We received the following from Stop Mass Incarceration Network Chicago:

MURDERS BY POLICE MUST BE STOPPED NOW!

National Speaking Tour Event

#RiseUpOctober -- Which Side Are You On?

Wednesday August 5, 7 - 10 pm

Trinity Episcopal/Anglican Church

125 E. 26th Street, Chicago

(SE corner of Michigan & 26th St.)

Parking lot next to church, CTA bus #4 drops you off at the corner.

Wednesday, August 5, come hear, and join with, Carl Dix, co-founder of the Stop Mass Incarceration Network and a representative of the Revolutionary Communist Party, Rev. Jerome McCorry, the faith leader of the Stop Mass Incarceration Network, loved ones of people murdered by police, and young people. They will be digging into and making plans for a massive demonstration in New York City on Saturday, October 24, to STOP POLICE TERROR across the country. A day when all of society has to confront Which Side Are You On? -- are you taking a stand against the epidemic of police terror, or not?

People have struggled, resisted, risen up, against police murder. This must continue and go further -- all summer, in many different ways, intensifying. At the same time, these repeated outrages cry out for a stronger major national manifestation on October 24 that very clearly states:  These Murders by Police Must STOP -- NOW!

Everyone -- families of those killed by police, students, religious and faith organizations/people, artists, social justice organizations, better-off sections of society -- has a very important role to play. Bring your skills, abilities, and ideas.

• The tour members will be in Chicago from Aug. 4 - 6
• Then they will head to Ferguson for the anniversary of the police murder of Mike Brown and the heroic uprising that followed.
• We encourage people to join with the Tour in Chicago AND in Ferguson too!
• For information call: (312) 933-9586

Coming August 14, 2015:  

 

Science and Revolution

On the Importance of Science and the Application of Science to Society, the New Synthesis of Communism and the Leadership of Bob Avakian

An Interview with Ardea Skybreak

 

In the early part of 2015, over a number of days, 

Revolution conducted a wide-ranging interview with Ardea Skybreak. A scientist with professional training in ecology and evolutionary biology, and an advocate of the new synthesis of communism brought forward by Bob Avakian, Skybreak is the author of, among other works,  The Science of Evolution and the Myth of Creationism: Knowing What's Real and Why It Matters, and  Of Primeval Steps and Future Leaps: An Essay on the Emergence of Human Beings, the Source of Women's Oppression, and the Road to Emancipation. This interview was first published online at www.revcom.us. 

Make sure you have your copy! 

Contact Revolution Books to pre-order now!

$11.95 

Thursday, July 30, 7pm: Join us for an author reading and discussion, with musical accompaniment! Mellencamp: American Troubadour by David Masciotra.  This is first major treatment of one of America's great songwriters and rock 'n' roll performers -- John Mellencamp. This book combines biography, musical journalism, and cultural criticism to present an engaging and entertaining look at Mellencamp, rock 'n' roll, and American culture. Mellencamp traces his path from small town Indiana through the meat grinder of the music business to becoming the founder (with Willie Nelson) of Farm Aid, the longest running benefit concert series in the U.S. Songs like Little Pink Houses and Jack & Diane became top hits that spoke to the contradictions of "the American Dream" experienced by millions of people. Don't miss the story behind the songs and the songwriter. For more information go to http://davidmasciotra.com/books/

Coming August 14, 2015:     Science and Revolution On the Importance of Science and the Application of Science to Society, the New Synthesis of Communism and the Leadership of Bob Avakian An Interview with Ardea Skybreak In the early part of 2015, over a number of days,  Revolution conducted a wide-ranging interview with Ardea Skybreak. A scientist with professional training in ecology and evolutionary biology, and an advocate of the new synthesis of communism brought forward by Bob Avakian, Skybreak is the author of, among other works,  The Science of Evolution and the Myth of Creationism: Knowing What's Real and Why It Matters, and  Of Primeval Steps and Future Leaps: An Essay on the Emergence of Human Beings, the Source of Women's Oppression, and the Road to Emancipation. This interview was first published online at www.revcom.us.  Pre-order now from Revolution Books or Insight Press  $11.95 + Shipping  Orders will ship as soon as we receive books.

