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Hello everyone!

Here is the November newsletter for Internationalist Books and Community 
Center. You can also follow us on Facebook for more news and info about 
events and happenings at the shop:www.facebook.com/internationalistbooks.

Have you come to visit us in our new space at 101 Lloyd St in Carrboro? 
After our first month, we're feeling more settled in and really excited 
about all the energy and potential this move has created. Come visit if 
you haven't, and be in touch with ideas for events, programs and 
inventory you'd like to see here!

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Resisting Federal Surveillance & State Repression, Presentation by 
Leslie James Pickering, November 6

Eddie Conway Speaking in the Triangle, November 13 & 14

5th Annual Carrboro Anarchist Bookfair, November 21-23

Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night, November 10

Trans Discussion Group Dates in November

Prison Books Workdays Every Sunday, Support Prisoners By Becoming A 
Sustaining Donor!

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Resisting Federal Surveillance & State Repression: The Case of Leslie 
James Pickering, the Earth Liberation Front Press Office & Burning Books

Thursday, November 6th at 7pm at Internationalist Books

A decade after being under heavy federal surveillance for exercising 
free speech in support of the underground Earth Liberation Front, Leslie 
James Pickering discovered that his associates are being questioned by 
the FBI, the US Post Office is copying his incoming mail, he was put on 
a secret list for maximum security screening at airports and a federal 
grand jury subpoena was issued for records on him, his family and his 
bookstore, Burning Books. Leslie has launched an extensive legal and 
public campaign to resist this surveillance, which he believes is aimed 
to repress Burning Books and the surge of activism and awareness that 
the bookstore generates. This multimedia presentation will open eyes to 
methods used by the federal government to repress activists and freedom 
struggles, and how they can be resisted.

https://www.facebook.com/events/733839623353856/

Leslie will also be speaking on Wednesday, November 5th on campus at 
UNC. Event details here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1496692400587809/
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Eddie Conway Speaking in the Triangle, November 13 and 14

Eddie Conway will be speaking in Chapel Hill and Durham on November 13th 
and 14th.

Thursday, November 13th, 7pm at UNC Chapel Hill
https://www.facebook.com/events/1487273738220079/

Friday, November 14th, 7pm at The Pinhook, Durham
https://www.facebook.com/events/867582423274183/


Marshall "Eddie" Conway was the defense minister of the Baltimore 
chapter of the Black Panther Party. Framed for the murder of two 
Baltimore police officers in 1970, he was sentenced to life in prison. 
While in prison, Eddie Conway earned three diplomas, started a prison 
literacy program, and organized prisoner unions and libraries. Conway 
has authored two books from prison, Marshall Law: The Life and Times of 
a Baltimore Black Panther, and his exposé The Greatest Threat: The Black 
Panther Party and COINTELPRO. After serving 43 years in prison, Conway 
was released on March 4, 2014.

Eddie Conway will be speaking about his time in the Black Panther Party, 
his prisoner organizing work inside prison, and what his life has been 
like since being released.
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5th Annual Carrboro Anarchist Bookfair, November 21-23

We're thrilled to be one of the spaces for the fifth year of the annual 
Carrboro Anarchist Bookfair at the end of November. A lot of exciting 
presentations are already confirmed, and you can learn more about the 
workshops, events, and tables as details are finalized by visiting the 
website at carrboroanarchistbookfair.wordpress.com. 
<http://carrboroanarchistbookfair.wordpress.com/workshops-and-events/>
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Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night, November 10th

The Internationalist Prison Books Collective brings you our monthly 
Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night. Write letters and birthday 
cards to political prisoners with birthdays in the month of November.

Monday, November 10th at 7:00pm

Bring friends, snacks and money to help with postage!

Writing letters is a great way to support prisoners and let our 
political prisoners know they are loved and not forgotten. Check out 
prisonbooks.info every month to find the poster of birthdays to share 
with friends or write from home if you can't join us for letter writing 
night!

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Trans Discussion Group Dates in November

Wednesday, November 12th at 8:00pm
(open): for people who identify as transgender/genderqueer/otherwise 
gender-questioning or gender-nonconforming, as well as their friends, 
family and allies

Wednesday, November 26th at 8:00pm
(closed): for people who identify as transgender/genderqueer/otherwise 
gender-questioning or gender-nonconforming.

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Prison Books Workdays Every Sunday, Support Prisoners By Becoming A 
Sustaining Donor!

Prison Books Workdays Every Sunday from 1 - 4 in Carrboro. Check out 
prisonbooks.info for more information.

For 7 years the Internationalist Prison Books Collective has been sending
books and resource guides, for free, to thousands of prisoners all over
the South. Whether a prisoner is teaching themselves to read, filing a
grievance, or organizing on the inside, we are a lifeline.

We need your help! Due to an increase in requests, we desperately need
people to help open prisoners' letters and fill packages. It's a simple
and fulfilling way to make a difference and show people they aren't
forgotten.

Please make a monetary donation topay for postage and supplies to help 
us continue this vital work.
https://www.everribbon.com/prisonbooks

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