Dec. 30: New Year's Party! Dec. 23: The Michael Slate Show on KPFK Radio

Check out our "New Arrivals" page - click on the tab above.      Received in an email - We Recommend:      With DJ Mixmaster Wolf and more to be announced! [Tickets, flyers available at the bookstore -  help sell tix and flyer events, invite others]   Come to a revolutionary New Year's bash on Friday,  December 30th, one of many around the country this holiday  season to raise money to kick off the national BA Bus Tour in 2012. Imagine a bus with eye-catching decorations touring the nation,  spreading revolution and Bob Avakian's voice to those hungry for it.   People on a mission rolling through community centers, schools, and  colleges, from mountains to valleys, inner cities and suburbs to rural  areas.  Showing the film of Bob Avakian's talk Revolution: Why It's  Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About in classrooms and  community centers.  Getting Avakian's memoir and other key works  out all over the country. Reaching the youth, visiting the Occupy  encampments, taking a week in an inner city. "The BA bus is coming to  your town." Read more about the campaign to raise big money to get Bob Avakian's  vision and works into every corner of society [here] and an exciting  update on important campaign accomplishments [here]. Volunteer to help make this a great night - bring your friends,  relax and recuperate, start the New Year with a purpose.  Meet  new people for a night of fun, as we all come together to create a liberated space to celebrate and make the BA bus tour a reality in 2012. We need your ideas and participation. - If you or anyone you know wants to DJ or play music at this event,  send us a youtube or CD, or give us a call.  -  Get the flyer out on-line, in the media,  and through street teams. -  Ask local businesses or artists to volunteer door prizes which can  be raffled off at the party. To volunteer or give your ideas and plans, call the Campaign  Coordinator at (213) 304-9864, or email to:  BAeverywhere_LA1@yahoo.com.

We Recommend - Received in an email:    THE MICHAEL SLATE SHOW Friday, Dec. 23rd, 10 - 11 AM, KPFK, 90.7 FM Or Listen Live at kpfk.org  This week's show: LARRY EVEREST, reporter for   Revolution  newspaper, and author  ofOil, Power and Empire, Iraq and the  US Global Agenda, on US-Israeli assaults  on Iran. How real is the US threat of war  against Iran, and what's behind it? His  latest article, "U.S.-Israeli Assault on Iran  Escalates, Danger of War Grows," is  online here. PZ MYERS, biologist and associate  professor at the University of  Minnesota, Morris, and author of  the world's most popular science blog, Pharyngula, will make his  regular visit to discuss issues in science and society. Buy your gifts at Revolution Books where it matters.  Cutting edge books and gifts to challenge, provoke,  give heart and share insight. Check out new arrivals  page. (We'll be closed Sunday, Dec. 25th.)

$23,000 Goal Surpassed for Film! Sun: Discussion of Bob Avakian's Reflection on the Occupy Movement

We made it!! We surpassed our goal of $23,000 to fund the film  Occasioned by BAsics: A Celebration of Revolution and a New World  with 8 hours to spare! Go to indiegogo.com/basicsevent [here]  to see latest figures, donor list, and comments.        Yesterday Revolution Books LA held an exciting fundraising event to  contribute to this effort with Michael Slate and two members of  Outernational band who performed at the April 11 celebration in Harlem. After viewing the film trailer, the three speakers talked about what it  was like to be part of a cultural event that portends a different and  better future, sharing their favorite parts of the evening.   We raised $1,259 at this event, surpassing our goal of $1,000.  After  we collected $300 at the door, an immigrant made a generous sacrifice  of $300 to make sure this film is made.  After the lofty fund pitch, we  passed the hat, gathering another $275 from the full house, and then  raised the remainder from the sale of 150 delicious tlayocos (Mexican  empanadas) which were made by an unemployed person who loves  reading Revolution newspaper and has begun reading BAsics. Thanks to everyone who helped make this fundraiser a success and a  lot of fun, too!   The campaign to get BA everywhere! is building momentum.  To  donate or volunteer, get campaign materials, or give your ideas  and plans, call the Campaign Coordinator at (213) 304-9864, or  email to: BAeverywhere_LA1@.   yahoo.com Order your holiday tamales today for delivery Thursday and  Friday - click here for the campaign newsletter in English and  Spanish with order forms. A REFLECTION ON THE "OCCUPY" MOVEMENT:  AN INSPIRING BEGINNING...AND THE NEED TO GO FURTHER. Discussion of Bob Avakian's Reflection on the Occupy  Movement with Michael Slate, Revolutionary Communist Radio Host at KPFK Sunday, Dec. 18th at 2 PM The Occupy protests have raised the hopes of millions in this country and  worldwide. Profound discontent with the inequality and injustice in this  society has burst to the surface. The atmosphere and discourse in society is  changing, and millions are thinking about and asking big questions about  the ways things are-and whether and how a different future would be  possible. Over the last few weeks, this movement has been repressed in  what appear to be coordinated attacks to savagely evict encampment after  encampment across the country. This movement stands at a crossroads- in the largest sense.   - Where to now? - What is the essence of this crossroads and how are we to understand it?       - What direction should this movement take? - And with what understanding and orientation? - How will the injustice and inequality this movement is targeting actually be    overcome? - What kind of leadership is needed to bring that about? Bob Avakian addresses these questions and more in  "A Reflection on the 'Occupy' Movement: An Inspiring Beginning...  and the Need to Go Further." It is critically important to read, distribute  and deeply discuss this statement. And let the ferment and debate spread  and heighten in every corner of society.   (Bob Avakian will not be present at the discussion.) Get this Reflection out to all those who have been spurred to think about the  nature and state of this society and to consider how to bring into being a far  better world and future. And forward to Revolution correspondence about  your experience and discussions! Pick up a stack of flyers from Revolution Books to distribute widely. Or print your own 8 1/2 x 11 flyer here 11x17 poster here

"BA Everywhere" Update; BAsics E-book Available Now!

