November 26, 2008

November 30, Sunday, 1 PM Q&A session on "Making Revolution in the USA." All are encouraged to read the full text of this talk given in NY and LA on October 26, available at Making Revolution in the U.S.A.

More Upcoming Events

Every Monday, 6:30-9:00 pm
Come pick up a bundle of Revolution newspapers hot off the press and/or join a discussion of the lead articles and "hot topics" while mailing subscriptions to prisoners. Bring friends.

December 7, Sunday, 5:30-7:30 pm - author Joerg Rieger speaking on his book CHRIST AND EMPIRE: From Paul to Postcolonial Times. Dr. Joerg Rieger is at the cutting edge of liberation theology today, and is the author of several books that address questions of liberation theology as they arise in the current context of the U.S. and the struggle against oppression.

December 14, Sunday, 1 pm - Atheist Open House
Come join a dicussion "Can we Be Good Without God?" and watch a video clip of Sunsara Taylor speaking on Away With All Gods! Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World by Bob Avakian, appearing with Chris Hedges, author of I Don't Believe in Atheists, in an exchange on "Atheism, God and Morality in a Time of Imperialism and Rising Fundamentalism."

October 20, 2008

Sunday, October 26, 1 PM
New York City and Los Angeles

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
Simultaneous translation into Spanish

Get into the pamphlet Revolution and Communism: A Foundation and Strategic Orientation. Available at Revolution bookstores and through Revolution newspaper online @ WWW.REVCOM.US
Event sponsored by New York Revolution Books.

New York City:
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd. @ 135 St. NYC
For information call: 212.691.3345/ www.revolutionbooksnyc.org

In Chicago, call 773.489.0930 right away to reserve bus tickets to New York City and to purchase tickets for the Oct. 26th event. Also, donate funds for scholarships to help others get to New York for this


UPCOMING EVENTS AT CHICAGO REVOLUTION BOOKS

November 2, Sunday, 1pm
Discussion of Communism and Jeffersonian Democracy

November 5, Wednesday, 7pm
Day after Elections "Hot Topic" Discussion
The Election - What Happened? What Does It Mean?

September 27, 2008

UPCOMING EVENTS AT REVOLUTION BOOKS

Oct. 1, Wed. 7 pm
Discussion of COMMUNISM: THE BEGINNING OF A NEW STAGE - A Manifesto from the RCP

September 27, Saturday, 7 pm - Hot Topic Dinner
The headlines are blaring:
Financial collapse! Meltdown! Banking free fall! And Congress is set to pass "the mother of all bailouts." What is happening and what does this mean?

Last spring, Revolution newspaper published this article from Raymond Lotta: The Subprime and Credit Crisis, FINANCIAL MELTDOWN AND THE MADNESS OF IMPERIALISM.

Revolution has also been running a new series by Lotta: Shifts and Faultlines in the World Economy and Great Power Rivalry What Is Happening and What It Might Mean - Part 1 (by Raymond Lotta) (The other articles in this series are linked below.) Join us for discussion and dinner. We'll order out - let them eat pizza!

Shifts and Faultlines in the World Economy and Great Power Rivalry What Is Happening and What It Might Mean PART 2. CHINA'S CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT AND CHINA'S RISE IN THE WORLD IMPERIALIST SYSTEM: ITS NATURE AND IMPLICATIONS

Shifts and Faultlines in the World Economy and Great Power Rivalry What Is Happening and What It Might Mean PART 3: THE EUROPEAN UNION AS A POTENTIAL RIVAL TO U.S. DOMINANCE by Raymond Lotta

Shifts and Faultlines in the World Economy and Great Power Rivalry: What Is Happening and What It Might Mean Part 4. THE RESURGENCE OF RUSSIAN IMPERIALISM by Raymond Lotta



NOW AVAILABLE!

New RCP Constitution online and at Revolution Books

Communism and Jeffersonian Democracy
A major new work by Bob Avakian
online

Join ongoing deep discussions of the new RCP Constitution and AWAY WITH ALL GODS! Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World. For time and location, call Revolution Books 773-489-0930.

Revolution Books/Libros Revolución

1103 N. Ashland Avenue

Chicago, IL 60622
Wed-Fri: 2 - 8 PM
Sat: Noon - 8:00 pm
Sun: Noon - 5:00 pm

773.489.0930
revbookschi@pobox.com

Tuesday August 26, 2008

Upcoming Events

all events below at Revolution Books

Wednesday, August 27, 7 pm


Presentation and discussion of the new Constitution of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. The Constitution lays out the mission and vision of a new stage of communist revolution in a very accessible way, as well as laying out the principles of organization and the theoretical foundation of the Party. This Constitution serves as a bold declaration that there is indeed a party, in the belly of the imperialist U.S., with the determination and strategic analysis to make a revolution. . . and the vision, method and understanding of society and history to ensure that it is a revolution worth making.

