146
W. 26th Street,
between
6th & 7th Ave.
212-691-3345
Open 12 noon - 7pm every day
Selected Events in January:
Tuesday, January 6, 7pm
Discussion at
Revolution Books:
GAZA: "Crucial Challenges Posed By Israeli Attacks"
From the Revolution newspaper, January 1, 2009
"...The level of ignorance among people in this country about Israel-- about both the basic facts behind its founding and its ongoing oppression of the Palestinian people-- is astounding and appalling. But it is not surprising; people are systematically lied to about every major question in this society, and this is especially so concerning the state of Israel. This is because Israel is a crucial spearhead of United States imperialist interests in the Middle East, and maintaining support for Israel among the people in this country is a key political objective of the ruling class. This is so important that there is barely a murmur of dissent, if that, allowed within the ranks of U.S. rulers, be they Republican or Democrat.
But now, with the eyes of the world fixed on Gaza, there is both a challenge and opportunity to pierce that ignorance. At the same time, there is an urgent need, as we said, for mass outpourings against Israeli-U.S. aggression in the region. And the two go hand in hand..."
Also look at Bob Avakian's Bringing Forward Another Way, parts 1-2
212-691-3345, www.revolutionbooksnyc.org
Donations appreciated, wheelchair accessible
More than a bookstore, Revolution Books is a crucible in which the most liberating science, revolutionary communism, interacts and mixes it up with all the streams of progressive, radical and revolutionary intellectual life. At the heart of the store is Bob Avakian's radical re-envisioning of revolution and communism.
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Calling for volunteers... dreamers, designers, revolutionaries,
poets, students, philosophers...
Call 212-691-3345 or email revbooksnyc@yahoo.com
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"Revolution Books/Libros Revolucion, the cheerfully insurrectionist leftist hangout, is perhaps the only place in the city where you can drink coffee, discuss Mao Tsetung, and pick up a copy of the 2009 Cat Lovers Against the Bomb calendar..."
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Magazine: December 8, 2008)
"For those who wish to read the dissenting view, the uncensored analysis, the truth about their country and the world, the existence and viability of Revolution Books is absolutely essential."
-- Professor John Gerassi, Political Science, Queens College and Graduate Center
a talk at Revolution Books, September 25, 2008
(may take a few minutes to download)
A unique revolutionary perspective on the financial turmoil, globalization, and America 's wars for empire. Raymond Lotta, a Maoist political economist, reveals how the current financial crisis is rooted in the dynamics of capitalism itself, its global functioning in the 21st century, including the heightened financialization and militarization of the U.S. economy, and major shifts in world economic power alignments.
Revolution Books in Berkeley featured on MTV's
"Change It or Loose It"
To watch the video entitled:
Revolution: The Real Change
Check out story about Revolution Books in the NY Observer October 7, 2008
"Where Being in the Red Now Rules!
Leftist Revolution Books relishes Wall Street crisis from fresh Chelsea space"
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Revolution Books-- a place to engage, and radically change, the whole world. Volunteers welcome-- to order books, work with customers, do front window displays, produce events, do graphic design, web... The most interesting and interested people come through the doors of Revolution Books every day. Come meet them. Spend a couple hours a couple days a week... become a Revolution Books volunteer. Revolution Books is all-volunteer & not-for-profit. Call or email the store, or just come in.
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Author readings:
Jeff Sharlet “The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power”
Julie Salamon “Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God and Diversity on Steroids”
Susan Jacoby ”The Age of American Unreason”
Fr. Luis Barrios “Coquiando: Meditaciones Subversivas para un Mundo Mejor"
Jeremy Scahill “Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army"
Larry Everest “Oil, Power and Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda”
Gareth Porter “A Peace Denied: The United States, Vietnam, and the Paris Agreement”
Ted Rall – nationally syndicated cartoonist
Stephanie MacMillan— nationally syndicated cartoonist
Naomi Wallace – THE FEVER CHART, performed by Omar Metwally
Ismail Khalidi -- poet
We’ve presented 2 full-length plays:
Wallace Shawn’s THE FEVER performed by David Shapiro
Brian Dykstra’s THE JESUS FACTOR
We’re starting a series of staged readings of plays, beginning with:
Jeni Mahoney’s THE FEAST OF THE FLYING COW …AND OTHER WAR STORIES
Our regular Tuesday evening discussions on the re-envisioned revolution & communism of Bob Avakian have covered topics ranging from the NBA to myth/art/science to atheism to Cosby, Clinton & Obama on Black people, the new RCP Constitution, the Bush regime and the bourgeois elections.
We’ve held salons on:
Evolution, Sean Bell and the history of violence against Black people, “Freeganism for Beginners,” and we have begun a series of salons and debates on: “Obama: The Best Hope or A Deadly Trap”
Our standing-room-only First Night Opening in June featured Professor John Gerassi, filmmaker Marc Levin, lawyer Lynne Stuart, performances by the theater ensemble Universes, jazz musicians Mike Wimberly & Laurence Goldman
Revolution Books has gone out all over the city with book tables and cards, including to:
World Science Festival, Gay Pride March, Harlem Book Fair
In the past 2 months, we have been on the cover of Chelsea Now, featured in Time Out, heard on WBAI radio, seen on Laura Flander’s GRIT TV.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT REVOLUTION BOOKS:
"For those who wish to read the dissenting view, the uncensored analysis, the truth about their country and the world, the existence and viability of Revolution Books is absolutely essential."
-- PROF. JOHN GERASSI, Political Science, Queens College and Graduate Center
"There is an African proverb that asserts, 'When a griot dies, it is like a library has been destroyed.' Revolution Books is like a thousand griots-- and to lose it would be to witness the disappearance of a village of libraries. In my political development, it has been an indispensable tool and companion."
-- HERB BOYD, journalist (Amsterdam News, Essence), author (Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography)
“Revolution Books is one of my favorite bookstores in New York City. Whether you're a revolutionary or simply a reader who believes books really matter for the health of a community, you need to know about this store -- one of the last great independents in Manhattan, a brilliant, exciting, and wonderfully eccentric collection of books old and new, forgotten and front-page, radical and revelatory…a vital institution.”
-- JEFF SHARLET, contributor, Rolling Stone and Harpers, author “The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power”
"In traveling around the country for readings at bookstores, it has become evident that Revolution Books presents a whole different level of engagement. I have learned much from the audiences here… "
--DR. SUE WICKLUND, This Common Secret: My Journey As an Abortion Doctor
“The Rev has New York’s biggest and most outstanding radical collection of books, leaflets and journals. You’ll find bookshelves devoted to Lenin, Mao and Marx, many books in espanol, as well as cute red-star earrings.”
-- LONELY PLANET travel guide for NYC