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FUCK THE 4th! Huge Holiday Sale at AK Press!
Join AK Press, your local resource for books, audio and video with which you can change the world, for our annual FUCK THE 4TH SALE!
FUCK THE 4th! Huge Holiday Sale at AK Press!
Thurs. July 1st 4-10pm
Join AK Press, your local resource for books, audio and video with which you can change the world, for our annual FUCK THE 4TH SALE!
Don't let the state of the world ruin the start of your summer... instead of waving the red, white and blue, please join us as we clear out our stock for the start of the fall season. Drop by our warehouse on Thursday, July 1st for great books, CD's, videos, DVD's and gear, starting as low as 1$. Everything in the warehouse will be at least 25% off. We'll also have remainders, damages and overstock to buy in bulk or single copy!
To add to the joy of cheap books, we'll be serving light refreshments and celebrating the hopeful demise of the U.S. government.
Thursday, July 1st - 4pm to 10pm
at the AK Press Warehouse
674-A 23rd St Oakland (between MLK and San Pablo)
Beer, wine and snacks will be served.
For more information contact: josh [at] akpress.org or 510-208-1700
http://www.akpress.org/
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Thurs. July 1st 4-10pm
Join AK Press, your local resource for books, audio and video with which you can change the world, for our annual FUCK THE 4TH SALE!
Don't let the state of the world ruin the start of your summer... instead of waving the red, white and blue, please join us as we clear out our stock for the start of the fall season. Drop by our warehouse on Thursday, July 1st for great books, CD's, videos, DVD's and gear, starting as low as 1$. Everything in the warehouse will be at least 25% off. We'll also have remainders, damages and overstock to buy in bulk or single copy!
To add to the joy of cheap books, we'll be serving light refreshments and celebrating the hopeful demise of the U.S. government.
Thursday, July 1st - 4pm to 10pm
at the AK Press Warehouse
674-A 23rd St Oakland (between MLK and San Pablo)
Beer, wine and snacks will be served.
For more information contact: josh [at] akpress.org or 510-208-1700
http://www.akpress.org/
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Thanks for supplying the books, AK, but please respect the format of this website. Don't publish your commercial ventures here. There is a limit to capitalism....it seems like you would already understand that.
Personally, I also am offended at your "Fuck the 4th" concept. Yeah, I know what the 4th means to the flag-waving nationalists. I know that "Independence Day" in a country with Native American political prisoners is a joke. I know this country is guilty of a lot of crimes against it's own citizens. As a working class, gay man, I'm one of them.
But the 4th to many of us progressives means a time for us to gather with friends and family to value the small freedoms with do have. To share each others company in a non-religious way as a loving community. To talk about what we can do to right the wrongs of our country. And to honor those real patriots who fought and died to liberate our society from the oppression of capital, monarchy, corporate tyranny, religious/non-religious persecution, and even our heroes/heroines who fight today for the freedom of political prisoners, the preservation of our natural heritage, and the end to all discrimination faced by Americans, citizen and immigrant, today. In short, the 4th we celebrate is one in which one day we will truly be liberated, not one of self-congratulatory jingoism. Getting cynical and bitter over it is not empowering yourself and your community to do something better, to do something different, to subvert the negative aspects and replace them with positive ones.
I do love my country. THAT'S why I fight and struggle. I love the world too, but my country comes first, which is why I opposed the Iraq war, why I hate the neo-cons, I hate the corporate control of our society, and why I believe in ending all aid to Israel and other despotic regimes. And I find your event not only antithetical to the progressive values we should honor on that day, but a cynical slap in the face to the masses of Americans who have a clear understanding of the history and present reality of the nation they live in.
In this way, you're behaving with the same detached disregard for community and ethical values that would rival any Monsanto...to turn a buck. But if Ramsey Kanaan really hates America that much, I'm sure Scotland will welcome him back with open arms.
Keep Indybay commercial-free.
Patriotism does not equal Nationalism.
George Orwell "Notes on Nationalism" (1945)
As far FUCK the 4th goes, HELL YES.
Orwell's distinction b/t patriotism and nationalism was clearly and intelligently presented, but you chose to ignore it, saying "Just don't expect most people to catch what you're saying". Try thinking critically instead of just reacting...you might actually learn something. There's a very good reason why people still read Orwell.
