June 24, 7 pm Join us for a discussion of  "Outrage in Charleston - This IS America" by Carl Dix "The blood of the nine people murdered in Charleston is on the hands of the rulers of this country. Whether this guy acted alone or not, he was acting within a climate that has been deliberately whipped up. White supremacy has been ingrained in the fabric of America from its very beginning. This country was founded on theft of land from and genocide inflicted on the native inhabitants and the dragging of millions of Africans to these shores in slave chains. And white supremacy remains at the heart of this society right down to today.... "The crocodile tears being shed by those who preside over the brutality and murder this system inflicts on people are worse than useless. It will take revolution, nothing less, to uproot white supremacy and end the oppression of Black people and all the other horrors this system inflicts on humanity. If you want to see these horrors stopped, there is a movement you can get with, a movement for revolution that the Revolutionary Communist Party is building. To get information and to join in dealing with the questions and obstacles this revolution faces, go to the website: www.revcom.us." Read the full statement here.  Join us this Wednesday evening to discuss what is required of us all now. Can there be healing and forgiveness if the deep wounds of white supremacy are not exposed? Or do we need more determined resistance against all the attacks aimed at Black and Brown people in this country as part of gathering strength for the day that an actual revolution is possible? Ongoing 11 am Sunday Brunch--Film Clip & Discussion  June 28:  "Not God, Not 'Unchanging Human Nature,' Not Conspiracy...A Scientific Approach to Understanding Reality" from  BA Speaks: Revolution -- Nothing Less  DVD Join us for coffee and rolls and an informal discussion of revolutionary theory. Thursdays Open House on the History of Socialism, 4 pm - 7 pm Bring your questions about the history of socialist societies in the 20th century--from 1917-1956 in the Soviet Union and from 1949-1976 in Maoist China--what they aimed to do, their great achievements, and their shortcomings and problems. Dig into the controversies, find resources.

Revolution Books received this invitation from the Bob Avakian Everywhere Campaign 

Link up with the Revolutionary Summer Solstice, June 20-21

Bringing Bob Avakian (BA) to the Start of What Could

Potentially Be "A Long Hot Summer" 

May 1st Oakland Revolution Club.

 
Kick off the summer with the most meaningful thing you can do, with the spirit and joy of radically changing the world, with others like you, learning and discovering in the process, take revolution and Bob Avakian, (BA) to the people.

Saturday and Sunday - We're going to the South Side, West Side and Wicker Park Green Music Fest
*Crews rolling with T-shirts of "BA Speaks: Revolution-Nothing Less" 
Wearing, selling and fundraising
*Fundraising, publicizing, showing and distributing "Revolution and Religion: the Fight for Emancipation and the Role of Religion"

Contact: 312 860-8167 for meet up times and places

              *Revolution Books - Opens at noon Saturday and Sunday

Stop by during the Wicker Park Green Music Fest for a GIANT used book sale and browse our books about the destruction of the environment. Check out BA's vision of a radically better world. Join us in taking out materials for the BA Everywhere fundraising campaign to the Green Music Fest in Wicker Park.

" These people are not fit to be the caretakers of the earth." 

-Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA

* Fundraising Dinner and Celebration for BA Everywhere

Break bread, watch excerpts, share experiences of the weekend

Saturday, June 20-7pm, Revolution Books 1103 N. Ashland Ave

Potluck or  $10 Donation - Families sliding scale

No one turned away.

Big questions are in the air. Youth defiantly rebelling against police murder joined by students and others in the streets bringing to a halt business as usual. Thinking is being shaken loose and there is a lot roiling under the surface - at the start of what could potentially be "A Long Hot Summer".  BA and his vision need to be out there, sparking discussion and debate about revolution and a radically different world. Read More

JOIN US to raise funds and project BA Everywhere

_________________

 Further Reflections in Getting This Film Out in the World

 For More Information:    BAEverywhereinchicago@gmail.com     
 312 860-8167 
 REVCOM.US

