Friday, June 19, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Sin Orden, Expendable Youth, Rat Bastards @ Rancho Huevos, 2966 S. Archer Ave., Chicago, IL, $6

Saturday, June 20, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Party by the Slice @ Garfield House, Milwaukee, WI (early show)

Saturday, June 20, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Pyroklast @ Bent Press, Madison, WI (late show)

Sunday, June 21, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Hag, Deep Shit @ Drunk Tank, Minneapolis, MN

Monday, June 22, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Complete Waste, Amort @ Memory Lanes, 2520 26th Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN, 21+, 10:30pm

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes @ Vaudeville Mews, 212 Fourth Street, Des Moines, IA

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Bring Down the Hammer, Shred Scare, Dark Ages, Bombs Over Broadway @ Bobby’s Loft, 1026 Hickory Street, Floor 4, Kansas City, MO

Thursday, June 25, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Bring Down the Hammer @ Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS, 5pm

Friday, June 26, 2009 – Smart Cops (Italy), In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Cross Examination, Suburban Smash @ The School House, 712 Fannie Ave., St. Louis, MO, 7pm

Saturday, June 27, 2009 – Common Enemy, Disaster Strikes, many more @ Skatopia Bowl Bash XIV, 34961 Hutton Rd., Rutland, OH

Sunday, June 28, 2009 – Common Enemy, Disaster Strikes @ The Corner Pocket, 102 E. Market St., Blairsville, PA, 2pm (EARLY SHOW!)

MORE SHOWS!

Sunday, August 2, 2009 – Intifada, !Liberate!, Cold Shoulder, Disaster Strikes @ Midway Café, 3496 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain (Boston), MA, 6pm, All Ages

Friday, August 7, 2009 – Common Enemy, Disaster Strikes @ 217 S. Whitney Street, Hartford, CT, 7:00 p.m., $5

   

  Saturday, August 8, 2009 – Common Enemy, Disaster Strikes, USA Waste, Breadline, Interrogator, Life Moves On @ Keith Anderson Community Center, 8 Bennoch Rd., Orono, ME, 5:30 p.m., $4

 

  Sunday, August 9, 2009 – Common Enemy, Disaster Strikes, Suburban Showdown @ Midway Café, 3496 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain (Boston), MA, 3pm, All Ages

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LUCY PARSONS CENTER UPCOMING EVENTS
(read below for more details)
http://lucyparsons.org/calendar.php
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1) Radical Film Night - A Grin Without A Cat
--> Wed Feb 25, 7pm

2) Mexico Solidarity Network Speaking Tour With Edith Lopez Ovalle
--> Sat Feb 28, 2pm

3) Radical Film Night - Don't Need You: The Herstory Of Riot Grrrl
--> Wed Mar 4, 7pm

4) Radical Film Night - This Palestinian Life
--> Wed Mar 18, 7pm

5) Becoming The Media: A Critical History Of Clamor
--> Mon Mar 30, 7pm

6) The FBI War On Tupac And Black Leaders: Author Talk
--> Fri Apr 10, 7pm

7) ongoing events


~ All LPC events are free and open to the public (though donations are greatly
appreciated).  If you have any questions, call us at (617) 267-6272.  For info
about who we are, how to host an event, how to become a collective member or
how to get to the LPC, please read the end of this email. ~



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EVENT DESCRIPTIONS
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Radical Film Night - A Grin Without A Cat
(Wed Feb 25, 7pm)

A GRIN WITHOUT A CAT is Chris Marker's epic film-essay on the worldwide
political wars of the 60's and 70's: Vietnam, Bolivia, May '68, Prague, Chile,
and the fate of the New Left.

Released in France in 1978, restored and "re-actualized" by Marker fifteen
years later (after the fall of the Soviet Union), we are proud to release the
film now for the first time in the United States.

Described by Marker as "scenes of the Third World War," the film (the original
French title is virtually untranslatable) is divided into two parts, each
weaving together two strands.



