Tuesday, June 15, 2010
June 29, Lessons from the battle for justice for Oscar Grant
Monday, June 14, 2010
Tuesday June 22 - OFFSIDE - video showing of film by Jafar Panahi
7:00 pm
Offside (Persian: آفساید ) is a 2006 Iranian film about girls who try to watch a World Cup qualifying match but are forbidden by law because of their sex. Female fans are not allowed to enter football stadiums in Iran on the grounds that there will be a high risk of violence or verbal abuse against them. The film was inspired by director Jafar Panahi's daughter, who decided to attend a game anyway. The film was shot in Iran during qualifying matches and captures the excitement of the events. Its screening was banned there, but bootleg copies of the film flooded the streets during soccer season.
On March 1, 2010 Jafar Panahi was arrested for unspecified actions against the regime. During May Panahi went on a hunger strike. Largely due to international protest, including from many artists and filmmakers, Panahi was released on May 25, 2010, on $200,000 bail. He is still charged and a trial is pending.
Watch trailer of OFFSIDE
Offside (Persian: آفساید ) is a 2006 Iranian film about girls who try to watch a World Cup qualifying match but are forbidden by law because of their sex. Female fans are not allowed to enter football stadiums in Iran on the grounds that there will be a high risk of violence or verbal abuse against them. The film was inspired by director Jafar Panahi's daughter, who decided to attend a game anyway. The film was shot in Iran during qualifying matches and captures the excitement of the events. Its screening was banned there, but bootleg copies of the film flooded the streets during soccer season.
On March 1, 2010 Jafar Panahi was arrested for unspecified actions against the regime. During May Panahi went on a hunger strike. Largely due to international protest, including from many artists and filmmakers, Panahi was released on May 25, 2010, on $200,000 bail. He is still charged and a trial is pending.
Watch trailer of OFFSIDE
Wednesday June 16 at 7 pm - Summation Meeting on the RCP's Campaign
Wednesday June 16 at 7 pm (at Revolution Books)
Summation Meeting on the RCP's Campaign
Come hear about the national summation of the last 10 day push to distribute 200,000 copies of the message, The Revolution We Need...The Leadership We Have (The first wave in the campaign to distribute one million of the Message and Call this summer.). Help make plans for the next step, including the Webathon this coming Sunday!
From the statement:
"We must spread the word to every corner of this country...giving people the means to become part of this revolutionary movement, and organizing into this movement everyone who wants to make a contribution to it, who wants to work and fight, to struggle and sacrifice, not to keep this nightmare of a world going as it is but to bring a better world into being."
Summation Meeting on the RCP's Campaign
Come hear about the national summation of the last 10 day push to distribute 200,000 copies of the message, The Revolution We Need...The Leadership We Have (The first wave in the campaign to distribute one million of the Message and Call this summer.). Help make plans for the next step, including the Webathon this coming Sunday!
From the statement:
"We must spread the word to every corner of this country...giving people the means to become part of this revolutionary movement, and organizing into this movement everyone who wants to make a contribution to it, who wants to work and fight, to struggle and sacrifice, not to keep this nightmare of a world going as it is but to bring a better world into being."
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tuesday June 15 Dinner & Discussion: Revolutionary Eye on Iran
6:45 pm Iranian Dinner celebrating one year of courageous uprising in Iran $10-20 (benefit for
Revolution Books)
7:30 pm Discussion: Revolutionary Eye on Iran
If you want revolution—in fact, if you are at all concerned about the course of events on the
planet right now—you need to keep your eye on Iran. Iran is a hotspot—a point where both
moves to war and possibilities for revolution could come to a boil. There are three major levels to what is going on there that we need to understand:
1. What Is Going On Inside Iran
2. The International Setting
3. The Revolutionary Movement
Nobody can say where all this will end. What we can say is that there is both great danger and
very great potential here—and a great need to build a movement FOR REVOLUTION that is
internationalist in its outlook and actions.
Read Revolutionary Eye on Iran
Revolution Books)
7:30 pm Discussion: Revolutionary Eye on Iran
If you want revolution—in fact, if you are at all concerned about the course of events on the
planet right now—you need to keep your eye on Iran. Iran is a hotspot—a point where both
moves to war and possibilities for revolution could come to a boil. There are three major levels to what is going on there that we need to understand:
1. What Is Going On Inside Iran
2. The International Setting
3. The Revolutionary Movement
Nobody can say where all this will end. What we can say is that there is both great danger and
very great potential here—and a great need to build a movement FOR REVOLUTION that is
internationalist in its outlook and actions.
Read Revolutionary Eye on Iran
June 12, Saturday --Rebellious Rooftop Romp - 4-8 pm
REVOLUTION BOOKS REBELLIOUS ROOFTOP ROMP
FUN-RAISING FOR REVOLUTION BOOKS
Saturday, June 12, From 4pm till 8pm
Pot Luck… Bring Your Favorite Dish and/or Drinks
Dancing, Free Dance Lessons and More…
DOWNTOWN BERKELEY
PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE BAY IN BEAUTIFUL ROOFTOP SETTING
SUGGESTED DONATION AT DOOR $5--$25
For more info and the address of the event, call REVOLUTION BOOKS at 510-848-1196
or email revolutionbooks@sbcglobal.net
Your financial support is urgently needed and will make it possible for Revolution Books to continue to sponsor forums and author readings and to greatly expand our collection of new and thought-provoking books.
Revolution Books is part of building a movement for revolution,
that is scientific and poetic, wrangling and visionary: it is alive with a defiant spirit that refuses to accept that the horrors of today’s world have to be.
At the heart of Revolution Books is the cutting-edge work of Bob Avakian, whose new synthesis of communism envisions a radically new society that is overcoming all of the oppression of the current world while giving great scope to intellectual work, ferment and dissent as integral to the complete emancipation of humanity.
We have an extensive collection of books on history and political theory, novels and poetry, atheism and science, geopolitics and philosophy. Check out the weekly discussions, author readings, open-mic, film screenings and major forums.
FUN-RAISING FOR REVOLUTION BOOKS
Saturday, June 12, From 4pm till 8pm
Pot Luck… Bring Your Favorite Dish and/or Drinks
Dancing, Free Dance Lessons and More…
DOWNTOWN BERKELEY
PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE BAY IN BEAUTIFUL ROOFTOP SETTING
SUGGESTED DONATION AT DOOR $5--$25
For more info and the address of the event, call REVOLUTION BOOKS at 510-848-1196
or email revolutionbooks@sbcglobal.net
Your financial support is urgently needed and will make it possible for Revolution Books to continue to sponsor forums and author readings and to greatly expand our collection of new and thought-provoking books.
Revolution Books is part of building a movement for revolution,
that is scientific and poetic, wrangling and visionary: it is alive with a defiant spirit that refuses to accept that the horrors of today’s world have to be.
At the heart of Revolution Books is the cutting-edge work of Bob Avakian, whose new synthesis of communism envisions a radically new society that is overcoming all of the oppression of the current world while giving great scope to intellectual work, ferment and dissent as integral to the complete emancipation of humanity.
We have an extensive collection of books on history and political theory, novels and poetry, atheism and science, geopolitics and philosophy. Check out the weekly discussions, author readings, open-mic, film screenings and major forums.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Thursday June 3: Speak out and MARCH Against Israeli Massacre 4 pm--
Revolutionary Protest against Israeli massacre
Thursday, June 3
4pm Speak-out at Powell and Market, San Francisco
5pm March to the Israeli consulate
Look around at the world we live in: a capitalist oil disaster in the Gulf, fascism in Arizona, cold-blooded police murder of 7 year old Ayana Stanley-Jones, escalating war and torture in Afghanistan, and now, another outrageous massacre by Israel to enforce their horrific and criminal strangulation of Gaza. Enough is enough!
The days when this system can just keep on doing what it does to people, here and all over the world…when people are not inspired and organized to stand up against these outrages and to build up the strength to put an end to this madness…those days must be GONE. And they CAN be.
The World does NOT have to be this way.
Ethnic cleansing has no right to exist! Oppression and exploitation... no right to exist! U.S. imperialism and their strategic attack dog, the state of Israel... no right to exist!
If you are disgusted by Israel... if you are heartsick about the state of planet... if you want to fight this shit... then you need to be there! If you can imagine a world without borders and divisions between peoples, where one nation doesn't rule over and dominate others, then be part of making that world, that future real.
-Revolution Club, Bay Area
"Fight the power, transform the people, for revolution!"
"Humanity needs revolution and communism."
Thursday, June 3
4pm Speak-out at Powell and Market, San Francisco
5pm March to the Israeli consulate
Look around at the world we live in: a capitalist oil disaster in the Gulf, fascism in Arizona, cold-blooded police murder of 7 year old Ayana Stanley-Jones, escalating war and torture in Afghanistan, and now, another outrageous massacre by Israel to enforce their horrific and criminal strangulation of Gaza. Enough is enough!
The days when this system can just keep on doing what it does to people, here and all over the world…when people are not inspired and organized to stand up against these outrages and to build up the strength to put an end to this madness…those days must be GONE. And they CAN be.
The World does NOT have to be this way.
Ethnic cleansing has no right to exist! Oppression and exploitation... no right to exist! U.S. imperialism and their strategic attack dog, the state of Israel... no right to exist!
If you are disgusted by Israel... if you are heartsick about the state of planet... if you want to fight this shit... then you need to be there! If you can imagine a world without borders and divisions between peoples, where one nation doesn't rule over and dominate others, then be part of making that world, that future real.
-Revolution Club, Bay Area
"Fight the power, transform the people, for revolution!"
"Humanity needs revolution and communism."
Thursday June 3: Report Back on RCP Conference - The Revolution We Need...The Leadership We Have
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 7PM
The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA has undertaken an historic campaign - THE REVOLUTION WE NEED...THE LEADERSHIP WE HAVE... - as the crucial step right now to build a movement for revolution in this country, and to bring forward a new stage of communist revolution in the world. Last weekend, conferences were held to discuss how to prepare for taking this campaign to a whole other level.
As the Call in the Revolution newspaper for people to participate in the conferences last weekend put it,
People need to hear and see that things DON'T have to be this way. They need to hear about revolution. And they need to know there is a Party that is building a movement for revolution. That is what this campaign is about. We aim to make known to millions the goal and character of this revolution, communist revolution, as it has been revitalized and reconceived by Bob Avakian; to make the leader of this revolution a household word; and through all this to forge a core of dedicated fighters who are going to advocate for this revolution and make it a driving dynamic force in society and the world.
Join us for a report back on this conference, to get into bold and exciting plans off the conference, and to become part of this, starting now. The first step starts on Friday which marks the beginning of ten days of distributing 200,000 copies across the country of "The Revolution We Need . . . The Leadership We Have,"a Message and Call from the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA.
Come and be part of forging plans, organizing teams, brainstorming about places and events throughout Northern California where this statement needs to appear over the next 10 days. Your ideas, creativity, energy and struggle - your participation - is needed.
Check out the the Message and Call upon which this campaign is based at:
http://revcom.us/quick/170en.php#a0
The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA has undertaken an historic campaign - THE REVOLUTION WE NEED...THE LEADERSHIP WE HAVE... - as the crucial step right now to build a movement for revolution in this country, and to bring forward a new stage of communist revolution in the world. Last weekend, conferences were held to discuss how to prepare for taking this campaign to a whole other level.
As the Call in the Revolution newspaper for people to participate in the conferences last weekend put it,
People need to hear and see that things DON'T have to be this way. They need to hear about revolution. And they need to know there is a Party that is building a movement for revolution. That is what this campaign is about. We aim to make known to millions the goal and character of this revolution, communist revolution, as it has been revitalized and reconceived by Bob Avakian; to make the leader of this revolution a household word; and through all this to forge a core of dedicated fighters who are going to advocate for this revolution and make it a driving dynamic force in society and the world.
Join us for a report back on this conference, to get into bold and exciting plans off the conference, and to become part of this, starting now. The first step starts on Friday which marks the beginning of ten days of distributing 200,000 copies across the country of "The Revolution We Need . . . The Leadership We Have,"a Message and Call from the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA.
Come and be part of forging plans, organizing teams, brainstorming about places and events throughout Northern California where this statement needs to appear over the next 10 days. Your ideas, creativity, energy and struggle - your participation - is needed.
Check out the the Message and Call upon which this campaign is based at:
http://revcom.us/quick/170en.php#a0
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Tuesday, June 1st Carole Joffe discusses DISPATCHES FROM THE ABORTION WARS
Tuesday June 1st at 7 pm
Author Carole Joffe discusses her book:
Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us
Carole Joffe has written an important, shocking book, one that people who care about the lives of women must check out!
