Here is info about a new book, well worth reading and if you live anywhere near Santa Monica Ca. you are invited to attend the Grand Book Opening this coming Wednesday 2/26/14 ~ Namaste ! ******************************************************************** From James Lafferty: [email protected] JIM LAFFERTY & BONNIE GARVIN INVITE YOU TO JOIN THEM IN CELEBRATING THE PUBLICATION OF “IMAGINE: LIVING IN A SOCIALIST USA” harpercollins/books/Imagine/?isbn=9780062305572 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26th - 7:00 PM At DIESEL BOOKSTORE Located in BRENTWOOD MART 225 26th Street, Ste. 33, Santa Monica 90402 Dear Friends: Harper Collins has just published a book which is an anthology of 30+ writers, the title of which is: Imagine: Living In A Socialist USA. Ive done a couple of radio shows about it. Among the writers are a couple of my old law partners and a number of other well known socialists & prominent activists. Activists like Mumia Abu Jamal, Juan Gonzales, Angela Davis, Ajamu Baraka, Michael Moore, Bill Ayers, Frances Fox Piven, Prof. Richard Wolff and many, many others. Its gotten terrific reviews even in the main stream media. Editors and Writers will be Present to Discuss the Book, Answer Questions, etc. What are the possibilities inherent in Socialism? What is it? What can it mean to humanity’s future? What would it look like in America? These are the questions raised in this exquisitely timely book. We must profoundly change the way we live, or we will not survive. A Socialism that we make ourselves could be the answer.—Alice Walker Book Description The polar ice caps are melting, hurricanes and droughts ravish the planet and Earth’s population is threatened by catastrophic climate change. Millions of American jobs have been sent overseas and aren’t coming back. Young African American men make up the majority of America’s prison population. Half of the American population is poor or near poor, living precariously on the brink, while the top one percent owns as much as the bottom eighty. Government police-state spying on its citizens is pervasive. Consequently, as former President Jimmy Carter has said, we have no functioning democracy. Imagine: Living in a Socialist USA - edited by Francis Goldin, Debby Smith & Michael Steven Smith, is at once an indictment of American capitalism as the root cause of our spreading dystopia and a cri di coeur for what life could be like in the United States if we had economic as well as a real political democracy. It features thirty-one concise and accessible essays by revolutionary thinkers and activists on various aspects of a new society and, crucially, on how to get from where we are now to where we want to be, living in a society that is truly fair and just. The timing of the publication of this book is very fortuitous. I ask you to forward the email invitation to this book party to those on your list as often as you feel it deserves between now and February 26th. Many Thanks, Jim Lafferty [email protected] “In one solid chapter, and other essays explore how socialism can foster equality, creativity and justice.” Kirkus Review
Posted on: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 22:47:07 +0000
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