The Radical Readers Book Club welcomes readers, writers and book lovers of all kinds to join us for a discussion of Eduardo Galeano's "Open Veins of Latin America." We will be discussing Part I of the book. Bring questions, favorite passages and refreshments if you like.
"Open Veins of Latin America" has set a new standard for historical scholarship of the continent. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe.
The Radical Readers Book Club welcomes readers, writers and book lovers of all kinds to join us for a discussion of Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness."
We will be discussing Chapters 15 - 22. Bring questions, favorite passages and refreshments if you like! In "The Left Hand of Darkness," Genly Ai's mission is to bring the planet Winter back into the fold of an evolving galactic civilization, but to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own culture and prejudices and those that he encounters. On a planet where people are of no gender--or both--this is a broad gulf indeed.
Our next read will be "Open Veins of Latin America" by Eduardo Galeano!
The Radical Readers Book Club welcomes readers, writers and book lovers of all kinds to join us for a discussion of Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness."
We will be discussing Chapters 7 - 14. Bring questions, favorite passages and refreshments if you like! In "The Left Hand of Darkness," Genly Ai's mission is to bring the planet Winter back into the fold of an evolving galactic civilization, but to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own culture and prejudices and those that he encounters. On a planet where people are of no gender--or both--this is a broad gulf indeed.
The Radical Readers Book Club welcomes readers, writers and book lovers of all kinds to join us for a discussion of Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness."
We will be discussing Chapters 1 - 7 this Monday. Bring questions, favorite passages and refreshments if you like! In "The Left Hand of Darkness," Genly Ai's mission is to bring the planet Winter back into the fold of an evolving galactic civilization, but to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own culture and prejudices and those that he encounters. On a planet where people are of no gender--or both--this is a broad gulf indeed.
The Radical Readers Book Club welcomes readers, writers and book lovers of all kinds to join us for a discussion of Alan Weisman's "The World Without Us," parts III and IV.
"The World Without Us" reveals how, just days after humans disappear, floods in New York's subways would start eroding the city's foundations, and how, as the world’s cities crumble, asphalt jungles give way to real ones. Drawing on the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists, oil refiners, marine biologists, astrophysicists, religious leaders from rabbis to the Dalai Lama, Weisman illustrates what the planet might be like today, if not for us.
*Next up: "The Left Hand of Darkness" by award-winning writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Check the store for copies in the coming weeks. Save 15% if you buy the book at MonkeyWrench!
The Radical Readers Book Club welcomes readers, writers and book lovers of all kinds to join us for a discussion of Alan Weisman's "The World Without Us."
Feel free to come even if you weren't present at our first meeting. We will be discussing the first two parts of the book.
"The World Without Us" reveals how, just days after humans disappear, floods in New York's subways would start eroding the city's foundations, and how, as the world’s cities crumble, asphalt jungles give way to real ones. Drawing on the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists, oil refiners, marine biologists, astrophysicists, religious leaders from rabbis to the Dalai Lama, Weisman illustrates what the planet might be like today, if not for us.
The Radical Readers Book Club welcomes readers, writers and book lovers of all kinds to join us for our first meeting. We will be discussing Alan Weisman's "The World Without Us," an intriguing narrative that explores what the Earth would look like, well, without us.
The book reveals how, just days after humans disappear, floods in New York's subways would start eroding the city's foundations, and how, as the world’s cities crumble, asphalt jungles give way to real ones. Drawing on the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists, oil refiners, marine biologists, astrophysicists, religious leaders from rabbis to the Dalai Lama, Weisman illustrates what the planet might be like today, if not for us.
*Save 15% if you order the book through MonkeyWrench. Email rachel [at] monkeywrenchbooks.org or call (512) 407-6925 for more information.
Join the newly revived Austin Indymedia for the first public meeting!
Austin Indymedia is part of a global, grassroots media collective committed to providing an outlet for the circulation of voices and messages that are systematically marginalized by mainstream media. Austin Indymedia allows for open publishing, encourages community collaboration, and helps open access to the tools necessary to engage in grassroots media-making.
Journalists, filmmakers, photographers, web designers, media makers and users, those interested in learning and everyone in between in welcome to come and learn more about Indymedia!
In preparation for the SB 1070 vigil at the Capitol, join us for a community dialogue to share our knowledge, raise questions, and discuss tactics for future organizing and resistance to SB 1070 and similar legislation here in Austin.
Topics of discussion will more generally include immigration reform and the border, ICE programs/local police collaboration, immigration detention centers and policies, racial profiling and human rights abuses, and current boycott campaigns targeting Arizona.
The meeting time will also be used to make signs for the vigil on the 29th. Some supplies will be available, but please bring any paints, posterboard, etc. that you're willing to contribute!
