Revolutionary Anti-4th of July Picnic - Internationalism - The Whole World Comes First

Selected Crimes of a Global Terrorist The following list of terrorist crimes is only a short selection from the history of the United States and its acts around the world. The fact that this history is not taught in schools, or acknowledged in acceptable discourse, does not mean these things didn't really happen. Readers are challenged to look these up for themselves.  Read entire article HERE.  Genocide of Native Americans: From the time the founders of the United States arrived in North America to the present.Genocide of Native Americans and the theft of their land, including the "Trail of Tears" where tens of thousands were driven off their lands in the Southeastern U.S. and forced to march to Oklahoma-of 15,000 relocated Cherokee, 4,000 died on the march. Invasion of Mexico 1846-1848: U.S. forces invaded Mexico, blockaded Mexican ports and occupied Mexico City, forcing Mexico to turn over much of its territory to the U.S. including what is now New Mexico, California, and parts of what is currently northern Mexico. Spanish-American War, 1898: Under the pretext of supporting Cuban independence from Spain, the U.S. attacked and defeated Spanish forces in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean, seizing and dominating Spanish colonies-Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. Tulsa Massacre, 1921: Tulsa police, KKK, and racist mobs rampaged through the Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, killing hundreds and looting. Law enforcement agencies dropped bombs from six airplanes on the Black community which was burned to the ground. Atomic Bomb Attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Firebombing of Tokyo, 1945: 200,000 civilians died, some burned to death on the spot, others of radiation poisoning. Korea, 1950-1953: Of the U.S. invasion of Korea, U.S. Air Force General Curtis LeMay boasted that U.S. planes "burned down every town in North Korea." The U.S. used more bombs and artillery shells in Korea than in all of World War 2, and used napalm against military and civilian targets. An estimated 5 million people were killed in the war, 3 million of them civilians. Torture Chambers: People around the world are kidnapped, tortured, raped, and killed without trial at U.S. torture chambers at Abu Ghraib (Iraq); Guantánamo (Cuba); Bagram (Afghanistan); secret prisons in Europe, and "renditioning" sites in the Middle East and elsewhere (outsourced torture). Drone Attacks: In the three years leading up to and during 2009, U.S. drone attacks-from unmanned planes-killed over 700 people, overwhelmingly civilians killed when targets were missed or as "collateral damage." The attacks continue in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen. Selected U.S. invasions including via CIA-armed and trained proxies or at the "invitation" of client regimes: Argentina 1890; Chile 1891; Haiti 1891; Hawaii 1893; Bluefields, Nicaragua 1894 & 1899; China 1894-95; Korea 1894-96; Corinto, Nicaragua 1896; China 1898-1900; Philippines 1898-1910; Cuba and Puerto Rico 1898-1902; San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua 1898; Samoa 1899; Panama 1901-14; Panama Canal Zone 1914; Honduras 1903; Dominican Republic 1903-04; Korea 1904-05; Cuba 1906-09; Nicaragua 1907; Honduras 1907; Panama 1908; Nicaragua 1910; Cuba 1912; Panama 1912; Honduras 1912; Nicaragua 1912; Mexico (Veracruz)1914; Dominican Republic 1914; Mexico 1914-18; Haiti 1914-34; Dominican Republic 1916-24; Cuba 1917; Soviet Union 1918; Panama 1918; Honduras 1919; Guatemala 1920; Turkey 1922; China 1922; Honduras 1924; Panama 1925; El Salvador 1932; Puerto Rico 1950; Guatemala 1954; Egypt 1956; Lebanon 1958; Panama 1958; Cuba 1962; Dominican Republic 1965; Guatemala 1967; Oman 1970; Iran 1980; El Salvador 1981; Nicaragua 1981; Grenada 1982; Lebanon 1982; Honduras 1983; Bolivia 1986; Panama 1989; Yugoslavia 1992; Haiti 1994; Liberia 1996; Sudan 1998; Afghanistan 1998...

Rain of Terror  By Abiodun Oyewole  Excerpts from a poem by   Abiodun Oyewole,  of the Last Poets. America is a terrorist killing the natives of the land Killing and stealing has always been America's master plan To control the earth and everything on it To divide and conquer is all they wanted. America is a terrorist killing the buffalo that roam the plains Killing and slaughtering animals was turned into a game Giving blankets contaminated with small pox The natives were killed, the beginning germ warfare The beginning of white fear. No respect for the land, the trees, or the air we breathe And Christianity was an excuse to bring others to their knees. America is a terrorist with a slave system in place To take away the humanity of a darker race Put people in chains, then beat them with whips Made them give up their names Those who survived the slave ship. Read the rest of the poem HERE.

Upcoming Events - Sun, June 26th, 3 pm - Bilingual discussion of BAsics - and More

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Upcoming Events Sunday, June 26, 3 pm: Bilingual discussion of BAsics - from the Talks and Writings of Bob Avakian, focus on Chapter 3, "Making Revolution"         "There is nothing more unrealistic than the idea of reforming        this system into something that would come anywhere near        being in the interests of the great majority of people and        ultimately of humanity as a whole."                                                      - BAsics, 3:2 (Chapter 3, #2)                We'll pick a couple of quotes to focus on; bring your favorite         quote to discuss. ______________________________________  Wednesday, June 29, 7 pm:  Film Showing of  Peepli Live  In the village of Peepli, India, a farmer unable to repay a government loan, desperately considers the official offer of compensation to families of those who commit suicide.  Word reaches the media, and the farmer finds himself the subject of a very public suicide-watch. "A dark, fun and all too believable" satire produced by Aamir Khan, written by Anusha Rizvi. Check out the current issue of Revolution newspaper #236, on The Imperialist Suicide Epidemic in India [click here] Sign up for a free email subscription to Revolution here.  Click "subscribe" in the top right-hand corner of the website. _______________________________ Monday, July 4th: Anti-4th of July FUNraising Picnic! Join us for an Anti-4th of July fundraising picnic!  Contact us to volunteer to help plan this fun event. See more below:

Revolutionary Anti-4th of July Picnic! 12 noon to 5 pm - Griffith Park!

