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Slavery by Another Name: The Communism and Jeffersonian
Re‐Enslavement of Black Democracy by Bob Avakian
Americans from the Civil War to $5.00 paperback. Avakian takes
World War II by Douglas on the ideals of Jeffersonianism,
Blackmon. $29.95 $25.45 and convincingly locates even its
hardback. Blackmon’s work “loftiest aspirations” in social
thoroughly jolts one’s notions of relations of exploitation and
U.S. history. He shows how the oppression—the social relations
Civil War only ended chattel out of which those ideals grew,
slavery, but through laws and and which they served and
the common efforts of southern continue to serve. In doing so,
governments, businesses, farms, he draws on a wide range of
the courts, law enforcement, and ordinary whites, scholarly research and polemically takes on major
black people remained under various forms of brutal, contemporary defenders of Jeffersonian democracy.
legalized slavery and the constant threat of becoming Avakian demonstrates why and how these ideals of
enslaved at virtually any moment. democracy co‐existed with—and, indeed, arose on the
basis of—the enslavement of Black people and the
The Slave Ship: A Human History deep embedding of white supremacy into the body
by Marcus Rediker. $16 paper. politic and ideological psyche of the U.S.
The story of the African slave
trade that carried a human cargo Iran (is not the problem) DVD.
of millions from Africa to Europe $12.00. A response to the failure
and the Americas, which shaped of the mass media to provide
the global economy for two relevant and accurate
centuries. "The Slave Ship is a information about the standoff
book, like Bury My Heart at between the U.S. and Iran. It
Wounded Knee that will change explores the escalating situation
the way we see history and and the real motivations behind
ourselves. …Rediker writes with the current strategy toward Iran.
the care of a scholar, the eye of a poet, and the heart
of a rebel." ‐‐ MartÍn Espada
Poems of Mao Zedong.
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow Translations, introduction and
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Francisco? What if Homeland this beautiful volume are
Security decided to crack down on expressions of decades of struggle,
random teenagers, putting some painful loss, and the ultimate
in prison and even torturing victory of the revolution. The
them? What if these teenagers introduction, short biography and
decided to fight back? It’s a history enrich the reader’s
“rousing tale of techno‐geek understanding of these poems.
rebellion.”
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The War Behind Me: Vietnam From Ike to Mao and Beyond:
Veterans Confront the Truth My Journey from Mainstream
about U.S. War Crimes by America to Revolutionary
Deborah Nelson. $26.95 $22.90 Communist by Bob Avakian.
hardback. This book by Pulitzer $18.95 paperback. Spanning
Prize‐winning journalist Nelson some of the most tumultuous
reveals a massive cover‐up of and storied decades of American
war crimes against the history, this account of one
Vietnamese – crimes that have man's political life touches on
been hidden for more than 30 what it takes to lead a revolution
years . Describing the search for and how such a leader is made.
answers from the men accused Bob Avakian, radical activist and
of committing atrocities, the witnesses who reported communist leader, takes readers into his 1950s,
them, and the higher‐ups who covered them up, The middle‐class past with tales of attending an integrated
War Behind Me is both a shocking expose and an high school, an experience that profoundly altered his
unsettling looking glass on America’s involvement in worldview. From there, he traces his path into the
Iraq and Afghanistan. heady whirl of 1960s Berkeley, where he engaged with
revolutionaries of all stripes. Revealing insights gained
Tales for Little Rebels: A from politics, music, sports, study, and late‐night bull‐
Collection of Radical Children’s sessions, Avakian looks back at a galvanizing history,
Literature edited by Julia and forward to a possible future of revolutionary
Mickenberg and Philip Nel. change. "...his powerful story of commitment is
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fiercely angry story of Balram, a
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world’s biggest democracy.” "One of the most and class divisions, prejudice and
powerful books I've read in decades. No hyperbole. oppression were rife. Told in
This debut novel hit me like a kick to the head – the turns by six characters, the novel
same effect as Richard Wright's Native Son and Ralph reveals what lies beneath the
Ellison's Invisible Man had." – USA Today surface of slavery, but at its
heart it is the ambivalent,
disturbing story of a mother who
Gift Certificates Available casts off her daughter in order to save her, and of a
daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.