Come to the Funeral of Sandra Bland, Saturday July 25

WHO KILLED SANDRA BLAND?        THIS GODDAMN SYSTEM!   We Need Revolution Nothing Less!  Sandra Bland's funeral is being held on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the DuPage African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) in Lisle, IL.  The wake is at 9am, services following at 11am. This should be the biggest funeral since Emmitt Till's in Chicago almost 60 years ago, after his murder by white racists in Mississippi.   By being there, you are extending condolences to Sandra's family and friends for their loss.  By being there, you are standing against this egregious killing at the hands of the police.  By being there, you are saying we refuse to live in a society that does this to African Americans.  Gather your friends and attend together.  Cars leaving from Revolution Books, 1103 N. Ashland Ave. at 8am on Saturday.   Call 773- 489-0930 to join us. Sandra Bland was a young Black woman full of life who had her whole life ahead of her. She was driving in Texas in the middle of the day on her way to start a new job at Prairie A&M, the university where she had recently graduated. Then out of nowhere, she was pulled over on July 10, for failing to signal a lane change.  Bullied and then dragged out of her car, a Texas trooper threatened her with a taser, "I will light you up." Sandra was slammed to the ground, brutalized, and arrested. And the whole world can see this on video.     Here is the truth.  Sandra Bland was alive, well, happy and vibrant when the police stopped her and started brutalizing and abusing her. Then she was found dead in a Waller County jail cell three days later, just hours before she was to be bailed out.  The authorities have no good explanation.  She never should have been stopped or arrested in the first place!! This Texas pig was enforcing the rules of a system that puts no value on the lives of Black people and Black women in particular and that reacts with particular vengeance and violence on those like Sandra who refuse to "know their place" as this system defines it. This is also a profound truth:  The blood of Sandra Bland is on the hands of the police and jail authorities - ENFORCERS OF THIS SYSTEM and those they actually "serve and protect" -- the rulers of this system. Since the killing of Sandra Bland, police have killed approximately 1 person every 5 hours in this country.  This is a nationwide epidemic of police terror and murder. We need to urgently act to stop this police terror.  We are actively building for the national  October 24, 2015 protest in NYC, Rise Up October to stop police terror that has been called by Stop Mass Incarceration Network. And those of us who are revolutionaries are urgently getting people organized for an actual revolution, which is what it will take to finally and fully uproot the centuries of oppression of Black people have faced, along with all the other crimes committed by this system here and around the world.  You need to get with this revolution and learn about it -- why it's necessary, why it's possible and what it is all about.  You need to know there is a leader, Bob Avakian, who has done the work on how we can bring into being a radically different and better world.  Go to Revcom.us to learn more. --Revolutionary Communist Party, Chicago branch     There is the potential for something of unprecedented beauty to arise out of unspeakable ugliness: Black people playing a crucial role in putting an end, at long last, to this system which has, for so long, not just exploited but dehumanized, terrorized and tormented them in a thousand ways-putting an end to this in the only way it can be done-by fighting to emancipate humanity, to put an end to the long night in which human society has been divided into masters and slaves, and the masses of humanity have been lashed, beaten, raped, slaughtered, shackled and shrouded in ignorance and misery.  Bob Avakian, Chairman, Revolutionary Communist Party USA

Received from Stop Mass Incarceration Network Chicago Join us this Friday as we take our outrage to the streets!  http://bit.ly/I-Cant-Breathe #EricGarner Friday July 17 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm Jackson Blvd and State St., Chicago One year since the murder of Eric Garner. And... STILL ... NO JUSTICE! One year since we listened to his dying outcry: "I can't breathe" - which NYPD ENFORCED as they killed him!  Stop Police Terror! #RiseUpOctober! http://bit.ly/RiseUpOctober for more info. This Friday - bring friends, signs and noise makers: “I can hear my neighbor crying I can’t breathe Now I’m in the struggle and I can’t leave, Calling out the violence of the racist police We ain’t gonna stop till people are free!” http://bit.ly/I-Cant-Breathe

