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DESCRIPTION:  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press contact: Ken Theisen (415-982-1300 ext. 310) 
 or Heriberto Ocasio (415-902-7936)  "BREATHTAKING" MEMOIR OF REVOLUTIONARY 
 COMMUNIST MAKES HEADLINES   BOOK EVENT, JUNE 10 TO BE COVERED BY C-SPAN’S 
 BOOK TV  The upcoming event will take place on Friday, June 10, 7pm at 
 Valencia Street Books (569 Valencia Street) and will be aired on Book TV 
 sometime in July.   Bob Avakian's new memoir, From Ike to Mao and Beyond, 
 My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist is making 
 unexpected waves and garnering attention at a time of great polarization in 
 America. The San Francisco Chronicle (4/29/05, F5) wrote: "Avakian's new 
 memoir... leaves a breathtaking impression. Having deepened and purified 
 his convictions over 40 years of personal and political struggle, Avakian 
 sounds a high, sustained cry for complete social transformation almost as 
 if he were the trumpet of Lenin himself."  This highly favorable review 
 originally ran in the East Bay section of the SF Chronicle and will be 
 re-run in the City Section the same day that C-Span’s Book TV will be 
 filming a reading of the memoir at Valencia Street Books (located at 569 
 Valencia Street, SF)  in San Francisco. Over three thousand copies of the 
 book have been sold since March, when it was officially released. Along 
 with the aforementioned review, it has been reviewed in the Midwest Review 
 of Books, InsideHigherEd.Com, CounterPunch.Net along with several college 
 and high school newspapers.  Featured at the June 10 event will TV, Film 
 and stage actress, Lucia Marano (co-star of "100 Centre Street" on the A&E 
 Network), Raymond Lotta (Maoist Political Economist, author of America in 
 Decline and Maoist Economics and the Revolutionary Road to Communism); 
 Martha Queztal Ceja (Managing Editor of Insight Press, Inc.), Wilson Riles 
 Jr (former Oakland City Councilman and former director of the American 
 Friends Service Committee; partner Seven Generations Consulting); Bekka 
 Fink (Berkeley-bred composer, writer, performing artist), Noel Don Juan 
 (for 20 years a SF Bay Area radio host and personality); Patricia St Onge 
 (Haudenosawne), partner Seven Generations Consulting; Bay Natives for 
 Peace, People’s Non Violent Response Coalition). The first reading was 
 held in Berkeley, where Mr. Avakian is from. The event was co-hosted by 
 over a dozen luminaries, including actor Peter Coyote, poet Lawrence 
 Ferlinghetti and Berkeley City Councilman, Kriss Worthington.  Mr. Avakian, 
 Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, is known for his radical and 
 non-dogmatic approach to communism. Howard Zinn, author of A People’s 
 History of the United States, is quoted on the book’s cover: "I can 
 understand why Bob Avakian has drawn so many ardent supporters. He speaks 
 to people’s alienation from a warlike and capitalist society, and holds 
 out the possibility for radical change."     Quetzal Ceja, the Managing 
 Editor of Insight Press, Mr. Avakian’s publisher said recently: "This 
 country is deeply divided and large numbers of people are hungry for 
 critical and revolutionary thought that challenges what’s deemed 
 acceptable and that raises peoples sights to what is necessary and possible 
 in today’s world. We are heading into a very dark time in this country, 
 and world, and there is an urgency for people to hear Mr. Avakian’s 
 story." This sentiment was evident at the two book readings in California 
 with crowds of over 250 at each.  Interviews available with Quetzal Ceja, 
 Managing Editor of Insight Press, Inc., a new, independent publisher. 
 Insight Press is devoted to meeting the urgent and diverse needs of 
 critical inquiry. They want to engage the timely conversations about taking 
 responsibility for the future of the planet and the course of history. They 
 are especially proud to feature the writings of Bob Avakian, Chairman of 
 the Revolutionary Communist Party. Ms. Ceja has made television and radio 
 appearances, spoken at conferences and in dozens of high schools and 
 colleges throughout the Southwest and West Coast.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/06/09/68743.php
SUMMARY:Book Reading - From Ike to Mao and Beyond
LOCATION:Valencia Street Books  569 Valencia Street/nr 17th St  San Francisco, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/06/09/68743.php
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