After thirty years embedded in reproductive-health research, Joffe relays compelling testimony from doctors, health-care workers, and patients as they struggle against these barriers that shame women and marginalize physicians, even within the medical community. Real-life stories include those of poverty-stricken rape victims scrambling—and sometimes failing—to cover the cost of abortions that should be covered by Medicaid; a doctor having to beg her superior for permission to perform in-hospital a medical abortion too dangerous to handle at a clinic; and a woman whose miscarriage is causing septic shock refused care and bundled off to another hospital.
Joffe’s book and research continue to be ever more timely and the circumstances for women around the world are both an outrage and an emergency. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, she wrote:
After months of wrangling and immense concessions from abortion rights supporters, abortion still has the capacity to derail Congressional passage of a health reform bill, as some House antiabortion legislators remain dissatisfied with the actually quite onerous funding restrictions of the procedure in the Senate measure. A woman in Nicaragua, the mother of a ten year old girl, is denied an abortion even though she is a suffering from cancer, and is not allowed to start chemotherapy as long as she is pregnant.
And antiabortion fanatics in state legislatures continue to pass laws that are truly hard to parody. The latest of these is a Utah measure which would permitted life imprisonment for a woman "whose intentional or reckless behavior" caused the death of her fetus—if implemented, this bill which would have the effect of making suspect every miscarriage occurring in that state. (Though the bill passed in the Utah legislature, its sponsor withdrew it for revision in the face of massive national criticism.
Indeed, one of the few genuine abortion parodies around-- the Onion's hilarious account of a law requiring women seeking abortions to first name the baby and paint the nursery-- is actually not that far removed from a real-life incident I recount in my book, Dispatches from the Abortion Wars. In this case, a pregnant woman with the life threatening condition of DVT (deep vein thrombosis, a blood clot in the leg), was scheduled for an in-hospital abortion. While hospitalized for a flare-up of her condition several days before her abortion, she was forced by an anti-abortion doctor to tour the newborn nursery!
*****
Carole Joffe is professor of sociology at the University of California-Davis and a researcher at the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California-San Francisco. She is the author of several books, including Doctors of Conscience: The Struggle to Provide Abortion before and after Roe v. Wade.
This event is free, donations greatly appreciated. Revolution Books is wheelchair accessible.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tues 5-25-10 Talk: THERE IS NO "PERMANENT NECESSITY..." by Bob Avakian
THERE IS NO "PERMANENT NECESSITY" FOR THINGS TO BE THIS WAY...A RADICALLY DIFFERENT AND BETTER WORLD CAN BE BROUGHT INTO BEING THROUGH REVOLUTION
(by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA)
"One of the more important statements in the Manifesto from our Party (Communism: The Beginning of a New Stage) is the quote from Marx: "Once the inner connection is grasped, all theoretical belief in the permanent necessity of existing conditions breaks down before their collapse in practice." This is not just a matter of abstract theory—it has a broader effect. That belief weighs heavily on people who don't like the way things are—they are weighed down by a belief in the "permanent necessity of existing conditions." Over and over we are confronted by the fact that people can't see beyond the way things are now.
This has to do with the importance of constantly wrangling with what a revolutionary situation would look like and how a revolution could actually be made. There is a point in "Out Into the World—As A Vanguard of the Future" on grappling with what a revolutionary situation would look like.1 We need to give people a really living sense of what we mean by "hastening while awaiting" the emergence of a revolutionary situation. And this is linked to the point that what we're doing is building a movement for revolution and letting people know what we think that revolution would look like..."
(by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA)
"One of the more important statements in the Manifesto from our Party (Communism: The Beginning of a New Stage) is the quote from Marx: "Once the inner connection is grasped, all theoretical belief in the permanent necessity of existing conditions breaks down before their collapse in practice." This is not just a matter of abstract theory—it has a broader effect. That belief weighs heavily on people who don't like the way things are—they are weighed down by a belief in the "permanent necessity of existing conditions." Over and over we are confronted by the fact that people can't see beyond the way things are now.
This has to do with the importance of constantly wrangling with what a revolutionary situation would look like and how a revolution could actually be made. There is a point in "Out Into the World—As A Vanguard of the Future" on grappling with what a revolutionary situation would look like.1 We need to give people a really living sense of what we mean by "hastening while awaiting" the emergence of a revolutionary situation. And this is linked to the point that what we're doing is building a movement for revolution and letting people know what we think that revolution would look like..."
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