Received from the We All Stand Together Defense Committee Come dance to an evening of House Music, Steppin', Soul and R&B House (Music) Party for Justice & Peace Fundraising party Tickets are $20, or $10 for students and low income.  Your contribution will:  * Help pay legal expenses for the 3 defendants facing up to seven years each on trumped up felony charges from last falls protests against murder by police. * Add staff to the Violence Interrupters organization - putting more people on the street to reduce violence among the people Endorsed by: Tio Hardiman & Violence Interrupters; We All Stand Together Defense Committee; Stop Mass Incarceration Network, Chicago Chapter; Total Blackout for Reform, Chicago; United Legion One Nation (U.L.O.N.); Brothers Standing Together; Revolution Club, Chicago Tickets available on line at tinyurl.com/Party4Jutice-Peace  For more information call: 847-630-5318

July Events

Wednesday, July 15, 7pm:  "STOP THE ASSAULT ON ABORTION RIGHTS!  BREAK ALL THE CHAINS THAT ENSLAVE WOMEN!"  A Video of a Talk by Sunsara Taylor Join us to watch and discuss a video talk by Sunsara Taylor that gives a true picture of what it means to be living through a war on women, where all this comes from, and why the domination of women by men is not human nature. She brings alive how a real revolution can liberate women and what must be done today to build the fight for real and lasting emancipation. Sunsara Taylor is a writer for Revolution newspaper (   revcom.us ) an d key initiator of "End Pornography and Patriarchy: the Enslavement and Degradation of Women (Stop.Patriarchy.org ) Read the articles "The Courts Temporarily Slowed the Assault on Abortion Rights--We Must Step Up Our Fight to DEFEAT the War On Women! and  "July 1 Protests Around the Country: STOP the Assault on Abortion Rights" . Saturday, July 18, 2 pm: Lennox Nelson will read and  sign copies of Ru by Rising, the second book in the Black Nancy series. The action takes place in Coastal Georgia during the slave period. "My purpose for writing in this genre (historical-fiction/adventure) is to teach African-American youth about their history....Not everyone accepted slavery. May this book stir the inner warrior inside you."   Visit blacknancy.net for more information about the Black Nancy series. Thursday, July 30, 7pm: Author reading:Mellencamp: American Troubadour, by David Masciotra.  The first major book on one of America's greatest songwriters and rock 'n' roll performers -- John Mellencamp. This book combines biography, musical journalism, and cultural criticism to present an engaging and entertaining look at Mellencamp, rock 'n' roll, and American culture. For more information go to http://davidmasciotra.com/books/ Ongoing Events Sunday, July 12, 11 am: Sunday Brunch--Film Clip and Discussion  Get into revolutionary theory! Sunday brunches are an ongoing series: watch a video clip from BA Speaks: Revolution Nothing Less, and join our informal discussion. Enjoy communing, coffee, and rolls.

A Bold Initiative for July 4th & 5th Join Us to take out BA  to the Grateful Dead Concert       If you are moved or inspired by this statement -- or want to see this heard by people throughout society -- join us July 4 -5 to take BA out to the Grateful Dead Concert at Soldier Field parking lot.  Look for the big red flag after 2 pm. You can text us at (773) 726-7686 or (773) 329-5014, if you can't find the crew. Or come to Revolution Books at noon and go together on the L. We'll be getting out palm cards,  raising funds, showing video clips of Revolution and Religion, The Fight for Emancipation and the Role of Religion: A Dialogue Between Cornel West and Bob Avakian , and getting BA Everywhere. Come if you have an hour or two or all day. Meet others who want to change the world, join teams going out to do just that. BA Everywhere is a multi-faceted fundraising campaign to make Bob Avakian (BA) a household name, and his body of work and leadership a reference point in society [ read more].  Even as you are learning, and thinking about this, agreeing, disagreeing, provoked and challenged by what BA says, if you feel BA and his vision need to be out there, sparking discussion and debate about revolution and a radically different world, JOIN US, and get with the BA Everywhere Committee and make a difference!  (312) 860-8167, BAEverywhereinChicago@gmail.com. Revolution Books will be open 4th of July weekend Noon to 5 pm