co-workers and others. Get flyers, cards and posters promoting the event and get them out all over town.

For information and to get involved--Call (212) 691-3345.

2. Some Points of Orientation

Lead off and unfold everything around Schomburg event itself vs tacking DVD showing on at the end of speaking to DVD content. The foundation through all of this is the “Crossroads we face, the leadership we need.” The thrust and content of what wielding is in the Special Issue, but there’s a particularity to this Schomburg event and should be from where we step off and hinge agitation or interviews. Conventional wisdoms have to be wielded in substantiating the event vs. here’s all this stuff and if into that, come to event.

Speak to what is happening at the event, showing of DVD (giving full name, a film of a talk by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the RCP), who will be performing. List host committee and they invite you to come out on June 12, etc. Coming to this event goes up against conventional wisdom that people are too divided, they will never get together. Getting all these people together in the auditorium at this event, goes up against all this. Describe kinds of people who will be there as well, giving people a vision - immigrant proletarians, black youth, middle class professionals, etc. Spanish translation will be available. Throughout the agitation keep coming back to what is happening on June 12, the full name of the DVD, the location, the members of the host committee invite you, etc. Speak to how people coming to this presentation by Bob Avakian will change how they look at all of this madness in the world and the possibility of actually changing all of this: stoning of young women in Iraq for marrying outside their religion, the Supreme Court annexing a women’s uterus, the legalization of torture, the carnage wrought by the U.S. in Iraq, etc (Note that we have had some experience among the masses in Harlem expressing real concern about what is happening to the Iraqi people and a concern more expressed by women about the oppression of women.) Use the short quotations by Bob Avakian in the Special Issue to illustate what he is saying. We have a universal experience that when Black people look at “Why do people come here from all over the world?”, this experience changes how they look at immigrants. When immigrants look at “They’re selling postcards of the hanging.”, they respond, “I had no idea.” People come out of this wanting to go out and break down these divisions. Read Heb Boyd quotation about the DVD. Speak to the content of “They’re selling postcards of the hanging.”

Bob Avakian is someone who fought against the Vietnam War and the oppression of Black people in the 1960’s, working with the Black Panther Party. When the movement ebbed, he went forward to take on the toughest questions confronting humanity. For 40 years he has never sold out, he has never made peace with the system, and now in this dark time he’s stepping forward to give leadership to how we can put an end to this madness. He has developed a bold vision and plan of how a revolution could actually be made in a country like this and bring a whole different and better world into being, a communist world, etc.

Cite experience of distribution 1/2 million copies of the Special Issue, introducing hundreds of thousands to this revolutionary leader. Everywhere we go people are hungry for this. Not saying that everyone agrees but many do and people know something has to be done.

Again, on point that people think people too divided, all that starts to change when people come together to hear this talk. The three questions posed in the title of the video – what’s more import than people engaging those questions and that needs to be spreading. Democratss fold, war escalates etc. Day after day after day and people think can’t do anything about it, until 100s here come watch dvd, impact that has, this coheres in Harlem... then things change, new ideas come forward and can take hold a different dynamic. And here’s what BA saying...

Give people a sense they should be on a mission to build this event. All the people they know, unless they’re good with way things the way they are need to be there, and you need to bring them.

Building for June 12th: Getting out the Word About the event & Opening the Door for others to Join In

2007-06-05T08:18:00.000-07:00

We are closing in on June 12th. And as the letter to those who are on the program committee put it: "Imagine an overflow crowd at the Schomburg that night, being challenged and inspired by the clarity of Avakian's insights and the sharpness of his call to act. Imagine the crowd thrilled by performances by Staceyann Chin (of Def Poetry Jam) and jazz musicians Reggie Workman, Mike Wimberly, James Spaulding and other special guests. Imagine several hundred people staying around after the program to talk to Herb Boyd, Reverend Earl Kooperkamp, Father Luis Barrios and other members of the host committee; to representatives of the Revolutionary Communist Party and to each other. Imagine that people all over New York City and beyond have been talking about who Avakian is and about his revolutionary political stance. Imagine the impact this can have on people who feel the world is crying out for radical change yet wonder what, if anything, could be done about all the ills facing humanity. How it could open up new possibilities for people to envision things being different, and for them to act to change things.

"But don't just imagine all this happening, get involved in making it happen!"

Join up with the teams going out with the postcards for the event, Revolution newspaper and the Revolution DVD to hook up with the people stepping forward to make this even the special event it needs to be! See the post below on notes from the phone banking team.

Monday, June 4th

6:00-8:00pm
Tayannah Lee McQuillar: When Rap Music Had a Conscience
Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Between 124th and 125th Streets
New York, NY 10027
Tel: 212-665-7400
What goes up must come down! What was once the progressive, conscious race and political music of inner-city kids has now morphed into a new form of black oppression. Whatever way you flip this coin, there is no question that rap music is under fire. This is an important social dialogue that affects us all. Why did the golden age of rap give rise to crass materialism, sex and violence? Come and find out.

8:00 pm
Benefit: "There Has to Be a Way: A Common Ground Cabaret."
Playwrights Horizons
416 W 42nd St (9th & 10th Aves, A/C/E to 42nd St-Port Authority).
W/Staceyann Chin, David Cale, Less the Band, Shorey Walker, Lunchaford, Andrew Boyd, Lanna Joffrey, Daniel Ajl Kitrosser, Amelia "Lady Rizo" Zirin Brown. Benefits Common Ground Collective (CGC), organization for Hurricane Katrina victims. Silent art auction in lobby. At $25/premium $50 & $75 (incl 6:30 pm cocktail hour). Info/tix:
http://www.commongroundcabaret.com

Tuesday, June 5th

7:00pm
NYC TimesTalks
Global Warming, Local Solutions
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
With a problem as immense as human-caused climate change, how can individuals and communities make a difference? Discover the latest scientific findings on global warming and real-world solutions that can have an impact. Hear New York Times science reporter Andrew Revkin discuss the challenges and what we can do now with Alex Matthiessen, president of Riverkeeper; Bill McKibben, activist and author of "Deep Economy"; Billy Parish, founder of the Climate Campaign and co-founder and coordinator for the Energy Action Coalition; and Cynthia Rosenzweig, senior research scientist, Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Sunday with the Magazine, NY Times series

7:00pm
James Carroll
Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway, New York, NY 10024
at 82nd St.
212-362-8835
National Book Award winner Carroll shares his historical work House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power.

Next Issue:

Wednesday, June 6

7:30am
Out to the high schools and hospitals

2:00pm
HARLEM TEAM
McDonald’s at 125th & Broadway

1:00pm
Kanye West & Donda West
Borders Penn Station
32nd & 7th Avenue
Book signing: Raising Kanye

7:00 pm
Talk/book signing: "The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, 1 Economy at a Time." W/Antonia Juhasz (author/critic/policy analyst).
Unitarian Church of All Souls, Reidy Friendship Hall, 1157 Lexington Ave & 80th St (6 to 77th St). Free/donations appreciated. Sponsors: Peace Task Force of All Souls Church, Action for Justice Community Church of NYC, Resistance Cinema. Info: 718-843-0515, 610-730-3566 & http://www.thebushagenda.net

7:00pm
Civilians under Fire from Iraq to Somalia: The Struggle for "Humanitarian Space"
7:00 pm, reception at 6:00 pm
Cooper Union
The Great Hall
7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue
Free Please join us as Scott Anderson, novelist and journalist with The New York Times Magazine and Vanity Fair, takes the stage with aid workers from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

7:00pm
Political Humor and Political Reality
The New School, Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street (enter at 66 West 12th Street).
At a time when many people report getting their news form Comedy Central rather than Fox, CNN, or the broadcast networks, the role of humor in politics is ripe for reappraisal. Do jokes about politicians or political issues offer a more effective path to a certain kind of the truth than straight reportage? The Wolfson Center for National Affairs at The New School presents an evening of performance and discussion dedicated to political humor, featuring Ira Shorr (aka Senator Jess Trussme); Bill Hartung, World Policy Institute arms control expert and stand up comic; and progressive comedian and New School standup comedy workshop instructor Scott Blakeman. $8

Thursday, June 7

7:30am
Out to the high schools and hospitals

2:00pm
HARLEM TEAM
McDonald’s at 125th & Broadway

7:00pm
Freedom Next Time: An Evening with John Pilger and Amy Goodman
The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street.
Nations Books (www.nationbooks.org) and The New School present award-winning journalist and filmmaker John Pilger, and Amy Goodman, as they discuss struggles for freedom and independence in Iraq, Palestine, South Africa, and the island of Diego Garcia.

Friday, June 8

7:30am
Out to the high schools and hospitals

2:00pm
HARLEM TEAM
McDonald’s at 125th & Broadway

8:00am
Talk: breakfast briefing, "Can US-Iran Relations Be Brought Back From the Brink?" W/Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's ambassador to the UN. 8-8:30 am: Registration & continental breakfast; 8:30-9:30 am: program. At Asia Society &
Museum, 725 Park Ave. $15 Members; $20 nonmembers. Register in adv (please):
http://www.asiasociety.org/events/calendar.pl?event=16646
More info: 212-517-ASIA.

Saturday, June 9

All out to Harlem: time and place to be announced

116th Street Festival
116th Streets between 2nd and Lexington Avenues; 3rd Avenue from 106th to 122nd Streets

7:00pm
"Evening of Revolutionary Love." W/former rep Cynthia McKinney & activist atty Lynne Stewart.
St Mary's Episcopal Church
521 W 126th St (near B'way, 1, A/B/C/D to 125th St)
Reception after speeches. . $10; donations accepted to repay Cynthia McKinney's campaign debts. Info: PatLevasseurP@aol.com & zooltheartandpolitics@hotmail.com
--4 pm: reception w/Cynthia McKinney. At Sistas' Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, Bkn (at Jefferson Ave, A to Nostrand Ave). $50; seating limited. Reserve: 718-398-1766.

Sunday, June 10

Harlem Team meeting time and place TBA

Churches:
-- Abyssinian Baptist Church
132 Odell Clark Place (formerly 138th St.)
9:00am-10:30am and 11:00am

-- Riverside Church
120 & Claremont Avenue
10:45am – 12pm

-- Metropolitan AME Church
58 W. 135th St
Church School 9:30 A.M.
Praise & Worship 10:30 A.M.
Worship 11:00 A.M.

10:00am
2007 NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADEOn Fifth Avenue, from 44th to 86th Streets -- Parade starts at 11:00am
We want to have a contingent. Place to meet to be arranged.

2:00-6:00pm
ADWA
FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION
Celebration of Ethiopian Millennium
Schomburg Center for Research in Black culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY 10037-1801
(212) 491-2200
The Beta Israel of North America (BINA) Cultural Foundation and the Schomburg Center invite you to a screening of ADWA: An African Victory directed by Haile Gerima followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Ephraim Isaac and Howard Dodson. This program hopes to highlight the cultural and historical achievements and triumphs of Ethiopia and the special position it holds in the African Diaspora in celebration of the upcoming Ethiopian Millennium that begins on September 12, 2007. Light refreshments will be served. Free admission.

3:00pm-5:00pm
"Every Mother's Son"
Brooklyn Museum
Cantor Auditorium, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Bkn
Tami Gold & Kelly Anderson. 3 women turn the deaths of their sons at the hands of police into an opportunity for profound social change.. Free w/museum admission. Info: 718-638-5000.

Monday, June 11th

7:30am
Out the High Schools

Harlem Team meeting time and place TBA

6:30pm
Apollo Theater
A Tribute to the Godfather of Soul: James Brown
253 W. 125th St.
With Most Def & friends
Benefit for the Apollo Theater Foundation – 3rd Annual Spring Benefit
6:30pm Cocktail Reception
7:30pm Tribute Concert & A

6:00pm
Kamau Brathwaite, Dreamstories
Hue-Man Books & Cafe
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Brathwaite’s dazzling, inventive language, his tragic yet unquenchable vision, his haunting beats and timing makes for one of the most compelling voices of the late twentieth-century poets. Do yourself a favor. Come see Kamau so you, too, may go around spouting his words and sounding amazingly erudite.

6:30 pm
"Questioning the Constitution."
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
55 5th Avenue
W/Dan Rather, Lt Cmdr Charles Swift (represented Guantanamo
detainees in Supreme Court case), Bradford Berenson (ex-assoc
counsel to George W Bush), Dahlia Lithwick (Slate), David Rivkin
(adviser to Reagan & George HW Bush), Jeffrey Rosen (New Republic).
On 1st 3 articles of Constitution--separation of powers & checks &
balances; event to be taped for broadcast on Dan Rather Reports. At
Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva U Jacob Burns Moot Court
Room (1st fl), 55 5th Ave (at 12th St). RSVP: nyevents@pfaw.org

6:30pm
"Judy Chicago: Jewish Identity,” with Laura Kruger, co-curator with Gail Levin art historian and author of “Becoming Judy Chicago” of the current exhibition at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Of Religion Museum .
Mid-Manhattan Library
455 Fifth Avenue @ 40th Street
(212) 340-0849
A power point presentation discussing both the trajectory of Judy Chicago's life and the development of her art. This show will use the newly published biography by Gail Levin.
Location:

7:00 pm
Reading: "Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour."
W/author Peniel E Joseph on how the Black Power Movement
transformed the US's racial, social & political landscape.
Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V to
2nd Ave). Free. Info: 212-777-6028, http://www.bluestockings.com &
http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc

June 12

7:00-9:30 pm
Film/discussion/reception: "Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About," film of talk by Bob Avakian. W/poet Staceyann Chin, excerpts from film, other performers TBA. Reception to follow. At Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd (at 135th St, 2/3 to 135th St). $15. Sponsors: Revolution Books, Chuck D, Rev Earl Kooperkamp, Herb Boyd & others. Info/tix: 212-691-3345.

6:00pm
Race, Law & American Society: 1607 to Present
Gloria Browne-Marshall,
Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Between 124th and 125th Streets
The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence advocates equal justice under the law for all. In reality that never happens. This book, by renowned John Jay College Law Professor Gloria Marshall, examines race and its role in the American legal system. Readers will discern the impact that civil rights cases had on American society and on the legal system.

A three-part series
Tuesdays, June 12, 19, and 26, 7:00 P.M.
Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue, ground floor
Admission: series ticket $20, single admission $10
Webcasts: www.newschool.edu/webcasts
The state of journalism is examined through cable and broadcast news, newspapers, the internet, and political advertising. The series features journalists Marlene Sanders, formerly of ABC and CBS News; William Small, chairman for News and Documentaries Emmy Awards, National Television Academy; William E. Casey Jr., vice president of special editions, The Wall Street Journal ; Richard Roth, United Nations correspondent for CNN; and Vivian Schiller, New York Times. Moderated by Professor Stuart H. Loory, Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies at the Missouri School of Journalism and director of the Missouri Journalism summer program at The New School in 2007.

6/3/07 Notes on ticket sales breakthroughs!

2007-06-04T14:33:00.000-07:00

A phone-banking team summed up the following about how they have begun to sell tickets to new contacts that they are phoning. These are mostly people met through the broad work in Harlem and the rest of the city.

***

We sold 6 tickets in our first hour – approximately 1 out of every 5 conversations – when we turned around our approach to tell people the real stakes of what is going on in the world and what this event can and must accomplish and where we are at in accomplishing it.

This is how we started putting it to people:

This is part of the battle over what the future is going to be. There’s been a ceiling over people’s hopes and aspirations for the last thirty years, things are intolerable, and this event is part of breaking a hole through that. Lots of people want to see more resistance, they want to see the people stand up. BA is putting rev back on the table, he’s answering the questions people are up against about whether and how we could get to a different world. When you get what BA is talking about out there it changes what can happen.

Filling the Schomburg is a real battle that has to do with changing the whole situation in this society, this whole horrible direction. These 340 seats need to be filled with the people from Harlem, the intellectuals, the immigrants, the students – all of these people coming together as an expression of the kind of world that’s possible and necessary. It matters what you do right now. It matters whether we can say in two days that we’ve gone from the fewer than 50 that are sold now to selling 150. Buy yours, talk to your friends and sell tickets to them too. Thousands know about this now and thousands more will know and will be watching. This event will be a statement that we aspire to something else and everyone who is checking it out should too.

***

When we started putting this to people a whole different and eager conversation opened up – we started to hear outpourings about how sick and tired and fed up people are with the Dems, the Republicans, the lies, the whole way everything is going, and people didn’t want to stop talking. People don’t see much hope and some want to know more about how the answers BA is putting out there could start to change things and they want to be part of the event. BA and the leadership he is giving is connecting with people where they live, where they are agonizing. People thanked us.

We determined that we were going to leave every conversation knowing where the person stands: they buy a ticket, they will get materials, they want to know more (get an email or talk more), or not, and we are going to know why they are responding the way they are.

We are arranging to deliver tickets and materials to people where they live, at their job, at their class at the YMCA.

Friday Harlem Day!

2007-05-31T17:24:00.000-07:00

Greetings! SATURDAY JUNE 2 in Harlem is a major effort, all should come, arive at 9AM at the Harlem State Office Building. Even those generally focusing their efforts on other parts of the city.

AND... EVERYONE COME FRIDAY JUNE 1 AS WELL! We won't have the sound system in the plaza and all that, but we will be bringing the spirit of that. And we need everyone this day too, all day.

FRIDAY, MEET AT 9AM AT THE BURGER KING, 125 STREET BETWEEN ADAM CLAYTON POWELL AND LENNOX.

SATURDAY, MEET AT 9AM AT THE PLAZA OF THE HARLEM STATE OFFICE BUILDING, 125 STREET AND ADAM CLAYTON POWELL.

See you there!

A good invite to send to all for Saturday!

2007-05-30T04:16:00.000-07:00

** Check out additions to selling schedule in previous blog post below
Feel free to send the following invite to one and all:

You're invited to join us in Harlem this Saturday June 2nd to deliver this message:

"Chuck D.; Fa. Luis Barrios St. Mary's Church*; Herb Boyd Amsterdam News*; Phil Rice, M.D.; Rev. Earl Kooperkamp St. Mary's Church*; Christopher McElroen Classical Theatre of Harlem*; Revolution Books invite You To A Special Evening at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

"You've heard the name! You've seen the paper! REVOLUTION! and now it's time to hear and see a film of BOB AVAKIAN on the DVD 'REVOLUTION! WHY IT'S NECESSARY-WHY IT'S POSSIBLE-WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!' An historic event on June 12, 2007 at the Schomburg Center in Harlem.

Join with us on Saturday June 2nd from 11 am all day at the Harlem State Office Building at Adam Clayton Powell and 125th Street in Harlem. Come join us to let Harlem know what's happening on June 12th. With permitted sound, all day people will be seeing and hearing clips of the DVD REVOLUTION! on a big screen, a truck cruising by playing music and setting a tone, distributing thousands of leaflets for the June 12th event, inviting all to join in making this a new beginning for a future worth living.

People have a chance to hear voices on the mic -- maybe even yours -- letting people know that the place to be on Tuesday, June 12th is the Schomburg Center in Harlem to see and hear Bob Avakian in the film REVOLUTION! WHY IT'S NECESSARY - WHY IT'S POSSIBLE - WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT...

We'll be making history and having fun! Hope to see you!

HARLEM FOCUS: June 2-3 Let Everyone Know About June 12th at the Schomburg

2007-05-28T14:45:00.000-07:00

updated May 31, 2007

** HARLEM FOCUS: JUNE 2-3 WEEKEND

Saturday June 2nd
9:00am
Harlem State Office Building, 125th & Adam Clayton Powell
All Day, Meet up the team at the Harlem State Office Building.
Come when you can, and bring your friends.

Sunday June 3rd
11:00am
135th & Malcolm X Blvd (Lenox)
by the Schomburg

Get out information about an extraordinary evening
featuring a FILM OF A TALK BY BOB AVAKIAN
Revolution Why: It’s Necessary, Why It’s Possible, What It’s All About
On: June 12, 2007
Time: 7:00PM
Place: The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd & 135th Street

Tuesday, May 29

9:30 am
Court support: 1st day of trial in Malcolm Ferguson civil suit. Ferguson was killed by NYPD officer Louis Rivera in the Bx on 3/1/00. Trial is expected to last all week. 4:30 pm: press conference w/Juanita Young (Ferguson's mother), atty Seth Harris, Justice Cmt, Peoples' Justice & Oct 22 Coalition. At Bx Supreme Court, 851 Grand Concourse, Bx (at 161st St (4, D to 161st St). Info: Gina Arias, 646-321-5425, Kathie Cheng, 917-414-4612, Esther Wang, 512-769-1585, http://october22-ny.org

6:00 pm
Suzan-Lori Parks, 365 Days/365 Plays
Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Between 124th and 125th Streets
New York, NY 10027
Tel: 212-665-7400
Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog) comes to Hue-Man for an intimate dialog about creativity and inspiration. Following the success of Topdog/Underdog, the incomparable Suzan-Lori Parks got an idea to write a play every day for a year. She began that very day, finishing one year later. The result is an extraordinary testament to artistic commitment. This collection of 365 impeccably crafted pieces, each with its own distinctive characters and dramatic power, is a complete work by an artist responding to her world, each and every day.

Wednesday, May 30

7:30AM
Revolution out to the high schools

7:30pm
Michelle Goldberg
Barnes & Noble
267 Seventh Ave
Brooklyn
In Kingdom Coming, Goldberg investigates the rise of Christian nationalism and its imminent threat to democracy.
718-832-9066

6:00-9:00pm
Jammin with Baraka - A Tribute to Amiri Baraka
Synod Hall on the Grounds of The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue @110th Street
Contact Malaika Adero , 212-926-8090
malaika@upsouthinternationalbookfestival.com
Sponsored By: Up South International, Inc. and the Hue Man Bookstore
Admission Fee: $150.00

Thursday, May 31st

7:30PM, Doors open at 7:00pm
Remembering Kurt Vonnegut --
Honoring His Humanism
NY Society for Ethical Culture
64th @ Central Park West
In cooperation with the American Humanist Association and the Vonnegut family.
Kurt Vonnegut, author, social critic, and Humanist, will be remembered by:
Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!
Howard Zinn, historian and longtime friend
Donald Farber, author and literary agent
Fred Edwords, AHA, Director of Communications
Tony Hileman, Senior Leader presiding.

6:00 pm
Marc Morial, State of Black America
Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Between 124th and 125th Streets
New York, NY 10027
Tel: 212-665-7400
Marc H. Morial, a lawyer by profession, is head of the National Urban League and many say, is leading it into “a new era with street smarts and boardroom savvy." NUL, the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights and direct services organization empowering African Americans and other ethnic communities, has been at the forefront of major public policy issues, research and effective community-based solutions.

Friday, June 1

4-9 pm & 6/2 SAT, 8 am-9 pm
Conference: 1st Annual Harlem Anti-Gentrification Conf. The Historic Community of Harlem Under Attack: Fight Back & Resistance.
St Ambrose Church
9 W 130th St (btw 5th & Lenox Aves).
Workshops incl Senior Citizens' protections, tenants' rights, roles of prison industrial complex, Katrina &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; war in gentrification, & many more; w/screening of doc "Bkn Matters," networking & closing plenary: "Which Way Forward: Forging Alliances Around Principled Unity." At Sponsors: Harlem Tenants Council, Delano Village Tenants Assn, St Ambrose Church, Harlem Fight Back. Info: Harlem Tenants Council,
212-234-5005, harlemtenants@aol.com

6:00 pm
10th Anniversary of Audre Lorde Project.
Celebrate 10 years with ALP!
Living a Legacy:
Celebrating Action, Imagination and Struggle
Join us in honoring 10 years since we opened our doors.
Learn how it all started and where we are headed! Info: http://www.alp.org/10thanniversary. 6:00 PM FOOD and GALLERY
7:30 PM PERFORMERS and SPEAKERS ticket info.$25, $50, $75, $500, $1,000
Reservation and Questions: rsvp@alp.org or 718-596-0342 x15

Saturday, June 2nd

Harlem Focus: June 2-3
9:00am -- All Day
125th & Adam Clayton Powell,
Harlem State office building
You're invited to join us in Harlem this Saturday June 2nd to deliver this message:

"Chuck D.; Fa. Luis Barrios St. Mary's Church*; Herb Boyd Amsterdam News*; Phil Rice, M.D.; Rev. Earl Kooperkamp St. Mary's Church*; Christopher McElroen Classical Theatre of Harlem*; Revolution Books invite You To A Special Evening at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

"You've heard the name! You've seen the paper! REVOLUTION! and now it's time to hear and see a film of BOB AVAKIAN on the DVD 'REVOLUTION! WHY IT'S NECESSARY-WHY IT'S POSSIBLE-WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!' An historic event on June 12, 2007 at the Schomburg Center in Harlem."
***

11:30pm
BAM: Sundance Film Festival
joe strummer, the future is unwritten
BAM Rose Cinemas
30 Laffayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
In his latest documentary, filmmaker Julien Temple (The Filth and the Fury) chronicles the transformation of a self-described “mouthy little git,” born John Mellor, into an anti-establishment icon known to the world as Joe Strummer—the front man of seminal punk band The Clash.
Through previously unearthed interviews with Strummer and recollections of those who knew him best, Temple reveals a complex man who used his music as a bullhorn for his conscience, as well as a means to educate others about the injustices of the world. The film includes live concert footage spanning Strummer’s career and tapes of his BBC radio program, all of which provide a fitting soundtrack to his legendary and storied existence.

3:00 pm
Film/discussion: "The Ground Truth: The Human Cost of War."
Church of the Evangel
Bedford Ave & Hawthorne St, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Bkn (Q to Parkside, B49 to Hawthorne St).
Free; refreshments served; child care. Sponsors: Prospect Lefferts Voices for Peace & Justice, Black Veterans for Social Justice, Bkn Parents for Peace. Info: 718-624-5921, iraq@brooklynpeaceorg & prospectforpeace@verizon.net

2:00-4:00pm
Faith Ringgold Lecture
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Pkwy @ Washington Avenue
Brooklyn
Mixed-media sculptor & author Ringgold was an early advocate of equality for women in the art world. In conjunction with the museum's recent openiongof its feminist art center, Ringgold speaks about her art and activist involvement.

10:00am – 6:00pm
NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE, INC. 152nd. STREET CULTURAL FESTIVAL
152nd. Street (Between Jackson & Union Ave. )
Bronx, NY

6/2 SAT-6/30 SAT - Films: Riverside Theatre's 9th Annual NY Family Arts, festival of interactive multicultural activities for families. Strives to empower & celebrate the family through culturally innovative performances, workshops & dialogues where families can share creative experiences & improve communication. At Sakura Park, 122nd St & Riverside Drive (1 to 116th St). Free.
Info/RSVP (for picnic): 212-870-6784, http://www.theriversidetheatre.org
--6/2 SAT, noon-5 pm - Free Community Unity Picnic to launch festival. Afternoon of music, games, & performances w/free hamburgers & hot dogs. Multicultural performances incl: steel pan rhythms of Something Positive; Zulu dance of Juxtapower; gospel stirrings of Claude Jay; Chili Pepper, D'Magic Clown; storytelling of Pickney Players & more. Local supermarkets D'Agostino, Morton Williams, Fairway Market, Met & C-Town have donated all of the food for the event.

1:00 pm
Action: deliver an order of deportation to Sen Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for failure to qualify for legalization under the new Senate immigration bill. Meet at Grand Army Plaza, Bkn (2/3 to Grand Army Plaza, Q to 7nth Ave); 2 pm: deliver order to Schumer's home, 9 Prospect Park W (near Carroll St). Sponsor: Immigrants Communities in Action (ICA): Adhikaar, Audre Lorde Project, CAAAV-Organizing Asian Communities, Centro
Hispano "Cuzcatlan," DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving, DAMAYAN Migrant Workers Assn, Domestic Workers United, Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees, Immigrant Justice Solidarity Project, National Alliance of Latin American & Caribbean Communities, Queers for Economic Justice, ROC-NY, Salvadorian American National Network, Ugnayan. Info: 718-205-3036 (Eng), 718-298-5083 (Esp), immigrantcommunitiesinaction@gmail.com & http://immigrantcommunitiesinaction.blogspot.com

Sunday, June 3

11:00am
Harlem Team -- Expanded
135th & Lenox, by the Schomburg

11:00am
Philippine Parade & Festival
Madison Avenue, from 41st to 27th Streets
followed by a festival at 27th Street, until 6pm

1:30-3:00pm
"What is Riverside Church's stand on the deportation of Immigrants?"
Riverside Church
120 & Claremont

Monday, June 4th

6:00-8:00pm
Tayannah Lee McQuillar: When Rap Music Had a Conscience
Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Between 124th and 125th Streets
New York, NY 10027
Tel: 212-665-7400
What goes up must come down! What was once the progressive, conscious race and political music of inner-city kids has now morphed into a new form of black oppression. Whatever way you flip this coin, there is no question that rap music is under fire. This is an important social dialogue that affects us all. Why did the golden age of rap give rise to crass materialism, sex and violence? Come and find out.