This discussion of the new RCP Constitution will focus on part 2, the appendix - why communism is both a scientific and revolutionary theory.

The Constitution is available now at Revolution Books. Get your copies!

NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!
Communism and Jeffersonian Democracy
A major new work by Bob Avakian


Other Upcoming Events at Revolution Books

Thursday, August 28 and alternating Thursdays after that: Come to Revolution Books between 7-9 pm to read and respond to letters from prisoners to Revolution newspaper and requests for the newspaper and other literature sent to the Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund.

Tuesday, September 2, Monday Sept. 15 and Monday Sept. 29 from 6:30-9:00 pm: Come pick up a bundle of Revolution newspapers hot off the press and/or join a discussion of the lead articles while mailing newspaper subscriptions to prisoners.

8/20 program on new Constitution of RCPUSA - and other upcoming events‏

Upcoming Events at Revolution Books

Sunday, August 17, 2 pm - Resist The Murderous Police Rampage!
A major political battle has to be mounted against these outrages and abuses by the Chicago police. Come to a meeting to make immediate plans. If you hate what the police are doing, and want to join with others in putting a stop to this - BE THERE. Hosted by the newly forming Chicago Revolution Club.

Monday, August 18, 6:30-9:00 pm (and every Monday night): Come pick up a bundle of Revolution newspapers hot off the press and/or join a discussion of the lead articles while mailing subscriptions to prisoners.

Wednesday, August 20 and 27, 7 pm


Wednesday, August 20 7 pm: A program on the new Constitution of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, part 1 - On the mission and vision of a new stage of the communist revolution, digging into what the Party exists for, its principles of organization and theoretical foundation.

Wednesday, August 27, 7 pm: A program on the new Constitution of the Revolutionary Communist Party USA, part 2 - More on the Constitution focusing on why communism is both a scientific and revolutionary theory.


Friday, August 22, 7pm: Film Showing - Fists of Freedom: The Story Of The '68 Summer Games: The dramatic black-gloved, fist-held-high, black-power salute by American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the victory stand at the 1968 Olympic summer games in Mexico City. 1 hour

Revolution Books May Calendar

Events below are at Revolution Books.

May 7 - Wednesday - 7 pm
"Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity" by Bob Avakian. The vanguard party-why you need it, why it's the most important form of organization fo the masses, what it can and must do. "We have to grasp firmly why, from the perspective and strategic necessity of revolution, the Party is the most important form of organization of the masses."

May 14 - Wednesday - 7 pm
"Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity" by Bob Avakian. One glance at the terrain and you can see all kinds of negative contradictions including extreme individualism, heightened parasitism and relentless consumerism. But, as Avakian writes, "while it causes real problems and embodies real obstacles from the perspective of our revolutionary objectives, [it] also poses significant problems for the ruling class, much as they're promoting it." How should we understand and act in relation to the complicated political and ideological terrain today? Can all this be re-polarized for revolution.

Revolution Books - April Calendar

All events are at Revolution Books.

April 6 - Sunday - 2pm
Mark Falkoff, editor of Poems from Guantanamo, The Detainees Speak

April 9 - Wednesday - 7 pm
Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity - Part 2: Everything We're Doing Is About Revolution. This week's discussion focuses on:
Hastening while awaiting - not bowing down to necessity: We're not in a revolutionary situation. So what do we do? Wait for things to get really bad and for people to get really desperate? Or are we "hastening while awaiting"- actually working to accelerate things and preparing the ground for when it will be possible to rise up? Bob Avakian says, "Everything we're doing is about revolution." Can that really apply to today?

April 12 - Saturday - 2pm
You are invited to celebrate the release of Away With All Gods! Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World, by Bob Avakian. Join us for testimonials, refreshments and discussion:

April 9 - Wednesday - 7 pm
Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity - Part 2: Everything We're Doing Is About Revolution. This week's discussion focuses on:
How can you make a revolution, how can you build a revolutionary movement, with a newspaper as your main political weapon?


April 19 - 7 pm Meet at Revolution Books to prepare for Sunday all out with Away With All Gods! Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World. Bring a Bible so we can look at what the churches are studying!

April 20 - All out to make Bob Avakian’s Away With All Gods! Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World a Major Social Question. For schedule, see http://getoutrevchicago.blogspot.com/.

April 22 - Tuesday - 7 pm
Neil Shubin, author of Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body. Slideshow, discussion, book signing by author.

April 26 - Saturday - 2pm
Discussion: "There is not an immigrant problem--There is a capitalism problem."

May 1 - International Workers Day!


ONGOING:

Biweekly - Thursday movies
April 10 - Rendition
April 24 - Moolaade

COMING!

Watch for bi-weekly Spanish language discussion circle.