Revolution Books Chicago

 
 July 27 Friday 7pm

Cabaret Rent Party

Humanity Needs Revolution. Revolution Books Needs You Now.

Join us for a evening of music and refreshments all in support of Revolution Books.

There are real stakes in ensuring that Revolution Books continues as the place where people can find the books and the deep engagement about why the world is the way it is and the possibility of a radically different way the world could be. 

Donations $10.00, sliding scale for youth and students. 

Needed: Volunteers, musicians, and spoken word poets-call 773-489-0930 if you would like to be part of this event supporting Revolution Books. +++

July 26 Thursday 7pm 

Discussion on Egypt

Egypt's Presidential Election: 
Emancipation Not on the Ballot 
by Larry Everest
and Statement from Bob Avakian  
Egypt 2011: Millions Have Heroically Stood Up...The Future Remains to Be Written 
from Revolution Newspaper.

Bring your thoughts, questions and concerns.

Egypt's Presidential Election:
Emancipation Not on the Ballot by Larry Everest

Sixteen months after the Egyptian people rose up and drove the hated U.S. puppet Hosni Mubarak from power, the country has elected a new president. On Sunday, June 24, a week after the June 16-17 run-off voting, Egypt's Constitutional Committee named Mohammed Morsi of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood the winner over former general Ahmed Shafik. Shafik was the candidate backed by Egypt's military which has run the country for the last 52 years.

The U.S. government and media called the vote Egypt's "first free and fair election." The Brotherhood, Egypt's military, and the U.S.-which had been closely involved in these events-all praised the outcome as a victory for "democracy," the transition from military rule to civilian control, and a big step toward fulfilling the aspirations of Egypt's 90 million people and completing their "revolution."

Egypt's vote may have served the agenda of the defenders of Egypt's intolerable social order, including the U.S., at least for now. But for the Egyptian people, it will not bring or open up possibilities for any meaningful change. Instead it is but another maneuver to keep the chains of oppression firmly around their necks. (read more)  (from Larry Everest - Revolution #274, July 8, 2012)

EGYPT 2011: MILLIONS HAVE HEROICALLY STOOD UP...THE FUTURE REMAINS TO BE WRITTEN
A Statement By Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA