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May 1, 2025

A CALL FROM CONCERNED BOOKSTORES, PUBLISHERS, AUTHORS AND OTHERS
IN THE LITERARY WORLD

Defend and Stand With Mosab Abu Toha, Beloved Palestinian Poet and Writer. Palestinian Voices Must Not Be Silenced, Activists Must Not Be Punished, and We, Who are Putting Our Names to This Statement, Say Genocide Must STOP. In the Name of Humanity, We Refuse to Accept a Fascist America.

Read the full statement and add your name HERE

"Why I Follow Bob Avakian, An Old White Guy Who's the Most Radical Revolutionary on the Planet... And Why You Should Too!" A talk by Carl Dix at Revolution Books NY on July 30, 2021.

"The Communist Revolution So Badly Needed vs The Anti-Communist Brainwash You're Getting," a talk by Raymond Lotta. Held at Revolution Books, September 19, 2023.

"The Fight for Abortion Rights and the Emancipation of Women" held at Revolution Books on the 50th Anniversary of Roe v Wade, featuring Sunsara Taylor, co-initiator of RiseUp4AbortionRights and co-host of the RNL Show, and Fran Luck, founder and executive producer of Joy of Resistance @ WBAI

Andy Zee speaking on "WE ARE THE REVCOMS (Revolutionary Communists) We Are Working for A Real Revolution and A Whole New, Emancipating Way To Live" at Revolution Books on May 16, 2023.

Revolution Books... about the world,
for a radically different world

At a moment when the planet and future of humanity are in peril...when so many are agonizing over where things are headed yet dreaming of something far better...Revolution Books is where you find the way out of the madness. Here the search for the truth meets the poetic spirit— with books, authors, films, and performance. Here you find the most radical revolution in the work and leadership of Bob Avakian who has developed the new communism aimed at the emancipation of humanity. A revolution to overthrow this system, and create a society and world in which human beings can truly flourish and the imagination can soar. Welcome to Revolution Books.

Getting to know Bob Avakian Because of Bob Avakian and the work he has done over several decades, summing up the positive and negative experience of the communist revolution so far, and drawing from a broad range of human experience, there is a new synthesis of communism that has been brought forward — there really is a viable vision and strategy for a radically new, and much better, society and world, and there is the crucial leadership that is needed to carry forward the struggle toward that goal.

Herb Boyd on Revolution Books and the legacy of independent bookstores in Harlem

Watch for coming events

An Evening to Support and Defend Mosab Abu Toha, the Palestinian poet and 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner is being targeted with threats and deportation. Program held at Revolution Books in Harlem, on June 4, 2025.

An evening of inspirational poetry reading against Trump-MAGA fascism at Revolution Books in Harlem, on April 10, 2025.

Reading and discussion of his new book "Forest of Noise" with Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha at Revolution Books NY on February 11, 2025.

Report from Dr. Adam Hamawy, American Surgeon Who Served in Gaza. at Revolution Books NY on December 3, 2024. “In other war zones, civilians get injured, but it has been a small portion of the casualties… [in Gaza] over half of the people that I saw were children.” – Dr. Adam Hamawy

An evening with the poet Brad Walrond reading from his newly-released book of poetry "Every Where Alien." Held at Revolution Books NY on October 16, 2024.

Author Donald Yacovone discusses his book with historian-teacher Leeanna Keith at Revolution Books on September 24, 2024. Donald Yacovone charts the creation and systematic indoctrination of the pernicious myth of white supremacy in America’s classrooms, examining an astounding array of K-12 textbooks since the 1830s.

Film screening followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers, held at Revolution Books, June 19, 2024. For 10 years, U.S. planes aerial sprayed the Vietnamese countryside with the herbicide Agent Orange, leading to massive environmental destruction; two million Vietnamese have suffered from resulting cancers, other illnesses, and birth deformities.

Why Capitalist Programs & Bourgeois Aspirations Can Never Free Black People! And Why A Real Revolution Can! Hosted by Carl Dix and Jamel Mims at Revolution Books NY on February 11, 2024.

More videos from past programs at Rev Books on Youtube and Vimeo.