[van-announce] David Gilbert book launches, June 8,9,10

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David Gilbert book launches, June 8,9,10

Where:
Boston, Philadelphia, NYC

When:
Tuesday, 8th of June 2004 from 7:00 PM until approximately 1:00 AM


NO SURRENDER!

 

DAVID GILBERT BOOK LAUNCHES

 

The first book launches/events for the June 7th release date of David Gilbert’s 
new book NO SURRENDER: writings of an anti-imperialist political prisoner 
will take place in the following cities:               

 

Boston, Tuesday June 8

Philadelphia, Wednesday June 9

New York City, Thursday June 10

 

further info about each event follows below
 

 

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Hosted by the Boston Anarchist Black Cross (ABC)

 

They Are In There For Us - We Are Out Here For Them
Political Prisoner Film Screening and Book Release

To Support Jeffrey “Free” Luers and David Gilbert


Tuesday, June 8th, 7:00 pm
Lucy Parsons Center 
549 Columbus Avenue 
Boston, Massachusetts 

Train: Orange Line - Mass Ave
Bus: Route 1 - Columbus Ave

Directions: http://www.lucyparson.org/contacct.html


Speakers TBA

Film Screening: 
"Green With A Vengance" - 40 minutes

In June of 2000 in Eugene, Oregon, 22-year-old forest defense activist 
Jeffrey "Free" Luers was sentenced to an astonishing 22.5 years 
in prison for the burning of three SUVs and an attempted arson. Free has 
appealed his case and is in need of funds to help pay legal costs. After more 
than 3 years of imprisonment, Free has continued to participate in the 
movement through his writings and website. 

Olivia Rousset, an Australian videographer and journalist, produced this video 
report for Dateline Australia back in 2001 on the "Earth Liberation 
Front." Features some of the only video footage of Free in prison, plus 
interviews with Professor Bron Taylor, former ELF spokesperson Craig 
Rosebraugh and anarchist-author John Zerzan. This is one of the best pieces 
on the US ecological defense movement and Jeff's case.   

Book Release:


"No Surrender: writings of an anti-imperialist political prisoner"
by David Gilbert
Published by Abraham Guillen Press & Arm The Spirit 

A founder of Columbia University Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and 
a veteran of the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War movements, David Gilbert 
joined the Weather Underground organisation in the late '60s. After more 
than 10 years of clandestine resistance, he was captured in the course of an 
armed action in 1981. Gilbert has been a revolutionary political prisoner, 
continuing his work as an AIDS activist and author from behind the walls. 

This first collection of David Gilbert's prison writings is a unique 
contribution to our understanding of the most ambitious and audacious 
attempts by white anti-imperialists to build an underground movement 
"within the belly of the beast." With unsparing honesty (and 
unfailing humor), he discusses the errors and successes of the WUO and its 
allies; the pitfalls of racism, sexism and ego in revolutionary 
organizations; and the possibilities and perils facing today's growing 
anti-imperialist resistance. 

"No Surrender" is both an analysis of the past and a vision of our 
collective future. And more. It is the intensely personal, harrowing true 
story of a captive revolutionary, struggling to maintain an active 
political life deep inside America's repressive prisons, where principle 
is his only weapon and surrender is not an option. It's not an easy book; it's 
not an easy path. But it is one we all need to know, to honor, and to understand. 

Copies of "No Surrender" will be available


For more info contact:
Boston Anarchist Black Cross
abc-boston at hush.com

http://baamboston.org/abc


 

Flyers are also available:

http://wwwbaamboston.org/abc/abc-june8.pdf

http://wwwbaamboston.org/abc/abc-june8.jpg


 


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The Criminal Justice Unit of the AFSC and Wooden Shoe Books proudly present:

 

CAN'T JAIL THE SPIRIT: 

POLITICAL PRISONERS IN THE UNITED STATES    

 

A special panel discussion in honor of the release of "No Surrender: 
writings from an anti-imperialist political prisoner" by David 
Gilbert, a former member of Students for a Democratic Society and the 
Weather Underground Organization. Arrested in 1981 as a white ally to the 
Black Liberation Army, he is one of the longest held political prisoners in 
the United States. Copies of the book will be available for sale at the event. 

 

featuring:

* A representative from the MOVE ORGANIZATION;  

* CHESA BOUDIN, David Gilbert’s son; prison and anti-war activist;

* NAOMI JAFFE, former member of the Weather Underground;

* LUIS SANABRIA, activist with the Centro Juan Antonio Corretjer;

* A member of the SHOATZ FAMILY, relatives of Black Liberation Army political 
prisoner Russell Maroon Shoatz

 

Wednesday, June 9, 7:00 pm 

at the FRIENDS CENTER

1515 CHERRY STREET

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

(3 blocks north of Market St. on the NW corner of 15th and Cherry)

 

There are more than 100 political prisoners in the United States, incarcerated 
for their actions on behalf of social justice. They come from progressive 
movements based in communities of color, working class communities, and 
white anti-imperialists.

