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Sunday, Mary 24, 4 PM Note new day & time for weekly discussions. A discussion of two articles from Revolution newspaper: In the Era of Obama: The Collapse of "The Movement"; the Resistance and the Revolutionary Movement We Need by Andy Zee "A grievous, shameful and dangerous state of affairs permeates the movements of opposition in the U.S. Their outlook and politics have collapsed into passive acquiescence and even overt criminal complicity with the policies and actions of the ruling class, and are doing so by promoting the deadly illusion that the election of Barack Obama is bringing progressive change. This is bullshit, it's knowable and it must change." and The Torture Memos, And the Need for Justice By Alan Goodman "If people DO resist, if they DO demand that the criminals be prosecuted and wage a serious political struggle to make that happen, it can be the beginning of a struggle that can, among other things, lead to the beginnings and possibility of real justice - and not some phony, feel-good, 'let's-forget-about-the-past-and-move-on' so-called redemption and/or 'reconciliation' that only ultimately enables still more, and still worse, crimes by the bloody criminal enterprise known as America." For latest coverage and analysis around torture and more, see current issue of Revolution at revcom.us (cover pictured above). We received the following announcements from World Can't Wait. Thursday May 28, 6pm, Chicago Protest Karl Rove - "Bush's Brain" - War Criminal Appearing in Public! 175 N. State St., Chicago Sponsored by World Can't Wait-Chicago & 8th Day Center for Justice This demonstration is part of World Can't Wait & War Criminals Watch: May 28th - National Day of Resistance to U.S. TORTURE! Release the Torture Photos! Wear Orange, the color of resistance to torture Contact: World Can't Wait - Chicago Chapter, Chicago@worldcantwait.org ~ 773-227-2453 Recommended Books Botero: Abu Ghraib The Dark Side, Jane Mayer A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror, by Alfred McCoy Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak, by Marc Falkoff, Flagg Miller, and Ariel Dorfman Bush Crimes Commission DVD -- Session on Torture featuring testimony from Janis Karpinski (Ret US General, former US military director of Abu Ghraib), Barbara Olshansky (lawyer for Guantanamo prisoners), Craig Murray (former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan) USED BOOK SALE May 23-24, Sat. 11-7pm, Sun. Noon-5pm to benefit Revolution Books Used books include books on politics-science-art-philosophy-Black History-Spanish-revolutionary literature-Marxist/Leninist/Maoist classics-fiction-posters-photographs-buttons-t-shirts and much more. Help publicize the sale among friends. Also, your donations of used books needed - drop books off during store hours. Regular Happenings at Revolution Books Tuesday, May 26 (not Monday, May 25), 6:30 - 9 PM Get Revolution newspapers hot off the press. Join "hot topics" discussions while mailing subs to prisoners. Normal Monday schedule has been changed to Tuesday for next week due to Memorial Day weekend and Revolution newspaper production schedule. Help produce Revolution newspaper! For more info, email volunteer4rev@yahoo.com or call 773-803-9702.

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International Pot Luck Dinner Fundraiser for Revolution Books Friday, May 15 - 6:30pm Acme Arts, 1741 N. Western Ave., Chicago Join us for an evening of good food, good music, and for a great cause. Bring your special dish and donate $10 for a delicious dinner to support Revolution Books. Be a part of getting this fundraiser out among friends and popularize it on e-lists, cafes, and bulletin boards. To stay open in Chicago in the current economic climate, this all-volunteer revolutionary communist bookstore needs the financial support of people who aspire to understand and radically change the world.

May 13, Wednesday, 7pm Discussion of "Crises in Physics," Crises in Philosophy and Politics by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA Revolution Books Fundraising May 23-24, Sat. 11-7pm, Sun. Noon-5pm: Used Book Sale: Donations of used books needed - drop books off during store hours. Help publicize the sale among friends. June 13, Sat. - Garage Sale: Location to be announced. To donate items, call 73.489.0930. Volunteer to help organize this garage sale or host one to raise funds for Revolution Books. Sustain for $10 a month, or make a one-time donation, via PayPal at Chicago Revolution Books blogspot, by mail, or by coming to Revolution Books. Become a monthly sustainer. Donations are not tax deductible. eBay sales: Donate collectibles for sale on Revolution Books eBay site. Email Revolution Books at revbookschi@pobox.com and let us know what you have and how we can get it to our eBay fundraisers. Revolution Books at the Green Fest The May 16-17 Green Festival at Navy Pier will be a place were thousands agonizing over the fate of the planet are looking for solutions. Help Revolution Books connect the most scientific understanding of the problem, capitalism and imperialism, and the solution, revolution and communism. Help us learn everything we can at the same time get out the truth that as long as people's thinking is stuck in this awful system then their best efforts will fall short or even turn into their opposite. Take the example of ethanol worsening the global food crisis. Last year at the Green Fest we got a great response to our liberating vision of a whole new world and not tinkering around the edges of this one. Volunteer to be part of this exciting effort. Donate to help cover the $425 booth fee. See next email for exact location of our booth. Regular Events at Revolution Books Mon, May 11, 6:30 - 9 PM Get Revolution newspapers hot off the press. Join "hot topics" discussions while mailing subs to prisoners. Thu, May 14, 6:30 - 9 PM Help produce Revolution newspaper! For more info, email volunteer4rev@yahoo.com or call 773-803-9702.

