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Resistance in Brooklyn <br>
in conjunction with the Columbia University Office of Social Justice
Initiatives and the Brecht Forum <br>
presents <br><br>
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NO SURRENDER: A Book Party for the New Collected Writings of Political
Prisoner DAVID GILBERT <br><br>
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Thursday, June 10, 2004, 7:00 pm <br>
Columbia University Law School <br>
West 116th Street and Amsterdam Avenue <br><br>
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Ashanti Alston, Chesa Boudin, Juan Gonzalez, Naomi Jaffe, Jeff Jones,
Monifa Akinwole-Bandele, Susan Rosenberg, Barbara Smith, and Laura
Whitehorn <br><br>
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David Gilbert is one of America's longest-held political prisoners, and
one of the most politically active. A founder of Columbia University
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and a veteran of the Civil
Rights and anti-Vietnam War movements, Gilbert joined the Weather
Underground Organization (WUO) 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 organizer, and
author. <br><br>
No Surrender is the first collection of David Gilbert's writings, and
provides a unique contribution to our understanding of 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, he 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. Native
American author and activist Ward Churchill wrote: "Given the
strength of David's character, his writings are offered as tools-nay,
weapons-in the ongoing struggle for liberation. They are of incalculable
value to each of us who aspires to the attainment of freedom, justice,
and dignity for ALL people." <br><br>
Ashanti Alston, former Black Liberation Army political prisoner and
current coordinator of Critical Resistance Northeast; Chesa Boudin,
student activist, Rhodes Scholar, and son of Kathy Boudin and David
Gilbert; Juan Gonzalez, co-host of Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now!,
columnist , New York Daily News, president of the National Association of
Hispanic Journalists, and old SDS friend of David's; Naomi Jaffe and Jeff
Jones, former WUO activists; Monifa Akinwole-Bandele, Director of
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement; Susan Rosenberg, former political
prisoner, noted PEN author; Barbara Smith, noted poet and author, founder
of Kitchen Table Women of Color Press; Laura Whitehorn, former political
prisoner, current POZ editor and human rights activist. Also featuring
some of David’s other friends-Matt Meyer, Teresa Agrillo, and Elana Levy.
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50% of No Surrender book sales from this evening's event will be donated
to Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Commissary Fund for NY State political
prisoners. Signed book plates will be available for the first sixty books
sold!! <br><br>
Suggested donation $6/$8/$10</b> <br><br>
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