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Revolution Books Slavery by Another Name: The Re‐Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas Blackmon. $29.95 $25.45 hardback. Blackmon’s work thoroughly jolts one’s notions of U.S. history. He shows how the Civil War only ended chattel slavery, but through laws and the common efforts of southern governments, businesses, farms, the courts, law enforcement, and ordinary whites, black people remained under various forms of brutal, legalized slavery and the constant threat of becoming enslaved at virtually any moment. The Slave Ship: A Human History by Marcus Rediker. $16 paper. The story of the African slave trade that carried a human cargo of millions from Africa to Europe and the Americas, which shaped the global economy for two centuries. "The Slave Ship is a book, like Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee that will change the way we see history and ourselves. …Rediker writes with the care of a scholar, the eye of a poet, and the heart of a rebel." ‐‐ MartÍn Espada Little Brother by Cory Doctorow $17.95 $15.95 hardback. What if a 911‐type attack occurred in San Francisco? What if Homeland Security decided to crack down on random teenagers, putting some in prison and even torturing them? What if these teenagers decided to fight back? It’s a “rousing tale of techno‐geek rebellion.”
Communism and Jeffersonian Democracy by Bob Avakian $5.00 paperback. Avakian takes on the ideals of Jeffersonianism, and convincingly locates even its “loftiest aspirations” in social relations of exploitation and oppression—the social relations out of which those ideals grew, and which they served and continue to serve. In doing so, he draws on a wide range of scholarly research and polemically takes on major contemporary defenders of Jeffersonian democracy. Avakian demonstrates why and how these ideals of democracy co‐existed with—and, indeed, arose on the basis of—the enslavement of Black people and the deep embedding of white supremacy into the body politic and ideological psyche of the U.S. Iran (is not the problem) DVD. $12.00. A response to the failure of the mass media to provide relevant and accurate information about the standoff between the U.S. and Iran. It explores the escalating situation and the real motivations behind the current strategy toward Iran. Poems of Mao Zedong. Translations, introduction and notes by Willis Barnstone. $24.95 $22.20 hardback. The poems in this beautiful volume are expressions of decades of struggle, painful loss, and the ultimate victory of the revolution. The introduction, short biography and history enrich the reader’s understanding of these poems.
Give the t‐shirt that says it all… People being evicted from their homes, children working in sweatshops for pennies a day, police gunning people down because of the color of their skin, global warming, one million Iraqis dead, endless war and occupation and threats of war against Iran, one billion people living on less than $2 a day, women being treated as less than human and on and on… FUCK CAPITALISM
Revolution Books 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley CA 94704 510-848-1196 revolutionbooks.org
The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth about U.S. War Crimes by Deborah Nelson. $26.95 $22.90 hardback. This book by Pulitzer Prize‐winning journalist Nelson reveals a massive cover‐up of war crimes against the Vietnamese – crimes that have been hidden for more than 30 years . Describing the search for answers from the men accused of committing atrocities, the witnesses who reported them, and the higher‐ups who covered them up, The War Behind Me is both a shocking expose and an unsettling looking glass on America’s involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children’s Literature edited by Julia Mickenberg and Philip Nel. $32.95 $28.00 hardback. "For those who cherish, beautiful, playful, wistful, and stark illustrations; for those who can use reminders, after horrors and defeats, of the bedrock ethical bases of socialism, for those who want to know where Dr. Seuss came from, and what he was part of, and for those who still think the world could use more little and grown up rebels, this is the book.” ‐David Roediger The White Tiger (A Novel) by Aravind Adiga. $14.00 paperback. Winner of the Booker Prize, this book is the darkly comic and fiercely angry story of Balram, a chauffeur in India who murders his employer, justifying his crime as the act of a "social entrepreneur." The book gives a sense of the brutal social relations at the core of “the world’s biggest democracy.” "One of the most powerful books I've read in decades. No hyperbole. This debut novel hit me like a kick to the head – the same effect as Richard Wright's Native Son and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man had." – USA Today
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From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist by Bob Avakian. $18.95 paperback. Spanning some of the most tumultuous and storied decades of American history, this account of one man's political life touches on what it takes to lead a revolution and how such a leader is made. Bob Avakian, radical activist and communist leader, takes readers into his 1950s, middle‐class past with tales of attending an integrated high school, an experience that profoundly altered his worldview. From there, he traces his path into the heady whirl of 1960s Berkeley, where he engaged with revolutionaries of all stripes. Revealing insights gained from politics, music, sports, study, and late‐night bull‐ sessions, Avakian looks back at a galvanizing history, and forward to a possible future of revolutionary change. "...his powerful story of commitment is timely." ‐‐ Cornel West Censored 2009: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007‐2008 edited by Peter Phillips and Andrew Roth with Project Censored. $19.95 paperback. Another eye‐opening collection of 25 uncovered or censored news stories, alerting readers to the negligence of corporate media and the resurgence of alternative media. "Buy it, read it, act on it. Our future depends on the knowledge this collection of suppressed stories allows us." ‐The San Diego Review A Mercy, A Novel by Toni Morrison. $23.95 $20.35 hardback. In this tale, Nobel Prize winner Morrison takes us to the Americas in the late 1600’s, when virulent religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were rife. Told in turns by six characters, the novel reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery, but at its heart it is the ambivalent, disturbing story of a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and of a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.