8:00 pm
Benefit: "There Has to Be a Way: A Common Ground Cabaret."
Playwrights Horizons
416 W 42nd St (9th & 10th Aves, A/C/E to 42nd St-Port Authority).
W/Staceyann Chin, David Cale, Less the Band, Shorey Walker, Lunchaford, Andrew Boyd, Lanna Joffrey, Daniel Ajl Kitrosser, Amelia "Lady Rizo" Zirin Brown. Benefits Common Ground Collective (CGC), organization for Hurricane Katrina victims. Silent art auction in lobby. At $25/premium $50 & $75 (incl 6:30 pm cocktail hour). Info/tix:
http://www.commongroundcabaret.com

Sundance Institute at BAM
May 31-June 6

Tuesday, June 5th

7:00pm
NYC TimesTalks
Global Warming, Local Solutions
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
With a problem as immense as human-caused climate change, how can individuals and communities make a difference? Discover the latest scientific findings on global warming and real-world solutions that can have an impact. Hear New York Times science reporter Andrew Revkin discuss the challenges and what we can do now with Alex Matthiessen, president of Riverkeeper; Bill McKibben, activist and author of "Deep Economy"; Billy Parish, founder of the Climate Campaign and co-founder and coordinator for the Energy Action Coalition; and Cynthia Rosenzweig, senior research scientist, Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Sunday with the Magazine, NY Times series

7:00pm
James Carroll
Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway, New York, NY 10024
at 82nd St.
212-362-8835
National Book Award winner Carroll shares his historical work House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power.

Next Issue:

Wednesday, June 6

1:00pm
Kanye West & Donda West
Borders Penn Station
32nd & 7th Avenue
Book signing: Raising Kanye

7:00 pm
Talk/book signing: "The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, 1 Economy at a Time." W/Antonia Juhasz (author/critic/policy analyst).
Unitarian Church of All Souls, Reidy Friendship Hall, 1157 Lexington Ave & 80th St (6 to 77th St).
Free/donations appreciated. Sponsors: Peace Task Force of All Souls Church, Action for Justice Community Church of NYC, Resistance Cinema. Info: 718-843-0515, 610-730-3566 & http://www.thebushagenda.net

7:00pm
Civilians under Fire from Iraq to Somalia: The Struggle for "Humanitarian Space"
Lecture
Wednesday, June 6th, 7:00 pm, reception at 6:00 pm
Cooper Union
The Great Hall
7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue
Free Please join us as Scott Anderson, novelist and journalist with The New York Times Magazine and Vanity Fair, takes the stage with aid workers from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

7:00pm
Political Humor and Political Reality
The New School, Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street (enter at 66 West 12th Street).
At a time when many people report getting their news form Comedy Central rather than Fox, CNN, or the broadcast networks, the role of humor in politics is ripe for reappraisal. Do jokes about politicians or political issues offer a more effective path to a certain kind of the truth than straight reportage? The Wolfson Center for National Affairs at The New School presents an evening of performance and discussion dedicated to political humor, featuring Ira Shorr (aka Senator Jess Trussme); Bill Hartung, World Policy Institute arms control expert and stand up comic; and progressive comedian and New School standup comedy workshop instructor Scott Blakeman. $8

June 7

7:30pm
Gay and Lesbian Relationships: Fighting the Politicization of Science
June 7, 2007 7:30pm
The New School, Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street (enter at 66 West 12th Street).
The Wolfson Center for National Affairs in association with the Rockway Institute for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Research & Public Policy presents a panel on how the existing social science and mental health research on same-sex couples, lesbian/gay parents, and “ex-gay” therapies strongly refutes the anti-gay propaganda being distributed by right-wing groups in the media, legislatures, and the courts.

7:00pm
Freedom Next Time: An Evening with John Pilger and Amy Goodman
The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street.
Nations Books (www.nationbooks.org) and The New School present award-winning journalist and filmmaker John Pilger, and Amy Goodman, as they discuss struggles for freedom and independence in Iraq, Palestine, South Africa, and the island of Diego Garcia.

Saturday, June 9

116th Street Festival
116th Streets between 2nd and Lexington Avenues; 3rd Avenue from 106th to 122nd Streets

7:00pm
"Evening of Revolutionary Love." W/former
rep Cynthia McKinney & activist atty Lynne Stewart.
St Mary's Episcopal Church
521 W 126th St (near B'way, 1, A/B/C/D to 125th St)
Reception after speeches. . $10; donations accepted to repay Cynthia McKinney's campaign debts. Info: PatLevasseurP@aol.com & zooltheartandpolitics@hotmail.com
--4 pm: reception w/Cynthia McKinney. At Sistas' Place, 456
Nostrand Avenue, Bkn (at Jefferson Ave, A to Nostrand Ave).
$50; seating limited. Reserve: 718-398-1766.

June 10

Sunday, June 10, 2007 – 11:00am
2007 NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADEOn Fifth Avenue, from 44th. to 86th. Streets – NYCOPEN TO THE PUBLIC

2:00-6:00pm
ADWA
FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION
Celebration of Ethiopian Millennium
Schomburg Center for Research in Black culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY 10037-1801
(212) 491-2200
The Beta Israel of North America (BINA) Cultural Foundation and the Schomburg Center invite you to a screening of ADWA: An African Victory directed by Haile Gerima followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Ephraim Isaac and Howard Dodson. This program hopes to highlight the cultural and historical achievements and triumphs of Ethiopia and the special position it holds in the African Diaspora in celebration of the upcoming Ethiopian Millennium that begins on September 12, 2007. Light refreshments will be served. Free admission.

3:00pm-5:00pm
"Every Mother's Son"
Brooklyn Museum
Cantor Auditorium, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Bkn
Tami Gold & Kelly Anderson. 3 women turn the deaths of their sons at the hands of police into an opportunity for profound social change.. Free w/museum admission. Info: 718-638-5000.

Monday, June 11th

6:00pm
Kamau Brathwaite, Dreamstories
Hue-Man Books & Cafe
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Brathwaite’s dazzling, inventive language, his tragic yet unquenchable vision, his haunting beats and timing makes for one of the most compelling voices of the late twentieth-century poets. Do yourself a favor. Come see Kamau so you, too, may go around spouting his words and sounding amazingly erudite.

6:30pm
"Judy Chicago: Jewish Identity,” with Laura Kruger, co-curator with Gail Levin art historian and author of “Becoming Judy Chicago” of the current exhibition at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Of Religion Museum .
Mid-Manhattan Library
455 Fifth Avenue @ 40th Street
(212) 340-0849
A power point presentation discussing both the trajectory of Judy Chicago's life and the development of her art. This show will use the newly published biography by Gail Levin.
Location:

7:00 pm
Reading: "Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour."
W/author Peniel E Joseph on how the Black Power Movement
transformed the US's racial, social & political landscape.
Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V to
2nd Ave). Free. Info: 212-777-6028, http://www.bluestockings.com &
http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc

June 12

7:00-9:30 pm
Film/discussion/reception: "Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About," film of talk by Bob Avakian. W/poet Staceyann Chin, excerpts from film, other performers TBA. Reception to follow. At Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd (at 135th St, 2/3 to 135th St). $15. Sponsors: Revolution Books, Chuck D, Rev Earl Kooperkamp, Herb Boyd & others. Info/tix: 212-691-3345.

6:00pm
Race, Law & American Society: 1607 to Present
Gloria Browne-Marshall,
Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Between 124th and 125th Streets
The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence advocates equal justice under the law for all. In reality that never happens. This book, by renowned John Jay College Law Professor Gloria Marshall, examines race and its role in the American legal system. Readers will discern the impact that civil rights cases had on American society and on the legal system.

13, 14 Jill Scott Radio City Music Hall. $49.50–$69.50.

Thursday, June 14, 2007,

6/14-28th
Human Rights Watch: International Film Festival
6:00pm 6/14 Opening Reception & Benefit Screening
Mon Colonel
Walter Reade Theater,
Lincoln Center

6:30-8:30pm
Artist’s Talk
Location: MoCADA – 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY
Cost: $8 for the general public; $4 for MoCADA members, senior citizens and students with ID
Space is limited; Please RSVP to info@mocada.org or call 718-230-0492
Alexis Peskine will discuss the concept of the exhibition and the inspiration for the art included in it. There will be a
talk in English and French to ensure that this exhibition also caters to native French speakers.

14 The Neville Brothers Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. $3.

15 Cassandra Wilson + Olu Dara Central Park SummerStage.
From 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM Central Park SummerStage Opening Night!

6/16 SAT & 6/17 SUN - Event: Clearwater Music & Environmental Festival: Great Hudson River Revival 2007. At Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson, NY.Info: Jen Rubbo, Volunteer Coordinator, 845-454-7673 x123, volcoord@clearwater.org or http://www.clearwaterfestival.org

6/16 SAT, noon-1:30 pm - Rally: for peace. "Music, street theater & energy! We want to reach out to groups & individuals to show the strength & diversity of Staten Islanders who want this endless war to end & US troops to come home." At Clove Lake Parks, SI. Sponsor: Peace Action SI. Info: sjones1@si.rr.com

6/16 SAT, 7 pm - Performance: "Antiwar Expressions: A Poetic Rhythmic Journey from Qns to Borinquen to Baghdad." A Latino response to the Iraq war, combining poetry, spoken word & music to convey the horrific effects of war on communities in the US & abroad. At Hunter College, Lang Center, 424 HN, 68th St & Lexington Ave (6 to 68th St-Hunter College). $15 adv/$20 door/$5 for high school students w/student ID. Tix: 646-594-4344, ollinimagination@yahoo.com & http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/

6/17 SUN Gay Pride Rally Bryant park (42nd St & 6th Avenue) 2-6pm

6/18 MON, 9:30 am - Court support: for Juanita Young, outspoken police brutality activist (mother of Malcolm Ferguson, murdered by NYPD in 2000) awaiting trial on bogus criminal charges brought against her by the precinct whose officers attacked her. Stand w/Juanita on the day that motions are due from her lawyer Geoffrey Stewart. At Bx Criminal Court, 161st St & Sheridan Ave, Bx (B/D/4 to 161st St-Yankee Stadium). Info: 866-235-7814, oct22ny@yahoo.com & http://www.october22-ny.org

6/18 MON 8pm Yoko Ono in Conversation with Anthony DeCurtis Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y Kaufmann Concert Hall Yoko Ono is a ground-breaking and award-winning musician, artist, filmmaker and peace activist. Her most recent work includes the albums, Yes, I'm a Witch and Open Your Box. One of the boldest creative thinkers and cultural icons of our time, she discusses her extraordinary life journey with Anthony DeCurtis, who is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the author of In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work.

6/19 TUE 6-8:30 pm - Film/discussion: "Heir to an Execution."W/Ivy Meerepol. Tamiment Library 70 Washington Sq South, 10th fl (A/C/E, B/D/F/V to W 4th St, R to 8th St-NYU, 1 to Christopher St-Sheridan Sq). Sponsors: Tamiment, National Cmt to Reopen the Rosenberg Case. Info: 212-998-2428, Michael.Nash@nyu.edu &Marilyn.Young@nyu.edu

6/23 SAT, 5 pm - March: 15th annual NYC Dyke March. Bring noisemakers, signs & rebel-rousing lesbians. "The dyke march is a protest march, not a parade--we don't ask for a permit, because we have the right to protest. As lesbians, we recognize that we must organize amongst ourselves to fight for our rights, for our safety, for visibility." At Bryant Park, 42nd St & 6th Ave (D/F to 42nd St/6th Ave, 7 to 5th Ave). Planning meetings: 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22

6/24 SUN Gay Pride March

**6/26 TUE, 11:30 am - Rally: "Day of Action to Restore Law & Justice." "Demand Congress & the president restore the great principles upon which this country was founded--freedom & fairness." Restore due process, habeas corpus, reform Military Commissions Act by passing Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007, end torture & abuse in secret prisons, stop extraordinary rendition, close Guantanamo Bay detention camp, accountability for those who broke the law. At Upper Senate Park, near the Capitol, DC. Sponsors: NY Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty Int'l, Leadership Council on Civil Rights, National Religious Campaign Against Torture. Info: http://www.juneaction.org

26 The Nightwatchman Bowery Ballroom. $16.

**6/27 WED-7/1 SUN - Conference: US Social Forum. At various locs in Atlanta. $20-$125. Info: Alice Lovelace, 404-622-1133, alovelace@mindspring.com & http://www.ussf2007.org

**6/27 WED - Event: welcome "Iraq Veterans Against the War Deployed: Northeast Bus Tour." Vets' bus tour, w/barbecues at every military base they can get to, starting in DC on 6/15 & stopping at Camp Meade, Walter Reed, Andrews AFB, Fort Belvoir, MCB Quantico, VA. Volunteer to help w/media contact, site for barbecue, advance outreach to troops, planning the event, housing, etc. At Ft Hamilton, Bkn. Info/volunteer: 917-520-076, elainebrower@worldcantwait.org

GÜNTER GRASS & NORMAN MAILER
in conversation with Andrew O’Hagan:
The 20th Century on Trial
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
at 7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
5th Avenue and 42nd Street
“I always thought violence was one of the frontiers left to us as novelists. The great writers of the nineteenth century did not deal with violence. They dealt with disappointment and love, with corruption, they dealt with society as a general abstract force that could bend a person’s will. Then came the 20th century."
Norman Mailer, Paris Review.
"Auschwitz was not a manifestation of common human bestiality; it was a repeatable consequence of a network of responsibilities so organised and so subdivided that the individual was conscious of no responsibility at all. The action of every individual who participated or did not participate in the crime was determined, knowingly or unknowingly, by a narrow conception of duty."
Gunter Grass, What Shall We Tell Our Children?

30
Ozomatli + Babylon Circus
Central Park SummerStage.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
From 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Central Park SummerStage

July

7 Live Earth with AFI + Akon + Alicia Keys + Bon Jovi + Dave Matthews Band + Fall Out Boy + John Mayer + Kanye West + Kelly Clarkson + KT Tunstall + Ludacris + Melissa Etheridge + Rihanna + Roger Waters + Smashing Pumpkins + The Police Giants Stadium. $55, $85, $175, $350.

28 / 29 Rock the Bells with Rage Against the Machine + Wu-Tang Clan + Public Enemy + Cypress Hill + The Roots + Mos Def + EPMD + MF Doom Randalls Island. $83.

Memorial Day Weekend: Stepping up to A Different World

2007-05-24T19:29:00.000-07:00

To quote from this issue of the paper:

"What has begun with the introduction of Bob Avakian to hundreds of thousands is a step towards bringing a different world into being. In key areas of major cities and on some college campuses, there is recognition of and talk about this leader--and this reverberates, not only through these areas, but much more broadly in society. People across the country have stepped up to spread the word of what he is saying and doing. This is the beginning of a movement which must take shape and form and which must spread much more broadly in society.

"Now the engagement needs to go broader and deeper. Those who took out this special issue of Revolution need to get down with the ideas this leader is bringing forward and bring others into wrangling with what BA is saying in an organized way. The key way right now is to take up and go to others with the special offer of Revolution: Why It’s Necessary, Why It’s Possible, What It’s All About (a DVD of a talk by BA) and 10 issues of Revolution for $25. By doing this, we enable thousands of people who got interested by the special issue to get more deeply into the wide-ranging presentation of the big questions and main points of revolution and communism that is on the DVD. And we get them relating to the newspaper every week, where they can see how all this applies to the events of the day and can also continue to engage with new work by Avakian. This kind of crucial followup means that people will draw closer over time, on a mass scale.

"At the same time, we need in this next month to launch a 'mass movement' of DVD showings. This requires getting out postcards and flyers and posters about it to hundreds of thousands, and finding the ways to sell it very, very broadly. It means people getting together in classrooms, rec centers and libraries, barbershops, cafes and clubs. Living rooms and laundromats. In groups that come together to discuss it, or informally when people drop in or hang around."

And in this area, we need to build for the June 12th showing of the Revolution DVD at the Schomberg. This weekend we want to get out and saturate key areas of the city.

Friday, May 25

12:30pm
Al Gore
Barnes & Noble
17th Street Union Square
Gore discusses his new book, Assault on Reason, in which he criticizes the Bush administration’s determination to ignore and twist the truth on all sorts of vital issues.
Phone: 212-253-0810

6:00-8:00pm
Vigil for Fermin Arzu in the Bronx -- Hewitt & Westchester. (#2 to the Intervale stop). Bring signs for justice and papers.

6:00-9:00PM
The French Evolution Exhibition
Race, Politics and the 2005 Riots
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts
The James E. David Arts Building
80 Hanson Place
Brooklyn, NY
Event will include DJs spinning French, African & Brazilian music to complement the artwork and the artist's cultural legacy.
Near Atlantic and Flatbush area & BAM
http://www.mocada.org/

Saturday, May 26

**10:30AM
Harlem Team
Meet at the Burger King on 125th near Lenox
The team will be out all day, give Flaco a call. All who can should come out to join this team to be part of building a "mass movement" around the DVD showings and bring more people on board to build for the June 12th DVD showing.

10:00am - 12 noon
Grand Army Plaza Farmer's market
Meet on Farmers' Market side of Flatbush across from the Brooklyn Library
Brooklyn

12 noon
Brooklyn Team
McDonald's on Church Avenue @Nostrand

8:00 am
Protest: Dick Cheney
He speaks at West Point graduation. Meet at Veteran's Park, Main St, Highland Falls, NY; march to Thayer Gate & into West Point & then re-assemble for a rally.
3:00PM
Bronx
Funeral for Fermin Arzu. Castle Hill and Westchester.

9:00pm
Mos Def: 'Black Radio'
Highline Ballroom
431 W 16th
New York, NY 10011 West Village

PM
Piers, West/East Village, Chelsea/Flatiron
Youth Street Team

Sunday, May 27

Churches
Abyssinian Baptist, other churches in Harlem and Brooklyn
Get the word out about June 12!

11:00am
Harlem
Meet at 135th & Lenox, South East Corner

1:00pm
Brooklyn Team
Meet at McDonalds at Nostrand & Fulton (A line to Nostrand)

8:0AM
Operation First Casualty: Bringing the war to the American Public
Iraq Vets Against The War
Iraq vets to show true reality of war using street theater in NYC
0830 [Staging Area] Columbus Circle (W. 59th & Broadway)
0900 [Start time] Columbus Circle
1045 [Scene 6] Rockefeller Center & NBC (50th bet 5th & 6th Ave)
1130 [Scene 8] Times Sq (W. 42nd & 7th Ave)
1230 [Press Conference] Union Sq (14th & Broadway)
1400 [Scene 9] WTC Ground Zero
1700 [Memorial Ceremony] Grand Army Plaza

Afternoon Street Fairs

Brooklyn Academy of Music Dance Africa Street Festival
Ashland Place and Lafayette Avenue, Fort Greene
Saturday & Sunday, noon to 10pm
Monday 12 noon-7pm

Loisaida Street Fair
Avenue C between 6th & 12th Streets
East Village
Sunday, 11am-6pm

Washington Sq. Outdoor Art Exhibit
sidewalks north, south & east of Washington Sq. Pk
Greenwich Village
Saturday-Monday, noon to 6pm

Monday, May 28

Morning
Agitators Training

Afternoon
Marcus Garvey Park, Riverside Park along Harlem and Washington Heights.

Street Fairs:

-- Brooklyn Acaademy of Music Dance Africa Street Festival
Ashland Place & Lafayette Avenue
Forte Greene, Brooklyn
Monday 12 noon to 7pm

-- Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit
University Place from 3rd to 12th Streets

-- Coalition for a Livable West Side/Safe Haven Fest
Broadway from 72nd to 86th Streets

Brooklyn Team
Neighborhood barbecues
Fort Greene

Wednesday, May 30

7:30AM
Revolution out to the high schools

7:30pm
Michelle Goldberg
Barnes & Noble
267 Seventh Ave
Brooklyn
In Kingdom Coming, Goldberg investigates the rise of Christian nationalism and its imminent threat to democracy.
718-832-9066

6:00-9:00pm
Jammin with Baraka - A Tribute to Amiri Baraka
Synod Hall on the Grounds of The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue @110th Street
Contact Malaika Adero , 212-926-8090
malaika@upsouthinternationalbookfestival.com
Sponsored By: Up South International, Inc. and the Hue Man Bookstore
Admission Fee: $150.00

Organizing Meeting for the Schomberg June 12th Event

2007-05-23T14:26:00.000-07:00

Planning meeting for the special evening featuring Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About to be held at the Schomburg Center for Research In Black Culture

Thursday May 24, 2007 7:00PM
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
521 W. 126th Street (Btw Old Broadway & Amsterdam)
#1 Train to 125th, walk east

Invite everyone you think will be interested in being part of this effort -- there's lots of ways people can contribute to making this a success.

Sponsored by Revolution Books
Tickets $15.00
Simultaneous translation in Spanish
For tickets & information: 212-691-3345

Truth...in Preparation for Revolution!

2007-05-21T00:34:00.000-07:00

At a moment when much of humanity finds itself in a living hell, when the horror of the U.S. occupation of Iraq threatens to escalate into a war against Iran, and when the future of the planet itself is threatened, Revolution newspaper must be out there much more boldly and much more broadly—exposing what is going on, revealing why, and pointing to a revolutionary solution in the interests of the vast majority of humanity.

Monday, May 21, 2007

7:30pm
Spalding Gray Stories
IFC Center
323 Sixth Ave.,
New York, NY 10014 at W. 3rd St.
212-924-7771
Spalding Gray is having a Tupac moment. The dry-witted monologist’s tragic 2004 suicide—he struggled with depression since a debilitating car crash in 2001—hasn’t stymied audience demand for his singular storytelling. Currently running at the Minetta Lane Theatre is Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell, a selection of his work curated by his wife Kathleen Russo and performed by a rotating cast of actors. This event (Spalding Gray Stories) operates as a sort of companion piece: Russo will be on hand with film director Steven Soderbergh to present a screening of Gray’s Anatomy, the movie version of the late great raconteur's solo show about alternative medicine. — Amos Barshad

Tuesday, May 22

7:30pm.
Alice Walker in Conversation with Gloria Steinem.
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y.
Alice Walker, known for her literary fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple, has written many volumes of poetry and non-fiction. Her most recent book is We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness, a series of spiritual and political meditations on what each of us can do to better the world and be a force for peace, hope and sanity. Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor and feminist activist. In 1972, she co-founded Ms. magazine and remained one of its editors for 15 years. Her books include the bestsellers Revolution from Within: A Book of Self Esteem and Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Moving Beyond Words. Location: Venue: Kaufmann Concert HallCode: T-LC5WL08-01 Price: $25.00 All Sections

6:30pm
String Theory for Dummies
The Graduate Center
365 Fifth Ave (at 34th Street)
Many scientists feel String Theory explains and unifies all of physics. Others disagree. We, the public, are confused. Dr. Jim Gates, Toll Professor in Physics at the University of Maryland, will explain the theory with great clarity. We’ll screen the winning entries from Discover Magazine’s current String Theory in Two Minutes or Less video competition. Look for magic and a special guest (think wood; we’re literal about the title!).

THE NEW ISSUE:

Wednesday, May 23

3-5PM
Bronx -- Hewitt Place & Westchester AVenue
People have set up a People's Memorial site for Fermin Arzu, killed by NYPD on Friday, May 18th, in the Longwood section of the Bronx.

8pm
The Struggle for Birth Control and Abortion Rights: Past and Present
Monkey Town
48 North 3rd St. (L to Bedford Ave)
Williamsburg
Proceeds from this screening of It Happened to US (1972), which documents the plea for legal abortion in the US, benefit the women’s Liberation Birth Control Project, $10

7pm
Anthony D. Romero
Barnes & Noble @ 17th Street/Union Sq.
Romero, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, presents In Defense of America, in which he reveals how our constitutional freedoms are being eroded.

Thursday, May 24

Early morning: High School newspaper distribution

7:30AM Harlem Hospital

8:00pm
Understanding Our World: Al Gore with Charlie Rose.
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y Venue
Al Gore served as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, having had a prior distinguished career serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance and An Inconvenient Truth. He also stars in the Academy Award-winning film An Inconvenient Truth, where he passionately exposes the myths and misconceptions about global warming and offers practical solutions for what each of us can do to ensure the future of our planet.

6:30pm
Legacy of Slavery and Reconstruction
NY Historical Society
170 Central Park West @ 77th Street
Nicholas Lemann (Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War), Annette Gordon-Reed (Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy) and Brent Staples (Parallel Time: Growing Up in Black and White) discuss the violent campaigns aimed at thwarting African Americans’ newly won rights in the post–Civil War era ($15, seniors and students $10).

6:30-9PM
Same News, Different Views:
Bridging the Gap Between Ethnic & Mainstream Media
A feet in Two Worlds Town Hall
The New School
Theresa Lang Community & Student Center
55 West 13th St. (bet 5th 7 6th Avenues), 2nd floor
The federal immigration policy debate may soon reach its climactic moment, changing the lives of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers. Meanwhile our city’s immigrant communities face unique – and not so unique – local challenges related to schools, poverty, housing, and more. If you read or listen to the mainstream English-language press, what are you missing? A Town Hall meeting with ethnic and mainstream press, hosted by Brian Lehrer and taped for broadcast on WNYC, New York Public Radio.
Speakers:
Muzaffar Chishti, Migration Policy Institute; Roberto Lovato, new American Media; Juana Ponce De Leon, IPA-NY; Julia Preston, The New York Times; Elaine Rivera, NYC, NY Public Radio; Sree Srinivasen, Columbia University; Alberto Vourvoulias, El Diario/La Prensa; Leon Wynter, Author of American Skin; and others.
Admission is free but you must RSVP. Call 212-229-5418 or email centernyc@newschool.edu. Refreshments will be served.

Friday, May 25

12:30pm
Al Gore
Barnes & Noble
17th Street Union Square
Gore discusses his new book, Assault on Reason, in which he criticizes the Bush administration’s determination to ignore and twist the truth on all sorts of vital issues.
Phone: 212-253-0810

6-8pm
Vigil for Fermin Arzu in the Bronx -- Hewitt & Westchester. (#2 to the Intervale stop). Bring signs for justice and papers.

6-9PM
The French Evolution Exhibition
Race, Politics and the 2005 Riots
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts
The James E. David Arts Building
80 Hanson Place
Brooklyn, NY
Event will include DJs spinnign French, African & Brazilian music to complement the artwork and the artist's cultural legacy.
Looks like it is near Atlantic and Flatbush area

Saturday, May 26

8am
Grand Army Plaza Farmer's market
Brooklyn

10:30AM
Harlem Team
Meet at the Burger King on 125th near Lenox

XXX
Brooklyn Team

8:o0 am
Protest: Dick Cheney
He speaks at West Point graduation. Meet at Veteran's Park, Main St, Highland Falls, NY; march to Thayer Gate & into West Point & then re-assemble for a rally. Info: Steve Greenfield, 845-532-0280, bicyclesax@earthlink.net

3:00PM
Bronx
Funeral for Fermin Arzu. Castle Hill and Westchester.

9:00pm
Mos Def: 'Black Radio'
Highline Ballroom
431 W 16th
New York, NY 10011 West Village

PM
Piers, West/East Village, Chelsea/Flatiron
Youth Street Team

Sunday, May 27

East Harlem/Washington Heights

Monday, May 28

Morning
Agitators Training

Afternoon
Marcus Garvey Park, Riverside Park along Harlem and Washington Heights.

