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  • Subject: [Internationalist] celebrates LGBTQ History Month, and supports political prisoners!
  • Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:11:20 -0400

Internationalist Books & Community Center
405 W Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919.942.1740
www.internationalistbooks.org


IN THIS EMAIL:
1) LGBTQ history month sale!
2) new titles in stock!
3) Derrick Jensen webcast / "Green Scare" benefit concert!
4) upcoming events at the store!


1) INTERNATIONALIST BOOKS CELEBRATES LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH!

Internationalist Books and Community Center in Chapel Hill is
celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ)
History month in June with a sale of 10% off all LGBTQ books and
merchandise! Even 39 years after the 1969 Stonewall rebellion, it can
still be difficult to find progressive outlets in the South for LGBTQ
culture and politics. As Chapel Hill's own independent non-profit
bookstore and progressive community space, we have stocked LGBTQ books
and publications and supported LGBTQ struggles since 1981. We?re one
of the only places in Chapel Hill to find North Carolina?s weekly gay
community newspaper, "Q Notes", and have bulked up our inventory of
books and stickers to celebrate the anniversary of the historic
milestone and the arrival of Pride festival season around the country
and the world. Our weekly Queer Youth Drop-In Night has become one of
the longest running and most successful store events, providing a
desperately needed safe space to LGBTQ youth in the Chapel
Hill/Carrboro area. Come in to check out a compelling selection of
LGBTQ authors, feminist literature, radical perspectives, and
hard-to-find titles, in a comfortable, queer-friendly space that
welcomes all people. Out of the closets, into the bookstores!

2) NEW TITLES IN STOCK!

In recognition of LGBTQ History Month in June, we?ve bulked up our
titles related to LGBTQ culture, politics, history, and fiction. Come
in and find these and many more:

-That?s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, ed.
Mattilda aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore
-Stonewall, by Martin Duberman
-Art and Sex in Greenwich Village: Gay Literary Life After Stonewall,
by Felice Picano
-Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity, ed.
Mattilda aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore
-Transgender Rights, ed. by Paisely Currah, Richard M. Juang, and
Shannon Price Minter
-Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out, ed. by Loraine Hutchins
and Lani Kaahumanu
-Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of
Femininity, by Julia Serano
-My Gender Workbook, by Kate Bornstein

...and many more! Come in and celebrate with us all month.

3) DERRICK JENSEN WEBCAST / "GREEN SCARE" BENEFIT CONCERT!

Saturday, June 7th, at the Hillsborough Rd. Coop (621 Hillsborough Rd,
Carrboro)
7 PM- benefit bake sale
8 PM- live Derrick Jensen webcast
10 PM- music from Chiaroscuro and From the Depths
$5-$10 (sliding scale - donate what you can!)

Join the Internationalist at an educational and musical benefit event
about ecological activism and prisoner support! The evening will
begin with a bake sale and socializing at 7 PM. At 8 PM, Derrick
Jensen, one of the most popular writers we carry at the
Internationalist, will be conducting a live webcast discussing
ecological collapse, the "Green Scare" (government repression of earth
and animal liberation activists), and the radical environmental
movement, during which he will answer emailed questions in real time.
Following the webcast, local bands Chiaroscuro and From the Depths
will provide a passionate epic punk/hardcore musical performance. All
funds raised will benefit prisoners from the ecological justice
movements. For more information:
http://www.greenisthenewred.com/
http://www.derrickjensen.org/
http://www.fromthedepths.info/

4) UPCOMING EVENTS!

All events take place at the Internationalist (405 W. Franklin St.)
unless otherwise noted.

WED 6/4, 6:30 PM: EMERSON READING GROUP [note time change!]
Join us for our monthly Ralph Waldo Emerson reading group, the first
Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm. For more information, please email
Adrian at damion4895 AT yahoo.com.

SUN 6/8, 6 PM: RADICAL MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE
Join us for the weekly meeting of the Radical Mental Health
Collective, Sundays at 6pm. This group provides discussion and support
for people around mental health issues, based on a model developed by
the Icarus Project (theicarusproject.net). For more information,
please email rileysparkles AT gmail.com.

TUES 6/10, 6 PM: POLITICAL PRISONER LETTER WRITING NIGHT
Join us for our monthly letter writing night to political prisoners
serving time in prison for participating in earth and animal
liberation, black liberation, and other social movements. We will
provide mailing addresses, information about the cases, and snacks.

ONGOING EVENTS:

INTERNATIONALIST PRISON BOOKS COLLECTIVE
The Internationalist sponsors a program that sends free books and
literature to people incarcerated in Mississippi and Alabama. Since
2006 the Books to Prisoners collective has mailed educational
materials to thousands of prisoners, building solidarity with networks
of activists inside and out of prison agitating for justice and
alternatives to the prison system, while meeting a direct and urgent
need. There are many ways to get involved:

-Come fill requests at the weekly book-wrapping, which takes place
every Sunday from 1-4 PM at 218 N. Graham St. in Chapel Hill.

-DONATE books by dropping them off at the Internationalist!
Particularly in demand are dictionaries, thesauruses, African-American
history, culture, and fiction, self-help, Spanish language,
GED/education, and more (paperbacks only).

For more information, check out www.prisonbooks.info.

NEW LOCAL SKILLSHARE / FREE SKOOL!

Do you like to make stuff, learn things, and teach others? A local
Skillshare/DIY/Art Collective, Free Skool, Radical Event Bulletin, and
Space/Material/Tool Share is being formed. This is a way for local
creative types to find each other to make and do stuff together. There
are a lot of innovative, skilled, and imaginative people in this area.
Let's pool our knowledge, skills, and resources to exponentialize our
creative input and output. So if you want to make masks or soap or
vegan liqueurs or a rope ladder or a mud oven or collaged formal wear
or tamales or hula hoops or pretty much anything else, or find others
to play soccer or practice tai chi with, or host a workshop on blowing
glass or screen-printing, or organize a potluck or salon, or just put
out an idea to the community; check this thing out. This is a way to
get your desires out of your head and into the awareness of lots of
other like-minded local people. Let's get together for the artistic
and practical. This is completely non-commercial and local. The
website is http://people.tribe.net/papokha. (Please email
papokha AT gmail.com to make postings or with any questions.)



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