Revolution Books 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley CA 94704 510-848-1196 revolutionbooks.org
10% off on all books on science and atheism “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 Mind and Radically Changing the World by Bob Avakian. $14.95 $13.45. Bringing a revolutionary communist voice to the current discourse about god, atheism, and morality, this book addresses numerous questions—such as, Is believing in gods actually harmful? How has Christianity served for centuries as an ideology of conquest and subjugation? Why is the "Bible Belt" in the U.S. also the "lynching belt?" and Why is patriarchy and the oppression of women foundational to so many religions? This critique takes issue with long‐established traditions and suggests the necessity to fully rupture with all forms of superstition and embrace a truly scientific approach to understanding and transforming reality. The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind. $27.99 $23.75 hardback. Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking made claims about black holes that challenged some of the basic foundations of physics. Leonard Susskind and Gerard t'Hooft challenged Hawking. Their debate revolutionized physics in many ways. A mind‐bending book about modern physics, quantum mechanics, the fate of stars, the mysteries of black holes, and how scientific debates can change how we view reality. Defining Moments in Science: Over a Century of the Greatest Discoveries, Experiments, Inventions, People, Publications, and Events that Rocked the World by Andrew Impey (Editor). $24.95 $22.45 paper This compendium covers all aspects of the scientific world in the last 100 years. Key events are illustrated and placed within their social and historical contexts so that the complexities and secrets of the universe unfold. Whether a seasoned science fanatic or the kind of person who thinks a googoloplex is somewhere to go and watch a movie, there’s something here for everyone!
The Science of Evolution and The Myth of Creationism: Knowing What’s Real—and Why it Matters by Ardea Skybreak. $24.95 $22.45 paperback. This book looks at the diversity and complexity of life on this planet and how all life, including humans, evolved. It examines the many different lines of mutually reinforcing evidence that support and confirm the biological theory of evolution. There's urgency in this book. It comes at a time when evolution–and the very definition of science–is under concerted attack by religious fundamentalists. The reader will come away with a deepened appreciation of the beauty and wonders of nature, as well as an understanding of the basic scientific facts of evolution and a clear sense of why science and a scientific method make it possible to determine what's real–and why knowing what's real profoundly matters. Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5‐Billion‐Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin. $24.00 $20.40 hardback. "Your Inner Fish is my favorite sort of book‐‐an intelligent, exhilarating, and compelling scientific adventure story, one which will change forever how you understand what it means to be human. …Neil Shubin's research expeditions around the world have redefined the way we now look at the origins of mammals, frogs, crocodiles, tetrapods, and sarcopterygian fish‐‐and thus the way we look at the descent of humankind." – Oliver Sachs
Atheist T‐Shirt Special: 10% off Regular $17.00 Now $15.30
Revolution Books 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley CA 94704 510-848-1196 revolutionbooks.org
Special Offer: 10 week subscription to Revolution Newspaper and 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 Marshall Arisman $17.95 $15.25 hardback. What kind of scrooge wouldn’t like a book about a cool young cat born into a family of squares? Stringbean McCoy learns jazz in the Mississippi Delta from an old cat named Pops and leaves for 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! The Guardians: A Novel by Ana Castillo. $14.00 paperback. A powerful novel about the lives of Mexicans who cross the border in search of work. Evoking the stark desert landscape, characters with strong voices and resilient hearts, contrast with the often grim story of life along the border. “Wonderful and moving book that is both intimate and epic in its narrative.” ‐‐ Oscar Hijuelos
Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley. $13.99 paperback. This is a story of brothers, one white, one Black, torn apart by fate and growing up in a cruel world with hard adventures. This creative and captivating tale explores racism in America with imagination and love. Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat. $14.95 paperback. Danticat tells the life stories of her father and her uncle, who died several months apart in 2004 and 2005. Many of the things that Danticat describes are the common experience of millions of people who immigrate to the United States—whether from Haiti or another country: being separated from your family and unable to visit them, leaving your home for a strange country that often treats you as a criminal.