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Mexico Solidarity Network Speaking Tour With Edith Lopez Ovalle
(Sat Feb 28, 2pm)

Mexico Solidarity Network Spring Tour with Edith Lopez Ovalle:
Human Rights and the Other Campaign: Political organizing and culture.

Edith is a 25-year-old artist and a member of Hijos por la Identidad y la
Justicia contra el Olvido y el Silencio (HIJOS) where she Works with the
Committee on Art and Politics.        HIJOS is a member of the Otra Camp?nd works
around questions of human rights, particularly the death and disappearance of
social actors.        The parents of most of the members of HIJOS were political
prisoners, and many were killed or disappeared in the 60s, 70s and 80s.  HIJOS
is a multi-national organization founded in Argentina and with chapters in
Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Chile and Mexico.  HIJOS works at the
cultural level with innovative public events like "escraches" that draw
attention to human rights violators.  In "escraches," protestors hold vigils or
demonstrations in front of the homes or offices of human rights violators,
calling public attention to their illegal acts in front of neighbors and fellow
workers.  HIJOS also renames streets, replacing the names of known human rights
violators with dissident heroes.  For more information on HIJOS, see
http://hijosmexico.org/

http://mexicosolidarity.org/



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Radical Film Night - Don't Need You: The Herstory Of Riot Grrrl
(Wed Mar 4, 7pm)

"don't need you" is a documentary film that tells the story of the origins of
Riot Grrrl in the American independent music scene of the 1990s, and how this
feminist movement evolved into a revolutionary underground network of education
and self-awareness through music, writing, activism, and women-friendly
community.  The film gives audiences a chance to meet key figures in the
development of Riot Grrrl and see for themselves how these women have changed
the history of music and feminism forever.  The film features one-on-one
interviews interspersed with rare, archival materials, including original Riot
Grrrl fanzines, flyers, and photographs, as well as seldom seen footage from
pioneering Riot Grrrl bands like Bikini Kill, Heavens to Betsy, and Bratmobile.
- description from urban cowgirl productions

http://urbancowgirlproductions.com/uc/?page_id=3



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Radical Film Night - This Palestinian Life
(Wed Mar 18, 7pm)

Film & Discussion with filmmaker

"This Palestinian Life" shares stories of nonviolent struggle in Palestinian
rural communities in the face of the Israeli occupation.  Filmmaker Philip Rizk
meets with villagers in the Gaza Strip, Jordan Valley, and the South Hebron
Hills who have endured home demolitions, imprisonment, settler attacks, and
other forms of oppression that threaten their very way of life.

Some Palestinians return violence with violence.  Most Palestinians don't. 
Nonviolent struggle often takes the shape of demonstrations, boycotts, and
civil disobedience to counter illegal methods of expansion.  For Palestinians,
this struggle more often resembles sumoud (steadfastness) and perseverance, as
they find creative and bold ways of remaining on their land and in their
villages despite the occupation.

This film exposes the rarely told story of community-based resistance against
the unjust policies of an occupying state.

http://thispalestinianlife.blogspot.com/



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Becoming The Media: A Critical History Of Clamor
(Mon Mar 30, 7pm)

Clamor Magazine was a movement publication that existed between 2000 and 2006,
covering radical politics, culture, and activism.  Clamor published 38 issues
and featured over 1,000 different writers and artists.        The mission statement
was:
Clamor is a quarterly print magazine and online community of radical thought,
art, and action.  An iconoclast among its peers, Clamor is an unabashed
celebration of self-determination, creativity, and shit-stirring.  Clamor
publishes content of, by, for, and with marginalized communities.  From the
kitchen table to shop floor, the barrio to the playground, the barbershop to
the student center, it's old school meets new school in a battle for a better
tomorrow.  Clamor is a do-it-yourself guide to everyday revolution.

This analysis is presented as a case study on how movement projects and
organizations deal with vital but rarely discussed issues such as management,
sustainability, ownership, structure, finance, decision making, power,
diversity, and vision.

