[Internationalist Books] EVENTS: Carrboro Book Fair this weekend!
Internationalist Books
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Wed May 31 15:32:52 EDT 2006
Internationalist Books & Community Center
405 W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919-942-1740
http://internationalistbooks.org/
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*WE HAVE NEW ZINES*... about all sorts of stuff... from thoughtcrime,
parcell press, microcosm, and on and on and on... xo
*THANK YOU*... to all the volunteers who helped flip burgers at Weaver
Street last Thursday, all the people who ate those burgers, and to
Weaver Street Market for helping us to raise over $800!
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*THIS* SATURDAY, JUNE 3 -- CARRBORO BOOK FAIR @ THE CARRBORO ARTS CENTER
Readers, writers and lovers of the written word, please join us at the
2nd Annual Carrboro Book Fair! Participating organizations include AK
Press, Mineshaft Magazine, Parcell Press, Garrett County Press, Feral
House, Daniel 13, Carolina Wren Press, John F. Blair, Crimethinc, SURGE,
The People's Channel and others. In addition to readings by some great
authors, we'll have storytelling sessions and child care for young ones
from 11am to 2pm.
Readers will include:
11 AM: Bill Powers, author of the new novel "Love Is Strong As Death"
and father of William Powers, below.
12 PM: Hannah Gill, author of "Going to Carolina del Norte: Narrating
Mexican Migrant Experiences"
1 PM: Kim Arrington, founder of Greased Scalp Press and author of "The
Lapis Dwellers"
2 PM: William Powers, author of the new book "Whispering in the Giant's
Ear: A Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia's War on Globalization." Long
the obscure “Tibet of South America,” Bolivia emerged as a world
flashpoint during the four years William Powers lived there as an aid
worker.
3 PM: Ebony Golden, of Betty's Daughter Literary Press
4 PM David Carr
For more information please contact Ethan Clauset at
ethan at interationalistbooks.org or 919-360-8516
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***GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN ***
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SATURDAY, June 3 - ROCK OUR COUNTRY AND ROLL FOR A CHANGE, 8pm @ THE
CARRBORO ARTS CENTER
You're invited to: Rock Our Country & Roll for a Change! A Benefit
Dance & Concert for the NC Peace & Justice Coalition, co-Sponsored by
The Independent. Featuring The Lids, Joe Bell and the Stinging Blades,
and the Rainbow ReSisters at the Carrboro Arts Center (300-G East Main
Street, Carrboro).
Tickets at the door, $5, $7.
* Seeking Volunteers (free admission) - email rocknroll at ncpeacejustice.org
* Community Groups are welcome to table
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SUPPORT PUBLIC ACCESS IN N.C.!
A bill in the N.C. House of Representatives -- HB 2047, "The Video
Service Competition Act" -- would eliminate local government authority
over cable TV franchising, consolidating the power to grant local video
franchises in Raleigh.
Most importantly, HB 2047 would eliminate one of the best local economic
development tools we have to promote a Digital Media Economy. If
passed, this bill would lock North Carolina into the bottom 10 percent
of states using local franchising for economic development. This bill
is moving fast with little public scrutiny, except this Mountain Xpress
story last week: http://mountainx.com/news/2006/0517media.php
We have just learned that HB 2047 will be voted on June 1 by the House
Finance Committee:
Where: Room 544, Legislative Office Building, Raleigh, NC
When: 8:30 a.m., Thursday, June 1, 2006.
What: NC Legislature House Finance Committee vote on the Video Service
Competition Act.
Three legislators from WNC sit on the House Finance Committee. They
are: Rep. Bruce Goforth <Bruceg at ncleg.net>, Rep. Susan Fisher
<Susanf at ncleg.net> and Rep. Trudi Walend <Trudiw at ncleg.net>.
Please contact these three legislators and ask them to vote AGAINST
"The Video Service Competition Act." We all want more competition for
cable TV, but this bill has serious flaws that can be fixed over the
summer so that a revised bill can be voted on in the General Assembly's
long session next fall. A bill this important should not be rushed
through in the short session with little or no public scrutiny!!
For more information, visit the website of the N.C. Coalition of
Community Media Centers at <http://www.ncccmc.org>. You can also find
contact information for your other state representatives at:
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/GIS/Representation/Who_Represents_Me/
Who_Represents_Me.html
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*WHAT IS PRISON BOOKS*
The Prison Books Collective is a new prisoner support group forming in
the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. Like the dozens of other similar groups
around the country, it will provide thousands of free books, at request,
to prisoners throught the southeast. By providing educational,
political and legal resources, we can support people behind bars, show
solidarity with their struggles, and fight against the alienating and
destructive effects of the US prison system.
But we need your help! We currently have a space to work out of, but
are in need of books and money for shipping. We're also going to need
lots of eager volunteers to help package and mail books. If you would
like to help organize or support this great project please go to
www.prisonbooks.info.
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