Revolution Books 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley CA 94704 510-848-1196 revolutionbooks.org
Revolution Books Slavery by Another Name: The Re‐Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas Blackmon. $29.95 $25.45 hardback. Blackmon’s work thoroughly jolts one’s notions of U.S. history. He shows how the Civil War only ended chattel slavery, but through laws and the common efforts of southern governments, businesses, farms, the courts, law enforcement, and ordinary whites, black people remained under various forms of brutal, legalized slavery and the constant threat of becoming enslaved at virtually any moment. The Slave Ship: A Human History by Marcus Rediker. $16 paper. The story of the African slave trade that carried a human cargo of millions from Africa to Europe and the Americas, which shaped the global economy for two centuries. "The Slave Ship is a book, like Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee that will change the way we see history and ourselves. …Rediker writes with the care of a scholar, the eye of a poet, and the heart of a rebel." ‐‐ MartÍn Espada Little Brother by Cory Doctorow $17.95 $15.95 hardback. What if a 911‐type attack occurred in San Francisco? What if Homeland Security decided to crack down on random teenagers, putting some in prison and even torturing them? What if these teenagers decided to fight back? It’s a “rousing tale of techno‐geek rebellion.”
Communism and Jeffersonian Democracy by Bob Avakian $5.00 paperback. Avakian takes on the ideals of Jeffersonianism, and convincingly locates even its “loftiest aspirations” in social relations of exploitation and oppression—the social relations out of which those ideals grew, and which they served and continue to serve. In doing so, he draws on a wide range of scholarly research and polemically takes on major contemporary defenders of Jeffersonian democracy. Avakian demonstrates why and how these ideals of democracy co‐existed with—and, indeed, arose on the basis of—the enslavement of Black people and the deep embedding of white supremacy into the body politic and ideological psyche of the U.S. Iran (is not the problem) DVD. $12.00. A response to the failure of the mass media to provide relevant and accurate information about the standoff between the U.S. and Iran. It explores the escalating situation and the real motivations behind the current strategy toward Iran. Poems of Mao Zedong. Translations, introduction and notes by Willis Barnstone. $24.95 $22.20 hardback. The poems in this beautiful volume are expressions of decades of struggle, painful loss, and the ultimate victory of the revolution. The introduction, short biography and history enrich the reader’s understanding of these poems.
Give the t‐shirt that says it all… People being evicted from their homes, children working in sweatshops for pennies a day, police gunning people down because of the color of their skin, global warming, one million Iraqis dead, endless war and occupation and threats of war against Iran, one billion people living on less than $2 a day, women being treated as less than human and on and on… FUCK CAPITALISM
Revolution Books 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley CA 94704 510-848-1196 revolutionbooks.org
The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth about U.S. War Crimes by Deborah Nelson. $26.95 $22.90 hardback. This book by Pulitzer Prize‐winning journalist Nelson reveals a massive cover‐up of war crimes against the Vietnamese – crimes that have been hidden for more than 30 years . Describing the search for answers from the men accused of committing atrocities, the witnesses who reported them, and the higher‐ups who covered them up, The War Behind Me is both a shocking expose and an unsettling looking glass on America’s involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children’s Literature edited by Julia Mickenberg and Philip Nel. $32.95 $28.00 hardback. "For those who cherish, beautiful, playful, wistful, and stark illustrations; for those who can use reminders, after horrors and defeats, of the bedrock ethical bases of socialism, for those who want to know where Dr. Seuss came from, and what he was part of, and for those who still think the world could use more little and grown up rebels, this is the book.” ‐David Roediger The White Tiger (A Novel) by Aravind Adiga. $14.00 paperback. Winner of the Booker Prize, this book is the darkly comic and fiercely angry story of Balram, a chauffeur in India who murders his employer, justifying his crime as the act of a "social entrepreneur." The book gives a sense of the brutal social relations at the core of “the world’s biggest democracy.” "One of the most powerful books I've read in decades. No hyperbole. This debut novel hit me like a kick to the head – the same effect as Richard Wright's Native Son and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man had." – USA Today
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From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist by Bob Avakian. $18.95 paperback. Spanning some of the most tumultuous and storied decades of American history, this account of one man's political life touches on what it takes to lead a revolution and how such a leader is made. Bob Avakian, radical activist and communist leader, takes readers into his 1950s, middle‐class past with tales of attending an integrated high school, an experience that profoundly altered his worldview. From there, he traces his path into the heady whirl of 1960s Berkeley, where he engaged with revolutionaries of all stripes. Revealing insights gained from politics, music, sports, study, and late‐night bull‐ sessions, Avakian looks back at a galvanizing history, and forward to a possible future of revolutionary change. "...his powerful story of commitment is timely." ‐‐ Cornel West Censored 2009: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007‐2008 edited by Peter Phillips and Andrew Roth with Project Censored. $19.95 paperback. Another eye‐opening collection of 25 uncovered or censored news stories, alerting readers to the negligence of corporate media and the resurgence of alternative media. "Buy it, read it, act on it. Our future depends on the knowledge this collection of suppressed stories allows us." ‐The San Diego Review A Mercy, A Novel by Toni Morrison. $23.95 $20.35 hardback. In this tale, Nobel Prize winner Morrison takes us to the Americas in the late 1600’s, when virulent religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were rife. Told in turns by six characters, the novel reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery, but at its heart it is the ambivalent, disturbing story of a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and of a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.