Reviews:
"An excellent piece.  I learned a great deal from reading it. I think it's a
great contribution that lots of folks will find very useful in future projects,
and not just media projects." -- Max Elbaum, author, Revolution in the Air

"An extremely valuable resource, and very well done." -- Jordan Flaherty, Left
Turn Magazine

About the Author:

Jen Angel has been a writer and media activist for over 15 years.  Jen's
publishing history includes Clamor, publishing the Zine Yearbook, and editing
MaximumRockNRoll.  She is a founding board member of Allied Media Projects, a
non-profit independent media advocacy organization and a contributing editor to
Yes! Magazine.        Since leaving Clamor, she has worked as a producer for KPFA
Radio, and a publicist and tour manager through the cooperative booking agency,
Aid & Abet.

She blogs on media and activism at http://jenangel.wordpress.com/

http://aidandabet.org/



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The FBI War On Tupac And Black Leaders: Author Talk
(Fri Apr 10, 7pm)

John Potash presents a discussion and slides about his book "The FBI War on
Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders."  He will present some 25 pictures in the book
including pictures of some of source documents.  These range from court papers
to CIA documents obtained through FOIA applications.

http://fbiwarontupac.com/



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There are several ongoing events hosted at the Lucy Parsons Center:

Radical Film Night
every Wednesday, 7pm
upcoming:  February 25th; March 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th

Industrial Workers Of The World meeting
second Sunday of each month, 2pm
upcoming:  March 8th

BAAM meeting
first Tuesday of each month, 7pm
upcoming:  March 3rd

Socialist Party Of Boston meeting
last Sunday of each month, 12pm
upcoming:  March 29th

Rising Tide meeting
first Sunday of each month, 5:30pm
upcoming:  March 1st

Please see the calendar at our web site for descriptions: 
http://lucyparsons.org/calendar.php



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                   ABOUT LPC
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+++ Where are we?

Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Avenue
Boston's South End
Telephone: (617) 267-6272
Email: lucyparsons@tao.ca
web: http://lucyparsons.org/

+++ What are we?

The Lucy Parsons Center, Boston's collectively run 
radical bookstore features an extensive selection 
of radical books and magazines, internet access, 
space for talks and meetings, and free movies 
Wednesday nights.  Located at 549 Columbus Avenue 
in the South End the store is just down from Mass 
Ave and easily reached from the Mass Ave and 
Symphony T stations and the #1 bus.  Regular store 
hours 12-9pm weekdays and 1-7 on weekends.
 
+++ Volunteer

Volunteering at LPC isn't just about donating your 
labor. All of the Lucy Parsons Center volunteers 
contribute to all aspects of running the store and 
can take part in all decisions in how it's run.  
If you know anything about grant writing, web 
design, or any other skills you think would be 
useful, or if you just want to be part of this 
great radical project, please email us at 
volunteer@lucyparsons.org

+++ Use our space for radical stuff
 
One of the most important apects of the Lucy 
Parsons Center is providing a community meeting 
place for radical activities.  If you want to host 
an event, please send an email to us at 
events@lucyparsons.org.  Make sure to give enough 
notice so that we can approve the event at our 
bimonthly meetings.

If you have a group that needs a space to have 
regular meetings, just come to the bookstore and 
fill out a space request form.  Again, make sure to 
allow time for approval by the collective.

+++ Donate MONEY!
 
Although we are proud to demonstrate that an 
all volunteer collective can survive in capitalist 
United States, we can certainly use your help. 
The majority of our income comes from book 
sales and most of that goes straight to pay our 
landlord and bills. Without support from our 
community, we could not continue to function. 

A regular monthly or annual donation makes a 
real difference to us and enables us to improve 
the center and its offerings.

Please consider becoming a monthly supporter with 
a regular monthly donation of whatever you are able.
Even $5 a month makes a big difference. And don't 
forget we have 501(c)3 status, so all donations to the 
LPC are tax deductible.

You can donate online through Network For Good:
https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/ExpressDonation.aspx?ORGID2=043159201

Whatever you can give helps us to keep fighting even 
donating the change of your purchase can make a 
difference.


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