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In Chicago on May 1, thousands of immigrants will step out of the shadows and along with others march through the streets to the heart of downtown. Join the revolutionary May Day contingent and spread Revolution newspaper and Communism: The Beginning of a New Stage: A Manifesto from the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. (See Revolution editorial below.) Meet Thursday, April 30, 7pm, at Revolution Books to discuss and plan for May 1st. Hook up on Friday, May 1st in Union Park (Ashland Ave. & Randolph St.) starting at 10:30am. Look for the huge red flag. The march begins at 11:30an. from Revolution, May 1, 2009 May First 2009: A Revolutionary Challenge May First, May Day, is the international holiday of revolution. It is a day of revolutionary rededication and celebration. Revolutionary May 1: A day when we renew our vision of a world that has gone beyond exploitation...beyond the division of society into a handful who own and control the world, and the vast majority who do not...beyond all the oppressive social relations and thinking that go with that. A day when we rededicate to bringing into being a society in which men no longer dominate women, in which one nation "or race" no longer dominates another, when everybody works both with their hands and their minds, and where people come together in a world community of freely cooperating human beings. Revolutionary May 1: A day when we celebrate the great revolutionary milestones along the way to that vision. The first great attempt of the Paris Commune, which lasted but 80 days in 1871; the Soviet Revolution in the former Russian empire in 1917, which inspired the world for 40 years; and the Chinese revolution which achieved victory in 1949, and went on to the highest pinnacle yet reached in 1966, with the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Each of these revolutions was eventually defeated, and the system of exploitation restored, even if the label of "socialism" remained for a while. But these revolutions contain rich and essential lessons- in both their overwhelming achievements as well as their secondary shortcomings and mistakes-lessons that must be absorbed to advance further today. Revolutionary May 1: A day when we prepare for the new challenges that must be met to make revolution in today's world. (Read full editorial) REVOLUTION BOOKS 1103 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60622 · 773.489.0930 Open: Tue-Sat: 11-7pm, Sun: Noon-5pm revbookschi@pobox.com, Chicago Revolution Books blog

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Reception at Chopin Theatre following the performance.

Proceeds from event to benefit Sunsara Taylor's
national speaking tour in connection with the book by Bob Avakian,
Away With All Gods! Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World.


PayPal closed. Purchase Tickets at Chopin Theatre.

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Hokin Annex
Columbia College Chicago
623 S. Wabash, 1st Fl

7:00 PM

Co-sponsored by the Department of Humanities, History and Social Sciences of Columbia College, 8th Day Center for Justice, and Insight Press.

An exchange on the idea of god and the role of religion. Is religion a creation of humanity whose time has long passed? Or does it serve some deeper need of human beings or point to some deeper reality? Are beliefs in gods obstacles or pathways to understanding and changing the world and to the emancipation of humanity?

Steve Asma, Ph.D.is professor of philosophy and humanities at Columbia College Chicago. He is a science writer, Buddhist, and author of The Gods Drink Whiskey; Stumbling toward Enlightenment in the Land of the Tattered Buddha (Harper SanFrancisco, 2005).

Bob Bossie, SCJ, is a member of the international Catholic order of Priests of the Sacred Heart and a staff member of the 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago, where he works on issues of peace, human rights, economic justice and non-violence. A founding member of Voices in the Wilderness, Bob has spoken widely and traveled to Iraq and Latin America.

Sunsara Taylor, writes for Revolution Newspaper, the voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party USA. She is part of a national campus tour to promote the 2008 book, Away With All Gods! Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World, by Revolutionary Communist Party Chairman Bob Avakian (Insight Press). Taylor has been featured in/on The New York Times, The O'Reilly Factor, and CNN's Showbiz Tonight.

Click Here to download a printable version of the poster (8 1/2 x 11)

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On Developments in Nepal and the Stakes for the Communist Movement:
Letters to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) from the
Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, 2005-2008
(With a Reply from the CPN(M), 2006)

"Many people in the world today are wondering how to evaluate the recent developments with the revolution in Nepal-where, after 10 years of an inspiring People's War led by the CPN(M), that war has come to an end, the CPN(M) is now the leading Party in the recently elected Constituent Assembly and the Party's Chairman, Prachanda, is the Prime Minister of the government. Does the current trajectory in Nepal and the course taken by the CPN(M) represent an historic new thing, a victory and breakthrough in advancing the communist revolution in the 21st century, as some have claimed; or-- as many others fear-- does this represent a setback and betrayal of the goals of the revolution and of the heroic struggle waged to achieve them, and a serious departure from the communist cause that the CPN(M) claims to be fighting for?

