[Internationalist Books] March events update

Internationalist Books ibooks at internationalistbooks.org
Mon Feb 23 16:30:14 EST 2004


Hello all, greetings from Internationalist Books. There's a lot going on at 
the store in the near future, including some great events, and we have 
gotten some highly anticipated books in, too.

  Here's the chronological short-hand, more details below...
March 3 Rob Newman, the Fountain at the Center of the World book event, 
Madstone Theater in Cary. 7 pm
March 11 Stan Goff will read from his new book Full Spectrum Disorder, at 
Internationalist Books. 7pm
March 17 + 18, Teach-ins on campus to commemorate International Women's Day
March 20 "Bring the Troops Home Now" rally, bus/busses leaving Chapel Hill 
mid-morning, returning early evening. Logistics to be finalized, watch for 
more details



Most notably, on March 20 Ibooks is sponsoring a bus to Fayetteville/Ft. 
Bragg to participate in the "Bring the Trops Home Now" rally, a date which 
which coincides with the first anniversary of Bush's illegal and immoral 
war for patriarchy and control of oil. Departure time and location are 
yet-to-be determined, bus tickets will be $12, available at 
Internationalist Books. Call the store for more information. Buses also 
leaving from Durham, call Theresa El-Amin at 682-9575.

Also, we just got in Stan Goff's new book Full Spectrum Disorder, published 
by Soft Skull. He will be speaking at the store on March 11, but copies are 
available now, $13.95. It is a searing look at US military and political 
power, written by someone who probably knows more about war than the entire 
White House administration and staff...and his offhand scorn for George 
Bush will make you smile. Recommended reading.

For a lighter take on politics, we have also received Robert Newman's new 
novel The Fountain at the Center of the World. Newman is a comedian and 
political satirist from Britain who will be touring the US next month. We 
will be selling books at his appearance on March 3, at the Madstone Theater 
in Cary. Time will be 7 pm; it promises to be a good show, and worth the 
drive to RTP's bedroom. (no offense, Cary citizens...) See below for a full 
review.

Also, the following events are being planned to mark International Women's 
Day. You should come to these teach-ins.

Feminist Students United (F.S.U.) has organized two teach-ins to
celebrate International Womens day.
Teach-in: The Costs of Globalization
Date: March 17, 2004
Place: Rosenau Hall 133, UNC Campus
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Speakers:  Elvia Alvarado; Sandy Smith-Nonini; Chris Kromm; Barbara
Prear

Teach-in: The War Against Women: The role of the U.S. in Honduras
Date: March 18, 2004
Place: Rosenau Hall 133, UNC Campus
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Speakers:  Elvia Alvarado; Stan Goff; Michael Schwalbe; Anu Kumar; Diane
Nelson


THE FOUNTAIN AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD
Robert Newman is a novelist and political comedian whose last show From
 >Caliban to Taliban-500 Years of Humanitarian Intervention enjoyed a
 >fourth month sell-out run at the Soho Theater in London. His reading
 >will include excerpt from the new novel, comedy with bite and even a
 >little ukulele!
 >
 >Fountain at the Center of the World is an epic novel, a family saga
that
 >spans two continents and an ocean of economic, political and class
 >chasms. Set in set in the United States, Britain, Mexico, the story
 >takes us, via container crate and conference suite, from refugee
 >detention center and trawler boat to the streets of Seattle amid a hail
 >of tear gas and rubber bullets. It traces the path of Evan Hatch, a
 >British corporate PR executive and adopted child, who learns he is
dying
 >of "chagas," a disease endemic to Latin America. Traveling to Mexico in
 >search of his long lost brother and a bone-marrow tissue match, Hatch
 >finds himself standing on the fuse of the neo-liberal powder keg set to
 >ignite the region. His brother is a fugitive. And a mysterious fourteen
 >year old named Daniel-who arrives in Tonalacapan armed only with
 >questions-may hold the only answers.
 >
 >The writing of Fountain at the Center of the World took Robert Newman
 >across Mexico and Costa Rica. He spent a week on a Spanish trawler
 >researching the book and covered the WTO in Seattle-the setting of some
 >explosive scenes-for Channel 4. The writing of Fountain at the Center
of
 >the World is the subject of a BBC film, Scribbling. It is in its second
 >printing one month after being published in the UK.

Thanks, everyone, for supporting the store. Hope you are all well.
Matt Robinson
co-manager, Internationalist Books






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