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I hope everyone's New Year is going well so far! January's been packed  
with events and this coming up week is no exception! Check it out!

MONDAY JAN 17 @ 7pm: Monthly Board Game Night!

We play old familiar games like Scrabble, Boggle, Scattergories, Risk,  
and any card game you can imagine, but we also play new fun  
underground classics like Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, Dominion,  
and Guillotine. Bring any game you'd like to play and there will be  
someone who will play with you!
Coffee, tea, and snacks will be available :)

WEDNESDAY JAN 19 @ 7pm: On the Criminalization of Dissent: Garrett  
Fitzgerald of the RNC 8 Speaks

Dinner catered by Vimala of Vimala's Curry Blossom Cafe!

Immediately before the 2008 Republican National Convention, police  
carried out dawn raids and snatched protest organizers off the street.

Eight of the arrestees, collectively known as the RNC 8, were charged  
under the Minnesota version of the US PATRIOT Act  
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act) with "conspiracy to  
riot in furtherance of terrorism" on account of public organizing  
activity. After a lengthy support campaign, the prosecutors were  
forced to drop the terrorism charges, eventually dismissing charges  
entirely against three of the defendants and accepting misdemeanor  
pleas with the remaining four.

Having spent two and a half years on the front lines of one of the  
most important civil liberties court cases in recent US history,  
Garrett will speak about how dissent is being criminalized in the US.  
Don't miss!

More information: www.rnc8.org


THURSDAY JAN 20 at 7pm: (Movie Night) Croatan Earth First! Presents  
"Dirty Oil"

Come to this week's Internationalist weekly movie screenings to learn  
about the environmentally devastating Tar Sands, brought to you by  
local chapter Croatan Earth First!.

Deep behind-the-scenes into the strip-mined world of Alberta, Canada,  
where the vast and toxic Tar Sands deposit supplies the U.S. with the  
majority of its oil. Through the eyes of scientists, 'big oil'  
officials, politicians, doctors, environmentalists, and aboriginal  
citizens directly impacted by 'the largest industrial project on the  
planet today,' the filmmakers journey to both sides of the border to  
see the emotional and irreversible toll this 'black gold rush' fueled  
by America's addiction to oil is taking on our planet.

Watch the trailer here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/video/2010/mar/18/dirty-oil-film-trailer

For more on the film visit http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1486642/

**And a gentle reminder, if you're interested in helping plan Bob  
Sheldon Day 2011, please attend the planning meeting, happening  
TOMORROW SUNDAY JAN 16 @ 6pm at Andrea's house (send me an email for  
the address if you need it).**

That's it for this week's events! Check out  
www.internationalistbooks.org for more info on these and other events.  
Read on for events further out in this month and next month!

Thanks!
Laurin
Outreach Coordinator

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EVENTS FURTHER OUT
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TUESDAY JAN 25 @ 7pm: Walls, Drums and Olive Trees: Apartheid in Israel
Join us with Omer Sharir for a special discussion!

Omer has been a part of Anarchists Against the Wall for the past four  
years, as well as working for the Israeli Committee against House  
Demolitions, and participating in the Yasamba - the Jerusalem Rhythms  
of Resistance group. He will describe his part, and his thoughts about  
the part of Jewish-Israelis in general, in the current struggle  
against the apartheid system in Israel. The focus will be on a  
discussion, so be prepared to share your own wisdom and experience  
about privilege, paternalism and solidarity.

THURSDAY JAN 27 @ 7pm: (Movie Night) "Fourth World War"

Come out and watch the documentary "The Fourth World War," a film  
about the struggle of poor and working-class people all over the globe  
who must battle both large corporations and oppressive governments in  
order to survive and win basic human rights. Filmed in the streets of  
Mexico, Korea, Argentina, Palestine, Quebec City, and other locations  
all over the world, this is an emotional and very politicized look at  
glaring injustice and the emerging movements that seek to combat it.

THURSDAY FEB 3 @ 7pm: (QUEER Movie Night) "But I'm a Cheerleader"

A naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents  
and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.

TUESDAY FEB 8 @ 7pm: Monthly Craft Night! w/ Paper Art Skillshare

Come by to start, work on, or complete any craft projects you've been  
working on! There will also be a skill share on paper art (card or  
bookmark making using clippings and mod podge!)

THURSDAY FEB 10 @ 7pm: (Movie Night) "Exit Through the Gift Shop"

The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film  
maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist  
turn the camera back on its owner.

WEDNESDAY FEB 16 @ 7pm: February Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night

The One-Year Anniversary edition! Come write birthday cards to  
political prisoners whose birthdays fall in the month of February!

THURDAY FEB 17 @ 7pm: (Movie Night) Croatan Earth First! Presents  
"Ancient Futures, Learning from Ladakh"

Ladakh, or Little Tibet, is a wildly beautiful desert land high in the  
western Himalayas. It is a place of few resources and an extreme  
climate. Yet, for more than a thousand years, it has been home to a  
thriving culture. The breakdown of Ladakh's culture and environment  
forces us to re-examine what we really mean by progress - not only in  
the developing parts of the world, but in the industrialized world as  
well.

MONDAY FEB 21: BOB SHELDON DAY 2011!

Join us for an evening full of festivities to commemorate the life of  
the founder of Internationalist Books, Bob Sheldon!

THURSDAY FEB 24 @ 7pm: (Movie Night) "The Take"

In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed auto-parts workers walk  
into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave.

All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act  
- The Take - has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head.

MONDAY FEB 28 @ 7pm: February Board Game Night

Be sure to check out the site www.internationalistbooks.org/ for more info on
any of these events!!




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