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“It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in
delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” -- Carl Sagan
Away With All Gods: Unchaining The Science of Evolution and The
the Mind and Radically Changing Myth of Creationism: Knowing
the World by Bob Avakian. $14.95 What’s Real—and Why it Matters
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communist voice to the current paperback. This book looks at the
discourse about god, atheism, and diversity and complexity of life on
morality, this book addresses this planet and how all life, including
numerous questions—such as, Is humans, evolved. It examines the
believing in gods actually harmful? many different lines of mutually
How has Christianity served for reinforcing evidence that support
centuries as an ideology of conquest and confirm the biological theory of
and subjugation? Why is the "Bible Belt" in the U.S. also evolution. There's urgency in this book. It comes at a time
the "lynching belt?" and Why is patriarchy and the when evolution–and the very definition of science–is
oppression of women foundational to so many religions? under concerted attack by religious fundamentalists. The
This critique takes issue with long‐established traditions and reader will come away with a deepened appreciation of
suggests the necessity to fully rupture with all forms of the beauty and wonders of nature, as well as an
superstition and embrace a truly scientific approach to understanding of the basic scientific facts of evolution
understanding and transforming reality. and a clear sense of why science and a scientific method
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descent of humankind." – Oliver Sachs
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Whether a seasoned science fanatic or the kind of person
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DVD of Revolution: Why It's Necessary * Why It's Possible * What It's
All About, a talk by Bob Avakian -- $25
In 2003 Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party USA, delivered an
historic talk in the United State. This talk is a wide‐ranging revolutionary journey, covering
many topics. It breaks down the very nature of the society we live in and how humanity has
come to a time where a radically different society is possible. It takes us deep into the heart of
the horrors we see around us‐from the oppression of whole peoples and parts of the world to
what underlies brutal wars of domination‐and why we live in a world where profound poverty,
starvation and exploitation co‐exist with unprecedented wealth. From the American nightmare
to a sweeping vision of a whole new world. This DVD is full of heart and soul, humor and
seriousness. It will challenge you and set your heart and mind to flight.
REVOLUTION newspaper is a communist newspaper,
exposing the utter worthlessness of the current system
of imperialism from a thousand angles, and showing
the possibility of a better world—of a revolution—and
how to get there. But it is more: it is also the “better
part” of building a revolutionary movement—spreading
truth in preparation for revolution, and serving as the
organizing hub for the revolutionary movement.
The Cat Who Invented Bebop by Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley.
Marshall Arisman $17.95 $15.25 $13.99 paperback. This is a story of
hardback. What kind of scrooge brothers, one white, one Black, torn
wouldn’t like a book about a cool apart by fate and growing up in a
young cat born into a family of cruel world with hard adventures.
squares? Stringbean McCoy learns This creative and captivating tale
jazz in the Mississippi Delta from an explores racism in America with
old cat named Pops and leaves for imagination and love.
New York with his saxophone under
his arm. Colorful illustrations of
felines who are fiends for jazz will
delight any lover of jazz from 6 to 66! Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge
Danticat. $14.95 paperback.
The Guardians: A Novel by Ana Danticat tells the life stories of her
Castillo. $14.00 paperback. A father and her uncle, who died
powerful novel about the lives of several months apart in 2004 and
Mexicans who cross the border in 2005. Many of the things that
search of work. Evoking the stark Danticat describes are the common
desert landscape, characters with experience of millions of people
strong voices and resilient hearts, who immigrate to the United
contrast with the often grim story States—whether from Haiti or
of life along the border. “Wonderful another country: being separated
and moving book that is both from your family and unable to visit
intimate and epic in its narrative.” them, leaving your home for a strange country that often
‐‐ Oscar Hijuelos treats you as a criminal.