Calling all volunteers!  Step up now and  help plan our annual Revolutionary Anti-4th of July Picnic! FUNraiser for Revolution Books / Libros Revolución July 4th, 12 noon to 5 pm  (program at 3 pm) GRIFFITH PARK  (southwest side at Ferndell and Los Feliz,  north of Western Ave., 1/2 mile north of Hollywood/Western Redline Station) $10 minimum per plate, $5 for students, unemployed Join in to help plan this celebration of revolution and anti-July 4th festivities!  We need volunteers to request food donations from businesses, line up BBQ grills and chefs, as well as set-up and clean-up teams. Someone or ones who can organize fun games for all ages to raise funds; and a program committee to hook us up with sound and good music, readings of quotes from BAsics - from the Talks and Writings of Bob Avakian, spoken word poets, musicians, other ideas. We need your creativity, energy and ideas!  Contact us via email, phone or Facebook to volunteer.

Post on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, sent to e-lists - spread the word. We Recommend: İ OUTERNATIONAL !   Live at the TROUBADOUR with VIZA Fri., June 24th, 8 pm, $15 9081 Santa Monica Blvd. West Hollywood, 90069      Check out Outernational's music  on MySpace [here] and [here]. Check out Viza's music  on MySpace [here]. Buy tickets [here].

Impact Society With the Goal of Revolution and a Vision of a Whole New World!

Be part of a national effort to raise  $30,000 in 30 days  plus 100 new sustainers for Revolution newspaper. Impact society with the goal of revolution  and a vision of a whole new world! $7,000 for advertising on hiphop stations and  internet to reach youth. $7,000 plus 100 new sustainers for RCP Publications and Revolution newspaper.       $6,000 to the Prisoners Revolutionary Literature        Fund (PRLF) towards goal of 2,000 copies       of BAsics for prisoners. $10,000 toward a film of the event, "On the Occasion of the Publication of BAsics: A Celebration of Revolution and the Vision of a New World." [Click here for fundraising materials and how to donate.]            Join in these crucial fundraising efforts.  Bring your ideas, suggestions, contributions. "Raising this money is not only necessary, but a real opportunity to reconnect with people who have contributed before and to involve many more people in the revolution. And the projects which will be funded are essential to building the movement for revolution..." [Read more here.  And check out "Raising Funds...And Preparing for Revolution" here.]    Changing the World with BAsics!

Ethan McCord - War Resister & Truth Teller - Thurs., June 9th‏

An Evening with ETHAN McCORD:   Truth Teller & War Resister Thursday, June 9th, 7 PM at Revolution Books / Libros Revolucion  $5-10 donations at door   Featured in Tribeca Film Festival's Best Documentary, Incident in New Baghdad, ETHAN McCORD enlisted in the US Navy in response to 9/11. Wanting to be closer to the action, he moved to the Army, and in 2007, found himself in the middle of the ground war in Baghdad.   Ethan literally walked onto the scene filmed from an Apache helicopter just after 12 Iraqi civilians had been shot to death 1.5 miles away. He can be seen in the Wikileaks film Collateral Murder, released one year ago, rescuing two children who survived the attack.*   Ethan's story of coming to grips with the Army's rules and the loss of civilian life brought him to say, "the thing I couldn't live without in Iraq was my own humanity."  Ethan will share his story. Students especially invited.    *Collateral Murder, a 15-minute film, will be screened at the beginning of this program. Co-hosted by World Can't Wait and Revolution Books

Sunday, June 12th, 3 PM: Meet Cartoonist, KEITH KNIGHT - Slide Show & Book Sigining

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[Post on Facebook, Twitter, websites - forward to your e-lists - spread the word!]   Sunday, June 12th, 3 PM Meet KEITH KNIGHT, cartoonist Slide show and book signing $10 donation at the door / $5 students Join us for an entertaining and provocative slideshow and book signing by KEITH KNIGHT,  cartoonist, creator of (th)ink, a syndicated socio-political comic strip; The Knight       Life; and The K Chronicles.  Knight is the 2010 Glyph Award & Inkpot Award Winner.     Keith Knight's new work, Too Small to Fail: Another (th)ink Anthology, is biting editorial commentary on the economy, New Orleans, police brutality, corporate corruption, the first African-American U.S. president, and much more.   "Keith Knight is mapping out a previously unknown vector of the vast cartoon universe."  - Garry Trudeau, creator of Doonesbury.  "Fluid and energetic and wild ... very, very smart and very, very funny." - Aaron McGruder, creator of The Boondocks.   Check out Keith Knight's website at www.kchronicles.com.

Sun., June 5th, 9 am to 5 pm - Major Used Book Sale at the Melrose Trading Post

Major Used Book Sale  Sun., June 5th, 9 AM - 5 PM at the Melrose Trading Post 544 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036 (at Fairfax H.S. - Melrose & Fairfax)    Find Revolution Books booth near the back entrance $2 admission (or print out discount coupon here)    Thanks to a massive donation of used books, we're holding a major used book sale to raise funds for Revolution Books / Libros Revolucion.  Volunteers needed this week to organize the books, and on Sunday for set-up, packing up, or 1 to 2-hour shifts at the booth.  Contact us to help!    Invite your friends and family to get some great used books  and support Revolution Books!    "Book City" painting by Eric Drooker