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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) Tomorrow: Rolling Thunder #9 release party!
2) This weekend: NC Rising Conference + acoustic concert!
3) Become a monthly sustainer for the Prison Books Collective!
4) More upcoming events!


1) TUES, 3/23, 7 PM: ROLLING THUNDER #9 RELEASE PARTY!

Rolling Thunder is a biannual, locally produced anarchist journal  
covering passionate living and creative resistance in all the forms  
they take: from consensus process to streetfighting, from workplace  
struggles to graffiti art, from gender mutiny to subversive humor.  
Each issue runs the gamut from on-the-spot reporting, strategic  
analysis, and instructional guides to poetry, comics, and games. It's  
our most popular magazine here at the Internationalist, and we're  
lucky to have editors and contributors on hand to read from the ninth  
and most recent issue, share food and conversation, and plot revolution.

IN THIS ISSUE: How important is legitimacy?in our own eyes, in the  
eyes of potential allies, in the eyes of the public? How can  
anarchists cultivate it? What pitfalls does it hold? Rolling Thunder  
#9 explores these questions while reporting on the past six months of  
upheavals around the US. Following up on our coverage of the 2008  
convention protests, this issue assesses anarchist action at the 2009  
G20 summit, mapping conflict throughout the city and analyzing the  
strategies of the police and protesters. The accompanying Pittsburgh  
scene report examines the decade of local organizing that prepared the  
ground for this and other confrontations. Elsewhere herein, we  
scrutinize protest and resistance on campus ? from the recent  
occupation movement to efforts to shut down fascist student  
organizations ? and overseas in the Smash EDO campaign. All this, plus  
obscure Russian history, a reappraisal of the concept of "free  
speech," and the usual stunning prose.  DON'T MISS IT!


2) THIS WEEKEND: NC RISING CONFERENCE AND ACOUSTIC CONCERT!

This weekend, March 26-28, Internationalist Books will co-sponsor the  
NC Rising! conference, a statewide anarchist/anti-authoritarian  
gathering, and will host an acoustic concert the evening of Saturday  
the 27th as a part of the festivities.  Read on for details!

--3/26-28: NC RISING CONFERENCE!--

Calling all anarchists, anti-authoritarians, and autonomists! The last  
weekend of March, people from across North Carolina and beyond will  
converge in Chapel Hill, NC for a conference exploring organizing and  
resistance in our communities and our lives. Join us for a weekend of  
workshops, networking, fine dining, entertainment, and more, as we  
learn, debate, celebrate, and strategize together.

If you're new to anarchy or radical politics, you can meet other  
like-minded people, learn about anti-authoritarian approaches to  
social change, and find out how to participate in existing projects.  
If you've been involved in communities of resistance for a long time,  
this will be an opportunity to discuss issues across our struggles,  
build deeper connections, and revitalize activity across the state and  
region. Panel discussions will cover everything from eco-defense and  
prison abolition to autonomous community spaces. In an era of economic  
and ecological crisis, North Carolina is rising... join us!  To
learn more or get involved, email autonomyworks AT gmail.com.  To  
register to attend, or check out the schedule of events:  
http://www.ncrising.info/

--ACOUSTIC CONCERT! SAT, 3/27, 8 PM:--

As a part of the conference, we'll be hosting an exciting all-acoustic  
concert, free of charge!  Performers include:

-The Homeless People (myspace.com/theh0melesspe0ple):  
violin/guitar/accordian trio from MD
-Penny Hill (myspace.com/pennyhillplays): melancholy vocalist from OK
-Peninsula: raucous ragtime-inspired tunes from IL
-Dan Mac & the Bullet: southern fried anarcho-country blues from Carrboro!


3) BECOME A MONTHLY SUSTAINER FOR THE PRISON BOOKS COLLECTIVE!

-An Announcement from the Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective-

The Prison Books Collective is a prison abolitionist group that sends  
hundreds packages of books and radical literature to prisoners, by  
request, each month. We also publish prisoners' updates, news, art,  
and poetry in a regular publication, and provide resource guides and  
contact information for other prisoner support groups on the outside.

Beginning in January 2010, the Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective  
will initiate a new format for its supporters and enthusiasts to  
support the collective's work. A monthly "sustainer program" will  
allow supporters and participants alike to donate a predetermined  
amount to the collective every month. It's simple and easy to use: one  
merely has to go to our website at www.prisonbooks.info, find the  
"Donate Now" sidebar, enter the monthly
amount one wishes to donate (ranging from $5 to $50 dollars), and  
click "subscribe" to enter in a bank account or credit card. The money  
is then automatically deducted from the bank account or credit card  
every month via Paypal.

Our group provides resources that serve a tremendous variety of  
purposes on the inside, from self-education and legal support to study  
groups and organizing in prison. With these purposes in mind, just a  
few dollars a month to help cover the increasing postage costs of our  
work can make a huge difference. Just for context, donating just 10  
dollars per month can send a package of urgently needed materials to a  
different prisoner every week. Please consider becoming a monthly  
sustainer, and please tell your friends about this option as well.

In solidarity,
the Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective


4) MORE UPCOMING EVENTS!

-READING INSURRECTION: WEEKLY READING GROUP
READING INSURRECTION is a facilitated reading group meeting every  
Wednesday from 8 to 10 PM, exploring contemporary insurrectionary  
anarchist and critical theory. Every Wednesday at 8 PM, join local  
radicals in dissecting and discussing different texts on themes  
ranging from biopolitics to rupture to  small-c communism to global  
social war. For more information or details on readings, email  
reading.insurrection.nc AT gmail.com.

Upcoming Schedule:
3/24: Biopolitics (Foucault, Agamben, Haraway, Tiqqun)
3/31, 4/14: Rupture & Party/Violence (Benjamin, Deleuze, Guattari,  
Schmitt, Baudrillard)

THURS, 4/15, 8 PM: BLINGO BANGO BINGO!
It's time for drag bingo! Come out for a night of performances,  
prizes, fabulous outfits, and ridiculous frenzied gambling, all hosted  
by your favorite local prison abolitionists.  It's a benefit for the  
Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective- more info at www.prisonbooks.info.

This event will take place at Nightlight, located at 405 1/2 W.  
Rosemary St. in Chapel Hill.




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