BA EVERYWHERE - Update on mass campaign to raise big money to get BA's vision and works into every corner of society:  

Succeeding with the goal: $23,000 by Monday, December 12 for the film Occasioned by BAsics: A Celebration of Revolution and the Vision of a New World ($8,779 to go!):

Film Concept: 

Last April in Harlem, a range of artists, musicians, dancers and actors came together from a diversity of perspectives in a unique cultural event On the Occasion of the Publication of BAsics: A Celebration of Revolution and the Vision of a New World.  BAsics is a book of quotations and short essays from Bob Avakian, the revolutionary leader who has developed a new synthesis of communism. This event brought people together who hadn't shared a stage before, and a remarkable connection was forged between these artists and the hundreds in the audience that night...This film will tell the story of what those artists did and why they did it. [Read more at revcom.us - here].

 

For everyone who has dreamed of a different and better world or wondered how art and culture can be part of creating it, this is a film that needs to be seen.  But it won't be made without your support.  Go to indiegogo.com/basicsevent now, watch the trailer and make a donation.  Then ask others to do the same. 

For updates from Indiegogo fundraising team for the film, including two important new  fundraising party ideas, click on the “Updates” tab at:  http://www.indiegogo.com/Occasioned-by-BAsics-A-Celebration-of-Revolution-The-Vision-of-a-New-World.

Join Michael Slate and two Outernational band members discussing the film on SUNDAY, DEC. 11th, at 2 pm at Revolution Books L.A.  Come and bring others.  $10 at the door.  Help raise $1,000 for the film at this event.

As a donation, some folks have prepared Mexican-style empanadas (meat and vegetarian) for sale at this Sunday Revolution Books event - $2 each individually or you can buy them in bunches - as a contribution towards the $1,000 goal!

  Check out this youtube promo of the film by Outernational [click here].

To donate or volunteer, get campaign materials, or give your ideas and plans, call the Campaign Coordinator at (213) 304-9864, or email to BAeverywhere_LA1@

yahoo.com. For local campaign newsletter, click here.

BAsics e-book available now! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We received this from Revolution newspaper:  We're excited to announce that the e-book edition of BAsics, from the talks and writings of Bob Avakian is now on sale, for $5.99.  Just in time to show it off to friends and family over the holidays.  Wait until you see the hyper-linked bibliography!  Get your e-book today!   Kindle at Amazon.com  Nook at Barnes&Noble.com  iBook for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch at apple.com  More about BAsics at revcom.us/basics

URGENT: December Bookstore Rent and OLA Bail Needed!

URGENT: BAIL NEEDED!!   (photo from front page of La Opinion, 11/29/11) Tuesday night, as you undoubtedly saw, in person or on the news, the largest encampment of the Occupy movement was shut down.  300 courageous protesters, including several Revolution Books staff and supporters, were surrounded and arrested by a massive force of 1,400 riot police, armed with sonic weapons, bean bag guns, and more. Many other people stood in solidarity at City Hall, while still more were blocked by police from joining the defense of Occupy L.A.  Clearly, this national movement has stung the powers-that-be who find it unacceptable for people to begin to live a new collective ethos and to resist the horrors of today's world. The arrestees have been denied release on their own recognizance, and are being held on $5,000 bail each, for a misdemeanor charge.  This punitive charge is meant to prevent continued resistance to the attack and to try to cripple the movement financially.  Donate generously to bail out our volunteer staff and supporters so they can immediately continue their work.  As quoted in the Nov. 29th LA Times editorial, "At the Revolution Books table, Nicole Lee explained, 'It's a protracted struggle.'"   WE NEED OUR STAFF & ALL THOSE BEING HELD FREED AND BACK ON THE STREETS WHEREEVER  THE OCCUPATION RESIDES!!  RENT PARTY! SUNDAY, DEC. 4th, 6 PM  PEACE CENTER 8124 W. 3rd St. (& Crescent Hts.) $10 or whatever you can pay for dinner Revolution Books is needed more than ever.  Join us for a fun, relaxing evening.   Volunteers Needed to Plan This Dinner -  Contact Us! Please go to our paypal account here and DONATE NOW!    Indicate where you want the funds to go: REVOLUTION BOOKS' December rent. By donating $240 or makinga monthly pldge of $20, $50, $100 or more you become a Friend of Revolution Books and ensure that we maintain  this great bookstore! OR BAIL for the defiant occupiers arrested Alain Badiou's "Politics of Emancipation" A Communism Locked Within the Confines of the Bourgeois World by Raymond Lotta, Nayi Duniya, and K. J. A. (authors will not be present)  Join us for a discussion of this critique. Sunday, Dec. 4th, 2 PM Recommended reading: 1.  Introduction (or read the whole polemic if you can) 2.  Chapter 5 of BAsics by the Talks and Writings of Bob Avakian