Brooklyn Team
Neighborhood barbecues
Fort Greene

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

7:30pm
Michelle Goldberg
Barnes & Noble
267 Seventh Ave
Brooklyn
In Kingdom Coming, Goldberg investigates the rise of Christian nationalism and its imminent threat to democracy.
718-832-9066

6:00-9:00pm
Jammin with Baraka - A Tribute to Amiri Baraka
Synod Hall on the Grounds of The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue @110th Street
Contact Malaika Adero , 212-926-8090
malaika@upsouthinternationalbookfestival.com
Sponsored By: Up South International, Inc. and the Hue Man Bookstore
Admission Fee: $150.00

Upcoming June events

6/2 SAT, 3 pm - Film/discussion: "The Ground Truth: The Human Cost of War." At Church of the Evangel, Bedford Ave & Hawthorne St, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Bkn (Q to Parkside, B49 to Hawthorne St). Free; refreshments served; child care. Sponsors: Prospect Lefferts Voices for Peace & Justice, Black Veterans for Social Justice, Bkn Parents for Peace. Info: 718-624-5921, iraq@brooklynpeaceorg & prospectforpeace@verizon.net

6/2 SAT 10:00am – 6:00pm NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE, INC. 152nd. STREET CULTURAL FESTIVAL 152nd. Street (Between Jackson & Union Ave. ) – Bronx, NY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

6/3 SUN 1:30-3:00pm Riverside Church "What is Riverside Church's stand on the deportation of Immigrants?"

06.05.07Leonard Nimoy Thalia TheaterSymphony Space2537 Broadway at 95th StreetNYC TimesTalksGlobal Warming, Local SolutionsWith a problem as immense as human-caused climate change, how can individuals and communities make a difference? Discover the latest scientific findings on global warming and real-world solutions that can have an impact. Hear New York Times science reporter Andrew Revkin discuss the challenges and what we can do now with Alex Matthiessen, president of Riverkeeper; Bill McKibben, activist and author of "Deep Economy"; Billy Parish, founder of the Climate Campaign and co-founder and coordinator for the Energy Action Coalition; and Cynthia Rosenzweig, senior research scientist, Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
Sunday with the Magazine, NY Times series

June 6 Wednesday 7:00PM
New York City
All Souls Church
Reidy Friendship Hall
1157 Lexington Ave. @ 80th
212-535-5530
Contact info: Russell Branca- 718-843-0515
Sponsored by PEACE TASK FORCE OF ALL SOULS CHURCH, RESISTANCE =20
CINEMA, & ACTION FOR JUSTICE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF NYC.
The Ecologist Magazine of London calls The Bu$h Agenda, "Spine tingling," and Greg Palast, bestselling author of Armed Madhouse, gives it a heartfelt, "Bravo!"

Civilians under Fire from Iraq to Somalia: The Struggle for "Humanitarian Space"
Lecture
Wednesday, June 6th, 7:00 pm, reception at 6:00 pm
The Great Hall
7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue
Please join us as Scott Anderson, novelist and journalist with The New York Times Magazine and Vanity Fair, takes the stage with aid workers from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Thursday, June 7th
7PM
Freedom Next Time: An Evening with John Pilger and Amy Goodman
The New School Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th St.
$5
Pilger will discuss his new book, Freedom nex Time, with Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!. They will consider iraq, Palestine, India, South Africa, and the island of Diego Garcia, where the long struggle for freedom has taken place, but the people are still waiting for its dream to be realized.

Saturday, June 9
116th Street Festival
116th Streets between 2nd and Lexington Avenues; 3rd Avenue from 106th to 122nd Streets

6/9 SAT, eve - Event: w/Cynthia McKinney & Lynne Stewart. At loc TBA in Bkn. Info: zooltheartandpolitics@hotmail.com

Sunday, June 10, 2007 – 11:00am
2007 NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADEOn Fifth Avenue, from 44th. to 86th. Streets – NYCOPEN TO THE PUBLIC

6/16 SAT & 6/17 SUN - Event: Clearwater Music & Environmental Festival: Great Hudson River Revival 2007. At Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson, NY.Info: Jen Rubbo, Volunteer Coordinator, 845-454-7673 x123, volcoord@clearwater.org or http://www.clearwaterfestival.org

6/17 SUN Gay Pride Rally Bryant park (42nd St & 6th Avenue) 2-6pm

6/18 MON 8pm Yoko Ono in Conversation with Anthony DeCurtis Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y Kaufmann Concert Hall Yoko Ono is a ground-breaking and award-winning musician, artist, filmmaker and peace activist. Her most recent work includes the albums, Yes, I'm a Witch and Open Your Box. One of the boldest creative thinkers and cultural icons of our time, she discusses her extraordinary life journey with Anthony DeCurtis, who is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the author of In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work.

6/19 TUE 6-8:30 pm - Film/discussion: "Heir to an Execution."W/Ivy Meerepol. Tamiment Library 70 Washington Sq South, 10th fl (A/C/E, B/D/F/V to W 4th St, R to 8th St-NYU, 1 to Christopher St-Sheridan Sq). Sponsors: Tamiment, National Cmt to Reopen the Rosenberg Case. Info: 212-998-2428, Michael.Nash@nyu.edu &Marilyn.Young@nyu.edu

Issue #89 Weekend Plans

2007-05-18T11:09:00.000-07:00

Friday, May 18th

7PM
Meet at the Book Store to make displays so we have a good impact over weekend at 9th Avenue Food Fair.

11pm
Talib Kweli
Highline Ballroom
431 W. 16th St. @ Ninth Avenue
212-414-5994

Saturday, May 19

9th Avenue Food Fair
This is an annual event, since 1973, and their website says the fair draws over 1 million people each day. This is going on for Saturday and Sunday, and WE NEED FOLKS to join us, to make it possible to impact very broadly with the current issue of Revolution newspaper, the DVD/Subscription offer, and the flyers and info about the June 12 Revolution DVD event at the Shomburg. This is a major event, and a chance we don't want to miss to connect with so many people.

8AM both Saturday and Sunday
**CHANGE! (for those who saw the earlier post, we are not meeting Saturday morning at the bookstore)**: 8AM - Meet on south side of 57th Street just east of 9th Avenue.

If you can only make it later, call Flaco or Janet to hook up with the team
The Ninth Avenue International Food Festival in May has become a favorite weekend for New Yorkers since it began in 1973. From 37th Street to 57th Street, Ninth Avenue closes to cars and the festival takes over. More than a million people visit the festival each year. It's unique and amazing, celebrating the joys of ethnicity through food, entertainment and every kind of street fair stall.Most street fairs in New York all look the same but this one stands out. The food is the big draw, but the festival is a fabulous expression of the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood -- teeming with ethnic food shops and fine restaurants and offering an eclectic global smorgasbord of national and regional foods. Outside venders participate as well, but the Ninth Avenue merchants and restaurants and the community organizations of Hell's Kitchen are out in all their neighborhood glory.Come for Argentinian, Brazilian, Cajun, Chinese, Cuban, Dominican, Ethiopian, French, German, Greek, Haitian, Indian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, Moroccan, Pakistani, Polish, Puerto Rican, Peruvian, Senegalese, Sicilian, Southern, Spanish, Thai, Trinidadian, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese food ? and more! Even at the Ninth Avenue Food Festival, there are the standards -- mozzarepas, zeppolis, funnel cakes, and egg creams -- but this is one street fair where they are outnumbered by fabulous foods that you actually don't see at other fairs.Around the middle area of the festival, stages are set up for live music and dancing. You will see Egyptian belly dancing, German folk dancing, and Arabian scarf dancing, Midori & Chad performing Lindy Hop, Charleston, Peabody, Blues and Salsa routines, the Mary Morrisson Dancers sharing the traditional dances and music of Scotland -- plus other performers and many local bands.There are also plenty of regular street fair vendors selling inexpensive clothes, sunglasses, accessories and socks. If you like jewelry, there are always rings, bracelets, earrings, and pendants available. You'll also find the Hell's Kitchen Flea Market vendors selling their various wares down 39th Street. Bring a big appetite, wear comfortable shoes and loose-fitting clothes. If you need to offset your gluttony-guilt, remember: the Ninth Avenue Food Festival is held to raise money for the community groups in Hell's Kitchen.The festival takes place each year the weekend after Mother's Day. There is no admission fee and the festival extends from 37th street to 57th street. It starts at 9:30 am and ends at 6:30 pm. You can miss most of New York's street fairs but you can't miss this one.

Harlem Team
Time and place to meet to be announced.

11am-4pm
The Wedding march
Crossing the Bridge for Marriage Equality. Foley Sq. on the Manhattan side of the Bridge, proceeding across the Brooklyn Bridge to Cadman PlazaJoin Marriage Equality NY in NY's largest communtiy marriage rights action. www.theweddingmarch.org

3:00pm
FORUM The Malcolm X Museum In celebration of the 82nd Birthday of Malcolm X, the Malcolm X Museum presents "Writing is Fighting: The Impact of Malcolm X Upon Black Writers."
A distinguished intergenerational panel of black writers will discuss the impact of Malcolm X on their writing, as well as on writers of his time and those of today. The panel will also discuss the influence that black writers had on Malcolm X El Hajj Malik El Shabazz. A reception will follow the discussion. For more information, call the Malcolm X Museum at (212) 650-8956.

Sunday, May 20

Out to the churches

8AM
The Bookstore
9th Avenue Food Festival
Call Flaco or Janet for more information

11 am-12:15 pm
Discussion: on Iraq war W/Demond Mullins (Iraq Veterans Against the War), Todd Ensign (Citizen Soldier).
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
Meeting House main hall
53 Prospect Pk West (btw 1st & 2nd Sts),
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Mullins, featured in "Ground Truth: The Human Cost of War," will accept BSEC's 2007 Peace Site Award on behalf of IVAW. SUN platform series. . Free. Info: 718-768-2972, bsecOffice@aol.com & http://www.bsec.org/events/platform/index.html

8PM
KRS-ONE
Irving Plaza
17 Irving Place
NY
212-777-6800

Tuesday, May 22

7:30pm
Alice Walker in Conversation with Gloria Steinem
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y
Kaufmann Concert Hall
Alice Walker, known for her literary fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple, has written many volumes of poetry and non-fiction. Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor and feminist activist. In 1972, she co-founded Ms. magazine and remained one of its editors for 15 years. Price: $25.00 All Sections

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

8:00pm. (sold out)
Understanding Our World: Al Gore with Charlie Rose.
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y
Kaufmann Concert Hall
Al Gore served as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, having had a prior distinguished career serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance and An Inconvenient Truth. He also stars in the Academy Award-winning film An Inconvenient Truth, where he passionately exposes the myths and misconceptions about global warming and offers practical solutions for what each of us can do to ensure the future of our planet. His most recent book is The Assault On Reason, a visionary analysis of how we can put the tenets of fact-based reasoning back into public discourse and politics at large. Tickets for priority seating are $50.

Saturday, May 26

8:30 am Protest: Dick Cheney West Point, NJ He speaks at West Point graduation. Meet at Veteran's Park, Main St, Highland Falls, NY; march to Thayer Gate & into West Point & then re-assemble for a rally. Info: Steve Greenfield, 845-532-0280, bicyclesax@earthlink.net

9:00pm
Mos Def: 'Black Radio'
Highline Ballroom
431 W 16th
New York, NY 10011West Village

Come to the Planning Meeting!

2007-05-16T06:51:00.000-07:00

Thursday, May 17th 7:00PM

Join in on the planning for an extraordinary evening on June 12, 2007 featuring Revolution Why: It’s Necessary, Why It’s Possible, What It’s All About to be held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

The planning meeting will be

THURSDAY May 17

7:00 PM

St Mary's Episcopal Church

521 W 126th St (Btw Old Broadway & Amsterdam)

Take #1 train to 125th. Walk east.

Information about June 12th below.

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Revolution Why: It’s Necessary, Why It’s Possible, What It’s All About

A film of a talk by Bob Avakian

A special evening at:

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

515 Malcolm X Blvd. NY, NY @ 135th St.

June 12, 2007, 7:00 PM

Program & film screening 7:00PM–9:30PM. Reception to follow.

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“In times like these, this clear voice for social change is a welcome relief from all the confusion and lies. Listen, and you will truly hear a voice of reason, with sharp analysis and deep understanding, going up against the tide of injustice and oppression...While you might not agree with everything he says, he will challenge you with his insights and a clarion call to what must be done.” —Reverend Earl Kooperkamp, Pastor, St. Mary’s Church, Harlem, NYC

“Avakian offers a full plan for revolutionary transformation, and he gets the attention of Black Americans right away on these four DVDs in his passionate discussion of lynching, police brutality, racial profiling and issues pertinent to African Americans.” —Herb Boyd, Amsterdam News

“Just like landmark art work or historically seminal music Bob Avakian’s delivery and timing is truly inspiring. The only thing more inspiring is the vision and message he presents to us. Avakian is a revolutionary leader whose voice must be heard far and wide today.” —Wil-Dog, Jiro and Uli from the band Ozomatli

In 2003 Chairman Bob Avakian delivered an historic talk in the United States, now available in video. This talk 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. Full of heart and soul, humor and seriousness, it will challenge you and set your heart and mind to flight.

BOB AVAKIAN is a creative and wide-ranging thinker who maintains a profound sense of the actual struggles, trends and sentiments among the masses, the movements of opposition, and society broadly. And, he is the leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, which is seriously setting its sight on the seizure of power right within the U.S. itself, and the revolutionary transformation of society as part of the world proletarian revolution. He will take you on a journey that can change your life.

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Sponsored by Revolution Books
Tickets $15.
Simultaneous translation in Spanish.
For tickets & info (212)691-3345

#89 Plans

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Wednesday, May 16

Early morning: High School newspaper distribution

5 pm Event: March/prayer vigil for Alberta Spruill, killed by NYPD 3/16/03. Meet at Convent Ave Baptist Church, 420 W 145 St, march to 310 W 143rd St. Sponsors: Justice Coalition for Alberta Spruill, Faith Coalition for Political Action, James E Davis Stop Violence Foundation, Dedicated to the Struggle Inc, Community Alert, Man Up! Inc, Nat'l Action Network Info: 212-234-6767.

6pm "Voices of Darfur" Museum of Television 7 Radio 25 W. 52nd St. (nr 5th Ave) Mia Farrow, Nick Clooney, and other activists discuss the ongoing conflict in the Sudanese region 212-621-6800 $5-$25

7 pm "Climate Change, Despair & Empowerment: Traveling Road Show." St Mark's Church 2nd Ave & 10th St (6 to Astor Place, L to 1st or 3rd Aves). Donations accepted W/John Seed (founding director of Rainforest Information Centre; award-winning Australian conservationist). To spark individual & community action around issue of catastrophic climate change. Incl video w/footage of Al Gore & Ross Gelbspan; expose false solutions, identify real solutions; discussion on role of denial of anguish & despair; connections to local organizing groups.. Info: Jkthecat666@aol.com & John Seed johnseed1@ozemail.com.au & http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/johnseed.html & http://www.climate.net.au/ Philadelphia

6-8PM Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal Drexel University Matheson Hall, 109 32nd & Market Streets Speakers: Kathleen Cleaver, Linn Washington, Joy James, Michael Schiffman, Tameka L. Cage, Dave Lindorff. Moderators: Johanna Fernandez, Mark L. Taylor

Thursday, May 17

8:30AM Mumia Abu Jamal's FINAL APPEAL COURT DATE! Philadelphia, PA rally: 6th & Market Battle on in the eleventh hour of Mumia's case! The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has informed attorneys for death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal that it will hear oral argument on Mumia’s habeas corpus appeal on May 17 in Philadelphia. In a letter to supporters announcing the hearing, Mumias attorney Robert Bryan pointed out that Mumia “remains in great danger. If all is lost, he will be executed.” Mumia’s case has reached a critical juncture. Any decision by the Third Circuit will likely be appealed to the reactionary U.S. Supreme Court. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 601 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA. For more information go to: http://mumia.org/

7:00 pm What Do Creationists Believe About Human Evolution? with Dr. Eugenie Scott, American Museum of Natural History. Central Park West, at 79th Street, New York, $10.00 General Admission / $8.00 Members Call: (212) 769-5100 or www.amnh.org

7:00 PM BOOK CELEBRATION Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X BlvdNew York, NY The Schomburg Center and Up South, Inc. present readings by Ruby Dee from Life Lit by Some Large Vision: Selected Speeches and Writings by Ossie Davis and by Colin Channer from Girl with the Golden Shoes. Join Ruby Dee, Colin Channer, Malaika Adero and other guests for an exciting literary evening. Q&A and book signing will follow the presentations.

Friday, May 18

“Black Panthers: Making Sense of History” Aperture Gallery 547 W 27th St212-505-5555 Photographer Stephen Shames captures a turbulent period for the revolutionary political party in these images of street demonstrations, protests and unscripted behind-the-scenes moments.This week's schedule: Fri 18, 10:00am-6pm; Sat 19, 10:00am-6pm; Tue 22, 10:00am-6pm; Wed 23, 10:00am-6pm; Thu 24, 10:00am-6pm.Prices: Free

8:30am 2007 Personal Democracy Forum Conference Pace University Schimmel Hall 150 Spruce St., nr Gold St. Writers, bloggers, and political thinkers ( Arianna Huffington, Seth Godin, Thomas L. Friedman, and Craig Newmark and others) explore the ways technology is changing grassroots campaigns. register online at pdf2007.confabb.com $245.00

Saturday, May 19

9th Avenue Food Fair. The Ninth Avenue International Food Festival in May has become a favorite weekend for New Yorkers since it began in 1973. From 37th Street to 57th Street, Ninth Avenue closes to cars and the festival takes over. More than a million people visit the festival each year. It's unique and amazing, celebrating the joys of ethnicity through food, entertainment and every kind of street fair stall.

Most street fairs in New York all look the same but this one stands out. The food is the big draw, but the festival is a fabulous expression of the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood -- teeming with ethnic food shops and fine restaurants and offering an eclectic global smorgasbord of national and regional foods. Outside venders participate as well, but the Ninth Avenue merchants and restaurants and the community organizations of Hell's Kitchen are out in all their neighborhood glory.

Come for Argentinian, Brazilian, Cajun, Chinese, Cuban, Dominican, Ethiopian, French, German, Greek, Haitian, Indian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, Moroccan, Pakistani, Polish, Puerto Rican, Peruvian, Senegalese, Sicilian, Southern, Spanish, Thai, Trinidadian, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese food ? and more! Even at the Ninth Avenue Food Festival, there are the standards -- mozzarepas, zeppolis, funnel cakes, and egg creams -- but this is one street fair where they are outnumbered by fabulous foods that you actually don't see at other fairs.

Around the middle area of the festival, stages are set up for live music and dancing. You will see Egyptian belly dancing, German folk dancing, and Arabian scarf dancing, Midori & Chad performing Lindy Hop, Charleston, Peabody, Blues and Salsa routines, the Mary Morrisson Dancers sharing the traditional dances and music of Scotland -- plus other performers and many local bands.

There are also plenty of regular street fair vendors selling inexpensive clothes, sunglasses, accessories and socks. If you like jewelry, there are always rings, bracelets, earrings, and pendants available. You'll also find the Hell's Kitchen Flea Market vendors selling their various wares down 39th Street. Bring a big appetite, wear comfortable shoes and loose-fitting clothes. If you need to offset your gluttony-guilt, remember: the Ninth Avenue Food Festival is held to raise money for the community groups in Hell's Kitchen.

The festival takes place each year the weekend after Mother's Day. There is no admission fee and the festival extends from 37th street to 57th street. It starts at 9:30 am and ends at 6:30 pm. You can miss most of New York's street fairs but you can't miss this one.

Harlem. Time and place to meet to be announced.

11am-4pm The Wedding march Crossing the Bridge for Marriage Equality. Foley Sq. on the Manhattan side of the Bridge, proceeding across the Brooklyn Bridge to Cadman PlazaJoin Marriage Equality NY in NY's largest communtiy marriage rights action. www.theweddingmarch.org

3:00pm FORUM The Malcolm X Museum In celebration of the 82nd Birthday of Malcolm X, the Malcolm X Museum presents "Writing is Fighting: The Impact of Malcolm X Upon Black Writers." A distinguished intergenerational panel of black writers will discuss the impact of Malcolm X on their writing, as well as on writers of his time and those of today. The panel will also discuss the influence that black writers had on Malcolm X El Hajj Malik El Shabazz. A reception will follow the discussion. For more information, call the Malcolm X Museum at (212) 650-8956. Sunday, May 20 Out to the churches 11 am-12:15 pm Discussion: on Iraq war. W/Demond Mullins (Iraq Veterans Against the War), Todd Ensign (Citizen Soldier). Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, Meeting House main hall 53 Prospect Pk West (btw 1st & 2nd Sts), Park Slope, Bkn Mullins, featured in "Ground Truth: The Human Cost of War," will accept BSEC's 2007 Peace Site Award on behalf of IVAW. SUN platform series. . Free. Info: 718-768-2972, bsecOffice@aol.com & http://www.bsec.org/events/platform/index.html

Sunday.

9th Avenue Food Fair. See Saturday description.

Tuesday, May 22

7:30pm. Alice Walker in Conversation with Gloria Steinem. Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y Kaufmann Concert Hall Alice Walker, known for her literary fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple, has written many volumes of poetry and non-fiction. Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor and feminist activist. In 1972, she co-founded Ms. magazine and remained one of its editors for 15 years. Price: $25.00 All Sections

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Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:00pm. (sold out) Understanding Our World: Al Gore with Charlie Rose. Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y Kaufmann Concert Hall Al Gore served as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, having had a prior distinguished career serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance and An Inconvenient Truth. He also stars in the Academy Award-winning film An Inconvenient Truth, where he passionately exposes the myths and misconceptions about global warming and offers practical solutions for what each of us can do to ensure the future of our planet. His most recent book is The Assault On Reason, a visionary analysis of how we can put the tenets of fact-based reasoning back into public discourse and politics at large. Tickets for priority seating are $50.

Saturday, May 26

8:30 am Protest: Dick Cheney West Point, NJ He speaks at West Point graduation. Meet at Veteran's Park, Main St, Highland Falls, NY; march to Thayer Gate & into West Point & then re-assemble for a rally. Info: Steve Greenfield, 845-532-0280, bicyclesax@earthlink.net

Upcoming June events 6/9 SAT, eve - Event: w/Cynthia McKinney & Lynne Stewart. At loc TBA in Bkn. Info: zooltheartandpolitics@hotmail.com

6/16 SAT & 6/17 SUN - Event: Clearwater Music & Environmental Festival: Great Hudson River Revival 2007. At Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson, NY.Info: Jen Rubbo, Volunteer Coordinator, 845-454-7673 x123, volcoord@clearwater.org or http://www.clearwaterfestival.org

6/17 SUN Gay Pride Rally Bryant park (42nd St & 6th Avenue) 2-6pm 6/18 MON 8pm Yoko Ono in Conversation with Anthony DeCurtis Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y Kaufmann Concert Hall Yoko Ono is a ground-breaking and award-winning musician, artist, filmmaker and peace activist. Her most recent work includes the albums, Yes, I'm a Witch and Open Your Box. One of the boldest creative thinkers and cultural icons of our time, she discusses her extraordinary life journey with Anthony DeCurtis, who is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the author of In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work.

6/19 TUE 6-8:30 pm - Film/discussion: "Heir to an Execution."W/Ivy Meerepol. Tamiment Library 70 Washington Sq South, 10th fl (A/C/E, B/D/F/V to W 4th St, R to 8th St-NYU, 1 to Christopher St-Sheridan Sq). Sponsors: Tamiment, National Cmt to Reopen the Rosenberg Case. Info: 212-998-2428, Michael.Nash@nyu.edu &Marilyn.Young@nyu.edu

6/23 SAT-6/27 WED - Conference: "Creating Sustainability W/in Our Midst: Challenge for the 21st Century." 4th biennial conf of US Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE). At Pace U downtown campus. Info: http://www.ussee.org/conference.htm 6/23 SAT,5 pm - March: 15th annual NYC Dyke March. Bryant Park, 42nd St & 6th Ave Bring noisemakers, signs & rebel-rousing lesbians. "The dyke march is a protest march, not a parade--we don't ask for a permit, because we have the right to protest. As lesbians, we recognize that we must organize amongst ourselves to fight for our rights, for our safety, for visibility." Planning meetings: 5/18, 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22 FRI, 6-8 pm at LGBT Center, 208 W 13th St (just west of 7th Ave, 1/2/3, A/C/E to 14th St, L to 8th Ave). Info: 212-479-8520, dykes@nycdykemarch.org & http://www.nycdykemarch.org

6/24 SUN 12pm-? Gay Pride March 5th Avenue & 52nd Street to Christopher & Greenwich Streets 6/27 WED-7/1 SUN - Conference: US Social Forum. At various locs in Atlanta. $20-$125. Info: Alice Lovelace, 404-622-1133, alovelace@mindspring.com & http://www.ussf2007.org

Truth...in Preparation for Revolution!

2007-05-14T09:01:00.000-07:00

Beginning in July:
Revolution Newspaper's Six-Month Expansion and $500,000 Fund Drive!

At a moment when much of humanity finds itself in a living hell, when the horror of the U.S. occupation of Iraq threatens to escalate into a war against Iran, and when the future of the planet itself is threatened, Revolution newspaper must be out there much more boldly and much more broadly—exposing what is going on, revealing why, and pointing to a revolutionary solution in the interests of the vast majority of humanity.

Revolution brings truth, and a revolutionary perspective, to a uniquely diverse audience that includes prisoners, students, professors, youth in the housing projects, artists, immigrant workers, anti-war activists and scientists and others. Yet, there is a potential for far, far more people to read this paper. Revolution is launching a six month expansion drive, accompanied by a fund drive to raise $500,000.

This $500,000 will be a first step to realize the potential and rise to the challenge.

Let’s build on the hundreds of thousands of broadsheets distributed on with the special supplement on Bob Avakian April 8th/#84 issue as well as the May 1st broadsheet and encourage people to subscribe to this paper. We need to promote the SPECIAL OFFER: 10 issues of Revolution and a DVD (or VHS) of the talk by Bob Avakian, REVOLUTION: Why It’s necessary, Why It’s Possible, What It’s All About. Both for only $25.00.

When teams go out, they should meet for a short orientation; set goals for the day together, periodically sum up during the outing in terms of the goals, and remember to send in reports as soon as possible.

Revolution distributors and Revolution Clubs should keep this expansion drive in mind as we are meeting people. We need to expand the teams, to recruit for the clubs and invite people to be part of distributing and contributing generously to Revolution!

Monday, May 14

6:00 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION: The Women of August Wilson
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard,
(Enter at 103 West 135th Street)
Join the producers of August Wilson's Radio Golf on Broadway with Ebony Jo Ann, Linda Gravette, Roz Coleman, Leslie Uggams, and Stephanie Berry for a panel discussion as we celebrate the work of this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.

6:00 - 9:00 pm
GALA EXHIBHT OPENING
Brecht Forum
451 West Street
New York, NY 10014 -(212) 242-4201 - email: brechtforum at brechtforum.org
Co-sponsor: NYC Jericho Can't Jail the Spirit
Paintings by Political Prisoner Tom Manning Can't Jail the Spirit exhibits Manning's paintings of political prisoners, freedom fighters, the earth and people struggling against oppression. For his actions, Tom Manning became a political prisoner and taught himself to paint behind the prison walls. Can't Jail the Spirit was first displayed at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. A week after it went up, it was censored following intense pressure by state troopers and the police to shut it down. Tom's paintings transcend concrete and razor wire, and show that they still Can't Jail the Spirit!

