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Indiegogo campaign extended to reach $65,000 to open doors. Join 100s who have donated $30k already.

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REVOLUTION BOOKS Grand Opening Nov 15 - DONATE NOW

REVOLUTION BOOKS Grand Opening Nov 15 - DONATE NOW

REVOLUTION BOOKS Grand Opening Nov 15 - DONATE NOW

REVOLUTION BOOKS Grand Opening Nov 15 - DONATE NOW

REVOLUTION BOOKS Grand Opening Nov 15 - DONATE NOW

Indiegogo campaign extended to reach $65,000 to open doors. Join 100s who have donated $30k already.

Indiegogo campaign extended to reach $65,000 to open doors. Join 100s who have donated $30k already.

Indiegogo campaign extended to reach $65,000 to open doors. Join 100s who have donated $30k already.

Indiegogo campaign extended to reach $65,000 to open doors. Join 100s who have donated $30k already.

Revolution Books
Revolution Books
Revolution Books
Revolution Books
3 Campaigns |
New York, United States
$26,060 USD by 214 backers
$25,625 USD by 207 backers on Aug 29, 2015
Highlights
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Revolution Books' Grand Opening in Harlem is on November 15!

Hundreds of people have donated $125,000 of the $160,000 needed to re-open and renovate the new Revolution Books, including $30,000 was raised on this Indiegogo Campaign from 250 donors in August. This Campaign goal has been stretched to $65,000 total. Now is the final push: this campaign will extend so that together, we raise the remaining $35,000 to open the doors of Revolution Books, and gather to celebrate on November 15.

Contribute today to take RB to the finish line. These funds are essential for completion of the ventilation system, signage, av equipment and more. You can still contribute here. Or go to the RB website. Great perks available both places.

Celebrate! Get tickets now at revolutionbooksnyc.org for two extraordinary grand opening events featuring the internationally renowned Kenyan writer, post-colonial literary theorist and former political prisoner of conscience, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, speaking on "The Book, Story and the Conquest of Time and Space.” Andy Zee, Revolution Books’ spokesperson, will open with remarks on “Revolution Books and the Emancipation of Humanity.”

2 pm on Nov. 15: the first program at the new venue will feature Ngugi's talk, opened by Andy Zee; then discussion. Tickets $30 general admission; $10 students/unemployed/underemployed at revolutionbooksnyc.org

6:30pm on Nov. 15: a special benefit dinner to continue raising the urgently needed funds to complete the renovation of the new space and to forge a community of people to support Revolution Books. Featuring Ngugi and Andy with remarks and discussion. Tickets $75/$125/$250 at revolutionbooksnyc.org

Then the weekend of Nov. 20-22 will be open house: featuring Friday night hosted by the Revolution Club; music and spoken word by Burnt Sugar Arkestra and friends on Saturday evening, a children's reading earlier in the day, and other special events through the weekend. Watch at revolutionbooksnyc.org for more details.

What will people find at the new Revolution Books?

Books. Revolution Books will open bristling with works of communist and revolutionary theory – and the best cutting-edge fiction, science, Spanish-language books, children's literature, and scholarship on the subjugation of Black, Latino and Native people woven into America's DNA, the global war on women, our planet imperiled from climate change. In short, the books that allow people from all over the world and from the projects just blocks away to understand why the world is a horror and how it can be radically changed.

And people will find: Films. Talks. Dialogue. An ethos of cooperative relations and community. A movement for revolution and theory that guides it. And, coffee. What makes RB unique? Nothing less than revolution – and a scientific way to know and change the whole world, an approach that goes hand in hand with a poetic spirit; a critical spirit of inquiry and debate; the liberating joy of struggle and the seriousness of a movement for an actual revolution that could at long last put an end to all oppression and exploitation throughout the world.

The heartbeat of Revolution Books is the leadership of Bob Avakian – the chair of the Revolutionary Communist Party – concentrated in the new synthesis of communism, a breakthrough in the science of revolution. In a world crying out for fundamental change, this is a game changer.


Bob Avakian and Cornel West in Dialogue on "Revolution and Religion: The Role of Religion in the Emancipation of Humanity," co-produced by Revolution Books at Riverside Church before a crowd of over 1900 people, November 15, 2014.