June 17, 7 pm: Book Signing and Author Presentation Rory Fanning, Afghan war vet discusses his book    Worth Fighting For:  An Army Ranger's Journey Out of the Military and Across America "[Fanning] shows us the imperial and harmful objective of U.S. foreign policy. He shows us the courage to walk away from it, and he shows us a path to a saner society."  -- Chicago Tribune "Rory Fanning's odyssey is more than a walk across America. It is a gripping story of one young man's intellectual journey from eager soldier to skeptical radical, a look at not only the physical immenseness of the country, its small towns, and highways, but into the enormity of its  past, the hidden sins and unredeemed failings of the United States."  -- Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times

Revolutionary Summer Solstice, June 20-21  Take Bob Avakian (BA) To the People These people are not fit to be the caretakers of the earth  -Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA Celebrate Revolutionary Summer Solstice. Stop by Revolution Books Saturday and Sunday, June 20 & 21, during the Wicker Park Green Music Fest for a GIANT used book sale and browse our books about the destruction of the environment and what we can  do to stop it. Join us in taking out materials for the BA Everywhere fundraising campaign to the Green Music Fest in Wicker Park.   Bob Avakian, "Not Fit Caretakers of the Earth" "This system and those who rule over it are not capable of carrying out economic development to meet the needs of the people now, while balancing that with the needs of future generations and requirements of safeguarding the environment. They care nothing for the rich diversity of the earth and its species, for the treasures this contains, except when and where they can turn this into profit for themselves... These people are not fit to be the caretakers of the earth." ( BAsics 1:29)   Join us this coming weekend: Noon to 5 PM:  Giant Used Book Sale at Revolution Books Afternoon outreach to Wicker Park Green Music Fest     For more, please read:   "A Revolutionary Summer Solstice, June 20-21: Bringing BA to the Start of What Could Potentially Be 'A Long, Hot Summer'" and "Climate Change and Changing the Whole Political Atmosphere"   YOU can help! Staff the used book sale at Revolution Books and/or join us to distribute materials about BA Everywhere, Revolution Books, and the movement for revolution at the Wicker Park Green Music Fest on Saturday and Sunday.   If you can volunteer, give us a call or shoot us an email: (773) 489-0930; revbookschi@yahoo.com. Thanks!

This Revolution special issue focuses on the environmental 

emergency that now faces humanity and Earth's ecosystems.

In this issue we show: 

-the dimensions of the emergency...

-the source of its causes in the capitalist system, and the impossibility of that system solving this crisis...

-a way out and way forward for humanity--a revolutionary society in which we could actually live as custodians of nature, rather than as its plunderers.

Read online....

Also available in brochure format (downloadable PDF)

Join BA Everywhere for a Celebratory Fundraising Dinner   When: Saturday June 20 7pm Where: Revolution Books                    1103 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago  What: Potluck or $10 Donation - Families sliding scale  No one turned away. Break bread and share experiences of the weekend.

Ongoing Events at Revolution Books 11 am Sunday Brunch--Film Clips and Discussion June 14: "Socialism Is Three Things" from BA Speaks: Revolution -- Nothing Less DVD Get into revolutionary theory! Sunday brunches are an ongoing series: watch a video clip from one of Bob Avakian's talks, join the discussion, enjoy communing, coffee and rolls.   Thursdays Open House on the History of Socialism, 4 pm - 7 pm Bring your questions about the history of socialist societies in the 20th century--from 1917-1956 in the Soviet Union and from 1949-1976 in Maoist China--what they aimed to do, their great achievements, and their shortcomings and problems. Dig into the controversies, find resources.

