RTP-area local music and culture

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Greetings and Salutations members of Internationalist Books! Your local 
radical bookshop and community center has the following things going on in 
the near future:

*Tomorrow* FLOC PRESENTATION: Tues April 26 @ 7pm
Former Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) National BoycottDirector Nick 
Wood will be speaking about farm worker issues and how you can get involved 
with the current FLOC campaign demanding justice from  Reynolds tobacco.  He 
will also talk about the history of the union and his involvement in the 
successful struggle against Mt. Olive Pickle that resulted in an historic 
agreement covering 8,000 farmworkers.

Come join him and see how you could get involved, or just if you're curious 
about FLOC! (http://supportfloc.org/default.aspx)

AUTHOR READING, JIMMY CREECH: "ADAM'S GIFT: A MEMOIR OF A PASTOR'S 
CALLING TO DEFY THE CHURCH'S PERSECUTION OF LESBIANS AND GAYS," Wed 
April 27 @ 7pm
An inspiring first-person account of how a conversation transformed Jimmy 
Creech's life and ministry.

EARTH FIRST! MOVIE NIGHT: "What a Way to Go!: Life at the end of Empire" 
Thu April 28 @ 7pm
A middle class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mass 
Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of the American Lifestyle.

_MAY EVENTS_

MOVIE NIGHT: "ZAPATISTA" Thu May 5 @ 7pm
In honor of Cinco de Mayo, a movie on Mexican Revolution

WORKSHOP/DISCUSSION: "SURVEILLANCE SELF-DEFENSE" Fri May 6 @ 7pm
What can the government legally do to spy on your computer data 
andcommunications? And what can you legally do to protect yourself against 
such spying?

TRANS DISCUSSION GROUP Wed May 11 @ 8pm

MOVIE NIGHT: "Defamation" Thu May 12 @ 7pm
What is antisemitism today, two generations after the Holocaust? In 
hiscontinuing exploration of modern Israeli life, director Yoav Shamir 
(Checkpoint, 5 Days, Flipping Out) travels the world in search of the most 
modern manifestations of the oldest hatred, and comes up with some startling 
answers.

AUTHOR READING: "Something to Say: Thoughts on Art and Politics in America" 
Tue May 17 @ 7pm
Something to Say is a book by Richard Klin containing short profiles 
ofartists in America today and discusses the relationship of their art to 
politics and current events. (Includes profiles of Howard Zinn, Pete Seeger, 
Yoko Ono, and many others)

MAY POLITICAL PRISONER LETTER WRITING NIGHT Wed May 18 @ 7pm

EARTH FIRST! MOVIE NIGHT: "Know Your Mushrooms!" Thu May 19 @ 7pm

TRANS DISCUSSION GROUP Wed May 25 @ 8pm

MOVIE NIGHT: "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" Thue May 26 @ 7pm

INTEREST MEETING: Girls Rock! Sat May 28 @ 6pm

AUTHOR READING: "Islamophobia: The Ideological Campaign Against Muslims," Mon 
May 30 @ 7pm
Rogue academics, opportunist pundits, mosque controversies, American beauty 
queens, racial profiling, Bush's militarism and Obama's smart power are just 
a handful of topics critically analyzed and contextualized.---

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