The re-opening of Revolution Books is cause for celebration, and it will be one hell of a celebration! Join with students standing against injustice; people from Harlem--literary and cultural folks, and people from the streets and projects who raised money and worked on the renovation of RB; critical thinkers and dreamers; downtown and out-of-town writers and artists; people who care about the future of humanity and the planet.

The world needs revolution.
The revolution needs Revolution Books
Revolution Books needs you. 

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About Ngugi wa Thiong'o:
Ngugi wa Thiong'o is beloved around the world for his path-breaking novels and plays that paint an unsparing picture of life in neo-colonial Kenya where he was raised. He's broken new ground in bringing the oppressed onto the stage, and his outspoken resistance to imperialist culture is also reflected in his innovative theoretical work on post-colonial literature. In the late 70s, he began writing novels in Gikuya, his mother tongue. The first of these, Devil on the Cross, was written in prison on toilet paper. Ngugi's books have been translated into more than 30 languages. He now lives in exile and is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature and founding director of the International Center for Writing & Translation at the University of California, Irvine.

About Andy Zee:
Andy Zee is the spokesperson for Revolution Books and is an advocate for the new synthesis of communism developed by Bob Avakian. Andy Zee has hosted conversations with Eve Ensler, Edwidge Danticat, Lewis Lapham, Walter Mosley, Arturo O'Farrill, Wallace Shawn and many more. He co-directed the film of the 2014 event, "Revolution and Religion: The Fight for Emancipation and the Role of Religion, a Dialogue Between Cornel West and Bob Avakian," at Riverside Church.

Excerpts of statements of support for Revolution Books

“I think what’s so beautiful and wonderful about Revolution Books is that even when you close your eyes and go to any of the shelves here and pick any one of the books, it is likely that it will contain the kind of dreams that Martin Carter was talking about when he said, ‘And so if you see me looking in your hand, listening when you speak, marching in your ranks, you must know, I do not sleep to dream, but dream to change the world.’”
— Ngugi wa Thiong'o

"…For more than 35 years, Revolution Books has been a place where people from various backgrounds have gathered to obtain and swap information about the challenging issues we face in our society, and what we can do to make much needed changes.  In September 2015, Revolution Books plans to re-open in a new location in Harlem. And they urgently need your support to re-open and to continue with the work they do with such conviction and fierceness…"
The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College

"It's not just a bookstore, it's a big, wide radical world inside Revolution Books. It's a feast for the heart and mind.  Together we must make sure this place survives."
Naomi Wallace, playwright

“The first time I walked into this bookstore I was about 15 years old. Where I lived, around the corner police had shot down Amadou Diallo, on other side Malcom Ferguson. I was hating the world, angry, not understanding why any of this is happening, why we have to live this way, what my place was in it is. And I found out there’s this bookstore downtown, Revolution Books. I’d never seen a bookstore where I grew up… As soon as I walk into the store the first thing I see is this pamphlet, 'Conquer the World' by Bob Avakian, and I said that’s me. People said I’m crazy. And I say if you’re looking at all this and not talking about taking over everything and doing something different, then you are the one that’s crazy.”
Noche Diaz, NYC Revolution Club

“When you walk into Revolution Books … the books, the books! It’s bright, there’s color everywhere. Even the air feels fresh. You can breathe. My god, it’s a liberated area!
— from one of RB’s matching fund donors, “a still-crazy senior woman looking to a new world”

Saul Williams,  Daniel Watts. Jessica Care Moore, Faith Ringgold, Dr. Brenda Greene @ Ferguson is Everywhere!, Revolution Books 12/5/14

The World Needs Revolution
The Revolution Needs Revolution Books
Revolution Books Needs You!


Revolution Books' new space at 437 Malcolm X Blvd./Lenox Ave. @ 132nd Street Harlem, NY. Founded in 1978, Revolution Books is a not-for-profit bookstore with an all-volunteer staff. 

How we will use the money

The extended $35,000 is needed to:

  • Purchase new books stock in English and Spanish
  • Internal and External signage
  • Furnish the children's area
  • Furnish the cafe
  • High quality AV equipment
  • Promote the new location

Other ways you can help

  • Get the word out and make some noise about our campaign.
  • Donate a perk or issue a challenge to match your gift.
  • Leave a statement of support.

