Events
COPWATCH – The 2nd International Copwatch Conference is scheduled for July 22-24 in
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LA RAZA – The annual National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Conference is scheduled for July 23-26 in
Contact: NCLR Headquarters Office,
POPULAR ECONOMICS – The Center for Popular Economics is holding its 2011 Summer Institute July 24-30 at
Contact: Center for Popular Economics,
COMMUNITY MEDIA – The
Contact: ACM,
VETERANS – Veterans for Peace is holding this year’s annual convention August 3-7 at
Contact: Veterans For Peace,
GREEN PARTY – The 2011 Annual National Meeting of the Green Party
Contact: Green Fest, info @nygreenfest.org, www. nygreenfest.org; GP-US Membership Meeting, [email protected]; www.gp.org.
FESTIVAL – The Dissident Arts Festival is scheduled for 4-11 PM on August 13 at the Brecht Forum in NYC, a celebration of radical Left culture with Upsurge!, Radio Noir, Secret Architecture, Judy Gorman, Gwen Laster, Raging Grannies, plus radical poets and satirists and a screening and discussion of Salt of the Earth.
Contact: John Pietaro, 646-599-0060; [email protected]; theculturalworker.blogspot.com; www.brechtforum.org.
COMMUNITIES – The Communities Conference is a networking and learning opportunity for co-operative or communal lifestyles, with workshops, events, and entertainment scheduled for August 19-21 at the Twin Oaks Community in
Contact: Twin Oaks Communities Conference, 138 Twin
CLASS WAR – “The War on the Working Class” is the title of a conference scheduled for October 1 at
Contact: Union for Radical Political Economics, Gordon Hall, University of Massachusetts, 418 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002; 413-577- 0806; [email protected]; www.urpe.org.
OCCUPATION – Over 50 populist organizations and thousands of activists are planning protests on
Contact: october2011.org.
Books
ART & POLITICS – Something to Say features 15 profiles of artists and activists on issues surrounding the intersection of art and politics, featuring text by Richard Klin with photographs by Lily Prince, with subjects from Pete Seeger to Jen Sorensen.
Contact: Leapfrog Press,
Contact: Lawrence Hill Books,
CUBAN MUSIC – In Buena Vista in the Club: Rap, Reggaetón, and Revolution in
Contact: Duke University Press,
DICTIONARY – Shocked and Awed: A Dictionary of the War on Terror by Fred Halliday offers the definitions and context for the rhetoric of endless war, from famous quotes and phrases to euphemisms, stereotypes, and more.
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FEMINIST ACTIVISM – My Dream is to be Bold: Our Work to End Patriarchy by the group South African activist group Feminist Alternatives documents their organizing for real social transformation away from capitalist patriarchy, amid anti-apartheid struggle and regime change.
Contact: Fahamu Books, 2nd floor,
GLOBAL LABOR – In Workers, Unions and Global Capitalism: Lessons from
Contact: www.leftword.com.
IMPERIALISM – In Postmodern Imperialism: Geopolitics and the Great Games, Eric Walberg describes a dangerous competition between major industrial powers, with
Contact: Clarity Press, Inc., Ste. 469, 3277 Roswell Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA. 30305; 404-647- 6501; www.claritypress.com.
LAW – The People’s Lawyer: The Center for Constitutional Rights and the Fight for Social Justice, From Civil Rights to Guantánamo by Albert Ruben is a history of the radical and innovative CCR, in its defense of the
Contact: Monthly Review Press,
Contact: City Lights Publishers,
NUKE REPORT – Nuclear Roulette: The Case Against a Nuclear Renaissance is a report by journalist Gar Smith (edited by Ernest Callenbach with a foreword by leading Japanese anti-nuclear activist, Aileen Mioko Smith) offering a rigorously researched rebuttal to the misleading claims of the nuclear industry and government boosters about nuclear power’s viability, sustainability, and safety.
Contact: International Forum on Globalization,
PEACE ACTIVISTS – In Our Way to Fight: Israeli and Palestinian Activists for Peace, Michael Riordon interviews Israeli and Palestinian peace activists who break stereotypes while engaging in the dangerous work for small victories.
Contact:
PUBLIC SPACE – In The Beach Beneath the Streets: Contesting New York City’s Public Spaces, Benjamin Shepard and Gregory Smithsimon examine activist struggles for community in
Contact: State University of New York Press, 22 Corporate Woods Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Albany, NY 12211; 866-430- 7869; [email protected]; www.sunypress.edu.
Contact: Fahamu Books & Pambazuka Press, 2nd floor,
TEACHERS – In Reds at the Blackboard: Communism, Civil Rights, and the New York City Teachers Union, Clarence Taylor documents the radical union’s battles until the infamous Red Squad and other undercover agents worked with the Board of Education to bring them down.
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WARMING – The Global Warming Reader, edited and with an introduction by Bill McKibben, offers a collection designed to answer three main questions: what has climate change already done to our planet, what comes next, and what can we do about it?
Contact: Or Books, [email protected]; www.orbooks.com.
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