June 17, 7 pm: Book Signing and Author Presentation Rory Fanning, Afghan war vet discusses his book    Worth Fighting For:  An Army Ranger's Journey Out of the Military and Across America "[Fanning] shows us the imperial and harmful objective of U.S. foreign policy. He shows us the courage to walk away from it, and he shows us a path to a saner society."  -- Chicago Tribune "Rory Fanning's odyssey is more than a walk across America. It is a gripping story of one young man's intellectual journey from eager soldier to skeptical radical, a look at not only the physical immenseness of the country, its small towns, and highways, but into the enormity of its  past, the hidden sins and unredeemed failings of the United States."  -- Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times

Revolution Books received this invitation from the Bob Avakian Everywhere Campaign  Link up with the Revolutionary Summer Solstice, June 20-21.   Bringing Bob Avakian (BA) to the Start of What Could Potentially Be "A Long Hot Summer"    May 1st Oakland Revolution Club. Kick off the summer with the most meaningful thing you can do, with the spirit and joy of radically changing the world, with others like you, learning and discovering in the process, take revolution and Bob Avakian, (BA) to the people.   Big questions are in the air. Youth defiantly rebelling against police murder joined by students and others in the streets bringing to a halt business as usual. Thinking is being shaken loose and there is a lot roiling under the surface - at the start of what could potentially be "A Long Hot Summer".  BA and his vision need to be out there, sparking discussion and debate about revolution and a radically different world. Read More   Saturday and Sunday - We're going to the South Side, West Side and Wicker Park   *Crews rolling with T-shirts of "BA Speaks: Revolution-Nothing Less"      Wearing, selling and fundraising         *Fundraising, publicizing, showing and distributing "Revolution and Religion:  the Fight for Emancipation and the Role of Religion"    *Revolution Books - Opens at noon Saturday and Sunday. Drop in.  Contact: 312 860-8167 for meet up times and places           * June 20, 7pm - Fundraising Dinner for BA Everywhere  Break bread, watch excerpts, share experiences of the weekend Saturday    June 20    7pm   Revolution Books   1103 N. Ashland Ave   Potluck or  $10 Donation - Families sliding scale   No one turned away.   JOIN US to raise funds and project this everywhere, BA Everywhere _________________ Further Reflections in Getting This Film Out in the World   For More Information:    BAEverywhereinchicago@gmail.com 312 860-8167    REVCOM.US

REVOLUTION BOOK EVENTS IN JUNE June 6 & 7: Printers Row Lit Fest  10 am - 6 pm, Saturday & Sunday Table #227, 229 600 block of S. DearbornJoin us at the largest book fair in the Midwest! Stop by our table for new and used titles, and check out authors and poets. Volunteers are needed to help at our table, distribute materials, and more. If you can volunteer, give us a call or shoot us an email:    (773) 489-0930; revbookschi@yahoo.com. Thanks! June 10, 7pm:   Dr. Ali Nizamudden, author of The Patenting of Life, Limiting Liberty, and the Corporate Pursuit of Seeds Dr. Nizamudden's book explores the disastrous consequences of the corporate dominance of world seed supplies and GMO seeds. The advent of genetically modified seeds and strict patent protection accorded to them enable companies to own the seed even after the farmer has bought, planted, and harvested the seed. "If you care about your food and your freedom, this is a book you must read." -- Vandana Shiva June 17, 7 pm: Rory Fanning, Afghan war vet discusses his book  Worth Fighting For: An Army Ranger's Journey Out of the Military and  Across America "Rory Fanning's odyssey is more than a walk across America. It is a gripping story of one young man's intellectual journey from eager soldier to skeptical radical, a look at not only the physical immenseness of the country, its small towns, and highways, but into the enormity of its  past, the hidden sins and unredeemed failings of the United States. The reader is there along with Rory, walking every step, as challenging and rewarding experience for us as it was for him."  -- Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times ONGOING EVENTS 11 am Sunday Brunch--Film Clips & Discussion "Socialism Is Three Things" from BA Speaks: Revolution -- Nothing Less   Get into revolutionary theory! Sunday brunches are an ongoing series: watch a video clip from one of Bob Avakian's talks, join the discussion, enjoy communing, coffee and rolls. Thursdays Open House on the History of Socialism, 4 pm - 7 pm Bring your questions about the history of socialist societies in the 20th century--from 1917-1956 in the Soviet Union and from 1949-1976 in Maoist China--what they aimed to do, their great achievements, and their shortcomings and problems. Dig into the controversies, find resources.