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Revolution Books / Libros Revolucion Urges You to       Stand With the Occupy Movement!      Fight the Power, and Transform the People,       for Revolution! Step forward and stand with the Occupy movement under vicious assault at Occupy Oakland and other locations. Join a Revolution team at Occupy LA (OLA) now, and in the days and nights ahead. Distribute the newspaper and help make banners. As the L.A. mayor and others talk of moving Occupy LA, and OLA has issued a statement making clear their intention to stay (see more below), be ready to protest on a moment's notice. The whole world is watching! The fresh breeze of the Occupy movement that is spreading around the world needs to become a sustained wind blowing away complacency, acquiescence, and conventional thinking, clearing ground for even broader, more determined resistance - as well as the emergence of a new, growing movement for revolution that can sweep away the horrors of imperialism and set to work creating a whole new and far better world.   Check out the coverage in  Revolution at revcom.us.   Correspond and sustain this  vital newspaper! Read "Occupy Wall Street: Showdown and Victory This is So Not Over!" [here]. And "Police Attack Occupy Oakland with massive force: over 100 arrested" [here]. Check back often for updates, alerts. [Two Occupy Oakland photos to the left:  Dave ID]     Join us at the Revolution tent at Occupy LA  on the Spring Street side, north of 1st  Street. Donate via Paypal here and  designate "to sustain the Revolution  tent occupiers and newspaper."

From the Occupy movement websites: Last night, in the reclaimed Oscar Grant Plaza and in the wake of the massive police assault on Occupy Oakland, their general assembly passed a proposal to shut down and liberate the city of Oakland on Wednesday, Nov. 2nd:  "We invite all students to walk out of school. Instead of workers going to work and students going to school, the people will converge on downtown Oakland to shut down the city...The whole world is watching Oakland. Let's show them what is possible." [Read proposal here.]  Stay tuned, as the call for a general strike can grow to other cities quickly... Occupy Wall Street (OWS) saw hundreds take to the streets last night in solidarity with Occupy Oakland. [Watch youtube here.]  And OWS is calling for nationwide vigils onight for Scott Olsen, the Iraq veteran against the war who was slammed in the head by a police projectile during the assault in Oakland and remains in critical condition. Yesterday, as Occupy Oakland was under siege, the L.A. Mayor and various city officials announced to Occupy LA that it is time to "move on."  OLA  responded with a statement that says in part, "As for a time stamp on our departure, there is none...We are resolved to continue our peaceful occupation...Occupiers across America are bravely and against great odds and obstacles exercising the right to have their voices heard in a public forum, we stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters around this nation and around the globe." Read the OLA statement [here].

"You Can't Change the World If You Don't Know the BAsics" - One very important way you can help broaden and deepen the occupy movement is to buy BAsics for yourself and buy one to be placed in the Occupy LA Library in the spirit of doing away with commodity relations!  Then anyone can read this book of quotations and short essays from the talks and writings of Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party - a work that speaks powerfully to questions of revolution and human emancipation.  A "must read" for anyone agonizing over the question of whether and how they can actually change the world in a fundamental and meaningful way.  Many at Occupy LA have told us they would love to dig into this book.  Help make that happen! Order here via Paypal - let us know if you want your name credited inside the book, or have a special message you'd like to send - and we'll place one (or more!) in the library for you. We Recommend - Received in an email: THE MICHAEL SLATE SHOW Friday, Oct. 28th,  10 to 11 AM, KPFK Radio, 90.7 FM Or Listen Live at kpfk.org  This week on The Michael Slate Show: The movement that began with Occupy Wall Street, a movement welcomed by all of us who can't stand the world as it is, has been viciously attacked. In Oakland, hundreds were arrested and many injured, including a man who lies in the hospital with serious head injuries. The importance of knowing the world and the need for the Michael Slate Show and KPFK are great at times like this.      Make your voice heard. Support KPFK and the Michael Slate Show. Call in at 818-985-5735, or go online at www.kpfk.org during the show to contribute to the Michael Slate Show. We'll be talking to CARL CHRISTMAN, writer and director of "Selling God" which we are offering as a premium. "Selling God" is a funny and fascinating look at the contemporary Evangelical movement. It offers a satirical perspective on the many absurdities that arise when religion and popular culture collide and features interviews with Dr. Noam Chomsky as well as many other scholars and religious leaders. For a contribution of $75, "Selling God" DVD.  For a contribution of $200: ▪ Selling God DVD ▪ The Magic of Reality: How We Know     What's Really True, Richard Dawkins' new book ▪ CD compilation of interviews with noted atheists.  ▪ Free tickets. If you pay with a credit card, you'll get a free    pair of theater tickets, while they last.