"The answer to this is of great importance, and can only be arrived at by going deeply into the key questions of ideological and political line that are involved; and this needs to be seen in the context of the crossroads that the international communist movement is facing, which focuses on the fundamental question, as posed in COMMUNISM: THE BEGINNING OF A NEW STAGE A Manifesto from the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA: whether to be a vanguard of the future or a residue of the past." read on...

February 10, 2009

Revolution Books/Libros Revolución

Sunday, March 1, 1:00 PM Chicago Revolution Books Presents a Program on: MAKING REVOLUTION IN THE U.S.A. Do we need a revolution and a radically different society? What is happening every day-what this system does to people, day in, day out-here and all over the world, cries out: YES, WE DO. Is revolution really possible in a country like the U.S.? YES, IT IS. Is there actually a strategy and method for approaching how to make such a revolution? YES, THERE IS. Is there a group that is organized on the basis of that strategy and method, is working for such a revolution and could lead that revolution when the time is right? YES, AGAIN. Come hear some straight talk about these vital questions by speakers representing the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. Then dig into this. Questions and answers on: making revolution in the U.S.A. Tickets: $15 / Sliding scale for unemployed/low income. Get into the pamphlet, Revolution and Communism: A Foundation and Strategic Orientation, available at Revolution Books and through Revolution Newspaper Online at www.revcom.us. University Center, Chicago 525 S. State Street - across the street and a half block south of the Harold Washington Library By public transportation: Take the Red Line "L" to the Harrison Stop. Driving: Take 90/94 to Congress Parkway (290 East). University Center is at Congress & State. Street parking and reasonably priced lots nearby. To reserve tickets and for information call: 773.489.0930 email: revbookschi@pobox.com

Upcoming at Chicago Revolution Books Sunday, February 15, 2 PM Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth! Slide show and discussion of Ardea Skybreak's The Science of Evolution and the Myth of Creationism: Knowing What's Real and Why it Matters. See Get Ready for Darwin Day 2009 for more on the international celebration of Darwin Day. Every Monday, 6:30 - 9:00 PM Pick up a bundle of Revolution newspapers hot off the press and join a discussion of lead articles and "hot topics" while mailing subs to prisoners. Bring friends. Help this irreplaceable bookstore survive by making a donation. This month, donate to our on-line E-Bay store. Contact us by phone or email for more information or to make arrangements. Other ways to contribute financially include: --Professors, order text books through Revolution Books. --Donate gently used books. --Make a donation to Revolution Books by check or credit card.

Revolution Books / Libros Revolución 1103 N. Ashland Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 Winter Hours Wed-Fri: 2:00 - 7:00 pm Sat: Noon - 7:00 pm Sun: Noon - 5:00 pm 773.489.0930 revbookschi@pobox.com For upcoming events, see Chicago Revolution Books blog.

January 24, 2009

Revolution Books presents A special one-night-only performance of WALLACE SHAWN's THE FEVER performed by David Shapiro January 26, Monday, 7 PM Chopin Theater, 1543 W. Division St., Chicago A Benefit for Revolution Books Chicago Tickets $20 Followed by a Reception When actor David Shapiro introduced THE FEVER to Chicago in 1995, Wallace Shawn said, "I wish I could have done it this way, but I didn't know how." From an article on THE FEVER in American Theatre, September, 1997: "Recalling the onset of illness in a Third World hotel bathroom, the narrator tells about his privileged childhood, his elitist adulthood, and his gradual realization that he must share responsibility for his society's immorality. The contrasts between poverty and privilege, between torture and tenderness, between injustice and indulgence don't torment the speaker so much as his sudden awareness that each moment of his pleasure is purchased at the price of someone else's pain. Shawn's insistent questions-without the slightest taint of narcissism or self-righteousness-reduce moral issues to their essence, the way they affect our lives. Why do we believe this? Why do we behave this way? You can react to Shawn's play in one of two ways-you can get angry, or you can reevaluate your life." To reserve and purchase tickets with credit card, call 773-489-0930. In these times the survival of Revolution Books - an irreplaceable, all-volunteer bookstore --depends on you. Here is the place to find the books, ideas and revolutionary ferment to understand and be part of radically changing the world. The benefit performance of THE FEVER offers an occasion to attend and invite others to a challenging, inspired performance that just may change the way you think about the world, as well as an occasion to introduce new people to Revolution Books. Reserve tickets, forward this e-mail, volunteer to work on making this event impact many more people. Revolution Books/Libros Revolución 1103 N. Ashland Avenue Chicago, IL 60622 revbookschi@pobox.com