8 pm (reception 7 pm)
Film/discussion: "War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death"
(US, 45 min).
Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Ave (at 2nd St, F/V to 2nd Ave).
W/director Loretta Alper (Media Education Foundation, http://www.mediaed.org/) & Norman Solomon (featured in film, narration by Sean Penn). Insightful analysis of strategies used by administrations Dem & Rep to promote their agendas for war, from Vietnam to Iraq. Familiarizes viewers w/techniques of war propaganda, sensitizes to rhetoric of "war on terror." At $10 (incl reception). Sponsor: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). Info: hgoldstein@fair.org Tix: 800-838-3006,http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/14397

Tuesday, May 15

6:30pm
Politics and Faith in America
NY Historical Society
170 Central Park West (bet 76th & 77th St.)
Four experts the history of religion as a form of political activism in America -- from time of Founding Fathers, the conversation traces the history of the evangelical movement from Henry Ward Beecher to the power collision of politics with organized religion i today's political landscape. Ray Suarez (moderator) is a senior correspondent on "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" and the author of The Holy Vote: The politics of Faith in America. Debby Applegate author of The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher. Randall Balmer, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of American Religion at Barnard College and author of Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America. David L. Holmes the Walter G. Mason Professor of Religious Studies at the College of William and Mary and the author of The Faiths of the Founding Fathers. $8

7pm
WELCOME TO THE TERRORDOME: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports"
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd
New York, NY
Welcome to the Terrordome Public Enemy's 1990 hip-hop anthem was a call to arms against a world—and a popular culture—gone mad. A real Terrordome emerged in the New Orleans Superdome in the horrifying aftermath of Hurricane Katrina—a gruesome collision of sports and politics as thousands sat stranded in a sports arena where most could never have afforded even the cheapest ticket. Today the "Terrordome" is a twenty-first century sports world that is frightening, ridiculous, horrifying, and inspiring…all before the next commercial break. From Don Imus' racist comments to the inspiring, yet mixed, legacy of Muhammad Ali; from the stormy marriage between hip hop and the NBA to Zinedine Zidane's head butt— it will get you talking and thinking.

Wednesday, May 16

Early morning: High School newspaper distribution

5 pm
Event: March/prayer vigil for Alberta Spruill,killed by NYPD 3/16/03.
Meet at Convent Ave Baptist Church, 420 W 145 St, march to 310 W 143rd St. Sponsors: Justice Coalition for Alberta Spruill, Faith Coalition for Political Action, James E Davis Stop Violence Foundation, Dedicated to the Struggle Inc, Community Alert, Man Up! Inc, Nat'l Action Network Info: 212-234-6767.

6pm
"Voices of Darfur"
Museum of Television 7 Radio
25 W. 52nd St. (nr 5th Ave)
Mia Farrow, Nick Clooney, and other activists discuss the ongoing conflict in the Sudanese region
212-621-6800
$5-$25

7 pm
"Climate Change, Despair & Empowerment: Traveling Road Show."
St Mark's Church
2nd Ave & 10th St (6 to Astor Place, L to 1st or 3rd Aves). Donations accepted
W/John Seed (founding director of Rainforest Information Centre; award-winning Australian conservationist). To spark individual & community action around issue of catastrophic climate change. Incl video w/footage of Al Gore & Ross Gelbspan; expose false solutions, identify real solutions; discussion on role of denial of anguish & despair; connections to local organizing groups.. Info: Jkthecat666@aol.com & John Seed johnseed1@ozemail.com.au & http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/johnseed.html & http://www.climate.net.au/

Philadelphia
6-8PM
Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal
Drexel University
Matheson Hall, 109
32nd & Market Streets
Speakers: Kathleen Cleaver, Linn Washington, Joy James, Michael Schiffman, Tameka L. Cage, Dave Lindorff. Moderators: Johanna Fernandez, Mark L. Taylor

Thursday, May 17

8:30AM
Mumia Abu Jamal's FINAL APPEAL COURT DATE!
Philadelphia, PA
rally: 6th & Market
Battle on in the eleventh hour of Mumia's case!
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has informed attorneys for death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal that it will hear oral argument on Mumia’s habeas corpus appeal on May 17 in Philadelphia. In a letter to supporters announcing the hearing, Mumias attorney Robert Bryan pointed out that Mumia “remains in great danger. If all is lost, he will be executed.” Mumia’s case has reached a critical juncture. Any decision by the Third Circuit will likely be appealed to the reactionary U.S. Supreme Court. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 601 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA. For more information go to: http://mumia.org/

7:00 pm
What Do Creationists Believe About Human Evolution?with Dr. Eugenie Scott,
American Museum of Natural History.
Central Park West, at 79th Street, New York,
$10.00 General Admission / $8.00 Members
Call: (212) 769-5100 or www.amnh.org

7:00 PM
BOOK CELEBRATION
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X BlvdNew York, NY
The Schomburg Center and Up South, Inc. present readings by Ruby Dee from Life Lit by Some Large Vision: Selected Speeches and Writings by Ossie Davis and by Colin Channer from Girl with the Golden Shoes. Join Ruby Dee, Colin Channer, Malaika Adero and other guests for an exciting literary evening. Q&A and book signing will follow the presentations.

Friday, May 18

“Black Panthers: Making Sense of History”
Aperture Gallery
547 W 27th St212-505-5555
Photographer Stephen Shames captures a turbulent period for the revolutionary political party in these images of street demonstrations, protests and unscripted behind-the-scenes moments.This week's schedule: Fri 18, 10:00am-6pm; Sat 19, 10:00am-6pm; Tue 22, 10:00am-6pm; Wed 23, 10:00am-6pm; Thu 24, 10:00am-6pm.Prices: Free

8:30am
2007 Personal Democracy Forum Conference
Pace University
Schimmel Hall
150 Spruce St., nr Gold St.
Writers, bloggers, and political thinkers ( Arianna Huffington, Seth Godin, Thomas L. Friedman, and Craig Newmark and others) explore the ways technology is changing grassroots campaigns. register online at pdf2007.confabb.com $245.00

Saturday, May 19

Harlem Team

Brooklyn Team

11am-4pm
The Wedding marchCrossing the Bridge for Marriage Equality
Foley Sq. on the Manhattan side of the Bridge, proceeding across the Brooklyn Bridge to Cadman PlazaJoin Marriage Equality NY in NY's largest communtiy marriage rights action. www.theweddingmarch.org

3:00pm
FORUM
The Malcolm X Museum
In celebration of the 82nd Birthday of Malcolm X, the Malcolm X Museum presents "Writing is Fighting: The Impact of Malcolm X Upon Black Writers." A distinguished intergenerational panel of black writers will discuss the impact of Malcolm X on their writing, as well as on writers of his time and those of today. The panel will also discuss the influence that black writers had on Malcolm X El Hajj Malik El Shabazz. A reception will follow the discussion. For more information, call the Malcolm X Museum at (212) 650-8956.

Sunday, May 20

Out to the churches

11 am-12:15 pm
Discussion: on Iraq war. W/Demond Mullins (Iraq Veterans Against the War), Todd Ensign (Citizen Soldier).
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture,
Meeting House main hall
53 Prospect Pk West (btw 1st & 2nd Sts), Park Slope, Bkn
Mullins, featured in "Ground Truth: The Human Cost of War," will accept BSEC's 2007 Peace Site Award on behalf of IVAW. SUN platform series. . Free. Info: 718-768-2972, bsecOffice@aol.com & http://www.bsec.org/events/platform/index.html

Tuesday, May 22

7:30pm.
Alice Walker in Conversation with Gloria Steinem.
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y
Kaufmann Concert Hall
Alice Walker, known for her literary fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple, has written many volumes of poetry and non-fiction. Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor and feminist activist. In 1972, she co-founded Ms. magazine and remained one of its editors for 15 years. Price: $25.00 All Sections

Thursday, May 24, 2007

8:00pm. (sold out)
Understanding Our World: Al Gore with Charlie Rose.
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y
Kaufmann Concert Hall
Al Gore served as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, having had a prior distinguished career serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance and An Inconvenient Truth. He also stars in the Academy Award-winning film An Inconvenient Truth, where he passionately exposes the myths and misconceptions about global warming and offers practical solutions for what each of us can do to ensure the future of our planet. His most recent book is The Assault On Reason, a visionary analysis of how we can put the tenets of fact-based reasoning back into public discourse and politics at large. Tickets for priority seating are $50.

Saturday, May 26

8:30 am
Protest: Dick Cheney
West Point, NJ
He speaks at West Point graduation. Meet at Veteran's Park, Main St, Highland Falls, NY; march to Thayer Gate & into West Point & then re-assemble for a rally. Info: Steve Greenfield, 845-532-0280, bicyclesax@earthlink.net

Upcoming June events

6/9 SAT, eve -
Event: w/Cynthia McKinney & Lynne Stewart. At loc TBA in Bkn. Info: zooltheartandpolitics@hotmail.com

6/16 SAT & 6/17 SUN -
Event: Clearwater Music & Environmental Festival: Great Hudson River Revival 2007. At Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson, NY.Info: Jen Rubbo, Volunteer Coordinator, 845-454-7673 x123, volcoord@clearwater.org or http://www.clearwaterfestival.org

6/17 SUN
Gay Pride Rally
Bryant park (42nd St & 6th Avenue)
2-6pm

6/18 MON
8pm
Yoko Ono in Conversation with Anthony DeCurtis
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y
Kaufmann Concert Hall
Yoko Ono is a ground-breaking and award-winning musician, artist, filmmaker and peace activist. Her most recent work includes the albums, Yes, I'm a Witch and Open Your Box. One of the boldest creative thinkers and cultural icons of our time, she discusses her extraordinary life journey with Anthony DeCurtis, who is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the author of In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work.

6/19 TUE
6-8:30 pm -
Film/discussion: "Heir to an Execution."W/Ivy Meerepol.
Tamiment Library
70 Washington Sq South, 10th fl (A/C/E, B/D/F/V to W 4th St, R to 8th St-NYU, 1 to Christopher St-Sheridan Sq).
Sponsors: Tamiment, National Cmt to Reopen the Rosenberg Case. Info: 212-998-2428, Michael.Nash@nyu.edu &Marilyn.Young@nyu.edu

6/23 SAT-6/27 WED -
Conference: "Creating Sustainability W/in Our Midst: Challenge for the 21st Century." 4th biennial conf of US Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE). At Pace U downtown campus. Info: http://www.ussee.org/conference.htm

6/23 SAT,5 pm -
March: 15th annual NYC Dyke March.
Bryant Park, 42nd St & 6th Ave
Bring noisemakers, signs & rebel-rousing lesbians. "The dyke march is a protest march, not a parade--we don't ask for a permit, because we have the right to protest. As lesbians, we recognize that we must organize amongst ourselves to fight for our rights, for our safety, for visibility." Planning meetings: 5/18, 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22 FRI, 6-8 pm at LGBT Center, 208 W 13th St (just west of 7th Ave, 1/2/3, A/C/E to 14th St, L to 8th Ave). Info: 212-479-8520, dykes@nycdykemarch.org & http://www.nycdykemarch.org

6/24 SUN 12pm-?
Gay Pride March
5th Avenue & 52nd Street to Christopher & Greenwich Streets

6/27 WED-7/1 SUN -
Conference: US Social Forum.
At various locs in Atlanta. $20-$125. Info: Alice Lovelace, 404-622-1133, alovelace@mindspring.com & http://www.ussf2007.org

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May 1st, 2007 -- Across the U.S.

Determined Marches for Immigrant Rights

On May 1st this year, tens of thousands of immigrants and their allies marched and rallied across the country in major cities and small towns. The principal demands were legalization for all immigrants, stop the raids, stop the deportations and stop the militarization of the border. Though much smaller than last year’s outpourings in opposition to the draconian Sensenbrenner bill which would have criminalized all undocumented immigrants and anyone who helped them in any way, these actions were very significant, nonetheless. In many cases, there was a very determined edge to the actions—as was shown in LA, where people refused to back down in the face of police attack. At the same time many people were asking why were the demonstrations so much smaller? Does marching do any good? Is the movement dying?

This year’s demonstrations did give voice to people’s burning demand to be treated as human beings. It did show that despite the events of the last year a strong core of people have not given up but went out in the face of the raids, roundups and deportations. The just demands of the people have not been met. The movement needs to build on this, reach out far beyond the immigrant communities, and persevere in relying on the people’s own efforts to defeat all of the anti-immigrant attacks. Revolutionaries must work within that movement, strengthening this resistance and constantly bringing forward the fundamental interests of the masses and how they can only be satisfied through revolution.

Let’s get out this week’s issue of Revolution, find out what people are thinking about the May 1st demonstrations and what is the way forward.

Let’s build on the thousands of broadsheets distributed on May 1st and encourage people to subscribe to this paper. Check out the SPECIAL OFFER: 10 issues of Revolution and a DVD (or VHS) of the talk by Bob Avakian, REVOLUTION: Why It’s necessary, Why It’s Possible, What It’s All About. Both for only $25.00.

When teams go out, they should have a short orientation; set goals for the day together, periodically sum up during the outing in terms of the goals, and remember to send in reports.

Tuesday, May 8th

6:30 pm
The Interpretation of Habeas Corpus
With David Cole, Georgetown University, Legal Affairs Correspondent for The Nation; Aziz Huq, Liberty and National Security Project, The Brennan Center for Justice; and Corey Robin, the Graduate Center. (Center for the Humanities)
CUNY Grad Center, 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, Martin E. Segal Theatre

Wednesday, May 9th

7:30pm
Mission of a Generation
Youth/Students Speaking Tour
World Can’t Wait—Drive Out the Bush Regime!
Hunter College
Hunter West Room 603
68th & Lexington Avenue
Presented by the Blue & Gold Society

Thursday, May 10

6-8AM
Harlem Hospital

7:00pm
Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam
Building/Location: The New School, Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue. Event Description: The New Press and International Affairs at The New School present a conversation with preeminent historians of the Vietnam War, Marilyn B. Young and Lloyd C. Gardner, editors of Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam, as they draw out the connections between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War—and the many lessons that went unlearned by U.S. foreign policy makers, even as they have been obsessed with overcoming the “Vietnam Syndrome.” Anthony Arnove, author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal, and Jan Barry, founder and first president of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), also join the panel.

7:00 p.m.
CONVERSATIONS: GAY RIGHTS IN AMERICA.
With Harry Hirsch, editor of The Future of Gay Rights in America and Lisa Duggan, editor of Sex Wars: Sexual Dissent and Political Culture. Location: The New School Theresa Lang Community Center 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.

Saturday, May 12

11:30am
Harlem Team
Meets at BK on 125th and Lenox

Brooklyn Team

11:30am
Upper Westside Team
Meets at deli just around the corner from Rev Books

10AM-5pm
Conference
Team Rev's Hip Hop LIFE
York College/CUNY
94-20 Guy r. Brewer Blvd
Queens, NY

6:30 pm
Discussion: forum on US threat of war against Iran.
W/Ramsey Clark (former US Atty General), Larry Holmes (Troops Out Now Coalition), Nada Khader (WESPAC Foundation), Kazem Azin & Ardeshir Ommani (American-Iranian Friendship Cmt-AIFC), Larry Everest (World Can't Wait), Sara Flounders (Int'l Action Center). At Judson Memorial Church Assembly Hall, 239 Thompson St (btw W 3rd St & Washington Sq South, A/C/E, D/F to W 4th St, R/N to 8th St-NYU). Sponsors: AIFC, StopWarOnIran (SWOI), Artists & Activists United for Peace, WESPAC Foundation, Iranian American Society in NY, others. Info: 212-633-6646, 914-273-8852, ardeshiromm@optonline.net & http://www.StopWarOnIran.org orhttp://www.progressiveportals.com/aifc

The Hip Hop Project
CINEMASOURCE SYNOPSIS"The Hip Hop Project" is the compelling story of Kazi, a formerly homeless teenager who inspired a group of New York City teens to transform their life stories into powerful works of art, using hip hop as a vehicle for self-development and personal discovery. Kazi challenges these young people to write music about real issues affecting their lives as they strive to overcome daunting obstacles to produce a collaborative album. Russell Simmons, hip hop mogul and long-time supporter of the project, partners with Bruce Willis to donate a recording studio to the Hip Hop Project. After four years of collaboration, the group produces a powerful and thought-provoking CD filled with moving personal narratives and sharp social commentary. In contrast to all of the negative attention focused on hip hop and rap music, this is a story of hope, healing and the realization of dreams.
Showing at:
AMC Magic Johnson Harlem USA
Angelika Film Center
AMC Empire 25 @ 42nd St.

Monday, May 14

6:00 PM
PANEL DISCUSSIONThe Women of August Wilson
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, (Enter at 103 West 135th Street),
Join the producers of August Wilson's Radio Golf on Broadway with Ebony Jo Ann, Linda Gravette, Roz Coleman, Leslie Uggams, and Stephanie Berry for a panel discussion as we celebrate the work of this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. Radio Golf opens on May 8 and Schomburg Society members can use discount code RGMKT39 when purchasing tickets at the Cort Theatre box office at 138 W. 48th Street or by calling (212) 947-8844. (Offer expires June 10, 2007

6:00 - 9:00 pm
GALA EXHIBHT OPENING
Brecht Forum
451 West Street
New York, NY 10014 -
(212) 242-4201 - email: brechtforum at brechtforum.org
Co-sponsor: NYC Jericho Can't Jail the SpiritPaintings by Political Prisoner Tom Manning
Can't Jail the Spirit exhibits Manning's paintings of political prisoners, freedom fighters, the earth and people struggling against oppression. For his actions, Tom Manning became a political prisoner and taught himself to paint behind the prison walls. Can't Jail the Spirit was first displayed at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. A week after it went up, it was censored following intense pressure by state troopers and the police to shut it down. Tom's paintings transcend concrete and razor wire, and show that they still Can't Jail the Spirit!

8 pm (reception 7 pm) -
Film/discussion: "War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death"
(US, 45 min). W/director Loretta Alper (Media Education Foundation, http://www.mediaed.org/) & Norman Solomon (featured in film, narration by Sean Penn). Insightful analysis of strategies used by administrations Dem & Rep to promote their agendas for war, from Vietnam to Iraq. Familiarizes viewers w/techniques of war propaganda, sensitizes to rhetoric of "war on terror." At Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave (at 2nd St, F/V to 2nd Ave). $10 (incl reception). Sponsor: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). Info: hgoldstein@fair.org Tix: 800-838-3006,http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/14397

Wednesday, May 16

Early morning: High School newspaper distribution

5 pm
Event: March/prayer vigil for Alberta Spruill,
killed by NYPD 3/16/03. Meet at Convent Ave Baptist Church, 420 W 145 St, march to 310 W 143rd St. Sponsors: Justice Coalition for Alberta Spruill, Faith Coalition for Political Action, James E Davis Stop Violence Foundation, Dedicated to the Struggle Inc, Community Alert, Man Up! Inc, Nat'l Action Network Info: 212-234-6767.

[The following is no longer on the Schomberg web site so people need to check to make sure it is still on schedule.]
7pm
Book launch: WELCOME TO THE TERRORDOME: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd
New York, NY
"Welcome to the Terrordome." Public Enemy's 1990 hip-hop anthem was a call to arms against a world—and a popular culture—gone mad. A real Terrordome emerged in the New Orleans Superdome in the horrifying aftermath of Hurricane Katrina—a gruesome collision of sports and politics as thousands sat stranded in a sports arena where most could never have afforded even the cheapest ticket. Today the "Terrordome" is a twenty-first century sports world that is frightening, ridiculous, horrifying, and inspiring…all before the next commercial break. From Don Imus' racist comments to the inspiring, yet mixed, legacy of Muhammad Ali; from the stormy marriage between hip hop and the NBA to Zinedine Zidane's head butt— it will get you talking and thinking.

7 pm
"Climate Change, Despair & Empowerment: Traveling Road Show."
St Mark's Church
2nd Ave & 10th St (6 to Astor Place, L to 1st or 3rd Aves).
W/John Seed (founding director of Rainforest Information Centre; award-winning Australian conservationist). To spark individual & community action around issue of catastrophic climate change. Incl video w/footage of Al Gore & Ross Gelbspan; expose false solutions, identify real solutions; discussion on role of denial of anguish & despair; connections to local organizing groups. At Donations accepted. Info: Jkthecat666@aol.com & John Seed johnseed1@ozemail.com.au & http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/johnseed.html & http://www.climate.net.au/

Thursday, May 17

Mumia Abu Jamal's FINAL APPEAL COURT DATE!
Philadelphia, PA
Battle on in the eleventh hour of Mumia's case!The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has informed attorneys for death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal that it will hear oral argument on Mumia’s habeas corpus appeal on May 17 in Philadelphia. In a letter to supporters announcing the hearing, Mumias attorney Robert Bryan pointed out that Mumia “remains in great danger. If all is lost, he will be executed.” Mumia’s case has reached a critical juncture. Any decision by the Third Circuit will likely be appealed to the reactionary U.S. Supreme Court. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 601 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA. For more information go to: http://mumia.org/

7:00 pm
What Do Creationists Believe About Human Evolution?
with Dr. Eugenie Scott, American Museum of Natural History. Central Park West, at 79th Street, New York, $10.00 General Admission / $8.00 Members Call: (212) 769-5100 or www.amnh.org

7:00 PM
BOOK CELEBRATION
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd
New York, NY
The Schomburg Center and Up South, Inc. present readings by Ruby Dee from Life Lit by Some Large Vision: Selected Speeches and Writings by Ossie Davis and by Colin Channer from Girl with the Golden Shoes. Join Ruby Dee, Colin Channer, Malaika Adero and other guests for an exciting literary evening. Q&A and book signing will follow the presentations.

Friday, May 18

“Black Panthers: Making Sense of History”
Aperture Gallery
547 W 27th St
212-505-5555
Photographer Stephen Shames captures a turbulent period for the revolutionary political party in these images of street demonstrations, protests and unscripted behind-the-scenes moments.
This week's schedule: Fri 18, 10:00am-6pm; Sat 19, 10:00am-6pm; Tue 22, 10:00am-6pm; Wed 23, 10:00am-6pm; Thu 24, 10:00am-6pm.
Prices: Free

Saturday, May 19

11am-4pm
The Wedding March
Crossing the Bridge for Marriage Equality
Foley Sq. on the Manhattan side of the Bridge, proceeding across the Brooklyn Bridge to Cadman Plaza
Join Marriage Equality NY in NY's largest communtiy marriage rights action. www.theweddingmarch.org

3:00pm
FORUM
The Malcolm X Museum
In celebration of the 82nd Birthday of Malcolm X, the Malcolm X Museum presents "Writing is Fighting: The Impact of Malcolm X Upon Black Writers." A distinguished intergenerational panel of black writers will discuss the impact of Malcolm X on their writing, as well as on writers of his time and those of today. The panel will also discuss the influence that black writers had on Malcolm X El Hajj Malik El Shabazz. A reception will follow the discussion. For more information, call the Malcolm X Museum at (212) 650-8956.

Sunday, May 20

11 am-12:15 pm
Discussion: on Iraq war.
W/Demond Mullins (Iraq Veterans Against the War), Todd Ensign (Citizen Soldier). Mullins, featured in "Ground Truth: The Human Cost of War," will accept BSEC's 2007 Peace Site Award on behalf of IVAW. SUN platform series. At Bkn Society for Ethical Culture, Meeting House main hall, 53 Prospect Pk West (btw 1st & 2nd Sts), Park Slope, Bkn. Free. Info: 718-768-2972, bsecOffice@aol.com & http://www.bsec.org/events/platform/index.html

Tuesday, May 22

7:30pm.
Alice Walker in Conversation with Gloria Steinem.
Alice Walker, known for her literary fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple, has written many volumes of poetry and non-fiction. Her most recent book is We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness, a series of spiritual and political meditations on what each of us can do to better the world and be a force for peace, hope and sanity. Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor and feminist activist. In 1972, she co-founded Ms. magazine and remained one of its editors for 15 years. Her books include the bestsellers Revolution from Within: A Book of Self Esteem and Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Moving Beyond Words. Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y. Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall
Code: T-LC5WL08-01 Price: $25.00 All Sections

Thursday, May 24, 2007

8:00pm. (sold out)
Understanding Our World: Al Gore with Charlie Rose.
Al Gore served as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, having had a prior distinguished career serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance and An Inconvenient Truth. He also stars in the Academy Award-winning film An Inconvenient Truth, where he passionately exposes the myths and misconceptions about global warming and offers practical solutions for what each of us can do to ensure the future of our planet. His most recent book is The Assault On Reason, a visionary analysis of how we can put the tenets of fact-based reasoning back into public discourse and politics at large. Tickets for priority seating are $50. Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall Code: T-LC5SE19-01

Saturday, May 26

8:30 am
Protest: Dick Cheney
He speaks at West Point graduation. Meet at Veteran's Park, Main St, Highland Falls, NY; march to Thayer Gate & into West Point & then re-assemble for a rally. Info: Steve Greenfield, 845-532-0280, bicyclesax@earthlink.net

Upcoming June events

6/9 SAT, eve -
Event: w/Cynthia McKinney & Lynne Stewart. At loc TBA in Bkn. Info: zooltheartandpolitics@hotmail.com

6/16 SAT & 6/17 SUN -
Event: Clearwater Music & Environmental Festival: Great Hudson River Revival 2007. Volunteer: contribute from 10-12 hours during the Festival weekend, depending on your skills & availability. All volunteers receive a weekend Festival pass (valued at $60) free meals all weekend, on-site camping, official Revival Volunteer T-shirt, access to the volunteer lounge & invitation to 2 Volunteer "after hours" parties. Membership in Clearwater is required to be eligible & $25 donation requested to help defray administrative costs & other expenses (fee waived for volunteers who work 25+ hours). Volunteer candidates accepted on a 1st-come, 1st-serve basis. Applications due by 5/30. At Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson, NY.Info: Jen Rubbo, Volunteer Coordinator, 845-454-7673 x123, volcoord@clearwater.org or http://www.clearwaterfestival.org

6/17 SUN
Gay Pride Rally
Bryant park (42nd St &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; 6th Avenue); 2-6pm

6/18 MON
8pm Yoko Ono in Conversation with Anthony DeCurtis
Yoko Ono is a ground-breaking and award-winning musician, artist, filmmaker and peace activist. Her most recent work includes the albums, Yes, I'm a Witch and Open Your Box. One of the boldest creative thinkers and cultural icons of our time, she discusses her extraordinary life journey with Anthony DeCurtis, who is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the author of In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work.Date & Time: Mon, Jun 18, 2007, 8:00pmLocation: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street YVenue: Kaufmann Concert HallCode: T-LC5AE13-01Price: $35.00 All Sections

6/19 TUE
6-8:30 pm -
Film/discussion: "Heir to an Execution."W/Ivy Meerepol. At Tamiment Library, 70 Washington Sq South, 10th fl (A/C/E, B/D/F/V to W 4th St, R to 8th St-NYU, 1 to Christopher St-Sheridan Sq). Sponsors: Tamiment, National Cmt to Reopen the Rosenberg Case. Info: 212-998-2428, Michael.Nash@nyu.edu &Marilyn.Young@nyu.edu 6/23 SAT-6/27 WED - Conference: "Creating Sustainability W/in Our Midst: Challenge for the 21st Century." 4th biennial conf of US Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE). At Pace U downtown campus. Info: http://www.ussee.org/conference.htm

6/23 SAT,
5 pm -
March: 15th annual NYC Dyke March.
Bring noisemakers, signs & rebel-rousing lesbians. "The dyke march is a protest march, not a parade--we don't ask for a permit, because we have the right to protest. As lesbians, we recognize that we must organize amongst ourselves to fight for our rights, for our safety, for visibility." At Bryant Park, 42nd St & 6th Ave (D/F to 42nd St/6th Ave, 7 to 5th Ave). Planning meetings: 5/18, 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22 FRI, 6-8 pm at LGBT Center, 208 W 13th St (just west of 7th Ave, 1/2/3, A/C/E to 14th St, L to 8th Ave). Info: 212-479-8520, dykes@nycdykemarch.org & http://www.nycdykemarch.org

6/24 SUN 12pm-?
Gay Pride March
5th Avenue & 52nd Street to Christopher & Greenwich Streets
6/27 WED-7/1 SUN - Conference: US Social Forum. At various locs in Atlanta. $20-$125. Info: Alice Lovelace, 404-622-1133, alovelace@mindspring.com & http://www.ussf2007.org

6/27 WED-7/1 SUN
Conference: US Social Forum. At various locs in Atlanta. $20-$125. Info: Alice Lovelace, 404-622-1133, alovelace@mindspring.com & http://www.ussf2007.org

Weekend of May 4-6th -- Get out Revolution

2007-05-04T11:56:00.000-07:00

On May 1st, all over the world people celebrated International Workers Day in struggle against the oppression and degradation this capitalist/imperialist system brings down on the people of the world. Here in the U.S., people stepped out into the streets. They are going up in the face of vicious attacks on immigrants in this country, and refusing to be treated as modern-day slaves. In Los Angeles, the demonstration was met by police caught on videotape using batons and firing foam rubber rounds at protesters and reporters.

