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Thursday August 25, 5:30 – $5 Cover – Against Censorship Artists Against Censorship: A Literary Event “Poet Saw Wei was imprisoned for two and a half years for hiding an anti-government message in a poem. Mao Thawka, also a poet, died while serving 20 years for writing a poem critical of the military. Burmese comedian …
Thursday August 18, 7pm – Non- Fiction – Alternative Media The LA Vanguard, ThisCantBeHappening!, and the Future of Alternative Journalism The staffs of two remarkable alternative news organizations, the Los Angeles Vanguard of 1976, and ThisCantBeHappening!, a current online alternative newspaper, will come together to tell the stories of these two publications, and discuss the …
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Sunday, May 22, 11am – Nation Discussion Group – Everyone Invited The Nation Discussion Group We will have a change of pace at next month’s Nation Discussion meeting. Our own Will Richan will do a presentation on his new novel, The Onion Man. Will writes, “The Onion Man is not a message wrapped in a piece …
Saturday, April 30, 5pm – Discussion The Philly Collaborative for Reproductive Justice and Support Kick-Off: Community Discussion and Pre-screening: National and Local Attacks on our Bodies, Health and Communities. Speakers from: One Love Movement, Positive Women’s Network, Planned Parenthood, Philadelphia Women’s Center, and more.
Sunday May 1, 2pm – Film, Discussion & Exhibit of Collages Red Ink May Day Celebration Political Prisoners, Isolation & Torture in America With Hakim Green, Bonnie Kerness, Ojore Lutalo, Luis Sanabria & TJ Whitaker Hakim Green is Hip-Hop. He uses it to address the ills affecting black culture and he founded the For Life …
Wednesday, April 27, 6pm – Discussion Forclosures
Sunday, April 17, 11am – Nation Discussion Group – Everyone Welcome Linda Rabben author of Give Refuge to the Stranger: The Past, Present, and Future of Sanctuary ($26.95) The concept of sanctuary—giving refuge to the threatened, vulnerable stranger—is universal and older than human society. From its origins in primate populations, to its elaboration in ancient …
Tuesday, April 5, 7pm – Non-Fiction Jen Marlowe and Sami Al Jundi (via video) authors of The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian’s Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker
Wednesday, March 23, 8pm – Non-Fiction ************CANCELLED************ Clarence Lusane author of The Black History of the White House ($19.95 City Lights Publishers) and Linn Washington Jr., Philadelplhia journalist and journalism professor “Black folks built the White House in more ways than one. In this beautifully rendered narrative, Clarence Lusane recasts the whole of American history …
Sunday, March 13, 11am – Nation Discussion Group – All Welcome Tom Paine Cronin will discuss the attack on government workers and their unions. The first offensive is now underway as the Governor of Wisconsin has just announced his plan to strip state workers of their collective bargaining rights, cut pay and benefits and to deny any …