Some activities

Bart Ehrman
Monday Feb 25, 12:30 pm
Borders Bookstore 150 N. State St.
Ehrman (author of Misquoting Jesus) discusses his newest book:
God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question - Why We Suffer
"He invites all people of faith - or no faith - to confront their deepest questions about how God engages the world and each of us."

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The '68 Experience
Tuesdays, February 19 and 26, 2008
CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM
1601 N. Clark

Forty years later, this three-part series takes a look at how politics, culture, and music shaped 1968. The series includes a special bus tour, Magic Bus: 1968 Chicago. Call 312.642.4600 for more information.
[NOTE: 1st event was on 2/12]

Born To Be Wild
Tuesday, February 19, 7:00 p.m.

San Francisco had Haight-Ashbury and Chicago had Wells Street in Old Town. How did the counterculture take root in Chicago and why was it so important? How did participants achieve a balance between determined political activism and a lifestyle of peace, love, and rock 'n' roll? Museum historian Russell Lewis will be joined by Abe Peck, 60s expert and former editor for The Chicago Seed Magazine and Bonnie Koloc, a female pioneer of the 60s folk music scene and a staple at the Earl of Old Town and other area venues.
Cost: $10; $8 members.

Dance to the Music
Tuesday, February 26, 7:00 p.m.

Terri Hemmert, music expert and WXRT DJ, leads a discussion about how the music of 1968 affected the culture and political movement of the times. The evening concludes with a 90-minute live concert featuring music from 1968 performed by the Captain Blood Orchestra.
Cost: $15; $12 members.

Black History Month events at Revolution Books

Here's the text of the Black History Month leaflet.
It may be convenient for you to copy the text from here to send in messages.

Timuel Black on the Great Migration of Black People from the South to Chicago

Saturday February 23rd at 2PM

Timuel Black will speak on the dreams and expectations of Black people in their migration to Chicago, which gave way to a very different reality and the continuing struggle to bring in a better world.

Timuel Black is an historian and author, retired Professor Emeritus at City Colleges of Chicago. He also taught at Columbia College and Roosevelt University and is a graduate of Roosevelt University and the University of Chicago. He is a lifelong community activist across race and community lines and an activist in civil rights and civil liberties. Black is the author of the oral histories Bridges of Memory, the 3rd volume of which will be in bookstores soon. These oral histories include the stories of people at the center of social and cultural faultlines, from social justice struggles to jazz music.

Opposing White Supremacy and Getting to a Far Better World with Clyde Young of the Revolutionary Communist Party

Friday February 29th at 7PM

As a young man Clyde Young spent many years behind bars in "correctional" institutions and became a revolutionary leader while in prison - leading prison rebellions and other political activity. He was influenced by revolutionary leaders and movements of the 1960s, including Malcolm X, George Jackson, the Black Panther Party, and, especially, the Maoist revolution in China.

Upon his release from prison, Clyde met Bob Avakian and recognized in him unique and special qualities as a leader and also an enormous sense of humor.

Clyde's writings for the revolutionary press range from essays on Martin Luther King and the Vietnam War to recent commentary on Bush's constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage entitled, Biblical Morality, Slavery and Other Horrors, to a major analysis of demographic changes, which was written in the 1980s, Since the '60s: Trends of Impoverishment, Oppression, and Class Polarization in the Black Nation.

In 1990, the Revolutionary Worker newspaper (the voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) and predecessor of Revolution) published a lengthy interview with Clyde Young. Excerpts of the interview will appear in a book entitled, Bandana Republic, which is slated to be published by Soft Skull Press.

About Revolution Books

At a time when people are agonizing over the state of the world and the prospect of a different kind of future, Revolution Books is a vital resource for those looking for answers to the burning questions of the day and a vehicle for broad social ferment and debate. This store features the works of Bob Avakian and the Revolutionary Communist Party (see RCP's weekly newspaper at http://revcom.us/) at the center of a growing range of titles.

Revolution Books
1103 N. Ashland Ave.
Chicago, IL
Phone: (773) 489-0930
revbookschi@yahoo.com