Throughout this weekend – which includes celebrations of Cinco De Mayo, we need to continue to raise the call: We are human beings, we demand a better world, we will not accept slavery in any form.

Friday, May 4

9 PM
DJ Spooky: Rebirth of a Nation, part of the Tribeca Film Festival. Winter Garden @ the World Financial Center. After a two-year world tour, conceptual artist, writer and musician DJ Spooky will bring his acclaimed multimedia performance piece Rebirth of a Nation to the Tribeca Film Festival on May 4th and 5th, 2007.An audio and visual re-imagining of D.W. Griffith's groundbreaking and polarizing 1915 classic, The Birth of a Nation, the work combines DJ Spooky's celebrated skills as a club DJ, multimedia storyteller and social critic to transform the silent era epic into a mesmerizing commentary on political corruption and racism.The Tribeca performances will mark the premiere of a new soundtrack recorded by the renowned Kronos Quartet as well as a pristine new high definition print of the film. Rebirth of a Nation will be released along with a documentary about the making of this unique cinematic and musical triumph on DVD by Starz Media.The London-based video collective D-Fuse will open the show each night with their performance piece Latitude.

Saturday, May 5th

1 pm. Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th street near Lenox.

Afternoon. East Flatbush. Church and Nostrand.

1pm-5pm. St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery - 2007 Annual Patron Block Party.
East 11th Street between 2nd & 3rd Aves.

9 PM. DJ Spooky: Rebirth of a Nation, part of the Tribeca Film Festival. Winter Garden @ the World Financial Center.
After a two-year world tour, conceptual artist, writer and musician DJ Spooky will bring his acclaimed multimedia performance piece Rebirth of a Nation to the Tribeca Film Festival on May 4th and 5th, 2007.An audio and visual re-imagining of D.W. Griffith's groundbreaking and polarizing 1915 classic, The Birth of a Nation, the work combines DJ Spooky's celebrated skills as a club DJ, multimedia storyteller and social critic to transform the silent era epic into a mesmerizing commentary on political corruption and racism.The Tribeca performances will mark the premiere of a new soundtrack recorded by the renowned Kronos Quartet as well as a pristine new high definition print of the film. Rebirth of a Nation will be released along with a documentary about the making of this unique cinematic and musical triumph on DVD by Starz Media.The London-based video collective D-Fuse will open the show each night with their performance piece Latitude.

6PM . First Saturdays Free at the Brooklyn Museum, Eastern Parkway at Washington.
Check out the new Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor and the long-term installation of The Dinner Party, an important icon of 1970s feminist art and a milestone in twentieth-century art, is presented as the centerpiece around which the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is organized. The Dinner Party comprises a massive ceremonial banquet, arranged on a triangular table with a total of thirty-nine place settings, each commemorating an important woman from history.

9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. Dance Party
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor. DJ Rekha hosts a Bhangra dance party accompanied by a live drummer and dancer.

6:30 pm (reception) & 7:30 pm (ceremony). Benefit: musical & poetic tribute to Nobel prize-winning author & humanitarian Toni Morrison.
W/Cassandra Wilson, Ron K Brown's Evidence, Noel Pointer String Trio, Obediah Wright's Balance Dance Theatre, poet Sonia Sanchez, Howard Dodson (Schomburg Center). At Columbia U, Lerner Hall (116th St & B'way, 1 to 116th St). $150; proceeds to African Voices, nonprofit literary magazine that sponsors readings, the Reel Sisters Film Festival & other cultural events. Tix: 212-865-2982, http://www.africanvoices.com/

Sunday, May 6th - Cinco de Mayo Celebrations

11am-6pm. Cinqo de Mayo Celebration. Flushing Meadow Park, Queens.

12noon-6pm. El Barrio Cinqo de Mayo Celebration
116th Street between 2nd Avenue and Lexington, Manhattan.

11 AM - 6 PM. Broadway Spring Festival
86th Street to 96th Street on Broadway

Monday, May 7

10:00 am - Court support: jury selection in case of Fr Luis Barrios (John Jay College prof, El Diario columnist)
11:00AM Jury selection -- Jury Part 1 on the 5th Floor. (100 Centre Street, New York, New York)
Arrested w/15 others outside the UN as Bush was speaking on 9/19 & charged w/assaulting an officer (a felony), resisting arrest & disorderly conduct. Rally outside before hearing starts, then pack the courtroom. At 100 Centre St (6, J/M/Z, N/R/W to Canal St, 4/5 to Bkn Bridge-City Hall, ); rally usually in Collect Pond Park near Centre & Leonard St. Info: Lucia Bruno, 212-926-5757 or un16defense@yahoo.com8:15pm.

7:00 pm
A Debate with CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS and AL SHARPTON: God Is Not Great
Taking on possibly the greatest issue of our time—the malignant force of religion in the world—Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion through a close and learned reading of the major religious texts, citing numerous historical instances in which sexual repression and outrageous acts of violence have been committed in the name of God. He argues for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble telescope's awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry of the double helix.
Celeste Bartos Forum (please enter at 42nd Street)
The New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street

Tuesday, May 8th

6:30 pm
The Interpretation of Habeas Corpus
With David Cole, Georgetown University, Legal Affairs Correspondent for The Nation; Aziz Huq, Liberty and National Security Project, The Brennan Center for Justice; and Corey Robin, the Graduate Center. (Center for the Humanities)
CUNY Grad Center, 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, Martin E. Segal Theatre

Thursday, May 10

7:00pm.
Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam(1).
Building/Location: The New School, Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue. Event Description: The New Press and International Affairs at The New School present a conversation with preeminent historians of the Vietnam War, Marilyn B. Young and Lloyd C. Gardner, editors of Iraq andtheLessons of Vietnam, as they draw out the connections between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War—and the many lessons that went unlearned by U.S. foreign policy makers, even as they have been obsessed with overcoming the “Vietnam Syndrome.” Anthony Arnove, author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal, and Jan Barry, founder and first president of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), also join the panel.

7:00 p.m.
CONVERSATIONS: GAY RIGHTS IN AMERICA.
With Harry Hirsch, editor of The Future of Gay Rights in America and Lisa Duggan, editor of Sex Wars: Sexual Dissent and Political Culture. Location: The New School Theresa Lang Community Center 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.

#86 - Update for May 1

2007-04-27T00:53:00.000-07:00

Updated 5/2/07
From the current Revolution:

Revolution newspaper will be coming out with a major statement for May 1 that should get out everywhere on that day. The statement will speak deeply to the whole fascist assault on the immigrants—what is the source of this, what kind of political struggle must be waged to resist this, and the connection of this to hastening things in a revolutionary direction.

May 1 is the international holiday of the proletariat, the class with nothing to lose but their chains. It is a day when the revolutionary aims of the proletariat—for a world without classes and class divisions and all that goes with that, and for a revolution to get to that world—are renewed and declared.

On May 1 this year, we call on distributors and readers of Revolution to not only march, but to boldly get this newspaper and the May 1 statement into the hands of tens of thousands and more. This effort should include the special Revolution issue (#84) on Bob Avakian, along with other revolutionary materials.

Please join teams taking this May 1 statement to the demonstrations and events listed below. Teamleaders, please be reminded to send in reports to getoutrevolutionnyc@yahoo.com within 2 days of outings.

Other important materials for distribution on May 1 will include 300 Wanted for Illegally Crossing Borders: The Bush Regime, and 300 CDs of Why Do People Come Here.

Sunday, April 29th

4 PM-8PM. Giuliani says he's gonna be President, We say HELL NO! Lakou New York Radio Program invites you to join us at a Brooklyn community forum on Rudolph Giuliani. We will be screening the documentary film "Giuliani Time" which chronicles
Giuliani's racist and ruthless attacks on Haitian refugees fleeing Duvalier's terror; on New York City's homeless; on public assistance recipients; on communities of color and the poor by giving the police a license to maim and murder with impunity. We invite you to come meet and listen to the film maker Kevin Keating, to parents whose children were murdered by Giuliani's police, and to lawyers and activists who fought and continue to fight back. There will also be an open mic to you to ask questions and voice your own apprehensions on the nightmare of Giuliani in the White House. The event will be held on Sunday April 29th, 2007 from 4pm to 8pm at the Walt Whitman Junior High School Auditorium which is located at 72 Veronica Place (Corer of Albemarle Rd.) in Brooklyn, NY. There is a $10 donation requested to support Lakou New York radio program which is a Haitian community grassroots radio program which is aired daily (Mon-Fri, 1-2pm) on "Radio Pa Nou" 94.7 FM-SCA. Live and archived programs are also available on our website.

6:30-7:45 pm. PEN Event @ Cooper Union, The Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: David Grossman and Nadine Gordimer, Discussion. Tickets: $15/$10 PEN members. David Grossman is a novelist, journalist, and children's book writer whose work examines the human soul, love and the Holocaust, as well as the tragedies and opportunities of contemporary Israeli-Palestinian relations. In 1988, Grossman received the Har Zion Prize in recognition of his efforts to enhance peace and understanding between Arabs and Jews. Last year, he joined A.B. Yehoshua and Amos Oz in a plea to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to reach a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon. A few days later, Grossman's son Uri was killed when his tank was hit by a Hezbollah missile. After the lecture, Grossman will be joined on stage by Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer for a discussion about his life and work. or the complete PEN World Voices festival program, visit http://www.pen.org/ or call 212-334-1660.

7:30 PM. In The News With Jeff Greenfield: Dan Rather. Jeff GreenfieldCNN senior analyst Jeff Greenfield (now joining CBS) and former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather discuss today's key political issues. Greenfield's insightful analyses and quick wit make him one of the most trusted television journalists. Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y
Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall, Price: $30.00 All Sections

Monday, April 30

6 PM. Columbia University bookstore. Discussion of Marxism and the Call of the Future: Conversations on Ethics, History, Politics with Raymond Lotta and Bill Martin.

4 PM. The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez. TriBeca Film Festival: BALLA Discovery 2007, 90 minsInterests: Social Issues, Politics, Latino, Documentary, Immigration. Nearly ten years after the murder of 18-year-old American citizen Esequiel Hernández by a U.S. Marine team in Texas, the border continues to see increased militarization. Juxtaposing the grief of the victim's family with the Marines' frustration and guilt in their first on-screen interviews, this probing documentary, narrated by Tommy Lee Jones, asks: is history doomed to repeat itself? In English and Spanish. AMC Kips Bay Theater 11, $18
Mon, Apr 30, 4:00pm, Regal Cinemas Theater 11, $14
Tue, May 1, 10:30pm, Tribeca Cinemas Theater 2 , $18
Fri, May 4, 2:30pm, AMC Kips Bay Theater 12 , 14

Tuesday, May 1st

MAY 1 - Stand with Immigrants: Stop the Raids & Deportations! Actions: Immigrant rights boycotts, demos.

11 am: Mass meeting. At Warinanco Park, Elizabeth, NJ. Sponsor:NJ May 1 Coalition. Info: jgabriel55@igc.org

12 Noon: 181st & St. Nicholas – Rally. Immigrant Communities Coalition

2-2:30 pm: Interfaith Prayer Service. At Judson Memorial Church (55 Washington Sq South). Sponsor: NY Immigration Coalition.

2:30-3:30 pm: Rally (the theme--"Our American Family Tree"). At Washington Sq Park; 3:30-4 pm: march to Union Sq.

4 pm: Rally/march. At Union Sq Park, 14th St & B'way (4/5/6, L, N/Q/R/W to Union Sq); march to Federal Plaza/Foley Sq (site of African Burial Ground). Sponsor: NYC May 1 Coalition. Info: 646-291-2778, http://www.may1.info/ Student volunteers: igobin@hunter.cuny.edu National May Day Movement for Worker & Immigrant

7 PM. WBAI presents Greg Paat, RobertKennedy Jr.... From Baghdad to New Orleans. Community Church of NY, 40 East 35th between Park and Madison.

7 PM. DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING: MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY. Theresa Lang Center, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor Admission: Free, The Village Voice calls the Academy Award-nominated My Country, My Country, "the definitive film about the U.S. occupation of Iraq." It is indispensable, heartbreaking, and ferociously wise. Following the screening, director and New School graduate Laura Poitras converses with Academy Award-winning filmmaker and the Department of Media Studies and Film's 2007 Artist-in-Residence Peter Davis (Hearts and Minds, 1975).

7:30 PM- 10 PM. May 1 Open House at Revolution Books, 9 West 19th Street. Special guests: Raymond Lotta and Bill Martin at 8 PM. Come toast May 1. Refreshments will be served. Bring your favorite wine or dish.

Wednesday, May 2

** Emergency Demonstrations

5:00PM Times Square World Can't Wait--Drive Out the Bush Regime call for emergency demonstration, to march to Union Square where UFPJ and others will have an action.

Bush has vetoed the troop withdrawal bill. We must hit the streets immediately, or else we are accepting the terms that our only course of action is to submit to Bush’s agenda of endless war and hope that the complicit Democrats strike a “compromise.”
Gather for an emergency demonstration WEDNESDAY at 5pm in front of Times Square’s military recruiting center— 43rd and Broadway. We will then march down to Union Square, where MoveOn, United for Peace and Justice, and other organizations have called an emergency veto action starting at 6pm.

5:30PM Brooklyn, Borough Hall (corner of Joralemon & Court St)

Join the Move-On vigil with Brooklyn Parents for Peace.

6 PM - JOURNALISM AS A SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY, Building/Location: The New School, 66 West 12th Street, room 510, In the past several years, more than 100 journalists around the world have been killed doing their job, while 24 countries jailed 125 journalists last year alone. The Wolfson Center for National Affairs at The New School presents Martin Fishgold, editor and former president of the International Labor Communications Association, who will talk with a group of respected journalists including Robert Fitch, author of Solidarity for Sale: How Corruption Destroyed the Labor Movement and Undermined America's Promise, and Rob Mahoney, deputy director, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Cal Skaggs, film producer and director. about how new legal threats to journalists are emerging daily and how the U.S. military has stonewalled investigations into the deaths and detentions of journalists in Iraq. Other than these dramatic instances, journalists here and abroad are threatened in subtle and not-so-subtle ways to hide the truth. What does it mean to be a journalist and how are journalists in this country fulfilling the roles of afflicting and comfortable and comforting the afflicted? Ticket Information: In-person purchases can be made at the New School Box Office at 66 West 12th Street, main floor, Monday-Friday 1:00-7:00 p.m. Inquiries can be sent to boxoffice@newschool.edu or 212.229.5488.

8 PM. Brian Greene. For reasons that Brian Greene will explain, it is very, very useful for physicists to imagine that instead of one universe there are many. Multiple universes make the world of teeny particles, the quantum world, more understandable. They help explain how time works, and even make it logically possible to go back in time and kill Hitler. But while many universes may appeal to this prize-winning author of The Elegant Universe, most of us were happy when the word universe meant “everything there is.” Learn why we need more than one. Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y. Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall. Code: T-LC5PF03-01 Price: $25.00 All Sections

6:30 pm. Cooper Union The Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue
Free. Howard Zinn: An Evening of Dramatic Readings From Voices of a People's History of the United States Reading, with Kerry Washington, Allison Moorer, Ally Sheedy, Brian Jones, Danny Glover, Deepa Fernandes, Erin Cherry, Harris Yulin, Kathleen Chalfant, Opal Alladin, Staceyann Chin, Steve Earle and Stanley Tucci, Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove will introduce and narrate an evening of dramatic readings from Voices of a People's History of the United States. The public performances of Voices are inspiring, challenging reminders of our rich history of protest and its relevance. In a series of compelling readings, the words of rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from our past—and present—will echo in The Cooper Union's historic Great Hall including Malcolm X, Frederick Douglass, Fannie Lou Hamer, Maria Stewart, Tecumseh, Emma Goldman, Paul Robeson, Susan B. Anthony, Yuri Kochiyama, Leonard Peltier, Cindy Sheehan, Martin Luther King, Jr., Henry Turner, and many others. Howard Zinn is a historian, playwright and social activist. He was a shipyard worker and Air Force bombardier before he went to college under the GI Bill and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. Author of numerous books, Mr. Zinn has received the Thomas Merton Award, the Eugene V. Debs Award, the Upton Sinclair Award and the Lannan Literary Award.

Thursday, May 3rd

6:30pm. Stem Cell Research: The Way Forward. Chuck Close, Kevin Eggan, Michael J. Fox, Susan L. Solomon, Harold Varmus, Lieutenant Governor David Paterson and Leonard Lopate. A majority of Americans support it. Scientists are determined to harness its potential to treat and cure major diseases. Hear a panel discuss ways that citizens, scientists, governments, philanthropists and patient advocates can work together to move stem cell research from the lab bench to the bedside.This Program is in conjunction with The New York Stem Cell Foundation. Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y. Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall. Price: $25.00 All Sections

6:30 pm. An Evening with Barbara Kingsolver. Lecture and book signing. Building: The Cooper Union The Great Hall, East 7th Street at Third Avenue. $10, call Ticket Central: 212 279-4200 or go to http://www.ticketcentral.com/. The box office at 416 West 42nd St. is open noon-7 p.m. Barbara Kingsolver, bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible, will be speaking at The Cooper Union's Great Hall about her new book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, which chronicles the year she and her family vowed to spend eating a locally-produced diet and avoiding food transported by the use of fossil fuel. This local-food project was the culmination of Kingsolver's longstanding conviction that America has lost its way when it comes to the production and consumption of food. Kingsolver's book makes a compelling case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life and diversified farms at the center of the American diet. Proceeds from this event will benefit Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project, a non-profit dedicated to revitalizing underserved parks, community gardens, and open space throughout New York City and to teaching children to be better environmental stewards.

Friday, May 4

9 PM DJ Spooky: Rebirth of a Nation, part of the Tribeca Film Festival. Winter Garden @ the World Financial Center. After a two-year world tour, conceptual artist, writer and musician DJ Spooky will bring his acclaimed multimedia performance piece Rebirth of a Nation to the Tribeca Film Festival on May 4th and 5th, 2007.An audio and visual re-imagining of D.W. Griffith's groundbreaking and polarizing 1915 classic, The Birth of a Nation, the work combines DJ Spooky's celebrated skills as a club DJ, multimedia storyteller and social critic to transform the silent era epic into a mesmerizing commentary on political corruption and racism.The Tribeca performances will mark the premiere of a new soundtrack recorded by the renowned Kronos Quartet as well as a pristine new high definition print of the film. Rebirth of a Nation will be released along with a documentary about the making of this unique cinematic and musical triumph on DVD by Starz Media.The London-based video collective D-Fuse will open the show each night with their performance piece Latitude.For more information and to purchase tickets, go to http://server1.streamsend.com/newstreamsend/clicktracker.php?cd=725&ld=3&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;md=161&ud=8120c7ad0935654428306263fc5937e0&url=http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org

Saturday, May 5th

10am-6pm
St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery - 2007 Annual Patron Block Party. East 11th Street between 2nd & 3rd Aves.

9 PM DJ Spooky: Rebirth of a Nation, part of the Tribeca Film Festival. Winter Garden @ the World Financial Center. After a two-year world tour, conceptual artist, writer and musician DJ Spooky will bring his acclaimed multimedia performance piece Rebirth of a Nation to the Tribeca Film Festival on May 4th and 5th, 2007.An audio and visual re-imagining of D.W. Griffith's groundbreaking and polarizing 1915 classic, The Birth of a Nation, the work combines DJ Spooky's celebrated skills as a club DJ, multimedia storyteller and social critic to transform the silent era epic into a mesmerizing commentary on political corruption and racism.The Tribeca performances will mark the premiere of a new soundtrack recorded by the renowned Kronos Quartet as well as a pristine new high definition print of the film. Rebirth of a Nation will be released along with a documentary about the making of this unique cinematic and musical triumph on DVD by Starz Media.The London-based video collective D-Fuse will open the show each night with their performance piece Latitude.For more information and to purchase tickets, go to http://server1.streamsend.com/newstreamsend/clicktracker.php?cd=725&ld=3&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;md=161&ud=8120c7ad0935654428306263fc5937e0&url=http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org

6:30 pm (reception) & 7:30 pm (ceremony) - Benefit: musical & poetic tribute to Nobel prize-winning author & humanitarian Toni Morrison. W/Cassandra Wilson, Ron K Brown's Evidence, Noel Pointer String Trio, Obediah Wright's Balance Dance Theatre, poet Sonia Sanchez, Howard Dodson (Schomburg Center). At Columbia U, Lerner Hall (116th St & B'way, 1 to 116th St). $150; proceeds to African Voices, nonprofit literary magazine that sponsors readings, the Reel Sisters Film Festival & other cultural events. Tix: 212-865-2982, http://www.africanvoices.com/

Sunday, May 5th

Cinco de Mayo Celebration, Flushing Meadow Park, Queens.

11am- 6pm
Broadway Spring Festival, 86th Street to 96th Street on Broadway
www.mortandray.com

Monday, May 7

8:30 am - Court support: jury selection in case of Fr Luis Barrios (John Jay College prof, El Diario columnist), arrested w/15 others outside the UN as Bush was speaking on 9/19 & charged w/assaulting an officer (a felony), resisting arrest & disorderly conduct. Rally outside before hearing starts, then pack the courtroom. At 100 Centre St (6, J/M/Z, N/R/W to Canal St, 4/5 to Bkn Bridge-City Hall, B/D to Grand St); rally usually in Collect Pond Park near Centre & Leonard St. Info: Lucia Bruno, 212-926-5757 or un16defense@yahoo.com

8:15pm. Discovery/The Nation Poetry Contest Winners. Place: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y. Venue: Buttenwieser Hall. The Joan Leiman Jacobson Poetry Prizes are presented by The Nation’s poetry editor, Grace Schulman. Now in its 33rd year, this contest has discovered such poets as Nick Flynn, Gregory Orr and Mary Jo Salter.The 2007 Discovery/The Nation Poetry Contest winners have been selected. They are:· Paula Bohince of Greensburg, PA· Darcie Dennigan of Rumford, RI· Joseph Heithaus of Greencastle, IN· Melissa Range of Decatur, GAPrice: $18.00 All Sections / $10.00 Age 35 and Under

Tuesday, May 8th

6:30pm, CUNY Grad Center, 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street
Martin E. Segal Theatre
The Interpretation of Habeas Corpus
With David Cole, Georgetown University, Legal Affairs Correspondent for The Nation; Aziz Huq, Liberty and National Security Project, The Brennan Center for Justice; and Corey Robin, the Graduate Center. (Center for the Humanities)

Thursday, May 10

1 PM. Lynne Stewart to speak at LaGuardia College - The Little Theatre - 31-10 Thompson Ave., L.I.C. New York

7:00pm. Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam(1). Building/Location: The New School, Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue. Event Description: The New Press and International Affairs at The New School present a conversation with preeminent historians of the Vietnam War, Marilyn B. Young and Lloyd C. Gardner, editors of Iraq andtheLessons of Vietnam, as they draw out the connections between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War—and the many lessons that went unlearned by U.S. foreign policy makers, even as they have been obsessed with overcoming the “Vietnam Syndrome.” Anthony Arnove, author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal, and Jan Barry, founder and first president of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), also join the panel.

Thursday, May 10

7:00 p.m. CONVERSATIONS: GAY RIGHTS IN AMERICA. With Harry Hirsch, editor of The Future of Gay Rights in America and Lisa Duggan, editor of Sex Wars: Sexual Dissent and Political Culture. Location: The New School Theresa Lang Community Center 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.

Monday, May 14

5:30PM Join Lynne Stewart: Book Party to celebrate the release of : Overcoming Zionism: Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine, by Joel Kovel & We Begin Here: Poems for Palestine and Lebanon Edited by Kamal Boullata and Kathy Engel Place: Mamlouk 211 East 4th Street Joel Kovel, Kathy Engel and others will read from their works.

8 pm (reception 7 pm) - Film/discussion: World premiere, "War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death" (US, 45 min). W/director Loretta Alper (Media Education Foundation, http://www.mediaed.org) & Norman Solomon (featured in film, narration by Sean Penn). Insightful analysis of strategies used by administrations Dem & Rep to promote their agendas for war, from Vietnam to Iraq. Familiarizes viewers w/techniques of war propaganda, sensitizes to rhetoric of "war on terror." At Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave (at 2nd St, F/V to 2nd Ave). $10 (incl reception). Sponsor: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). Info: hgoldstein@fair.org Tix: 800-838-3006,http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/14397

May 17

Mumia Abu Jamal's FINAL APPEAL COURT DATE! Battle on in the eleventh hour of Mumia's case!The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has informed attorneys for death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal that it will hear oral argument on Mumia’s habeas corpus appeal on May 17 in Philadelphia. In a letter to supporters announcing the hearing, Mumias attorney Robert Bryan pointed out that Mumia “remains in great danger. If all is lost, he will be executed.” Mumia’s case has reached a critical juncture. Any decision by the Third Circuit will likely be appealed to the reactionary U.S. Supreme Court. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 601 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA. For more information go to: http://mumia.org/

7:00 pm What Do Creationists Believe About Human Evolution?
with Dr. Eugenie Scott, American Museum of Natural History. Central Park West, at 79th Street, New York, $10.00 General Admission / $8.00 Members Call: (212) 769-5100 or www.amnh.org

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

7:30pm. Alice Walker in Conversation with Gloria Steinem. Alice Walker, known for her literary fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple, has written many volumes of poetry and non-fiction. Her most recent book is We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness, a series of spiritual and political meditations on what each of us can do to better the world and be a force for peace, hope and sanity. Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor and feminist activist. In 1972, she co-founded Ms. magazine and remained one of its editors for 15 years. Her books include the bestsellers Revolution from Within: A Book of Self Esteem and Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Moving Beyond Words. Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y. Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall
Code: T-LC5WL08-01 Price: $25.00 All Sections

Thursday, May 24, 2007

8:00pm. (sold out) Understanding Our World: Al Gore with Charlie Rose. Al Gore served as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, having had a prior distinguished career serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance and An Inconvenient Truth. He also stars in the Academy Award-winning film An Inconvenient Truth, where he passionately exposes the myths and misconceptions about global warming and offers practical solutions for what each of us can do to ensure the future of our planet. His most recent book is The Assault On Reason, a visionary analysis of how we can put the tenets of fact-based reasoning back into public discourse and politics at large. Tickets for priority seating are $50. Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall Code: T-LC5SE19-01

June 16-17

Clearwater Festival at Croton Point Park

***
June 18

Yoko Ono in Conversation with Anthony DeCurtis
Yoko Ono is a ground-breaking and award-winning musician, artist, filmmaker and peace activist. Her most recent work includes the albums, Yes, I'm a Witch and Open Your Box. One of the boldest creative thinkers and cultural icons of our time, she discusses her extraordinary life journey with Anthony DeCurtis, who is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the author of In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work.
Date & Time: Mon, Jun 18, 2007, 8:00pm
Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y
Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall
Code: T-LC5AE13-01
Price: $35.00 All Sections

#85 - April 21. 22 Plans - Reaching Our Goals

2007-04-20T15:42:00.000-07:00

When we set off to introduce Bob Avakian to hundreds of thousands of people with the special issue, we set plans to achieve just that. Saturation, saturation, saturation. This weekend, we are fighting through to reach those goals, getting thousands and thousands to key areas and important sections of people. In quite a few reports, people are saying - I heard about this here or saw you here. People are beginning to talk about Bob Avakian and what he's about.

We are within reach of our goals, but not without really pushing forward this weekend. They were real when we set them and we aim to meet them this weekend. Teams should consciously fight through to meet the goals set below and not accept only a few hundred people getting the broadsheet. We can do this!

