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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) Political Prisoner Letter-Writing Night tomorrow! (Wed 5/19, 7 PM)
2) Free Ice Cream with Prison Books Collective! (Sun 5/23, 12:30 PM)
3) Think Outside the Bomb tour arrives at Ibooks! (Sun 6/6, 3 PM)
4) New books in stock!


1) POLITICAL PRISONER LETTER-WRITING NIGHT TOMORROW!  (WED 5/19, 7 PM)

Once again, the successful monthly prisoner support event returns to  
the Internationalist, as we remind political prisoners around the US  
that they're not forgotten!  Each month, the Chapel Hill Prison Books  
Collective compiles a list of prisoners whose birthdays come that  
month, and sponsors a night at the Internationalist for community  
members to gather and write cards and letters to the folks inside.

Here are some of the political prisoners with birthdays in May to whom  
we'll be writing:

Daniel McGowan
Alavaro Hernandez
Alex Hall
William Viehl
Mondo WeLanga

For more information, please contact ppbirthday AT riseup.net.


2) FREE ICE CREAM WITH PRISON BOOKS COLLECTIVE! (SUN 5/23, 12:30 PM)

Every Sunday, the Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective reads letters  
from prisoners and sends them books, completely free. We have an  
unusually large stack of letters this month so to catch up with all  
those requests, we are inviting everyone  to drop by on Sunday, May  
23rd at 12:30 for free ice cream!

There will be vegan options and toppings (possibly raw banana ice  
cream too) as well. Ice cream is free but filling two requests is  
encouraged. If you feel like doing more, please do. Or if you're new  
to it, just stop by to chat and see what the CHPBC does (and eat ice  
cream, of course!)

Filling a package means: opening a letter, reading what three kinds of  
books the prisoner is requesting and finding books within those  
subjects on the shelves. After writing a quick letter, wrapping them  
up and stamping them, you're done!

Your help will cut down on the stack and help get books out to people faster
so that they won't have to wait for weeks to get desperately needed  
reading and educational material.

Drop by any time between 12:30-2:30 at 218 N. Graham St. in Chapel Hill.


3) THINK OUTSIDE THE BOMB TOUR! (SUN 6/6, 3 PM)

Think Outside the Bomb is the nation's largest youth-led nuclear  
abolitionist network, and they're going to be coming to Chapel Hill to  
your favorite independent radical bookstore, Internationalist Books!  
This year they are engaging in a campaign called Disarmament Summer,  
which includes a presence at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty  
Review in May, a three month national tour (with a stop here at  
I-Books), and an Action and Permaculture Encampment July 30th to  
August 9th.

TOTB Tour will be offering a presentation/discussion focusing on the  
issue of nuclear abolition, with a stress on its intersections with  
other global movements, including: movements for sustainable energy,  
indigenous sovereignty struggles, environmental movements, labor  
movements, and movements that oppose the state of global capitalism,  
among others. They will also speak of creating a positive and  
affirming culture of resistance. The discussion will also incorporate  
music performance, puppets, interactive mapping, and a traveling art  
exhibit. TOTB will be co-presenting with the Counter Cartographies
Collective.

 From TOTB:

"We seek to build community and working knowledge through our national  
tour, by offering critical information on the state of the US Nuclear  
Industrial Complex, as well as a critical look at how we engage in  
resistance."

For more on the tour visit: http://totbtour.wordpress.com

For more on the TOTB visit: http://www.thinkoutsidethebomb.org


4) NEW BOOKS IN STOCK!

Here at the Internationalist we've created a brand new SCIENCE  
section!  Here's a sampling of the recent arrivals in our newest  
section:

-A People's History of Science, by Clifford Conner
-Chaos, by James Gleick
-Science and Poetry, by Mary Midgley
-The Extravagant Universe, by Robert Kirshner
-Seven Wonders of the Cosmos, by Jayant Narlikar
-plus many more on evolution, natural science, cosmology and outer  
space, history of science, and more

If science isn't so much your thing, we've also got the latest in  
green anarchist, anti-civilization, and primitivist thought: the newly  
released John Zerzan reader "Origins", the Endgame books by Derrick  
Jensen, and much more.

Also, we'll be getting in exciting new orders from AK Press, including  
lots of new books on anarchism, current events, radical history, and  
ecology, as well as Microcosm Publishing, including lots of new 'zines  
and books on DIY skills, bike repair, vegan cooking, and more.  Don't  
miss out!




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