Revolution Books 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley CA 94704 510-848-1196 revolutionbooks.org
10% off on all books on science and atheism “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 Mind and Radically Changing the World by Bob Avakian. $14.95 $13.45. Bringing a revolutionary communist voice to the current discourse about god, atheism, and morality, this book addresses numerous questions—such as, Is believing in gods actually harmful? How has Christianity served for centuries as an ideology of conquest and subjugation? Why is the "Bible Belt" in the U.S. also the "lynching belt?" and Why is patriarchy and the oppression of women foundational to so many religions? This critique takes issue with long‐established traditions and suggests the necessity to fully rupture with all forms of superstition and embrace a truly scientific approach to understanding and transforming reality. The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind. $27.99 $23.75 hardback. Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking made claims about black holes that challenged some of the basic foundations of physics. Leonard Susskind and Gerard t'Hooft challenged Hawking. Their debate revolutionized physics in many ways. A mind‐bending book about modern physics, quantum mechanics, the fate of stars, the mysteries of black holes, and how scientific debates can change how we view reality. Defining Moments in Science: Over a Century of the Greatest Discoveries, Experiments, Inventions, People, Publications, and Events that Rocked the World by Andrew Impey (Editor). $24.95 $22.45 paper This compendium covers all aspects of the scientific world in the last 100 years. Key events are illustrated and placed within their social and historical contexts so that the complexities and secrets of the universe unfold. Whether a seasoned science fanatic or the kind of person who thinks a googoloplex is somewhere to go and watch a movie, there’s something here for everyone!
The Science of Evolution and The Myth of Creationism: Knowing What’s Real—and Why it Matters by Ardea Skybreak. $24.95 $22.45 paperback. This book looks at the diversity and complexity of life on this planet and how all life, including humans, evolved. It examines the many different lines of mutually reinforcing evidence that support and confirm the biological theory of evolution. There's urgency in this book. It comes at a time when evolution–and the very definition of science–is under concerted attack by religious fundamentalists. The reader will come away with a deepened appreciation of the beauty and wonders of nature, as well as an understanding of the basic scientific facts of evolution and a clear sense of why science and a scientific method make it possible to determine what's real–and why knowing what's real profoundly matters. Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5‐Billion‐Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin. $24.00 $20.40 hardback. "Your Inner Fish is my favorite sort of book‐‐an intelligent, exhilarating, and compelling scientific adventure story, one which will change forever how you understand what it means to be human. …Neil Shubin's research expeditions around the world have redefined the way we now look at the origins of mammals, frogs, crocodiles, tetrapods, and sarcopterygian fish‐‐and thus the way we look at the descent of humankind." – Oliver Sachs
Atheist T‐Shirt Special: 10% off Regular $17.00 Now $15.30
Revolution Books 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley CA 94704 510-848-1196 revolutionbooks.org
Special Offer: 10 week subscription to Revolution Newspaper and 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 Marshall Arisman $17.95 $15.25 hardback. What kind of scrooge wouldn’t like a book about a cool young cat born into a family of squares? Stringbean McCoy learns jazz in the Mississippi Delta from an old cat named Pops and leaves for 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! The Guardians: A Novel by Ana Castillo. $14.00 paperback. A powerful novel about the lives of Mexicans who cross the border in search of work. Evoking the stark desert landscape, characters with strong voices and resilient hearts, contrast with the often grim story of life along the border. “Wonderful and moving book that is both intimate and epic in its narrative.” ‐‐ Oscar Hijuelos
Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley. $13.99 paperback. This is a story of brothers, one white, one Black, torn apart by fate and growing up in a cruel world with hard adventures. This creative and captivating tale explores racism in America with imagination and love. Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat. $14.95 paperback. Danticat tells the life stories of her father and her uncle, who died several months apart in 2004 and 2005. Many of the things that Danticat describes are the common experience of millions of people who immigrate to the United States—whether from Haiti or another country: being separated from your family and unable to visit them, leaving your home for a strange country that often treats you as a criminal.
Revolution Books 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley CA 94704 510-848-1196 revolutionbooks.org
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