Saturday April 21

11 AM - 7 PM. Harlem. Meet at BK on 125th @ Lenox. Goal: 15,000 special issues, 100 current issues, $500.

12 AM - 7 PM. Sunset Park sound truck. Meet at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street. Team will go on 5th Ave from 42nd to 47th back and forward. Goal: 10,000 special issues, 100 current issues, $250.

11 AM - 7 PM. East Flatbush. Meet at Church and Nostrand. Goal: 10,000 special issues, 100 current issues, $300.

All day South Asian Underground Film Festival: Emergences and Emergencies: New South Asian Film-Making from Britain All films shown at CANTOR Film Center36 East 8th St @University Place *Free & Open to the Public from 7pm Friday.

10 AM - 6 PM - Astor Place Festival. Astor Place between Broadway and Lafayette Street.

Noon - 7 PM. Earth Day Outside at Grand Central Station. On Vanderbilt and 42nd Streets. Environmentally oriented images from Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtensteins will grace the deiling of Grand Central Main Concourse. Many bands outside on Vanderbilt Street. Groups include Greenpeace, Farm Sanctuary, etc. Goal: 1,000 special issues, 50 current issues, $250.

2PM and 8 PM. In Darfur at the Public Theatre. Working as Research Assistant to Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist from the New York Times, playwright Winter Miller is immersed in the issues surrounding the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan. In Darfur is the provocative account of three intertwined lives at a camp for Internally Displaced Persons in Darfur. The story follow an aid-worker’s mission to save and protect lives, a journalist’s pursuit to deliver a Page One story and a Darfuri woman’s quest to find safety across Darfur’s borders. It is a searing story of urgency and international significance.

4 pm, Theater 2, T2 - Sophie Fiennes's The Pervert's Guide to Cinema. The Department of Film presents a weeklong run of Sophie Fiennes's The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, an exuberant romp through the popular field of dreams known as cinema with Slavoj Zizek, the irrepressible Slovenian psychoanalyst and philosopher. Zizek not only presents clips from films by Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, and the Marx Brothers, to name a few, but makes his points by inserting himself into some of the films. Originally a three-part Channel 4/More 4 documentary, Fiennes's exhilarating exegesis on the constant interplay between the unconscious mind and the movies is about "the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give you what you desire—it tells you how to desire" (Zizek). (Zizek wrote the Foreword to Bob Avakian's Marxism and the Call of the Future book.)

7 PM - Times Square from 7:30 PM - 1 AM. Meet at Revolution Books at 7 PM. Speak from the ladder. The weather will be nice and lots of youth and others will be out. Goal: 7,000 special issues, 100 current issues, $300.

Sunday, April 22

Noon - 6 PM - Jackson Heights. Meet at 82nd and Roosevelt at noon.

10 AM - 6 PM - Earth Awareness Day. Waverly Place betwen Broadway and 5th Avenue.

Noon - 4 PM - Earth Day Celebration in Central Park at the Great Hill. Enter at 103rd and Central Park West. The celebration will include planting and mulching projects for families, arts & crafts, tours, and storytelling in the newly landscaped Peter Jay Sharp Children's Glade. Brady Rymer takes the stage at noon, followed by kids favorite The Laurie Berkner Band at 1pm and a dance party with Baby Loves Disco. Goal: 1,000 special issues, 50 current issues, $250.

Noon - 7 PM. Earth Day Outside at Grand Central Station. On Vanderbilt and 42nd Streets. Environmentally oriented images from Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtensteins will grace the deiling of Frand Central Main Concourse. Many bands outside on Vanderbilt Street. Groups include Greenpeace, Farm Sanctuary, etc. Goal: 1,000 special issues, 50 current issues, $250.

10:30 AM - 10 PM. Tishman Auditorium at the New School for Social Research, 66 W. 12th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. The Media Communications Assocation International teams with the U.N. Dept of Public Information to present this 2-day festival of films such as "The Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life", Chernobyl: The Invisible Thief and "A right to Live: AIDS Medication for Millions." Goal: 500 special issues, 50 current issues, $100.

1-5 Sugar Hill. Emphasis on donations for special issue. Goal: 1,000 special issues, 50 current issues, $400.

1-5 Tribeca. Emphasis on donations for special issue. Goal: 1,000 special issues, 50 current issues, $400.

2:00 p.m., Theater 2, T2 - Sophie Fiennes's The Pervert's Guide to Cinema. The Department of Film presents a weeklong run of Sophie Fiennes's The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, an exuberant romp through the popular field of dreams known as cinema with Slavoj Zizek, the irrepressible Slovenian psychoanalyst and philosopher. Zizek not only presents clips from films by Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, and the Marx Brothers, to name a few, but makes his points by inserting himself into some of the films. Originally a three-part Channel 4/More 4 documentary, Fiennes's exhilarating exegesis on the constant interplay between the unconscious mind and the movies is about "the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give you what you desire—it tells you how to desire" (Zizek). (Zizek wrote the Foreword to Bob Avakian's Marxism and the Call of the Future book.)

7 PM. In Darfur at the Public Theatre. Working as Research Assistant to Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist from the New York Times, playwright Winter Miller is immersed in the issues surrounding the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan. In Darfur is the provocative account of three intertwined lives at a camp for Internally Displaced Persons in Darfur. The story follow an aid-worker’s mission to save and protect lives, a journalist’s pursuit to deliver a Page One story and a Darfuri woman’s quest to find safety across Darfur’s borders. It is a searing story of urgency and international significance. Goal: 1,000 special issues, 50 current issues, $100.

7:30 PM. Mike Wallace at the 92nd Street Y. Mike Wallace will be speaking on current events. Goal: 1,000 special issues, 50 current issues, $100.

Monday, April 23, 2007

6 PM - 9 PM - Free Arts NYC Annual Art and Photography Auction Benefit. Milk Gallery, 450 15th Street at Tenth Ave Liv Tyler and Scarlett Johanson cohost this fund raiser for Fre ARts NYC progrmas which provide art and inspiration to at-risk families.

7:30 p.m., Theater 2, T2 - Sophie Fiennes's The Pervert's Guide to Cinema. The Department of Film presents a weeklong run of Sophie Fiennes's The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, an exuberant romp through the popular field of dreams known as cinema with Slavoj Zizek, the irrepressible Slovenian psychoanalyst and philosopher. Zizek not only presents clips from films by Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, and the Marx Brothers, to name a few, but makes his points by inserting himself into some of the films. Originally a three-part Channel 4/More 4 documentary, Fiennes's exhilarating exegesis on the constant interplay between the unconscious mind and the movies is about "the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give you what you desire—it tells you how to desire" (Zizek). (Zizek wrote the Foreword to Bob Avakian's Marxism and the Call of the Future book.)

Tuesday, April 24

7 PM. Green Thoughts: Writers on the Environment. The Great Hall at Cooper Union, 7 East 7ths Street. Jonathan Frnazen, Moses Isegwa, Laura Restrepo, Salman Rushdie and other authors read from works addressing threats to the natural world.

Upcoming Events in brief

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Earth Institute Distinguished Lecture Series: Collapse - How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed EDT Location:Columbia University, Morningside Campus, The Rotunda, Low Memorial Library Contact:For further information regarding this event, please contact Earth Institute Events Office by sending email to events@ei.columbia.edu . The Earth Institute's Distinguished Lectures Series presents "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed," with Jared Diamond, Professor of Geography, University of California at Los Angeles. Open to the public. A book signing will follow the lecture. Reservation recommended.

May 1 - WBAI presents Greg Paat, Robert Kennedy, Jr. and .. From Baghdad to New Orleans. Community Church of NY, 40 East 35th Street (between Park and Madison)

May 2 - 6:30 PM - Howard Zinn: An Evening of Dramatic Readings From Voices of a People's History of the United StatesReading, with Kerry Washington, Allison Moorer, Ally Sheedy, Brian Jones, Danny Glover, Deepa Fernandes, Erin Cherry, Harris Yulin, Kathleen Chalfant, Opal Alladin, Staceyann Chin, Steve Earle and Stanley Tucci/ The Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue Free. Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove will introduce and narrate an evening of dramatic readings from Voices of a People's History of the United States. The public performances of Voices are inspiring, challenging reminders of our rich history of protest and its relevance. In a series of compelling readings, the words of rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from our past—and present—will echo in The Cooper Union's historic Great Hall including Malcolm X, Frederick Douglass, Fannie Lou Hamer, Maria Stewart, Tecumseh, Emma Goldman, Paul Robeson, Susan B. Anthony, Yuri Kochiyama, Leonard Peltier, Cindy Sheehan, Martin Luther King, Jr., Henry Turner, and many others.

May 3, 6:30 PM. An Evening with Barbara Kingsolver at Cooper Union. Barbara Kingsolver, bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible, will be speaking at The Cooper Union's Great Hall about her new book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, which chronicles the year she and her family vowed to spend eating a locally-produced diet and avoiding food transported by the use of fossil fuel. This local-food project was the culmination of Kingsolver's longstanding conviction that America has lost its way when it comes to the production and consumption of food. Kingsolver's book makes a compelling case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life and diversified farms at the center of the American diet. Proceeds from this event will benefit Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project, a non-profit dedicated to revitalizing underserved parks, community gardens, and open space throughout New York City and to teaching children to be better environmental stewards.

May 16. Tavis Smiley at Rutgers graduation, New Brunswick

Updated Orientation/Plans for #85 - Revised 4/19

2007-04-17T16:24:00.000-07:00

4/19 additions/changes are noted by asterisks****

****ALL OUT TO HIGH SCHOOLS FRIDAY 4/20 *****

The basic orientation coming off the 2 week issue of introducing people to Bob Avakian and the new issue with Why Imus... on the front cover: we want to continue to saturate with the special issue and also get out the current issue. The goal we set for the broadsheet is within reach. Hundreds of thousands getting to know that there exists a revolutionary leader who is bringing forward another way, and engaging with him and his works. We can do this!

#85, the new issue, is to be sold for at least $1.

Join the sales outings below. Show Revolution newspaper to your friends and invite them to join.

Schedule for week of April 18-

Thursday, April 19

7:00Am Sutphin/Jamiaca Hub. Take the E train to the Sutphin station and go on the street level. Goal 1,700 special issue. $200 donation.

about 7:30 AM/ lunchtime/afterschool - George Washington High School, Washington Heights.

11 AM - Columbia - meet at Pinnacle Bagel, 114th and Broadway.

6 PM - Meet at Revolution Books to go out with the newspaper.

7:30 PM Rock to Save Darfur, Ethical society. 2 W 64th StNew York, NY 10023(212) 874-5210

8:00pm Barnard/Columbia Take Back the Night. Meet at Barnard Hall, Broadway & 117th then at 9:30pm a Speakout, McIntosh 222.columbia.edu/cu/tbtn

Friday, April 20

**ALL OUT TO HIGH SCHOOLS IN MORNING, LUNCH, AFTERSCHOOL***

Columbia University

10 AM - 10 PM Sexual Assault Yearly Speak Out (SAY SO!) Union Square Park. Description Starting at 10am April 20, for the next 12 hours NYC survivors wil ltell their stories of rape. Part vigil, part art happening, the Sexual Assault Yearly Speak Out will end the silence around the city's epidemic of sexual violence.

***11 AM - 5 PM. Earth Day Outside at Grand Central Station. On Vanderbilt Street, west side of Grand Central Station. Many bands, etc.****

3:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Washington Heights. 180th and St Nicholas.

6 PM - Meet at Revolution Books to go out with the newspaper.

***South Asian Film Festival in PM *** Please see entry below.

***7 PM - 1 AM - TIMES SQUARE*******

Saturday, April 21

11 AM - 7 PM. Harlem. Meet at BK on 125th @ Lenox

***South Asian Film Festival all day *** Please see entry below.

12 AM - 7 PM. Sunset Park sound truck. Meet at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street. Team will go on 5th Ave from 42nd to 47th back and forward.

***11 AM - 7 PM. East Flatbush. Meet at Church and Nostrand.

***Noon - 7 PM. Earth Day Outside at Grand Central Station. On Vanderbilt Street. Many bands, etc.****

***7 PM - 1 AM - TIMES SQUARE*******

Sunday, April 22

Noon - 6 PM - Jackson Heights. Meet at 82nd and Roosevelt at noon.

****Noon - 4 PM - Earth Day Celebration in Central Park
Sunday, Apr 22, 200712:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The celebration will include planting and mulching projects for families, arts & crafts, tours, and storytelling in the newly landscaped Peter Jay Sharp Children's Glade. Brady Rymer takes the stage at noon, followed by kids favorite The Laurie Berkner Band at 1pm and a dance party with Baby Loves Disco.

Coming up:

Earth Institute Distinguished Lecture Series: Collapse - How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Date:Wednesday, April 25, 2007 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm EDT

Location:Columbia University, Morningside Campus, The Rotunda, Low Memorial Library

Contact:For further information regarding this event, please contact Earth Institute Events Office by sending email to events@ei.columbia.edu .

The Earth Institute's Distinguished Lectures Series presents "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed," with Jared Diamond, Professor of Geography, University of California at Los Angeles. Open to the public.

A book signing will follow the lecture. Reservation recommended.

Revolution April 12 Online

2007-04-13T10:09:00.000-07:00

April 12

To all those participating in the drive to get out ½ million copies of the special issue of Revolution about Bob Avakian:

There has been a lot learned and a lot accomplished in the first week of this drive. We have to build on all this now and take it to another level to achieve our goals, as part of the first phase of really making this leader known to millions of people.

What’s been revealed:

-- a tremendous sense among many that these times demand very radical and revolutionary leadership to be out there and heard from, and a real openness to and beginning connection with Bob Avakian and what he’s all about;
-- an eagerness among many, many people, from many different walks of life, to both get the word out and begin to get deeply into this;
-- a whole host of questions, different among different people, that are spoken to or touched on in the special issue and, with much more depth, in Bob Avakian's works, that have been drawn out and joined with thousands of people in the course of this;
-- the importance of the DVD [Revolution: Why It’s Necessary, Why It’s Possible, What It’s All About] in all this – getting deeply into people’s questions and sparking them even more to take this material out – and the importance of getting this out as we are doing the special issue;
-- a particularly burning desire to get into all this among immigrants, who are directly under the gun of this system;
-- some particular eagerness on the part of radical-minded students to take this out and connect this vision to the people on the bottom of society.

In other words, what’s been even more deeply revealed is the potential for this leader and what he represents to take root much more broadly and deeply in society.

What’s been accomplished:

As of Sunday night, April 8, we had achieved over 1/4 of our goal. The paper had gotten out from New York City to Los Angeles; from Chicago to Salt Lake City, Utah; from Atlanta to Berkeley, California. It’s gotten out among, and been engaged by, immigrant construction workers and people in the projects, among prisoners and their families, and professors and their students, among people in movements for social change, and thousands of everyday people. The special issue has been spread by all kinds of people – teachers and clergy and librarians and bands and tax preparers. There’s been ads in newspapers and slots on the radio. In sum:

-- a small, but significant, slice of all the people who would want to get into these politics and hear about – and engage with – Bob Avakian have actually gotten a chance to hear about him for the first time;
-- hundreds of people have participated in this, in different kinds of ways, and thousands more have taken papers and expressed an interest or desire to get into this. For many, this is their first time actively promoting revolutionary politics;
-- in some areas and campuses, there has begun to be a “saturation” effect achieved. That means a situation where everyone knows about or has heard of Bob Avakian; where there is beginning to be a buzz; and where people are starting to engage with what he’s brought forward. -- some people are beginning to get organized around revolutionary politics.

All this is very important and a good beginning. It provides a basis to reach our goals – if we learn from what we’ve done so far, build on it, and take things to a higher level.

What we have to do now:

-- Go all out to saturate key areas, even while going broadly throughout society; as we do this, bring new people forward to join the effort.

-- Get back to everyone who took papers to sum up what’s happened, how to understand it, and how to do more so that we can achieve our goals. Call everyone who’s given their names and get them into the effort, including going out with teams so that they can learn how to get this paper out to thousands themselves.

-- Get back to all teachers, clergy, owners of small businesses, people who work at community centers and clinics and libraries, etc. Sell these people the DVD to use in their areas and figure out with them how to get the special issue out deeply into their networks and the people they come into contact with every day.

-- Get ourselves organized so that when this is over we are able to sum this up and then move forward to build this revolutionary movement in a more organized and powerful way.

-- Report back your experience.

Issued by the editors of Revolution

____________________________________________________________________

• Tell us your experiences reading, distributing, and raising money for this special issue of Revolution newspaper, order more newspapers: Email us at mailto://rcppubs@hotmail.comor send us your comments directly. Or write us at Revolution, Box 3486 Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 60654. Or call us at 773-227-4066.

• Download the audio version of the article "The Crossroads We Face... The Leadership We Need" in Spanish or English to play on boom boxes or MP3 players. (Instructions to download and save Audio files)

• Download the new printable poster-ad for the works by Bob Avakian.

• Download ad-ready artwork to make posters, or place print ads for this special issue in local newspapers and magazines.

With contact information for Revolution newspaper: 4x5 ad (pdf) 5x4 (pdf)Full Page Ad (pdf)

With space to insert specific local information: 4x5 ad (pdf) 5x4 (pdf)Full Page Ad (pdf)

• Download the front page of Issue #84.

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Schedule for Friday - Sunday April 13-15

2007-04-13T09:58:00.000-07:00

Here's the scheduled for Friday through Sunday April 13th-15th

Friday, April 13

7-9 AM - High Schools in AM

Washington Heights Day -
7:45am George Washington High School 191st & Audubon, near St. Nicolas
10:00am 181st and St. Nicolas
12 Noon George Washington High School 191st & Audubon
1:30pm 191st & St. Nicolas2:15pm 180 & St. Nicolas
5:00pm 163rd & Broadway

Harlem Team
11 AM Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox.
Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.
3 PM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.

Columbia Team
9:15am Conference on Katrina
Jerome Greene Hall
Sponsored by the Columbia University Black Law Students Association
13th Annual Paul Robeson Conference
Hurricane Katrina Revisited: Continuing Obstacles and Hope for the Future
11 AM - Columbia. Meet at Pinnacle Bagel, 115th and Broadway.

New School Conference on Poverty
9:30am-5:00pm
Lang Student Center at 55 West 13th Street
A Realistic Growth Policy for Our Times:A Conference in Memory of David Gordon
The aim is to promote a lively dialogue between scholars focused on labor market regulation, industrial relations, corporate governance, and political and cultural institutions, with scholars of economic growth who see institutions and income distribution as central to their analysis. The hope is to further our understanding of progressive and growth-promoting policies in today’s economic climate

7 PM - 8PM (show at 7:30 PM)
Henry Rollins/ Jeanine Garafolo/Mark Maron at Gramercy Theatre,
127 East 23rd Street

8PM In Darfur
Public Theater
425 Lafayette StreetNew York, NY 10003
The Public Theater presents a developmental production of Winter Miller's In Darfur, a powerful and timely work that explores the current humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan.

8 PM. The Accomplices play.
Acorn Theatre. 42nd Street between 9th & 10th aves.
A play about American complicity in WWII.

8 PM. Inherit the Wind

9 PM - 1 AM - Bus lines to prisons.
Meet at 58th Street and 8th Avenue, opposite Duane Reed.

Lower East Side/ Youth Venues & Clubs

Saturday, April 14

Harlem/East Harlem
10:00AM -- SHARP
Adam Clayton Powell Blvd @ 126th Street, look for the truckby the state office building

Brooklyn
- time and place to be announced

Queens
- time and place to be announced

Union Square Team
10:30am meet at the Bookstore
11:00am out at Union Square

12 NoonSea of People Event
Meet at Bookstore at 10:30amDemo starts 12 noon, rally followed by people dressed in blue stretching north in 2 columns along projected eastern and western 10foot waterlines that may one day redefine lower Manhattan under the 10 foot sea level rise scenario. Meet at Batter Park (4/5 to Bowling Green, R/W to White hall St, #1 to South Ferry). Sponsors: Step It Up NYC, Code Pink, et al. http://www.seaofpeople.org/

8PM Doors open
Black Rock CoalitionWith Pillow Theory, Shaka Zulu Overdrive and others
Club Midway
25 Avenue B, bet. 2nd & 3rd $10

10:30PM
As people leave the theaterTHE COAST OF UTOPIA’ Lincoln Center Theater’s brave, gorgeous, sprawling and ultimately exhilarating production of Tom Stoppard’s trilogy about intellectuals errant in 19th-century Russia. A testament to the seductive powers of narrative theater, directed with hot and cool canniness by Jack O’Brien and featuring a starry cast (Brian F. O’Byrne, Jennifer Ehle, Martha Plimpton, Josh Hamilton and Ethan Hawke, among others) in a tasty assortment of roles. Vivian Beaumont Theater, 150 West 65th Street, Lincoln Center, (212) 239-6200.

9:00PM
Amir El Fassar
Alwan for the Arts
16 Beaver bet. Broadway and Broad212-967-4318 $15.00

9 PM - 1 AM - Bus lines to prisons. Meet at 58th Street and 8th Avenue, opposite Duane Reed.

Times Square

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Churches: Riverside Church, St. Mary’s Church, Abyssinian Church, House of the Lords Church, The Brooklyn Tabernacle, and Father Barrios’ church.

Washington Heights Team
180 & St. Nicholas
and
2pm
Stop the DeportationsImmigration Rally
165th street & Audubon, la Coalicion Comunidades Immigrates.

African Market
116th & MLK Blvd

Chelsea Team
afternoonTemple

7:30pm
Congregation Beth Elohim
274 Garfield Place (corner of Eighth Avenue)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Sunday, April 15 2007, 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Join us for the fourth film in the Brooklyn Filmmakers Series. Rory Kennedy will show her film "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" (originally broadcast on HBO). This film looks at how the abuses which occurred in the fall of 2003 at the Iraqi prison still remain etched in our national consciousness. The documentary asks: what do the events that occurred at the prison still say about America? Our government? Our military? Ourselves? The film is built on direct, personal narratives of perpetrators, witnesses, and victims of the abuse to probe the psychology of how typical boys and girls next door can become perpetrators of atrocious acts. It also explores the history of policy decisions dating back to the erosion of the Geneva conventions that contributed to making the abuse a reality.
2 or 3 to Grand Army PlazaExit south side of Flatbush Avenue. Walk 1 block along Plaza Street West. Turn right at Lincoln Place. Go 1 block, turn left on 8th Avenue and walk to Garfield Place.
Q to 7th AvenueWalk uphill along Flatbush Avenue. Turn right on 8th Avenue and walk to Garfield Place.
F to 7th AvenueExit at 8th Avenue (9th Street). Walk north along 8th Avenue (the numbers descend) to Garfield Place.

7:30pm
92nd St. Y
Lexington Avenue @ 92nd Street
Walter Isaacson with Charlie Rose: On Albert EinsteinWalter Isaacson recently completed the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of the brilliant scientist’s papers were made available to the public, revealing new insights into Einstein’s life, times and genius. Isaacson is president of the Aspen Institute. He has been chairman and CEO of CNN and managing editor of Time magazine. Isaacson is the author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and Kissinger: A Biography.

Next weekend:
Apr 20-22
South Asian Underground Film Festival:
Emergences and Emergencies: New South Asian Film-Making from Britain
All films shown at
CANTOR Film Center36 East 8th St @University Place
*Free & Open to the Public
from 7pm Friday.

Monday, April 9, 2007 Orientation and Plans

2007-04-09T17:18:00.000-07:00

Here's how we should be approaching people [UPDATED 4/12/07]:

We are going for reaching many thousands and tens of thousands of people with this Special Issue introducing them to Bob Avakian. And involving many many people in this process. What is the difference between reaching thousands and tens of thousands, and dozens and hundreds?

There's a big difference between real saturation – thousands going out in an area, school, workplace, etc. – and getting out dozens or hundreds. It doesn't necessarily take a lot of people to really saturate: you are aiming to get out thousands and tens of thousands in an area, where people will see it all over (along with the promo posters for the special issue, and the promo postcards for the REV DVD and the store itself, also available at the store). People get the effect of seeing this more than once, start hearing Bob Avakian's voice in recorded Talks played on the radio, hear about him in class, etc. etc., and start taking notice of what this is all about and talking with each other about it. We've learned that lots of people can and will participate in doing this right from jump – if we put out that hundreds of thousands of people need to get acquainted with Bob Avakian and the revolution and communism he is all about, and consider and talk about this whole different way with fresh eyes. Through doing this we are finding those who are aching for another way and ready to change the world as they learn more about all of this at the same time. This has been learned from the experience of getting out thousands and tens of thousands, rather than dozens or low hundreds, in targeted areas: putting this Special Issue right into people's hands in the quantities that are commensurate (that is, bundles of 50 to 1000 and more), struggling with them to fund it, and explaining to them in a short and powerful way how this is "how it starts," how they are part of getting ready for the revolutionary solution, by getting these out to thousands more people who need to be learning about and debating and discussing what Bob Avakian is talking about.

Some teams have pointed out that this is very different from sifting through the people we are encountering, having long conversations as if we have to answer everything before people can accept this challenge in the Special Issue itself: "If a different – a better – world is possible, you've got to struggle to understand how and fight to bring it into being."

This challenge means telling those who want a profoundly different world – and there are thousands and thousands of these people – that they and everyone they know should be looking into Bob Avakian and talking about this Special Issue and be part of spreading this to many others. Right now!

Here is a slightly updated orientation that reflects this emphasis on what people are accomplishing by participating in getting out thousands and tens of thousands of the Special Issue right now:

Here's your chance to meet the most radical revolutionary leader that this country has seen. He's putting forward the most radical vision and plan, a vision of no more exploitation, no more of one nationality over another, no more men over women, no more. Bob Avakian says that we can do this.

Here's your chance to meet the most radical revolutionary leader that this country has seen. He's talking about a communist revolution. Not the lies about communism you've probably heard. Bob Avakian has a whole new different vision of what communism is. You need to check this out and be part of thousands of people who spreading 10s and hundreds of 1000s of this newspaper around the city and the whole country, right now. This is how we start bringing forward another way, this is how we are starting to get ready, right now, for when we might be able to make revolution. We should talk and thousands more people need to get this Special Issue and start talking about this revolutionary way in all the neighborhoods, schools, churches, workplaces, colleges, and all over.

Our objective is to be really radical and attract people who are looking for leadership. We should get into the "Conventional Wisdom says..." points, that revolution in a country like the U.S. is impossible, that leadership will sell out, that communism is dead. Get into the crossroads, the leadership we need. There's a lot of content in the newspaper that gets into that. Use the pullout quotes. Have people read what people are saying about Bob Avakian. Give them the paper so they can see it and read it.

We have got to be saying to people - If a different - a better world is possible, you've got to struggle to understand how and fight to bring it into being. Starting now, with getting this Special Issue about Bob Avakian and getting it around to dozens, hundreds and thousands more people.

Monday, April 9

11 AM - Columbia, Meet at Pinnacle Bagel, 115th and Broadway to get the broadsheets out widely.

11 AM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.

3 PM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.

7 PM - 9 PM - Minutemen at NYU, Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Sq. Pk South. The Republican club that recently had an anti-immigrant event has not invited the Minutemen for a panel. Come take out the broadsheet and Talk #7, the Balance Talk.

7 PM - Anarchists conference ? on anti-war movement. A discussion with Bill Weinberg. T

Tuesday . April 10

10 AM - EVERYONE TO COLUMBIA. Meet at Pinnacle Bagel, 115th and Broadway.

7 PM - 8PM (show at 7:30 PM) Henry Rollins/ Jeanine Garafolo/Mark Maron at Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street

8 PM. Wynton Marsalis Quintet and Dr. John at “Jazz at Lincoln Center”, 60th and Broadway (not the main Lincoln Center complex) which is in the Time Warner building at Columbus Circle. Frederick P. Rose Hall can be accessed using the JAZZ elevators located on the ground floor of The Shops at Columbus Circle across from Hugo Boss. There will be a New Orleans theme to the concert. Sellers should bring the broadsheets and the review of Wynton Marsalis’s recent album by Li Onesto (or printouts if the full paper is not available), the Wanted New Orleans T-shirt or the latest Wanted T-shirt, and a table to put this all on. Be there at 7PM since the concert begins
at 8 PM.

8 PM. The Accomplices play. Acorn Theatre. 42nd Street between 9th & 10th aves. A play about American complicity in WWII.

