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Monday! Free Women of Spain with Martha Ackelsberg
Monday, June 6th - 7 PM
FREE WOMEN OF SPAIN: ANARCHISM AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN with author Martha Ackelsberg
at the AK Press Warehouse - Free
FREE WOMEN OF SPAIN: ANARCHISM AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN with author Martha Ackelsberg
at the AK Press Warehouse - Free
Monday, June 6th - 7 PM
FREE WOMEN OF SPAIN: ANARCHISM AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN with author Martha Ackelsberg
at the AK Press Warehouse - Free
Martha Ackelsberg, will discuss her newly reissued book Free Women of Spain (AK Press, 2004), which explores the Spanish anarchist women's organization, Mujeres Libres, active in Spain during the Civil War, 1936-39. Mujeres Libres engaged over 20,000 working-class women in programs of education and empowerment, designed to overcome women's "triple enslavement" to capitalism, to the state, and as women. The talk will also attempt to draw some lessons from Mujeres Libres' experience for contemporary activism.
Martha Ackelsberg is a Professor of Government and a member of the Women's Studies Program Committee at Smith College, where she teaches courses in political theory, urban politics, political activism, and feminist theory. She has contributed to a variety of anthologies on women's political activism in the United States.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Cowards don't make history; and the women of Mujeres Libres (Free Women) were no cowards. Courageous enough to create revolutionary change in their daily lives, these women mobilized over 20,000 women into an organized network during the Spanish Revolution to strive for community, education, and equality for women and the emancipation of all. Militants in the anarcho-syndicalist CNT union, Mujeres Libres struggled both against fascism, the state, and reaction; and the less than supportive attitudes and concerns of their male comrades. Martha Ackelsberg writes a comprehensive study of Mujeres Libres, intertwining interviews with the women themselves and analysis connecting them with modern feminist movements. This new edition includes additional research Ackelsberg carried out for the Spanish language edition, together with a brand new introduction written in the light of the new social movements, and resurgence of anarchism, post-Seattle.
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Wednesday, June 30th - 8 pm
A Reading with Barry Pateman celebrating the release of Chomsky on Anarchism
at Black Oak Books - North Beach, 540 Broadway at Columbus, San Francisco, CA 94133
Free
"Chomsky is familiar with the key that opens forbidden doors." -Eduardo Galeano
One of the world's leading radical intellectuals moves beyond criticism. Chomsky's vision of an anarchist future.
We all know what Noam Chomsky is against. His scathing analysis of everything that's wrong with our society reaches more and more people every day. His brilliant critiques of--among other things--capitalism, imperialism, domestic repression and government propaganda, have become mini-publishing industries unto themselves. But, in this flood of publishing and republishing, very little ever gets said about what exactly Chomsky stands for, his own personal politics, his vision of the future.
Not, that is, until Chomsky on Anarchism, a groundbreaking new book that shows a different side of this best-selling author: the anarchist principles that have guided him since he was a teenager. This collection of Chomsky's essays and interviews includes numerous pieces that have never been published before, as well as rare material that first saw the light of day in hard-to-find pamphlets and anarchist periodicals. Taken together, they paint a fresh picture of Chomsky, showing his life-long involvement with the anarchist community, his constant commitment to nonhierarchical models of political organization, and his hopes for a future world without rulers.
For anyone who's been inspired by Chomsky's trenchant analysis of our current situation, as well as anyone looking for an intelligent and coherent discussion of anarchism itself, Chomsky on Anarchism will be one of this season's most exciting, and surprising, reads.
Noam Chomsky is one of the worlds leading intellectuals, the father of modern linguistics, an outspoken media and foreign policy critic, and tireless activist. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Friday, July 1st - 4-10pm
AK Press Annual Fuck the 4th Sale!
Free
Don't let the state of the world ruin the start of your summer... instead of waving the red, white and blue, join us as we clear out our stock for the start of the fall season. Drop by our warehouse on Friday, July 1st for great books, CD's, videos, DVD's and gear, starting as low as $1.
Everything in the warehouse will be at least 25% off. We'll also have ultra-discounted remainders, damages and overstock to buy in bulk or single copy!
To add to the joy of cheap books, we'll be serving light refreshments and celebrating the hopeful demise of the U.S. government.
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Saturday, July 9th - 7 pm - Free
Sutton Impact: The Political Cartoons of Ward Sutton
A reading with Ward Sutton, celebrating the release of his new book on Seven Stories Press
For fans and first-timers, the best of the Village Voice political cartoonist.
A full-color trouncing of the Bush Dynasty from cult-favorite Village Voice cartoonist Ward Sutton, Sutton Impact brings together for the first time the artist's hilarious, irreverent social commentary and his vivid poster art. More than two hundred pieces document the flights and folly of an era, from politics to popular music, excoriating the USA PATRIOT Act, John Ashcroft's evangelical songwriting, the Democrats' domestic blunders and much more.
Sutton is one of the country's most acclaimed political cartoonists, in a group with Tom Tomorrow, David Rees, and Ted Rall. Sutton Impact includes a section of post-election cartoons from late 2004 and early 2005.
"I love Ward Sutton's smart, sharp, funny cartoons, In these grim horrific times, the satiric hilarity of Sutton Impact will cheer you up slightly. -Matt Groening, "The Simpsons"
"Ward Sutton's satire doesn't just bite, it maims. He's the perfect cartoonist for our discordant times." -Steven Colbert, The Daily Show
"If Ward Sutton wren't so creepily accurate with his cartoons, I would be doubled over with laughter still." -Joe Garden, The Onion
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ALL EVENTS ARE AT THE AK PRESS WAREHOUSE, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
AK Press 674-A 23rd. St Oakland, CA
b/t MLK and San Pablo - near 19th St. BART and West Grand Exit of 80/980
For more info contact:
AK Press at 510.208.1700, akpress [at] akpress.org or visit http://www.akpress.org
All events at AK Press are wheelchair accessible.
