Reviews

A Review: "Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight Against AIDS"

by Deborah Gould

Published in 2009, Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight Against AIDS has become an immediate fundamental read for understanding modern social movements. At our ally project, The Baltimore Indypendent Reader, local activist, Mark Gunnery, writes a stunning review of the book. He discusses the writer's, Deborah Gould, analysis and historical accounting of the ACT UP movement, as well as her critiques on the importance of emotions in social movements. An important read for anyone interested in: social movement history/radical activism, queer history, and the importance of emotions in the worlds we create.

Look for his review: here.

And, of course, we, here at ol' Red Emma's, carry copies of Moving Politics, if his review moves you to read it for yourself.

Our annual holiday window display ...

by Red Emma's

Photos of our beautiful red & black holiday window display, featuring some of our favorite picks for this year's non-denominational anarchist gift-giving season!

Audio: Carl Davidson on Mondragon and the Solidarity Economy

by Carl Davidson

Full Audio

The presentation explored the genesis and trajectory of the Mondragon experiment, with an eye towards understanding how this model might be deployed to build a green economy in the US.

Audio: Race in 21st Century America Panel

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A panel discussion with:

• Andrea Smith
• Lisa Nakamura
• Ruth Gilmore
• Fred Moten
• Dylan Rodríguez
• Scott Kurashige

Questions and Answer

• Inter-panel Q/A 
• Audience Q/A

Cosponsored by Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle and moderated by Lawrence Grandpre.  Donations from the door went to fund the struggle against the Youth Jail.

Debt: The First 5,000 Years

by David Graeber

I don't have time for a full review of this massive, sprawling text; like the author himself, anarchist anthropologist David Graeber, I've been a little more occupied than usual recently, as I'm sure many of you have been as well.

Nevertheless, despite being in the midst of a really exciting new wave of anticapitalist agitation, with lots of very practical things to be accomplished and very important meetings to be attended, I'm still going to recommend taking some time to devote to a reading of Graeber's text. 

Marshall Law: The Life & Times of a Baltimore Black Panther

by Marshall "Eddie" Conway and Dominque Stevenson

Last month, Marshall "Eddie" Conway's autobiography: Marshall Law - The Life & Times of a Baltimore Black Panter, was fittingly released in Baltimore, up the road at The 2640 Space. 

As new drives are set for Conway's parole/pardon/release, much beloved and missed out-of-town Red Emma's collective member, Lane Zajac, takes a look at the new autobiography and remembers when they visited the reknowned activist.

"When I finally met Eddie I was woozy and hot from waiting. I was nervous and worried that I didn't know enough history. He was calm and thoughtful and funny. He knew so much I was amazed. How can someone survive over 40 years of false imprisonment?"

Full Review on indyreader.org

The 20th Anniversary of The Baltimore Book

by Linda Shopes

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Every month The Village Learning Place and The Baltimore Historical Society holds memorable evenings discussing the moments and tides that carved the city's course(s). On Thursday, May 19th, these forces came together for a very special edition of The Baltimore History Evenings - a roundtable discussion for the 20th Anniversary of The Baltimore Book - one of the first 'People's History' accounts of the city's labor, class, gender, race, and grassroots relations/struggles. Here is the audio from that night, as the community discussed what this important book gave to the city and how we begin to look forward.

Audio: Learning from the Tea Party with Arun Gupta

by Arun Gupta

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Arun Gupta, well-respected journalist and a founding editor of NYC's The Indypendent, joined us to discuss his contribution to this collection and how we, as activists and concerned citizens, should learn from this ultra-right wing force to be reckoned with. Arun states, The Tea Party is scary in many ways, but they have an actual philosophy, which is almost completely nonexistent on the left. Leftists need to take the Tea Party seriously as a genuine force. And understanding them and what motivates their base, can help the Left understand possible paths out of its morass.

Audio: Ron Kipling Williams Debuts "Aware and Outraged: Silence is for Suckers"

by Ron Kipling Williams

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This year's United Workers Human Rights Champion, spoken-word poet, independent journalist, and activist of many different hats: Ron Kipling Willaims, debuted his new spoken-word CD Aware and Outraged: Silence is for Suckers at Red Emma's on Monday, May 2nd, 2011.

As a long-time friend of the collective. We are extremely honored to carry Ron's CD in the store. We hope that you will not only listen to the audio from last night's event, but also come check out his new piece in its entirety. Aware and Outraged: Silence is for Suckers is nothing less than a hard-hitting collection of spoken-word gems that tackle issues, such as: racism, sexism, homophobia, misogyny, capitalism, imperialism, and patriarchy. Not for the easily offended, Ron's work is meant to incite, engage, provoke, and empower. We hope you'll listen to his art.

Free All Political Prisoners Now!

by Eddie Conway, Susan Rosenberg, Laura Whitehorn

Free All Political Prisoners Now!

This past week Red Emma's hosted several talks with current or ex-political prisoners who are also authors: Susan Rosenberg, Marshall Eddie Conway (still incarcerated) and Laura Whitehorn. Please give a moment to listen to the audios below.

Audio of Susan Rosenberg

(An American Radical)

 Audio of Marshall Eddie Conway

(Marshall Law: The Life and Times of a Baltimore Black Panther)

Audio of Laura Whitehorn

(editor of The War Before)

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