8:15 PM - Laura Flanders and Katrina vanden Heuvel: the “Blue” and the “Red” at 92nd Street Y.

Wednesday, April 11

7-9 AM - High Schools in AM - please check back for more details

11 AM - Columbia. Meet at Pinnacle Bagel, 115th and Broadway.

3 PM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.

7 PM - 8PM (show at 7:30 PM) Henry Rollins/ Jeanine Garafolo/Mark Maron at Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street

8 PM. The Accomplices play. Acorn Theatre. 42nd Street between 9th & 10th aves. A play about American complicity in WWII.

Thursday, April 12

7-9 AM - High Schools in AM - please check back for more details

11 AM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.

11 AM - Columbia. Meet at Pinnacle Bagel, 115th and Broadway.

3 PM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc. Maybe Medgar Evers College during day to night. 7 PM. - The Constitution in Crisis: Bryan Stevenson at New School.

8 PM. Inherit the Wind opening night.

8 PM. The Accomplices play. Acorn Theatre. 42nd Street between 9th & 10th aves. A play about American complicity in WWII.

7 PM - 8PM (show at 7:30 PM) Henry Rollins/ Jeanine Garafolo/Mark Maron at Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street

Friday, April 13

7-9 AM - High Schools in AM

Washington Heights Day -
7:45am George Washington High School 191st & Audubon, near St. Nicolas
10:00am 181st and St. Nicolas
12 Noon George Washington High School 191st & Audubon
1:30pm 191st & St. Nicolas
2:15pm 180 & St. Nicolas
5:00pm 163rd & Broadway

11 AM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.
3 PM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.

Columbia
9:15am Conference on Katrina
Jerome Greene Hall
Sponsored by the Columbia University Black Law Students Association
13th Annual Paul Robeson Conference
Hurricane Katrina Revisited: Continuing Obstacles and Hope for the Future
11 AM - Columbia. Meet at Pinnacle Bagel, 115th and Broadway.

9:30am-5:00pm
Lang Student Center at 55 West 13th Street
A Realistic Growth Policy for Our Times:
A Conference in Memory of David GordonThe aim is to promote a lively dialogue between scholars focused on labor market regulation, industrial relations, corporate governance, and political and cultural institutions, with scholars of economic growth who see institutions and income distribution as central to their analysis. The hope is to further our understanding of progressive and growth-promoting policies in today’s economic climate

7 PM - 8PM (show at 7:30 PM) Henry Rollins/ Jeanine Garafolo/Mark Maron at Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street

8PM In Darfur
Public Theater
425 Lafayette StreetNew York, NY 10003
The Public Theater presents a developmental production of Winter Miller's In Darfur, a powerful and timely work that explores the current humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan.

8 PM. The Accomplices play. Acorn Theatre. 42nd Street between 9th & 10th aves. A play about American complicity in WWII.

8 PM. Inherit the Wind

9 PM - 1 AM - Bus lines to prisons. Meet at 58th Street and 8th Avenue, opposite Duane Reed.

Lower East Side/ Youth Venues & Clubs

Saturday, April 14

Harlem/East Harlem
10:00AM -- SHARP
Adam Clayton Powell Blvd @ 126th Street, look for the truck
by the state office building

Brooklyn - time and place to be announced

Queens - time and place to be announced

Union Square Team
10:30am meet at the Bookstore
11:00am out at Union Square

12 Noon
Sea of People Event
Meet at Bookstore at 10:30am
Demo starts 12 noon, rally followed by people dressed in blue stretching north in 2 columns along projected eastern and western 10foot waterlines that may one day redefine lower Manhattan under the 10 foot sea level rise scenario. Meet at Batter Park (4/5 to Bowling Green, R/W to White hall St, #1 to South Ferry). Sponsors: Step It Up NYC, Code Pink, et al. http://www.seaofpeople.org/

8PM Doors open
Black Rock Coalition
With Pillow Theory, Shaka Zulu Overdrive and others
at Club Midway
25 Avenue B, bet. 2nd & 3rd $10

10:30PM As people leave the theater
THE COAST OF UTOPIA’ Lincoln Center Theater’s brave, gorgeous, sprawling and ultimately exhilarating production of Tom Stoppard’s trilogy about intellectuals errant in 19th-century Russia. A testament to the seductive powers of narrative theater, directed with hot and cool canniness by Jack O’Brien and featuring a starry cast (Brian F. O’Byrne, Jennifer Ehle, Martha Plimpton, Josh Hamilton and Ethan Hawke, among others) in a tasty assortment of roles. Vivian Beaumont Theater, 150 West 65th Street, Lincoln Center, (212) 239-6200.

9:00PM
Amir El Fassar
Alwan for the Arts
16 Beaver bet. Broadway and Broad
212-967-4318 $15.00

9 PM - 1 AM - Bus lines to prisons. Meet at 58th Street and 8th Avenue, opposite Duane Reed.

Times Square

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Churches: Riverside Church, St. Mary’s Church, Abyssinian Church, House of the Lords Church, The Brooklyn Tabernacle, and Father Barrios’ church.

Washington Heights Team
180 & St. Nicholas
and
Stop the Deportations
Immigration Rally
2pm, 165th street & Audubon, la Coalicion Comunidades Immigrates.

African Market
116th & MLK Blvd

Chelsea Team
afternoon

Temple Beth Elohim
Congregation Beth Elohim274 Garfield Place (corner of Eighth Avenue)Brooklyn, NY 11215
Sunday, April 15 2007, 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Join us for the fourth film in the Brooklyn Filmmakers Series. Rory Kennedy will show her film "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" (originally broadcast on HBO). This film looks at how the abuses which occurred in the fall of 2003 at the Iraqi prison still remain etched in our national consciousness. The documentary asks: what do the events that occurred at the prison still say about America? Our government? Our military? Ourselves? The film is built on direct, personal narratives of perpetrators, witnesses, and victims of the abuse to probe the psychology of how typical boys and girls next door can become perpetrators of atrocious acts. It also explores the history of policy decisions dating back to the erosion of the Geneva conventions that contributed to making the abuse a reality.
2 or 3 to Grand Army Plaza
Exit south side of Flatbush Avenue. Walk 1 block along Plaza Street West. Turn right at Lincoln Place. Go 1 block, turn left on 8th Avenue and walk to Garfield Place.
Q to 7th Avenue
Walk uphill along Flatbush Avenue. Turn right on 8th Avenue and walk to Garfield Place.
F to 7th Avenue
Exit at 8th Avenue (9th Street). Walk north along 8th Avenue (the numbers descend) to Garfield Place.

Sunday, April 15 7:30pm
92nd St. Y
Lexington Avenue @ 92nd Street
Walter Isaacson with Charlie Rose: On Albert Einstein
Walter Isaacson recently completed the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of the brilliant scientist’s papers were made available to the public, revealing new insights into Einstein’s life, times and genius. Isaacson is president of the Aspen Institute. He has been chairman and CEO of CNN and managing editor of Time magazine. Isaacson is the author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and Kissinger: A Biography.

Next weekend:

Apr 20-22 South Asian Underground Film Festival: Emergences and Emergencies: New South Asian Film-Making from Britain
All films shown at
CANTOR Film Center
36 East 8th St @University Place
*Free & Open to the Public
from 7pm Friday.

Updated Orientation and 2nd Week Plans (Monday, Apr 9 - Friday, Apr 13)

2007-04-05T12:31:00.001-07:00

Here's how we should be approaching people -

Here's your chance to meet the most radical revolutionary leader that this country has seen. He's putting forward the most radical vision and plan, a vision of no more exploitation, no more of one nationality over another, no more men over women, no more. Bob Avakian says that we can do this.

Here's your chance to meet the most radical revolutionary leader that this country has seen. He's talking about a communist revolution. Not the lies about communism you've probably heard. Bob Avakian has a whole new different vision of what communism is. You need to check this out and take dozens and hundreds to your friends and neighbors. When you do that, you are beginning to change the terms of things today. You are part of bringing forward another way, of making revolution. We should talk.

Our objective is to be really radical and attract people who are looking for leadership. We should get into the "Conventional Wisdom says..." points, that revolution in a country like the U.S. is impossible, that leadership will sell out, that communism is dead. Get into the crossroads, the leadership we need. There's a lot of content in the newspaper that gets into that. Use the pullout quotes. Have people read what people are saying about Bob Avakian. Give them the paper so they can see it and read it.

We have got to be saying to people - If a different - a better world is possible, you've got to struggle to understand how and fight to bring it into being.

PLANS FOR 2ND WEEK - MONDAY - FRIDAY

Monday, April 9

11 AM - Columbia, Meet at Pinnacle Bagel, 115th and Broadway to get the broadsheets out widely.

11 AM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.

3 PM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.

7 PM - 9 PM - Minutemen at NYU, Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Sq. Pk South. The Republican club that recently had an anti-immigrant event has not invited the Minutemen for a panel. Come take out the broadsheet and Talk #7, the Balance Talk.

7 PM - Anarchists conference ? on anti-war movement. A discussion with Bill Weinberg.

Tuesday

10 AM - EVERYONE TO COLUMBIA. Meet at Pinnacle Bagel, 115th and Broadway.

7 PM - 8PM (show at 7:30 PM) Henry Rollins/ Jeanine Garafolo/Mark Maron at Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street

8 PM. Wynton Marsalis Quintet and Dr. John at “Jazz at Lincoln Center”, 60th and Broadway (not the main Lincoln Center complex) which is in the Time Warner building at Columbus Circle. Frederick P. Rose Hall can be accessed using the JAZZ elevators located on the ground floor of The Shops at Columbus Circle across from Hugo Boss. There will be a New Orleans theme to the concert. Sellers should bring the broadsheets and the review of Wynton Marsalis’s recent album by Li Onesto (or printouts if the full paper is not available), the Wanted New Orleans T-shirt or the latest Wanted T-shirt, and a table to put this all on. Be there at 7PM since the concert begins at 8 PM.

8:15 PM - Laura Flanders and Katrina vanden Heuvel: the “Blue” and the “Red” at 92nd Street Y.

Wednesday

7-9 AM - High Schools - Clinton, Beacon, La Guardia/MLK, Stuyvesant, Hunter College High, Eleanor Roosevelt, Washington Irving

11 AM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.

11 AM - Columbia. Meet at Pinnacle Bagel, 115th and Broadway.

3 PM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.

7 PM - 8PM (show at 7:30 PM) Henry Rollins/ Jeanine Garafolo/Mark Maron at Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street

Thursday

7-9AM - High Schools - Frederick Douglas, Phillip Randolph, Wadleigh, George Washington

11 AM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.

11 AM - Columbia. Meet at Pinnacle Bagel, 115th and Broadway.

3 PM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.

Maybe Medgar Evers College during day to night.

7 PM. - The Constitution in Crisis: Bryan Stevenson at New School.

7 PM - 8PM (show at 7:30 PM) Henry Rollins/ Jeanine Garafolo/Mark Maron at Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street

Friday

7-9 AM - High Schools - Boys/Girls in Brooklyn , Brooklyn Tech, John Adams, Erasmus, Stevenson/Dewitt

11 AM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.

11 AM - Columbia. Meet at Pinnacle Bagel, 115th and Broadway.

3 PM - Harlem. Meet at the Burger King on 125th between Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox. Go to stores, restaurants, street corners, etc.

7 PM - 8PM (show at 7:30 PM) Henry Rollins/ Jeanine Garafolo/Mark Maron at Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street

9 PM - 1 AM - Bus lines to prisons. Meet at 58th Street and 8th Avenue, opposite Duane Reed.

10 PM - 11 PM - Bill Maher Live; show at 11 PM

The Crossroads We Face -- The Leadership We Need

2007-04-02T17:31:00.000-07:00

The new issue of Revolution is out!

The newspaper needs to get out broadly -- we aim to get out thousands in the NYC area, your contributions will make this a reality. Take as many broadsheets as you can distribute; Donate as much as you can. Get donations from friends, family, co-workers, the passer bys on the street. The aim is to introduce Bob Avakian -- "He is someone who has persisted in confronting the hardest, most excruciating questions before humanity. In so doing, he’s taken the communist understanding of the world and how to change it to a new place. The answers he’s brought forward and the pathways he’s forged demand a serious look—a deep engagement—from everyone concerned about the future of humanity."

By the Editors of Revolution

The situation we face—the situation the whole planet faces—cries out for change. Urgently. Look around, with fresh eyes. See:

• the bloody wars—now raging in Iraq and Afghanistan, with Iran looming next, and no end in sight. All in the name of “safety”… and all for the sake of empire;
• the lopsidedness of today’s world: the starvation, the agonizing—but curable—diseases, and the desperation that rages in the oppressed regions of Africa, Asia, and Latin America… and the unimaginable wealth and luxury in the dominant (and dominating) nations… wealth and luxury in large part drawn from that very lopsidedness;
• the brutal oppression of whole peoples, from New Orleans to the U.S.-Mexican border to the ghettos, barrios, and reservations beyond. Oppression rooted in this country's brutal history and now taking twisted new forms… where the penitentiary replaces the plantation and the millions of immigrants are driven, before our eyes, into a new form of servitude;
• the age-old subjugation of women, encoded in custom, law, and family—and today reinforced with growing reactionary virulence;
• the enforced ignorance that squanders the potential of human beings… accelerated in these times by the mushrooming of fascist movements based on fundamentalist religion;
• and the blind pursuit of profit—the essence and the heartbeat of capitalism—that rushes headlong as the planet itself burns.

All this and more has persisted for generations. All this and more assumes ever more perverse forms. All this and more cries out for radical change.

The “conventional wisdom” says that fundamental change is unrealistic, even impossible. But in reality the most “unrealistic” thing in the world is to hope to touch things up around the edges, to put your trust in official channels and established authority, while things continually get worse. If a different—a better—world is possible, you’ve got to struggle to understand how and fight to bring it into being.

That demands leadership. And that is where Bob Avakian comes in.

Read the whole article: http://www.revcom.us/avakian/crossroads/index.html

Be part of putting this broadsheet in the hands, hearts and minds of millions!

Know Your Rights Information

2007-04-02T17:24:00.000-07:00

IF YOU ARE ARRESTED:
DON'T TALK! REMAIN SILENT! ASK FOR A LAWYER!

For purposes of possible release, it is OK to:
a. Give your true name, address, date of birth
b. Give your fingerprints and be photographed

If you are arrested or if you witness an arrest, call the Legal Number.
*Mon. - Fri, 10am to 5:30 pm: (212)679-6018 (NLG-NYC office)
*Other times, call (718) 791-7351 (Bruce).

Donate to the Special Issue of Revolution!

2007-03-30T14:14:00.000-07:00

As you discuss and make plans to get the broadsheet out in the next two weeks, fundraising has to be a big factor in your plans. Think of what it would mean for hundreds of thousands to be introduced to Bob Avakian's vision of communism, his analysis of the heavy challenges that people face today, and his program for how to deal with all this. There is no other leader like Chairman Avakian out there.

Donations for this broadsheet can be made in several ways listed below. Please indicate that the donation is specifically for the broadsheet issue:

Make a check out to RCP Publications and mail it to P.O. Box 3486, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 60654-0486. Or the check can be dropped off at your local Revolution Books, or given to any Revolution seller.
Go online to any Revolution Books site and make a payment to PayPal (please note that it's for the broadsheet issue).
Cash is always accepted by Revolution sellers or at Revolution Books.

Get Ready for a Gonzales Resignation!

2007-03-28T13:58:00.000-07:00

Sellers should be ready to get out WANTED T-shirts and Revolution THE DAY of a Gonzales resignation. Teams need to be prepared to get out to Harlem, Columbia University, the law schools, Washington Heights, Upper Westside and Union Square with hundreds of WANTED t-shirts and the flyer for a program at the store the day after the resignation which will contrast law in this society and law in socialist society. Teams also should get out the current newspaper and the 7 talks. A forced resignation would be good, but we should not stop there. The whole regime must be driven out, Gonzales exposed for being the chief architect for torture and along with the 4 others – they should all be indicted for war crimes.

Get out Issue #83 & preparations for April 2nd Special Revolution broadsheet

2007-03-26T20:20:00.000-07:00

Special Issue Coming!

The April 2 issue of Revolution will be a special broadsheet, designed for distribution in huge quantities.

The point: to introduce hundreds of thousands of new people to Bob Avakian’s vision of communism, his analysis of the heavy challenges that people face today, and his program for how to deal with all this…

We’re calling on distributors and regular readers to think now about how to get this issue out very, very broadly, and to make plans and preparations accordingly. Get people together now to view the DVD Revolution: Why It’s Necessary, Why It’s Possible, What It’s All About.
Bring new people into the movement, right on the spot. And then come back together and talk about how it’s going. Spread the movement: get out hundreds of thousands of papers, create a massive political wave suddenly roaring up from below like a tsunami.

Here are some events that we need to set up teams for. Volunteer; email events you can set up a team for. Some events listed are in May or June because you might want to get your ticket now for those events.

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Friday, March 30, 2007
12:30-1:45pm
NYU School of Law
Furman hall, Rooom 334
George Packer
Staff Writer, the New Yorker
Author, The Assassin’s Gate: America in Iraq discussing The Fate of America’s Iraqi Allies
RSVP, 212-992-8854 cls@juris.law.nyu.edu

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March 31, Saturday 3PM
Target: IRAN
What’s at Stake for the Middle East
Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East
Hamid Dabashi, Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies & Comparative Literature Columbia University
Saman Sepehri, Activist and contributor to ISR
Fawwaz Traboulsi, Associate Professor of History and Politics at the Lebanese American University
The targeting of Iraw has (and will have) repercussions throughout the Middle East. In the context of the US occupation of Iraq, the 2006 Israeli Invasion of Lebanan, the intensifying Israeli attacks against and against and occupation of Palestine, what’s at stake in the latest threats against Iran? What’s behind the US’ latest Iraq WMD-style fabrications of Iran’s nuclear ambitions? Why and how should the anti-war movement oppose an attack against Iran? Elebash Recital hall
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue @ 34th St.
Co sponsored by ISO, WESPAC foundation, NY Campaign for Boycott Divestment & Sanctions against Israel, Socialist Action and Action Wednesdays
http://www.mideastjustice.org/

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March 31, 2007 7pm
New York Society for Ethical Culture
West 64th Street at Central Park West
"PARALLELS: The Coming War At Home" presented by WBAI 99.5fm and The New York Society for Ethical Culture
Featuring WARD CHURCHILL, plus Lynne Stewart, Bernard White, Amy Goodman (Invited) Performances by M ATOU = Soni Moreno (Ulali), Attahua Papa, Tiokasin Ghosthorse

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April 2, 2007 7pm
U.S.-Iran Relations: On The Brink of Disaster?
The New School 66 W. 12th St., New York, NY 10011 nr. Sixth Ave. 212-229-5611
4/02/07 7pm
A panel of international-affairs scholars, including Faisal Devji, Gary Sick, Ervand Abrahamian, and Tom O’Donnell, explores the roles of oil, religion, and political interests in the current dispute.

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April 2, 2007 7pm
Michelle Goldberg
The Half King 505 W. 23rd St., New York, NY 10011 nr. Tenth Ave. 212-462-4300
4/02/07 7pm
The writer presents her new book, Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism.

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April 5, 2007 7pm
CONVERSATIONS: RELIGION AND POLITICS
Thursday, April 05, 2007 7:00pm The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor Event Description:
The Wolfson Center for National Affairs at The New School presents the third in a four-part series of conversations with writers and thinkers who are extending the boundaries of discussion on some of the key public policy issues of today. Bob Abernethy, host of PBS’ Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly, brings his interviewing skills to the stage to ask about the great spiritual questions of our day. In conversation with writer Chris Hedges (American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America and Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America), Blu Greenberg, an award-winning writer, psychologist and co-founder and the first president of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance; and Irving Greenberg, president of Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation, he asks how religion plays into the political and personal landscapes. The series will conclude on May 10.
Ticket Price:$5 Ticket Information:
In-person purchases can be made at the New School Box Office at 66 West 12th Street, main floor, Monday-Friday 1:00-7:00 p.m. Inquiries can be sent to boxoffice@newschool.edu or 212.229.5488. Most events are FREE to all students and New School alumni with ID.

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April 10 8:15pm
Laura Flanders with Katrina vanden Heuvel: The "Blue" and the "Red
Air America radio host Laura Flanders, the bestselling author of Bushwomen and the recent Blue Grit, believes there are no such things as “red” and “blue” states and that young, supposedly alienated Americans are going to the polls in droves. Flanders talks about new progressives who are challenging the establishment with talent, ideas, media and cash and how they have their sights set on building a new Democratic Party.Katrina vanden Heuvel is editor of The Nation.
Date & Time: Tue, Apr 10, 2007, 8:15pm
Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Code: T-LC5SE14-01
Price: $25.00

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April 11, 2007
NY Historical Society
170 Central Park West @ 76/77
The Radical and the Republican
New York Divided: Lincoln
The frontier lawyer and the former slave, the cautious politician and the fiery reformer, the president and the most famous black man in America – opponents at first, Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass gradually became allies and their relationship signaled a profound shift in the direction of the Civil War. These iconic figures live again and shed new light on the central issues of slavery, race, and equality in Civil War America.
Time & Location
Date: 04/11/2007 06:30 PM
Pricing
Full Price Ticket (Non-Members): $15.00
Member Cost: $8.00
Student/Senior/Educator Cost: $10.00
Speaker Bio(s)
James Oakes is Professor of History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and the author of The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery. Eric Foner is the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. His most recent book is Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction.

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April 12, 2007
THE CONSTITUTION IN CRISIS: BRYAN STEVENSON
Date:Thursday, April 12, 2007 7:00pm Building/Location:The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor Event Description:
This four-part lecture series curated by Sam Haselby, visiting professor, and co-sponsored by the Leonard and Louise Riggio Writing and Democracy Program, the New School Writing Program, and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts aims to deepen public understanding and raise critical awareness of this charter document of the United States by bringing three of the country’s leading scholars of law, history, and literature and one of America’s outstanding human rights activists to address the topic of the Constitution in Crisis. The final lecture will be delivered by Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, professor of clinical law at New York University, a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, speaking on political rights under the U.S. Constitution.
Free Contact Information:
For more information or special needs requests, call 212.229.5353. Questions can be sent to specialprograms@newschool.edu.

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April 17
"Global Warming: Answer the Call." with Nadia Elrokhsy.
Date: Tuesday, April 17 Time: 6:30 PM
Audience: adults
Description: In celebration of Earth Day, this slide show presentation will explain the science of global warming and what causes it. Ms Elrokhsy will examine the crisis global warming poses to people and the planet and what you can do to reduce your carbon footprint and stop global warming.
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library455 Fifth Avenue(212) 340-0849

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April 17
Bystanders:Why Don’t We Get Involved?
“All it takes for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Why don’t we act when others need our help? Can we find a path to involvement by acknowledging the failure of doing nothing? Take a contemporary and historical look at bystanders and the role they play in un-civil society. Examine ourselves and historical models in an interactive setting.This program is facilitated by members of the staff of Facing History and Ourselves, a national nonprofit organization that sponsors programs to engage teachers and students in an exploration of racism, prejudice, anti-Semitism and individual choice.
Date & Time: Tue, Apr 17, 2007, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Code: T-LH5LC03-01
Price: $40.00

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April 26

Ending Tyranny: The History of an Idea
Richard Gilder Distinguished Lecturer Series
President Bush, in his second inaugural address, committed the United States to "the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world." Professor Gaddis will explore the deep roots of this idea in American history, together with the feasibility of making it an objective for national and international policy in the 21st century.
Buy Tickets
Event Details
Time & Location
NY Historical Society
170 Central Park West @ 76/77
Date: 04/26/2007 06:30 PM
Pricing
Full Price Ticket (Non-Members): $18.00
Member Cost: $10.00
Student/Senior/Educator Cost: $15.00
Speaker Bio(s)
John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University and the author of The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past, as well as Surprise, Security, and the American Experience. Most recently, he wrote The Cold War: A New History and is currently writing a biography of George F. Kennan. A 2005 recipient of the National Humanities Medal, he has taught at the University of Helsinki, Princeton University, and Oxford University, among others.

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May2, 2007
Brian Greene
For reasons that Brian Greene will explain, it is very, very useful for physicists to imagine that instead of one universe there are many. Multiple universes make the world of teeny particles, the quantum world, more understandable. They help explain how time works, and even make it logically possible to go back in time and kill Hitler. But while many universes may appeal to this prize-winning author of The Elegant Universe, most of us were happy when the word universe meant “everything there is.” Learn why we need more than one.
Date & Time: Wed, May 2, 2007, 8:00pm
Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall
Code: T-LC5PF03-01
Price: $25.00 All Sections

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May 3, 2007
Stem Cell Research: The Way Forward
Chuck Close, Kevin Eggan, Michael J. Fox, Susan L. Solomon, Harold Varmus, David Paterson and Leonard LopateA majority of Americans support it. Scientist are determined to harness its potential to treat and cure major diseases. Hear a panel discuss ways that citizens, scientist, governments, philanthropists and patient advocates can work together to move stem cell research from the lab bench to the bedside.
This Program is in conjunction with The New York Stem Cell Research Foundation.
Date & Time: Thu, May 3, 2007, 6:30pm
Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall
Code: T-LC5PF06-01
Price: $25.00 All Sections

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May 22, 2007
Alice Walker in Conversation with Gloria Steinem
Alice Walker, known for her literary fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple, has written many volumes of poetry and non-fiction. Her most recent book is We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness, a series of spiritual and political meditations on what each of us can do to better the world and be a force for peace, hope and sanity. Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor and feminist activist. In 1972, she co-founded Ms. magazine and remained one of its editors for 15 years. Her books include the bestsellers Revolution from Within: A Book of Self Esteem and Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Moving Beyond Words.
Date & Time: Tue, May 22, 2007, 7:30pm
Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall
Code: T-LC5WL08-01
Price: $25.00 All Sections

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May 24, 2007 (sold out)
Understanding Our World: Al Gore with Charlie Rose
Al Gore served as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, having had a prior distinguished career serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance and An Inconvenient Truth. He also stars in the Academy Award-winning film An Inconvenient Truth, where he passionately exposes the myths and misconceptions about global warming and offers practical solutions for what each of us can do to ensure the future of our planet. His most recent book is The Assault On Reason, a visionary analysis of how we can put the tenets of fact-based reasoning back into public discourse and politics at large.
Tickets for priority seating are $50.
Date & Time: Thu, May 24, 2007, 8:00pm
Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall
Code: T-LC5SE19-01
Price: $50.00 All Sections

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June 18
Yoko Ono in Conversation with Anthony DeCurtis
Yoko Ono is a ground-breaking and award-winning musician, artist, filmmaker and peace activist. Her most recent work includes the albums, Yes, I'm a Witch and Open Your Box. One of the boldest creative thinkers and cultural icons of our time, she discusses her extraordinary life journey with Anthony DeCurtis, who is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the author of In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work.
Date & Time: Mon, Jun 18, 2007, 8:00pm
Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall
Code: T-LC5AE13-01
Price: $35.00 All Sections

Saturday March 24 #83 in Harlem

2007-03-23T13:31:00.000-07:00

People are meeting in Harlem this Saturday, March 24th, at 1:30 at

Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Between 124th and 125th Streets
New York, NY 10027
212-665-7400
info@hueman-bookstore.com

We will not be meeting at the Bookstore at 9:00am.

Bring papers, DVD, MP3 and your video players if you have one.

Join us in getting out this week's issue of Revolution as well as last week's paper, the DVD's, and MP3 with the 7 Talks.

Revolution #83!

2007-03-22T20:51:00.000-07:00

NOTE: Along with the excerpt of the talk "Bringing Forward Another Way", this issue announces a special effort with a special issue:
Calling All Readers...and Revolutionaries
Special Issue Coming!
The April 2 issue of Revolution will be a special broadsheet, designed for distribution in huge quantities.
The point: to introduce hundreds of thousands of new people to Bob Avakian’s vision of communism, his analysis of the heavy challenges that people face today, and his program for how to deal with all this.