Pick a perk and pitch In

Here are some of the Perks for supporting Revolution Books (full list in right hand column above).


      

Both Harper Lee books, including "Go Set a Watchman," the controversial new hardback. $75


"The Half Has Never Been Told" by Edward Baptist. $50 (sold out)

Red Star Pin, enamel, 3/4-in, donated by Peoples Pins, $25

 
Beautiful heavy-duty canvas Tote Bag, $50


Revolution Books mug, $75


Signed by author Edwidge Danticat, $ 75 (sold out)

 

Poster from China's Cultural Revolution, laminated, $200 (sold out)


Galley proof, "Untwine," young adult novel comes out Sep 2015, signed and donated by author, $100  (sold out)

REALITY PACK: "Away with All Gods: Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World" by Bob Avakian + "Atheist" t-shirt (state your size), $125



Signed CD: Arturo O'Farrill & Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, $100


"Walls of Freedom: Street Art of the Egyptian Revolution," by Don Stone Karl, Basma Hamdy. Hardcover – May 1, 2014.
Giant beautiful book, pictures on every page, detailed notes/essays on evolving street art movement which covered the walls (now almost entirely erased) during 3-year uprising in Egypt which began on January 25, 2011.


"Robert & Mabel Williams" - two-color screen print on #Mohawk Paper 26" x 35.75" Donated and signed by the artist, Kyle Goen.  $250
[Robert Williams was a civil rights activist and advocate of Black armed self-defense and revolutionary nationalism. He organized the NAACP chapter in Monroe, North Carolina into a militia that resisted KKK attacks. His 1962 book, "Negroes With Guns," had a big influence on the developing Black liberation struggle.]


"Fred Hampton (Double Image)" print, Kyle Goen, $250

Rare historic poster from December 1988 Refuse & Resist! concert at the now-torn-down Palladium on 14th Street. Keith Haring designed the dancing fist logo especially for this concert featuring Sinead O'Connor, Soul Asylum and many more.   Signed by Keith Haring.  28"x20"

Cornel West portrait, 18 x 24″ Screen Print, 2009.  Framed. Edition of 450.  Rare. Artist Shepard Fairey collaborated with photographer Glen E. Friedman who took the photograph of Cornel West at first dialogue between Dr. West and Carl Dix. Donated to RB by Shepard Fairey and Glen E. Friedman, signed by the artists + Dr. West. $750


Rare original poster brought back by friends of RB from Cultural Revolution in China in the early 70s. Huge, 30"x40"   $1200


Screen print donated and signed by the artist, Dread Scott $1200



1972 poster by Faith Ringgold. "The United States of Attica." Cut paper 22"x28". $3000.  Donated and signed by the artist. This famous poster honored the prisoners who rose up at Attica Prison, and documents acts of violence and terror committed by the US government since its founding. Top center: "The United States of Attica, 1971, Founded by the American People on Sept. 13, 1971 at Attica Prison N.Y. where 42 men gave up their lives in an heroic struggle for freedom…"   Bottom center: "This map of American violence is incomplete. Please write in whatever you find lacking."


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Red Star Pin

$25 USD
Hand made enamel red star pin. Donated by Peoples Pins, Everett, Washington. 3/4-inch wide
Estimated Shipping
September 2015
20 out of 80 of claimed
Ships to United States of America

RevBooks red canvas tote bag

$50 USD
Beautiful heavy-duty red canvas tote bag with Revolution Books logo in black
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September 2015
3 out of 12 of claimed
Ships to United States of America

Revolution Books Mug

$75 USD
Bright Red mug with the Revolution Books logo in black.
Estimated Shipping
September 2015
4 out of 10 of claimed
Ships to United States of America

Harper Lee Books

$75 USD
*NEW* This perk gives you both Harper Lee's newly published "Go Set a Watchman" and her iconic "To Kill A Mockingbird" -- the first books to be discussed in Revolution Books' new fiction book club beginning in August. Call 212-691-3345 for book club details.
Estimated Shipping
August 2015
6 out of 8 of claimed

