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Internationalist Books & Community Center
405 W Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919.942.1740
Open 11 AM to 8 PM, Mon-Sat; 12 to 6 PM Sun
www.internationalistbooks.org

IN THIS EMAIL:

1) Discussion tomorrow: Guantanamo and economic stimulus
2) New store layout coming this week!
3) More upcoming events at the store!


1) DISCUSSION TOMORROW: OBAMA AND GUANTANAMO!

Please come out to Internationalist Books tomorrow night (Wednesday  
2/4) at 7PM and let your voice be heard at our second Current Events  
Forum. This will be a chance for friends and strangers to sit together  
and talk about the issues of the day. While the event is in the  
experimental stages, we hope that this will turn into a weekly or  
biweekly get-together.  Each forum will begin with a discussion about  
2-3 pre-selected current events headlines. Afterwards the floor will  
be open to anyone and everyone who wants to bring up any other  
topic/headline that they want to discuss.

The headlines for this Thursday's forum will be the closing of the  
Guantanamo Bay detention center and the proposed economic stimulus  
bill in Congress.

Internationalist Books has always been about the free sharing of  
ideas, so please don't think twice about sharing your own ideas (no  
matter what position you are taking) at our Current Events Forum. Tell  
your friends and your enemies to come sit and chat with other Ibooks  
members, volunteers and community members about what's going on in the  
world.


2) NEW STORE LAYOUT COMING THIS WEEK!

We've decided that it's time to shake things up a little at the  
Internationalist.  This week, we'll be re-arranging the counter,  
shelves, tables, and everything else into a brand new layout aimed at  
making the store more accessible and pleasant place to hang out.   
We'll also be consolidating, adding, and subtracting book sections to  
make things more exciting and easier to find - check out our new  
sections on Prison Issues, Animal Rights, and more!  Come by some time  
this week to check things out!


3) MORE UPCOMING EVENTS!

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

WED, 2/4, 7 PM: CURRENT EVENTS FORUM: "GUANTANAMO AND THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS"
See above!


WED, 2/11, 7 PM: JAMES PROTZMAN READS FROM "JESUS SWEPT"!
Join us for this exciting literary event as Chapel Hill resident and  
longtime Internationalist supporter James Protzman reads from his  
brand new novel, "Jesus Swept".

The unlikely tale of hope lost, found and lost again on the North  
Carolina coast, "Jesus Swept" celebrates a philosophy of life you can  
put on a bumper sticker, with Hook, Sinker, Liz, Frank, Dog, and Jesus  
himself, six souls twisted in a tangle of family threads that will  
make you cry until you laugh - or until you try dying.

James Protzman is a freelance business writer and a blogger based  
right here in Chapel Hill. For more information about the book and the  
author, visit http://www.jamesprotzman.com.


THURS, 2/26, 8 PM: ALCAZAR HOTEL ACOUSTIC CD RELEASE SHOW!
Join us at the Internationalist for an exciting night of music with  
local band Alcazar Hotel!

Featuring new Internationalist volunteer Will Dawson on vocals and  
bass, Alcazar Hotel brings a hard-driving, fun loving rock'n'roll  
sound with punk, surf, and rockabilly influences. They'll be playing  
an unplugged acoustic set to celebrate the release of their brand new  
debut album. The fully amplified CD release show will be later on that  
night at Reservoir in Carrboro at 10 PM.

Check 'em out at www.myspace.com/thealcazarhotel. See you there!


WED, 3/25, 7 PM: ROLLING THUNDER #7 RELEASE PARTY!
Join us for the release party for the seventh issue of locally  
produced anarchist magazine Rolling Thunder!

Contributors and editors involved in the magazine will be on hand to  
present on some of the themes of the issue, talk about the process of  
compiling the magazine, and discuss politics and current events from  
an anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist perspective. THERE WILL ALSO  
BE SNACKS AND SMALL TALK! The new issue features an extensive report  
on and analysis of the riots in Greece and the Republican National  
Convention protests, an in-depth analysis of the economic crisis and  
bank bailouts, a scene report on anarchy in Winona, Minnesota and tips  
on supporting radical organizing in small towns, reviews and  
interviews with radical musicians, and all the witty and incisive  
critique you've come to expect from the best anarchist periodical  
being published in the US today. Don't miss it!


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.


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