Events to bring Revolution #83

Friday, March 23:
NOTICE OF PUBLIC FORUM
TRI-LEVEL JOIN LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE
Medgar Evers College
Founders Auditorium
1650 Bedford Avenue
10am - 3pm
"Subject:
Police-community relations, and police policy, procedure and practices
"Purpose:
To bring together members of the community, includng clergy, elected officials, law enforcement officials and other community leaders to examine policies and practices and city, state and federal laws and regulations relation toundercover law envorcement. These policies and practices have resulted in too many shootings of unarmed black men in recent years and have undermined community support for law enforcment."
This task force includes federal, state and city legislators including Gregory Meeks, Charles Rangel, Ruben Diaz and many others.
The flyer says "Oral testimony by invitation or walk-in registration - limited to five minutes". To register in advance to speak, the flyer says to email trileveltaskforce@gmail.com, or call Senator Malcolm Smith at (212) 298-5585, or Councilman Leroy Comrie at (718) 776-3700, or Congressman Gregory Meeks at (718) 725-6000.

Saturday, March 24:
From the Hip Hop Caucus
Make Hip Hop Not War Tour
3/24/2007 - New York, New York
7:00pm - 10:00pm, Doors @ 6:00pm
West-Park Presbyterian Church (165 West 86th St. at Amsterdam Ave.)
The purpose of the MAKE HIP HOP NOT WAR CAMPAIGN is to get more people of color, college students and young people involved in the anti-war movement. Make Hip Hop Not War will provide the anti-war movement with a “surge” that could transform current public opinion which opposes the war into powerful mobilization against the war. A stronger and more diverse mobilization is critical to force our policymakers to take concrete steps to withdraw our troops from Iraq and to prevent an attack on Iran.

Thursday, March 22-24 at CUNY: Facing Race: A National Conference.WBAI, CUNY’s Center for Humanities, and the Applied Research Center present “Facing Race”, a multi-faceted discussion of racial justice at the CUNY Grad Center, 365 Fifth Avenue at 35th Street in Manhattan.
The color line is still the issue in the 21st century. The conference begins on Thursday evening, March 22nd with the brilliance of writer Walter Mosley; includes the Friday evening performance of the legendary Eddie Palmieri; and a wide range of thinkers and workers and opportunities to share effective strategies for change. All hue-mans invited.Admission, plenary sessions and workshops athttp://www.arc.org/ or call (212) 513-7925.
Key note address by Walter Mosley: Thursday, Mar 22, 7:00-9:00pm;
panels and workshops: Friday, Mar 23, 10:00am-10:00pm; Saturday, Mar 24, 10:00-6:00pm, Proshansky Auditorium."
Our need for racial justice is rooted in the decimation and annihilation of our natives peoples, in the historic and monumental enslavement and marginalization of African peoples, it informs our excuse to go to war without counting the dead or measuring the destruction, and it is the weight we put on the back of every so-called illegal laborer who harvests our sustenance, builds our shelters, and who will ultimately dig our graves."-- Walter Mosley

Sunday, March 25th 1:30PM Brooklyn Peace Parade.
JOIN THE BROOKLYN PEACE PARADE STOP THE ESCALATION! END THE WAR IN IRAQ CONGRESS MUST ACT!
Bring neighbors, friends, kids, musicalinstruments, banners, and above all… YOUR VOICES. March from Carroll Park, Carroll Gardens to Grand Army Plaza.

Monday, March 26th, 8:00 PM. Peace concert and panel/community discussion at The New York Society for Ethical Culture2 W. 64th Street and CPW. World premier of choral work by Thea Musgrave "Voices of Power and Protest" focusing on victims of war. Location: The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West New York NY 10023. Contact: Robert Pape rlpape@gmail.com 585-739-5265 http://www.voicesforpeace.orgRSVP

Tuesday, March 27, 7:00 p.m.
CONVERSATIONS: THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT VS. THE DEMOCRATIC STATE With Alan Wolfe, author of Does American Democracy Still Work? and Eric Alterman, political journalist and author of When Presidents Lie: The History of Official Deception and Its Consequences. Location: The New School Theresa Lang Community Center 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.March 29, Noon. ACT-UP's 20th anniversary action. Assemble at the Federal Building, Broadway and Worth.March 31, 7 pm. Ward Churchill, Lynne Stewartat New York Ethical Culture, admission $20.

Thursday, April 5, 7:00 p.m. CONVERSATIONS: RELIGION AND POLITICSWith Bob Abernathy, host of PBS' "Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly," writer Chris Hedges(American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America and Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America); Blu Greenberg, an award-winning writer, psychologist and co-founder and the first president of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance; and Irving Greenberg, president of Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation. Location: The New School Theresa Lang Community Center 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.

Thursday, May 10, 7:00 p.m. CONVERSATIONS: GAY RIGHTS IN AMERICA. With Harry Hirsch, editor of The Future of Gay Rights in America and Lisa Duggan, editor of Sex Wars: Sexual Dissent and Political Culture. Location: The New School Theresa Lang Community Center 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.

Sean Bell Grand Jury Announcement - MONDAY & TUESDAY - The whole world is watching!!

2007-03-18T10:31:00.000-07:00

The DA will be holding a press conference at 11 AM at the Queens Kew County courthouse on MONDAY to announce the charges. October 22 parents Nicholas Heyward and Juanita Young plan to hold a parents press conference at ll:30 AM, and People's Justice is planning to hold their press conference at 12 noon.

We should call in a big way for EVERYONE to be out there MONDAY -- this is the moment when the whole world will be watching and they should see a powerful statement that the people of this city are not going to accept anything less than complete justice in this case.

TUESDAY is also important but will be much more powerful if MONDAY marks a bit political divide and the determination of the people is expressed in visual form (banners etc.) and from parents and many people. There will be national and international media there (the TDA on Saturday got national coverage and it was overall positive). There is already talk of changing venue and we know how few cops who even get indicted actually get convicted and sentenced -- going forward requires the people expressing their determination that justice will be demanded in the streets. Tuesday, 5 PM, Union Square. Sellers should meet at Revolution Books at 4PM to go over to Union Square.

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Upcoming Events

Tuesday , March 20, 7:00 p.m. DON'T PANIC! A SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS LIVING IN A STATE OF FEAR.
Admission: $5 Webcast: www.newschool.edu/webcasts These days, human ingenuity is regarded with apprehension and even fear. What are the consequences for the future of civilization? Moderator: Jean Smith, Director of New York Salon. Participants: Frank Furedi, Professor of Sociology, University of Kent; Christopher Hayes, contributing writer at The Nation and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute; and Megan McArdle, countries' editor of The Economist. Visit www.nysalon.org for more information.The Economist and The Nation are media partners for this event. Location: The New School Theresa Lang Community Center 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.

Wednesday, March 21st , 7pm. Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army.
Their private contractors operate in Iraq, Afghanistan and within theUnited States. Most people have never heard of Blackwater USA, but that is about to change . . . Join JEREMY SCAHILL, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army (Nation Books), and Nation columnist NAOMI KLEIN, as they discuss the radical privatization of war and how it threatens American democracy.
Moderated by AMY GOODMAN, host of Democracy Now! A book signing of Blackwater will follow the event. Location: New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 West 64th Street (at Central ParkWest) New York NY 10023 Contact:Liliana Seguraliliana@nationinstitute.org(212) 209-5442S ponsored By:Presented by The Nation Institute. Co-sponsored by The Nation, DemocracyNow! and the Public Concern Foundation.Voices for Peace Concert & Discussion

Thursday, March 22-24 at CUNY: Facing Race: A National Conference.
WBAI, CUNY’s Center for Humanities, and the Applied Research Center present “Facing Race”, a multi-faceted discussion of racial justice at the CUNY Grad Center, 365 Fifth Avenue at 35th Street in Manhattan.

The color line is still the issue in the 21st century. The conference begins on Thursday evening, March 22nd with the brilliance of writer Walter Mosley; includes the Friday evening performance of the legendary Eddie Palmieri; and a wide range of thinkers and workers and opportunities to share effective strategies for change. All hue-mans invited.

Admission, plenary sessions and workshops athttp://www.arc.org/ or call (212) 513-7925.
Key note address by Walter Mosley: Thursday, Mar 22, 7:00-9:00pm;
panels and workshops: Friday, Mar 23, 10:00am-10:00pm; Saturday, Mar 24, 10:00-6:00pm, Proshansky Auditorium.

"Our need for racial justice is rooted in the decimation and annihilation of our natives peoples, in the historic and monumental enslavement and marginalization of African peoples, it informs our excuse to go to war without counting the dead or measuring the destruction, and it is the weight we put on the back of every so-called illegal laborer who harvests our sustenance, builds our shelters, and who will ultimately dig our graves."-- Walter Mosley

Sunday, March 25th 1:30PM Brooklyn Peace Parade.
JOIN THE BROOKLYN PEACE PARADE STOP THE ESCALATION! END THE WAR IN IRAQ CONGRESS MUST ACT!
Bring neighbors, friends, kids, musicalinstruments, banners, and above all… YOUR VOICES. March from Carroll Park, Carroll Gardens to Grand Army Plaza.

Monday, March 26th, 8:00 PM. Peace concert and panel/community discussion at The New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 W. 64th Street and CPW. World premier of choral work by Thea Musgrave "Voices of Power and Protest" focusing on victims of war. Location: The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West New York NY 10023. Contact: Robert Pape rlpape@gmail.com 585-739-5265 http://www.voicesforpeace.orgRSVP

Tuesday, March 27, 7:00 p.m.CONVERSATIONS: THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT VS. THE DEMOCRATIC STATE With Alan Wolfe, author of Does American Democracy Still Work? and Eric Alterman, political journalist and author of When Presidents Lie: The History of Official Deception and Its Consequences. Location: The New School Theresa Lang Community Center 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.

March 29, Noon. ACT-UP's 20th anniversary action.
Assemble at the Federal Building, Broadway and Worth.

March 31, 7 pm. Ward Churchill, Lynne Stewart
at New York Ethical Culture, admission $20.

Thursday, April 5, 7:00 p.m. CONVERSATIONS: RELIGION AND POLITICSWith Bob Abernathy, host of PBS' "Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly," writer Chris Hedges
(American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America and Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America); Blu Greenberg, an award-winning writer, psychologist and co-founder and the first president of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance; and Irving Greenberg, president of Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation. Location: The New School Theresa Lang Community Center 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.

Thursday, May 10, 7:00 p.m. CONVERSATIONS: GAY RIGHTS IN AMERICA.
With Harry Hirsch, editor of The Future of Gay Rights in America and Lisa Duggan, editor of Sex Wars: Sexual Dissent and Political Culture. Location: The New School Theresa Lang Community Center 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.

DC Antiwar Demonstration - Newspaper Agitation and Orientation for 7 Talks

2007-03-16T16:14:00.000-07:00

Here is an agitation that Chicago's agitation developed which teams can use in DC.

We need a massive movement that is determined to drive out the Bush Regime! The world today is a nightmare. Endless war, imminent attack on Iran, legalization of torture, construction of a theocratic state, attacks on abortion and contraception, the horror of the governments actions during Katrina.

George Bush has made it clear this will not end as long as he is in power -- so ending this is tied up with driving him and his regime from office. We must not accept having to chose between crusading McWorld or reactionary Jihad, where siding with either one of these means you wind up strengthening both. And we must respond to the difficulties the US is facing not from how to save the US, but from the interests of humanity and the urgent need for a different world.

We must bring forward another way, a better world can be created. This paper gets down under how things got to where they are now, and how a different, liberating society could be brought into being. If you are thinking about this, you have to get with Bob Avakian and the thinking he is doing about what it will take to have a truly liberating society - a communist society. Get this paper, help fund it, and take more to get back home.

FUNDRAISING AGITATION

Help make the most radical revolutionary communist paper available to everyone. Hundreds of dollars are needed. Buy a bundle to take back home!

And, Orientation for Distributing Talks

Some thoughts on orientation for selling the seven new talks from Bob Avakian at this Saturday’s march:

From Bringing Forward Another Way: “Our responsibility lies in, first of all ourselves understanding, but second of all giving people as broadly as possible, at any given time, a full, scientifically based picture of what is going on in the world, where the dynamics are driving things—and why—and what are the means for acting to radically transform all this, with the objective of getting rid of all these horrors and bringing a new world into being — a transformation, in other words, that would be in the interests of the great majority of oppressed people, indeed the great majority of people throughout the world and ultimately humanity as a whole.”

These seven talks from Bob Avakian are a concentration of providing that understanding for people, on the burning questions of the day. They need to get into many, many more people’s hands.

This Saturday’s march on the Pentagon will be an important congregation of people that need to get these talks and engage Avakian’s work overall. (See the NY blog for more orientation on the march overall which I don’t want to repeat all of here.) We need to make the biggest impact possible and we should not underestimate the potential. People will be there because they are agonizing about the current situation. They’ll be there because they want to stop the Iraq War, prevent a war on Iran and think Bush should be impeached for war crimes. This is really important to unite with and dig into people even more where all these outrages stem from, what’s needed to prevent further crimes, and what kind of world is possible. They need to hear Avakian’s revolutionary communist analysis and vision and get to know the person who is actively “bringing forward another way!”

We have to give all this content and substance and make sharp and compelling arguments for why people need to check out these seven talks, the Revolution DVD and Avakian’s whole body of work.

Some thoughts on approach:

We have to go at how we’ve been getting out these talks in a different way. A lot of what we’ve done before at these kinds of things is sell sets of talks one by one and have lengthier discussions with individuals. Instead, we want to do agitation and cohere crowds of people.

A few different models:

- first, when people are milling about (in the pre and post rally), we should head towards the middle and back of the crowds (we don’t want to interfere if people are listening to the speakers) and one person should do prepared and sharp agitation (they should practice this beforehand, more on that below). The other people on the team, 2 or 3others, should go around to the crowd standing around and sell the talks. They should put them in people’s hands so they can read the titles and collect money ($5 for the set of seven talks, though people can give more). They should also collect contact information. While focusing in on key points, this agitation can be a bit longer.

- second, when the march is marching, or people are walking by more quickly, this model will have to be reworked some. The agitation points will have to be shorter and more concentrated. We’ll have to see how the loud the march is being and what’s possible here, but this is an idea.

- third, we want to find the ways throughout the day to actually play the talks for people. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE TO BRING DOWN A RADIO AND BULLHORN, OR A RADIO WITH LOUD SPEAKERS? This would be best (we could have a grocery cart where we cart this around). If this is not possible, someone needs to bring a boom box (WITH BATTERIES) so we can play the clips for smaller groupings. We have not enough done this kind of thing where people hear Avakian right then and there.

All these models can include some one on one discussions, and again, they all need to include getting lots of contacts, but we want the mainthrust of the day to be SPEAKING TO LARGE NUMBERS OF MASSES. We’ll have to be fluid and sum up how we’re doing throughout the day.

Finally, there will be a lot of people out selling Revolution newspaper at this demonstration. This will be a very positive dynamic.

Some thoughts on the agitation:

Mainly people should reread the two articles from Avakian from a few years ago on Bringing Forward Our Line in a Bold and Compelling Way (I don’t have time to look up the link right now, but they’re onwww.revcom.us). They should also steep themselves in the clips from the seven talks that are online at www.bobavakian.net (hit the link for radio ready clips). These would be particularly good to riff off of. People should feel free to speak to one particular question that he gets into ie the two outmodeds and the need to break through that dynamic with revolutionary communism, but should keep pointing people back to all the seven talks and why they need to check these out. The editorial that was in Revolution newspaper announcing these seventalks provides some good orientation, http://www.revcom.us/a/055/avakiantalks-en.html. Also, people should use the titles of the talks themselves – these are concentrated and compelling.

People should prepare this agitation (certainly the key points) and practice to the extent possible. Throughout the day, the other folks on the team should listen to the agitator and learn as much as they can from what is resonating with people, what’s weak or too general, or what is really sharp.

Bring Forward Another Way (Issue #82)

2007-03-15T10:21:00.000-07:00

This is a great issue. It should go out pretty broadly. A big part of this week’s plan is the D. C. demonstration on the 4th anniversary of the war against Iraq. We should encourage everyone we know to buy bus tickets and go to it. While it might not be as large as the previous one, tens of thousands are expected, including many from small cities and towns. Keep in mind that this demonstration is happening in the current context of setting deadlines for troop withdrawal/appropriation of funds and calls for Gonzalez to resign. This demonstration could be very significant if huge numbers of people not only oppose the Iraq war and attack on Iran, but also strongly call from impeachment. This could reverberate and affect what goes on at the campuses next week. Add to this the NY demo on Sunday and the impact could be magnified.

This issue needs to get out pretty broadly before and after the D.C. demo, to high schools and colleges to neighborhoods and events. Getting it out broadly now before the 17th could affect how widely and deeply the opposition to the war is in DC. Getting it out broadly now in a big way could impact how firmly and to what degree the call for impeachment based on war crimes gets taken up. Last time in DC, there was a big openness to the paper, with many people looking for a way out of this madness. The supplement, Bring Forward Another Way, is exciting to bring to people.

Also, all eyes should be on the Sean Bell Grand Jury verdict due any moment now. Please review, and encourage others too, the local party statement and Carl Dix’s statement on the newspaper website. They give people a good analysis of the problem, and of the solution, of how society could be different than the hell that millions face every day. October 22 is calling for The Day After demonstrations at Union Square. That info is provided below on this blog. Keep an eye out for any other demonstrations. Distribute the newspaper, 7 Talks/DVD/sampler.

Quantative Goals. Our goal locally is to sell 4,000 English and 1,000 Spanish newspapers. In D.C., including with other areas, an additional 8,000 English and 200 Spanish. Beside the paper team, there will also be teams distributing the 7 Talks and DVD/samplers and T-shirts. Aiming for 500-1,000 contacts. We will also bring all of the nazification of the campuses issues on hand.

DC Set-up. Buses will be dropping people off at 23rd and Constitution, the assembly site. Tere will be one bookstore table and one sellers table there from 10 AM - 1 PM. At 12:30 PM, the march will take off and end up at the Pentagon area. There will not be tables at the Pentagon area but teams will continue to go among people and distribute the newspaper, etc. The NY table staff will set up in one spot where teams easily find them to get more newspapers, etc. Please check in with the sellers table at the assembly point 1-2 times to share any experiences, positive or negative. Last time, sharing the Chicago agitation made a positive difference to what teams did. Before teams leave DC., everyone need to go to the sellers table and each seller should complete the qualitative summation sheet. Teamleaders should complete one qualitative report for the entire team (so teams should keep accurate records). Contact cards should be turned in before people leave for the march and again when they return from the march.

Newspaper Distribution. The model for distribution this time will be somewhat similar to last time of big teams, comprising of agitators, distributors passing out the newspapers, bucketeers following up for donations (and distributors getting the papers back if people don’t want it or can’t contribute - give them a contact card), getting contacts. Bundles and subs have to be part of the challenge put to people in the agitation and in conversations. This time, each team should have one person assigned to Talks/DVD/samplers (while everyone else can backpack them), and another with T-shirts. The people doing the Talks/DVD/samplers should bring DVD players, or MP3 players so people can see and listen. (Generally, we are encouraging all sellers should purchase DVD players to do showing on-the-spot in any conversation, rather than only the assigned person to do that.)

Funds. ALL regular issues of the newspaper should be sold for $1 (differs from the broadsheet for which each issue is not $1) and we should call on people to contribute more. Bundles should be sold for a down payment. Funds were low last time for the number of broadsheets that got out. Teams should be oriented to struggling for funds and politically summing up and transforming any problems.

Contacts. Last time, quite a few of the names from were small cities, and that will probably be true again this time. There was a real thirst and hunger for how do we end this war, what alternatives; and for literature; an openness to engaging. When talking to this section of people, please discuss with them setting up discussion groups around the newspapers and the DVD. They can set up weekly viewings of each section of the DVD. They should get a sub so that they can keep in touch...

There were not many NY contacts last time. Those going on the buses should think about and talk about how to get the newspaper out on the buses, and how to get contacts. The buses are the most concentrated places to get NY names. What happens on these buses can affect what happens in DC. It’s a great opportunity to talk to people.

Sunday, meet at the Revolution Books at 11:30 PM to go to the UFPJ demo: March to End the War. Sunday, March 18. Assemble at 1:00 p.m. 35th St through 39th St. East of 6th Ave. March at 2:00 pm.

**** CALL TO RETURN NAZIFICATION OF CAMPUSES ISSUES TO BOOKSTORE. If you have any, now is the time to return them to store. We want to have them on hand in D.C.************

Revolution #82

2007-03-14T09:25:00.000-07:00

ALL OUT TO DC THIS SATURDAY MARCH 13

This Saturday, with tens of thousands in DC, and the call to impeach planted strongly in the crowd, people of the world are depending on us to unite with this and bring Revolution newspaper #82, including the excerpt from the new talk by Bob Avakian "Bringing Forward Another Way" ("Living in the House of Tony Soprano").

Everyone should go, go on buses and vans to ride with others, and call everyone else who has read and likes or respects Chairman Avakian and/or Revolution newspaper to come along. Take bundles of the paper in these next few days to friends and contacts. This issue should definitely go out in bundles in DC.

This Sunday is another protest planned here in NY, details to follow, and everyone should plan on spending the weekend out among the people at these events.

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This Thursday, and maybe Friday, plan on getting to the high schools in the morning.

Wednesday evening at 6:00pm is an event at the Wilson Center "What Kind of Democracy Do We Have with Sandra Lewis and Bob Kerry.

Friday is a planned protest also, details to follow.

Please also remember:
- Raise the funds for the papers that are distributed. $1 is the listed price...
- Send email reports of each outing, preferrably that same day.

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"Our responsibility lies in, first of all ourselves understanding, but second of all giving people as broadly as possible, at any given time, a full, scientifically based picture of what is going on in the world, where the dynamics are driving things—and why—and what are the means for acting to radically transform all this, with the objective of getting rid of all these horrors and bringing a new world into being—a transformation, in other words, that would be in the interests of the great majority of oppressed people, indeed the great majority of people throughout the world and ultimately humanity as a whole."
-From "Bringing Forward Another Way" available on www.revcom.us

ALERT

2007-03-12T08:10:00.000-07:00

More will follow regarding Revolution distribution.
The Grand Jury for the Sean Bell murder case will be delivering its decision soon.
There is a TDA ("The Day After") manifestation called. It will be:
If the decision is delivered on a weekday: The NEXT day, at 5pm, assemble at Union Square.
If the decision is delivered at the end of the week and the next day is a weekend: The NEXT day, at 12 noon, assemble at Union Square.

Issue 80

2007-03-02T13:55:00.000-08:00

Stop the Fascist Assault on Immigrants! U.S. Threats Against Iran: War Plans - and Pretexts - in Place. Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA: The Oppression of Black People & The Revolutionary Struggle to End All Oppression. There will be the new weekly discussions at the store on Saturdays, 9 AM to discuss the paper and going out. These weekend outings are big ways in which the paper can get out - come on Saturday (and if you can't , then Sunday; or come both days).

Everyone should be sure to backpack the Talks and DVD/sampler, with ways for people to hear/view on the spot. DVD players are fairly cheap right now. With this particular issue, the why do people come here piece should be played on the spot in the streets, in restaurants, barber shops, schools... Please discuss this before you go out.

There needs to be different thinking and practice on fundraising. Several hundreds of the last issue went out basically free to students and youth (and there has been some similar practice among basic people). The cover of the newspaper calls for $1. This should be our standard (with few instances where it can be sold for less), and calls for people to give more ($3, $5, $20, etc.) Consignment of bundles should accompany payment. What are we saying to people when we are calling on them to be emancipators of humanity when we don't think they will even pay for this newspaper? Teams should discuss this before they go out.

Again, the general schedule is for Wed, Thurs, Friday nights to get bundles to contacts and sell at events; Thursday and Friday AM, at high schools (and after school), also colleges; Saturday and Sunday in the neighborhood and Upper West Side. Events, programs and demonstrations are interspersed.

This Saturday, teams will go to Harlem, at a minimum.

Sunday, churches and Upper West Side during the day. A Robert Fisk program begins at 7 PM at Town Hall. Should you want to volunteer for any of these events and programs, please call the floating team co-ordinator.

Newspaper Sign Out, E-subs, and #80 Pre-Orientation

2007-02-28T10:28:00.000-08:00

Newspaper Sign Out

We need to solve the problem of not knowing who has what newspapers. This is not a small matter. We have missed many opportunities with getting out Part II supplement for Black History Month. There is still no accounting for hundreds of that issue.

EVERYONE WHO TAKES NEWSPAPERS FROM THE STORE HAS TO SIGN OUT ON THE NEW WHITE BOARD NEXT TO THE NEWSPAPERS, ELSE DON'T TAKE THEM!!! When the new issue comes out, the first person should erase what's there and begin a new sign-out.

E-Subs

Recently Chicago Central Circulation requested that sellers ask people to give their name for the e-sub list. These names should be given to the bookstore staff who will forward them.

Issue #80 Pre-Orientation

This issue has a special focus on immigrants, and Part III on national oppression for Black History Month. For this particular issue , there should be special attention made to getting bundles to immigrant contacts and organizations and more broadly to immigrant communities. As well, it should get out to the colleges (especially NYU) and high schools, and neighborhoods.

On a regular basis, we should get bundles out to contacts on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday nights. And, go to high schools on Thursday and Friday mornings (going back at lunch or after school to show the DVD/sampler or listen to the Talks).

Every Saturday, 9 AM, there will be discussion of the current issue and how to take it out.

Get Out Revolution Newspaper - NY, NJ, Conn

On the 2nd Anniversary of Katrina: The Need for Revolution and the Urgent Need for Resistance

Open House at Revolution Books for the Revolution Newspaper Expansion Fund Drive

CHECK BACK FOR INFORMATION ON NEXT FUND DRIVE OPEN HOUSE EVENTS SCHEDULED AT REVOLUTION BOOKS AND ST. MARY'S CHURCH... INVITE EVERYONE YOU KNOW

Revolution Newspaper Special Notice: Kickoff Events Near You

Revolution #97, July 29, 2007

#96 The Imperialist Debate Over Iraq: How to Best Maintain a Ruthless, Unjust Empire

Revolution #95: America: Separate, Unequal, and Badly in Need of Revolution

Wk #2: #94: Hugo Chavez Has an Oil Strategy...But Can This Lead to Liberation?

#94 Hugo Chavez Has an Oil Strategy…But Can This Lead to Liberation?

"Revolution" Comes to Harlem

Revolution brings truth

1. Tonight, June 5th -- Come to the Final Planning Meeting for Schomburg June 12th; 2. Some Points of Orientation. REVISED June 5.

Building for June 12th: Getting out the Word About the event & Opening the Door for others to Join In

6/3/07 Notes on ticket sales breakthroughs!

Friday Harlem Day!

A good invite to send to all for Saturday!

HARLEM FOCUS: June 2-3 Let Everyone Know About June 12th at the Schomburg

Memorial Day Weekend: Stepping up to A Different World

Organizing Meeting for the Schomberg June 12th Event

Truth...in Preparation for Revolution!

Issue #89 Weekend Plans

Come to the Planning Meeting!

#89 Plans

Truth...in Preparation for Revolution!

Get out Revolution – Week of May 7th, 2007

Weekend of May 4-6th -- Get out Revolution

#86 - Update for May 1

#85 - April 21. 22 Plans - Reaching Our Goals

Updated Orientation/Plans for #85 - Revised 4/19

Revolution April 12 Online

Schedule for Friday - Sunday April 13-15

Monday, April 9, 2007 Orientation and Plans

Updated Orientation and 2nd Week Plans (Monday, Apr 9 - Friday, Apr 13)

The Crossroads We Face -- The Leadership We Need

Know Your Rights Information

Donate to the Special Issue of Revolution!

Get Ready for a Gonzales Resignation!

Get out Issue #83 & preparations for April 2nd Special Revolution broadsheet

Saturday March 24 #83 in Harlem

Revolution #83!

Sean Bell Grand Jury Announcement - MONDAY & TUESDAY - The whole world is watching!!

DC Antiwar Demonstration - Newspaper Agitation and Orientation for 7 Talks

Bring Forward Another Way (Issue #82)

Revolution #82

**ALERT**

Issue 80

Newspaper Sign Out, E-subs, and #80 Pre-Orientation

ALERT