Arturo O'Farrill CD - signed

$100 USD
CD: "The Offense of the Drum" by Grammy-award winning pianist/conductor, Arturo O'Farrill, and his Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. Signed by Arturo O'Farrill.
0 out of 2 of claimed
Ships to United States of America

Reality Pack

$125 USD
- Atheists T Shirt - an RB original (state your size) - "Away With All Gods: Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World" by Bob Avakian (paperback, 257 pages)
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September 2015
0 out of 10 of claimed
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"The Diary of Malcolm X- 1964"

$150 USD
"The Diary of Malcolm X- 1964" edited and signed by Herb Boyd, hardcover published in 2014.
Estimated Shipping
September 2015
3 out of 4 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Book - Egyptian Street Art

$150 USD
"Walls of Freedom: Street Art of the Egyptian Revolution," by Don Stone Karl, Basma Hamdy. Hardcover – May 1, 2014. Signed by one of the artists, Ganzeer. Giant beautiful book, pictures on every page, detailed notes/essays on evolving street art movement which covered the walls (now almost entirely erased) during 3-year uprising in Egypt which began on January 25, 2011.
Estimated Shipping
September 2015
1 out of 4 of claimed
Ships to United States of America

Robert & Mabel Williams print

$250 USD
"Robert & Mabel Williams" - two-color screen print on #Mohawk Paper 26" x 35.75" Donated and signed by the artist, Kyle Goen. [Robert Williams was a civil rights activist and a prominent advocate of Black armed self-defense and revolutionary nationalism. He organized the NAACP chapter in Monroe, North Carolina into a militia that resisted KKK attacks. His 1962 book, "Negroes With Guns," had a big influence on the developing Black liberation struggle.]
Estimated Shipping
September 2015
1 out of 2 of claimed
Ships to United States of America

Sustain RB - Get 6 Books/Year

$500 USD
One-year Friend of Revolution Books sustainer. Get 10% off books, 6 free new books per year, free admission to tons of events, and you support your bookstore. Buy for yourself or as a gift.
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September 2015
0 out of 10 of claimed
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Keith Haring poster - signed

$600 USD
Rare historic poster from December 1988 Refuse & Resist! concert. Keith Haring designed the dancing fist logo especially for this resistance concert which featured Sinead O'Connor and and an early appearance of De La Soul. Poster signed by Keith Haring. 28" x 20"
2 out of 3 of claimed
Ships to United States of America

First Edition of "Spartacus"

$1,000 USD
Autographed by the author Howard Fast. Published privately in 1951 by the author because he was blacklisted and no U.S. publishing house would print his books.
Estimated Shipping
September 2015
0 out of 1 of claimed
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Poster by Dread Scott

$1,200 USD
Screen print, "Sign of the Times," donated and signed by the artist Dread Scott. 39″ x 39″, Limited edition 12 of 13. The Whitney Museum owns a copy of this famous print which reads "Danger - Police in the Area." Created in 2001.
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September 2015
0 out of 1 of claimed
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Poster fr China's Revolution

$1,200 USD
Original poster brought back from China in 1975. Created during Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China. Huge, beautiful, great shape. 30"x40"
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September 2015
0 out of 1 of claimed
Ships to United States of America

Faith Ringgold poster

$3,000 USD
1972 poster by Faith Ringgold. "The United States of Attica." Donated and signed by the artist. Cut paper, 22”x28” This famous poster honors the prisoners who rose up on Sept. 13, 1971 at Attica Prison, NY, and documents acts of violence and terror committed by the United States government since its founding. Faith writes in lower right corner: “This map of American violence is incomplete. Please write in whatever you find lacking.”
Estimated Shipping
September 2015
0 out of 1 of claimed
Ships to United States of America
sold out

"The Half Never Told"

$50 USD
Estimated Shipping
August 2015
8 out of 8 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
sold out

Galley proof-Edwidge Danticat

$100 USD
Estimated Shipping
September 2015
1 out of 1 of claimed
Ships to United States of America
sold out

2 by Edwidge Danticat, signed

$150 USD
1 out of 1 of claimed
Ships to United States of America
sold out

Poster fr China's Revolution

$200 USD
2 out of 2 of claimed
Ships to United States of America
sold out

Cornel West: Fairey + Friedman

$750 USD
Estimated Shipping
September 2015
1 out of 1 of claimed
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