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Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movements & States in Latin America
Ben Dangl
- Friday, March 11
- 7 PM
In the past decade, grassroots social movements played major roles in electing left-leaning governments throughout Latin America, but subsequent relations between the streets and the states remain uneasy. In Dancing with Dynamite, award-winning journalist Benjamin Dangl explores the complex ways these movements have worked with, against, and independently of national governments. From dynamite-wielding miners in Bolivia to the struggles of landless farmers in Brazil and Paraguay, Dangl discusses the dance between movements and states in seven different Latin American countries. Using original research, lively prose, and extensive interviews with workers, farmers, and politicians, he suggests how Latin American social movement strategies could be applied internationally to build a better world now.
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Activist Films from Okinawa
- Thursday, March 17
- 7 PM
Come to a night of activist films from Okinawa highlighting the militarized occupation and resistance in Okinawa and mainland Japan, and the network of activists mobilizing to challenge it. "Message from Yanbaru" is a short narrative by villagers who protest against the helipad relocation in Takae, Okinawa.
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Book Signing
Vegan Paradise, A New Worldview to Save Our Bodies, Minds and Souls--And Life on Earth
Shakti Marquis
- Sunday, March 20
- 3-4 PM
Come meet author Shakti Marquis as she signs copies of her new book, Vegan Paradise! In this compelling book, Marquis shows how our minds, our bodies and our natural food system were logically and beautifully designed to "work" together to create a lifestlye in which plants, animals, and people live harmoniously.
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One People! One Party! One Destiny!
Omali Yeshitela
- Monday, March 21
- 7 PM
One People! One Party! One Destiny! is the guide to African Revolution in the twenty-first century. It contains the visionary Political Report to the Fifth Congress of the African People's Socialist Party, as well as solidarity statements and Party-to-Party salutes from around the world It provides brilliant leadership on the critical issues facing anti-imperialists today, including the crisis of imperialism in the era of Obama; Reparations - a revolutionary demand; The basis for Black Power within current U.S. borders; How to build economic and organizational self-reliance; and much more.
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Susie Bright’s Smugglers’ Cove Birthday Bash and Book Party
Big Sex, Little Death!
Susie Bright
- Thursday, March 24
- 6-9 PM
- OFF-SITE: Smugglers' Cove, 650 Gough Street (at McAllister), San Francisco
In her new memoir, Big Sex, Little Death, Susie Bright recounts the adventure, sacrifice, danger, and controversy of her unexpected and extraordinary life. Susie’s life began in at the cusp of the 60s with her proto-linguist parents, who traveled the globe of vanishing languages, hidden worlds teetering on extinction. Their divorce, and the unprecedented deaths and cliffhangers that followed, led Susie through a panorama of mid-century California dreaming: Brush dances, Venice beaches, Gay beatniks.
By the 80s, Susie launched to fame as the first mainstream journalist in old-school porn, and co-founded the first women’s sex magazine, On Our Backs— which led to a Shakespearean-level drama, complete with knives and bombs. What’s a peace-loving feminist sex guru to do? Having a baby hadn’t been in her plans. Come celebrate Susie's groundbreaking life.
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Capital and Its Discontents
Sasha Lilley
- Tuesday, March 29
- 7 PM
Capitalism is stumbling, empire is faltering, and the planet is thawing. Yet many people are still grappling with understanding these multiple crises and to find a way forward to a just future. Into the breach come the insights of Capital and Its Discontents. Through a series of incisive conversations with some of the most eminent thinkers and political economists on the Left—including David Harvey, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Mike Davis, Leo Panitch, Tariq Ali, and Noam Chomsky—acclaimed broadcaster Sasha Lilley's Capital and Its Discontents illuminates the dynamic contradictions undergirding capitalism and the potential for its dethroning.
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Rulers & Rebels: A People's History of Early California, 1769-1901
Laurence H. Shoup
- Wednesday, March 30
- 7 PM
Rulers & Rebels: A People's History of Early California, 1769-1901, fills an important gap in books about California history. Focusing on history as the conflict between the Rulers (the ruling class) and the Rebels (the working class), in the tradition of Howard Zinn's "people's history" books, the author presents a history of California from below.
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Tede Matthews Initiative Special Events
The Tede Matthews Initiative (TMI) is a new project of Modern Times Bookstore. Honoring the fierce cultural legacy of founding collective member Tede Matthews’ queer literary cultural activism, TMI partners with Mission District community cultural organizations, schools, artists, and educators to launch a series of performances, workshops and free to low cost cultural events to support the Bay Area's activist, artistic, and literary communities. To support us or find out more, click here.
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Monthly Events
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Spanish Book Group/ Circulo de Lectoras/ es de Literatura en Espanol
- Fourth Tuesdays: Tuesday, March 22
- 7 PM
A mix of native speakers and advanced level hablantes, the group has been meeting in the Mission District on a monthly basis for nine years. Participants receive a 10% discount on their book purchases.
Los libros estan en la seccion de libros en espanol. Las personas que participan en el grupo reciben 10% de descuento al comprar los libros.
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Queer Open Mic
- Every fourth Friday: March 25
- 7 PM sign up, 7:30 PM show
Queer Open Mic offers a wild mix of open mic performances and kick-ass features. All ages and kinds of queer are welcome. Five minute max, $3-$5.
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The Burger Queen Social
By the minds of Gay Shame & Ships in the Night
- Last Saturday of the month: March 26
- 5:30 PM
On the lookout for a way to connect with wildly queer, deviously radical, hella fun queers? Well, here comes the Burger Queen Social! A great opportunity to meet other radical queer folks to hook up for political witchery and great discussion. Free vegan eats and a wicked DJ!
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Radical Roots Sing-A-Long!
- Sunday, March 27
- 5 PM
Come to this monthly sing-a-long of Labor, Freedom, & Housing Songs. Come and sing!
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Gay Shame Weekly Meetings
- Every Saturday
- 5:30 PM
Gay Shame seeks nothing less than a new queer activism that foregrounds race, class, gender and sexuality, to counter gay consumerism and the increasingly hypocritical left. Come to a general meeting: all are welcome.
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