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FREE WOMEN OF SPAIN: ANARCHISM AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN with author Martha Ackelsberg
at the AK Press Warehouse - Free
Martha Ackelsberg, will discuss her newly reissued book Free Women of Spain (AK Press, 2004), which explores the Spanish anarchist women's organization, Mujeres Libres, active in Spain during the Civil War, 1936-39. Mujeres Libres engaged over 20,000 working-class women in programs of education and empowerment, designed to overcome women's "triple enslavement" to capitalism, to the state, and as women. The talk will also attempt to draw some lessons from Mujeres Libres' experience for contemporary activism.
Martha Ackelsberg is a Professor of Government and a member of the Women's Studies Program Committee at Smith College, where she teaches courses in political theory, urban politics, political activism, and feminist theory. She has contributed to a variety of anthologies on women's political activism in the United States.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Cowards don't make history; and the women of Mujeres Libres (Free Women) were no cowards. Courageous enough to create revolutionary change in their daily lives, these women mobilized over 20,000 women into an organized network during the Spanish Revolution to strive for community, education, and equality for women and the emancipation of all. Militants in the anarcho-syndicalist CNT union, Mujeres Libres struggled both against fascism, the state, and reaction; and the less than supportive attitudes and concerns of their male comrades. Martha Ackelsberg writes a comprehensive study of Mujeres Libres, intertwining interviews with the women themselves and analysis connecting them with modern feminist movements. This new edition includes additional research Ackelsberg carried out for the Spanish language edition, together with a brand new introduction written in the light of the new social movements, and resurgence of anarchism, post-Seattle.
--------------------------------------------
Wednesday, June 30th - 8 pm
A Reading with Barry Pateman celebrating the release of Chomsky on Anarchism
at Black Oak Books - North Beach, 540 Broadway at Columbus, San Francisco, CA 94133
Free
"Chomsky is familiar with the key that opens forbidden doors." -Eduardo Galeano
One of the world's leading radical intellectuals moves beyond criticism. Chomsky's vision of an anarchist future.
We all know what Noam Chomsky is against. His scathing analysis of everything that's wrong with our society reaches more and more people every day. His brilliant critiques of--among other things--capitalism, imperialism, domestic repression and government propaganda, have become mini-publishing industries unto themselves. But, in this flood of publishing and republishing, very little ever gets said about what exactly Chomsky stands for, his own personal politics, his vision of the future.
Not, that is, until Chomsky on Anarchism, a groundbreaking new book that shows a different side of this best-selling author: the anarchist principles that have guided him since he was a teenager. This collection of Chomsky's essays and interviews includes numerous pieces that have never been published before, as well as rare material that first saw the light of day in hard-to-find pamphlets and anarchist periodicals. Taken together, they paint a fresh picture of Chomsky, showing his life-long involvement with the anarchist community, his constant commitment to nonhierarchical models of political organization, and his hopes for a future world without rulers.
For anyone who's been inspired by Chomsky's trenchant analysis of our current situation, as well as anyone looking for an intelligent and coherent discussion of anarchism itself, Chomsky on Anarchism will be one of this season's most exciting, and surprising, reads.
Noam Chomsky is one of the worlds leading intellectuals, the father of modern linguistics, an outspoken media and foreign policy critic, and tireless activist. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Friday, July 1st - 4-10pm
AK Press Annual Fuck the 4th Sale!
Free
Don't let the state of the world ruin the start of your summer... instead of waving the red, white and blue, join us as we clear out our stock for the start of the fall season. Drop by our warehouse on Friday, July 1st for great books, CD's, videos, DVD's and gear, starting as low as $1.
Everything in the warehouse will be at least 25% off. We'll also have ultra-discounted remainders, damages and overstock to buy in bulk or single copy!
To add to the joy of cheap books, we'll be serving light refreshments and celebrating the hopeful demise of the U.S. government.
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Saturday, July 9th - 7 pm - Free
Sutton Impact: The Political Cartoons of Ward Sutton
A reading with Ward Sutton, celebrating the release of his new book on Seven Stories Press
For fans and first-timers, the best of the Village Voice political cartoonist.
A full-color trouncing of the Bush Dynasty from cult-favorite Village Voice cartoonist Ward Sutton, Sutton Impact brings together for the first time the artist's hilarious, irreverent social commentary and his vivid poster art. More than two hundred pieces document the flights and folly of an era, from politics to popular music, excoriating the USA PATRIOT Act, John Ashcroft's evangelical songwriting, the Democrats' domestic blunders and much more.
Sutton is one of the country's most acclaimed political cartoonists, in a group with Tom Tomorrow, David Rees, and Ted Rall. Sutton Impact includes a section of post-election cartoons from late 2004 and early 2005.
"I love Ward Sutton's smart, sharp, funny cartoons, In these grim horrific times, the satiric hilarity of Sutton Impact will cheer you up slightly. -Matt Groening, "The Simpsons"
"Ward Sutton's satire doesn't just bite, it maims. He's the perfect cartoonist for our discordant times." -Steven Colbert, The Daily Show
"If Ward Sutton wren't so creepily accurate with his cartoons, I would be doubled over with laughter still." -Joe Garden, The Onion
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ALL EVENTS ARE AT THE AK PRESS WAREHOUSE, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
AK Press 674-A 23rd. St Oakland, CA
b/t MLK and San Pablo - near 19th St. BART and West Grand Exit of 80/980
For more info contact:
AK Press at 510.208.1700, akpress [at] akpress.org or visit http://www.akpress.org
All events at AK Press are wheelchair accessible.
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For more information:
http://www.akpress.org
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