 

Donations requested to benefit local political prisoner support organizations. No 
one turned away for lack of funds.

 

For more information: 

call 267-251-5720 or email xdbergerx at juno.com

 

 

Praise for "No Surrender":

 

“David Gilbert’s analytical clarity, commitment to universal justice, and 
unswerving integrity shine through his words. This book is a beacon of 
revolutionary hope and inspiration for extremely troubled times.”

—Barbara Smith, author

 

"David Gilbert is a warrior in the most profound sense of the term. Imbued with a 
near-crystalline clarity of principle, the indomitable courage to live 
his life in accordance with the values he holds true, and, most importantly, 
his every action guided by the immensity of his love for the wretched of this 
earth, he is truly an inspiration. Predictably, given the strength of 
Gilbert's character, his writings are offered as tools—nay, WEAPONS—in 
the ongoing struggle for liberation. They are thus of incalculable value to 
each of us who aspires to the attainment of freedom, justice and dignity for 
ALL people."

—Ward Churchill, author

 

"This book stands alone in the growing number of books about the 1960s, the 
anti-Vietnam War Movement, and the Weather Underground Organization 
because of David’s willingness to own it and analyze it. His discussion of 
our strengths and weaknesses, the role of armed struggle, the rise of 
terrorism, and the continued aggression of the U.S. government speak 
directly to the concerns of everyone working for justice anywhere. David’s 
approach to these topics is freer, more alive, and more honest than any I have 
read. This book should stimulate learning from our political prisoners, 
but more importantly it challenges us to work to free them, and in doing so 
take the best of our history forward."

—Susan Rosenberg, former U.S. political prisoner

 

 

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Resistance in Brooklyn
in conjunction with the Columbia University Office of Social Justice 
Initiatives and the Brecht Forum
presents


NO SURRENDER! 

A Book Party for the New Collected Writings 

of Political Prisoner DAVID GILBERT 


Thursday, June 10, 2004, 7:00 pm
Columbia University Law School
West 116th Street and Amsterdam Avenue

New York City


Presenters: Ashanti Alston, Chesa Boudin, Juan Gonzalez, Naomi Jaffe, Jeff Jones, 
Monifa Akinwole-Bandele, Susan Rosenberg, Barbara Smith, and Laura Whitehorn.


David Gilbert is one of America's longest-held political prisoners, and one of 
the most politically active. A founder of Columbia University Students for 
a Democratic Society (SDS), and a veteran of the Civil Rights and 
anti-Vietnam War movements, Gilbert joined the Weather Underground 
Organization (WUO) in the late 1960s. After more than 10 years of 
clandestine resistance, he was captured in the course of an armed action in 
1981. Since that time, he has worked inside the New York State prison system 
as an AIDS activist, prisoner rights organizer, and author.

No Surrender is the first collection of David Gilbert's writings, and 
provides a unique contribution to our understanding of the most ambitious 
and audacious attempts by white anti-imperialists to build an underground 
movement "within the belly of the beast." With unsparing 
honesty and unfailing humor, he discusses the errors and successes of the 
WUO and their allies; the pitfalls of racism, sexism, and ego in 
revolutionary organizations; and the possibilities and perils facing 
today's growing anti-war and anti-globalization movements. 


Ashanti Alston, former Black Liberation Army political prisoner and current 
coordinator of Critical Resistance Northeast; Chesa Boudin, student 
activist, Rhodes Scholar, and son of Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert; Juan 
Gonzalez, co-host of Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now!, columnist , New York 
Daily News, president of the National Association of Hispanic 
Journalists, and old SDS friend of David's; Naomi Jaffe and Jeff Jones, 
former WUO activists;  Monifa Akinwole-Bandele, Director of Malcolm X 
Grassroots Movement; Susan Rosenberg, former political prisoner, noted 
PEN author; Barbara Smith, noted poet and author, founder of Kitchen Table 
Women of Color Press; Laura Whitehorn, former political prisoner, current 
POZ editor and human rights activist. Also featuring some of David’s other 
friends-Matt Meyer, Teresa Agrillo, and Elana Levy.


50% of No Surrender book sales from this evening's event will be donated to 
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Commissary Fund for NY State political 
prisoners. Signed book plates will be available for the first sixty books sold!!

Suggested donation $6/$8/$10

For more info contact: mmmsrnb at igc.org




 





  




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