Ward Churchill & David Gilbert events this week!

Thursday, July 29th 7-9pm
Ward Churchill

On The Justice of Roosting Chickens
Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality
(more information on the book and author at the bottom of this message)

At the New College of California
777 Valencia St. San Francisco
Sliding scale $5-10 - no one turned away
The first of 3 events across the Bay Area.
Co-hosted by AK Press and the New College Center for Education and Social Action

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Friday, July 30th, 7pm
Book Release Celebration

David Gilbert's
NO SURRENDER
writings from an anti-imperialist political prisoner

At the AK Press Warehouse
674A 23rd Street
Oakland (between San Pablo & MLK)

Featuring Chesa Boudin, David Gilbert's son
Ward Churchill, author and Native American activist
Linda Evans, former Political Prisoner
Kali Akuno, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
Clare Bayard, Heads Up Collective & Anti Racism for Global Justice
Maria Poblet, poet
Recorded Statements by Political Prisoners David Gilbert, Marilyn Buck & Mumia Abu-Jamal

On Sale - No Surrender
Donations $5-10 no one turned away for lack of funds

David Gilbert is a Political Prisoner, founder of Columbia University SDS, a veteran of the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War movements. He joined the Weather Underground 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 advocate, and author.

No Surrender is a look at 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, David 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.

All events at AK Press are wheelchair accessible.

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Saturday, July 31st 7-9pm
Ward Churchill
On the Justice of Roosting Chickens
Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality

At the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
1924 Cedar St. (at Bonita) in Berkeley, CA 94709
Sliding scale $5-10 - no one turned away
Co-hosted by AK Press and Modern Times Bookstore

Further Information:
Ward Churchill (Keetoowah Cherokee) is professor of American Indian Studies and chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado/Boulder. A member of the leadership council of Colorado AIM (American Indian Movement), he is a past national spokesperson for the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. A prolific writer and lecturer, he has authored, co-authored or edited more then 20 books.

On the Justice of Roosting Chickens; Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality, was published by AK Press in Spring 2004.
$15.95 | ISBN: 1-902593-79-0 | 309p.

About the book: The record speaks for itself: The "Most Peace-Loving of Nations" has been engaged in brutal military campaigns in every corner of the globe, unceasingly, since its inception. In attempting to forever alter Americans' false self-concept, Ward Churchill has meticulously chronicled both U.S. military campaigns--domestic and foreign--1776-present and U.S. attempts to violate, obstruct and/or subvert International Law from 1945-Preset. The two chronologies, exhaustively researched and annotated, illustrate a heartwrenching history of senseless butchery and democracy deterred. In this context, the only fitting question for a nation still reeling from the wake-up call of September 11th is, "How can they not hate us?." In his newest offering, Churchill demands that the American public shake off its collective unconscious and take responsibility for the criminality carried out in its name.

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