We're not really thinking, are we?
I think you people are missing the point. AK Press should be, (is), allowed to post events/sales here because of MUTUAL AID. Mutual Aid is not charity or 'giving' anyone anything, nor is it involve 'tit-for-tat' receprocities found in modern economies. As I perceive it, Mutual Aid simpy involves the recogition that you have an obligation to support thoise people or institutions that are supporting you and acting on that recognition. It's not just about workers co-oops. AK Press hosted and participated in many events and is an intregal part of the Anarchist Community, whereas the Rainbow Grocery or Missing Link co-ops are not. That's why they should be allowed to post here.
Re: Patriotism vs. Nationiam
Yes George Orwell was a great writer. When I was a kid I enjoyed 'Animal Farm". "Homage to Catalonia" was my first exposure to Anarchism. But he wass simply wrong to think he could redefine a word .to erase any conotations he didn't like,. I can redefine "Nazi" as "German Patriot", and indeed many Nazis, including SS colonel Otto Skorensky, (famed for Mussolini's resccue as well as leading the Battle of the Bulge) escaped the noose at Nuremberg by convincing the tribunal that that's all they were. But that redefinition doesn't change their actions one bit. Patriotism is used to justify every attrocity committed in the twentith century\,
snd it almost always equates with Nationialism, Orwell withstanding.
action" page under local events, and not here where no one will see it.
Pointing out the obvious about a commercial post, regardless of who posts it, is not being disruptive nor does one have to have "alterior" motives (by the way, it's ULTERIOR. Go back to school, dumbass).
And Indybay isn't an Anarchist venture, nor to my knowledge has it ever claimed such, but if it is then fuck it because I believe in REAL free speech, not that which is "acceptable" by any one group, whether I belong to that group or not.
And by the way, if Indybay was the realm soley of Anarchists, then they of all people should also be steaming about mixing a source dedicated to the commons with purely commercial advertisements by a so-called "anarchist" book distributor/publisher.
What the fuck happened to the anti-capitalist element of anarchism. Oh, I know. It's just become a slogan of black-clad punk rock teenagers to put on their backpacks, while they hold their picnics and get arrested for no reason (that's ok Johnny, daddy will bail you out.)
Oh, where is the time. I'm totally ranting. Anyway.
I repeat if Indymedia is not Anarchist then why do they have a stall at the Anarchist Book Fair.
"they of all people should also be steaming about mixing a source dedicated to the commons with purely commercial advertisements"
Purely commercial posts appear here all of time, mostly promoting benefit screenings for groups like POOR or Anarchy magazine. Posts appear promying a variety os Spolen Word/Musical events, such as the upcoming Total Liberation tour. Read the sidebar on the features page.
Sometimes the ads promote nothing but themsselves. Check out the ARTS + Ation local sidebar and see Anne Sprikle's Amazing World of Orgasm. Why the fuck are articles promoting movies about Orgasms ok with the indymedia staff but articles promoting books are not.
Why all this hubris for this post? It was not hidden nor was it deleted. It was re-classified as it should have been in the first place. If you are interested in why it was reclassified, please read: http://www.indybay.org/news/2002/08/139500.php
In 1994, 55% of United stock was given to employees as part of a pay cut, called ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). A majority of the company's workers -- its flight attendants and its nonunion employees -- were never even part of the plan. The shares have now been sold for pennies on the dollar, and the ESOP program has been terminated. United of course went into bankruptcy in 2002.
Annie Sprinkle's event is a sale. She's selling movie tickets for a capitialist enterporise. If we allow Annie Sprinkle to post her 'events' , why can't the SF Power Exchange,
I understand that AK's event might be leaning on the side of being inappropiate. But given their contributions to our community, sponsoring events, speakers, report-backs, (just search for indymedia arcticles with "AK Press" as the keyword). They havve a right to post here and we have an obligation to support them, as long as the post is not totally in violation of indymedia's .principles.
BTW: regarding the two posts by hep - Is that 'a example of "troll bait" or is it called "flame bait"
it's called a "valid point". But in an effort to invalidate any criticism of indybay's tactics and/or editorial decisions feel free to try and discredit my statements however you see fit. I just don't see profitting (how ever you wish to spin it, advertising such as this is profitting) off of the indymedia name as a wise move towards keeping credibility for said name. cheers :)