This New Year - Gifts That Matter for the Future

WE ARE NOW OPEN!  
HOURS between now and our 
Grand Opening weekend Jan. 7th to 9th:
12 noon to 6 pm Wed-Sun 
(closed Mondays & Tuesdays)

A different future is possible:

Origins of the New Communism How did a new synthesis of communism -- one that builds on but also transforms the theory and practice of previous revolutions -- come into being? Read the engaging memoir from Bob Avakian, the innovative and revolutionary  thinker who has taken Marxism to a whole new place. Price: $18.95

The New Communist  Manifesto This new communist manifesto draws out and sharply contrasts the contending roads before the revolutionary movement today, goes deeply into the direction and implications of each, and clearly puts forward a line that can lead to a revolutionary future. Price: $5.00

A New Constitution for a New Future Written with the new future in mind, for a vastly different society and government than now exists.  It  sets forth a basic model, and fundamental principles and guidelines for such a new society Price: $8.00

Important new arrivals: 

THE ATHEIST'S GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS: Richard Dawkins and 41 others contribute humor and insight to the holiday season.   $14.99 paperback.		THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS Isabel Wilkerson's magnificent, extensively researched study of the "great migration," the exodus of six million black Southerners out of the terror of Jim Crow to an "uncertain existence" in the North and Midwest.  $30 hardcover.		LAS VENAS ABIERTAS DE AMERICA LATINA de Eduardo Galleano.  Enlightening account of 500 years of genocide and ransacking of a continent by Spanish, British and American colonialism.  Spanish. $27.50 paperback.

AMEXICA - War Along  the Borderline - Searing  picture of the US-Mexican  border today $27 hardbound

THE ECOLOGICAL RIFT - Capitalism's War on the Earth  by John Bellamy Foster  $17.95 paperback

DIARIO DE UN MOJADO Ramón "Tianguis" Pérez's unflinching memoir of his odyssey. Spanish $12.95 paperback

JUST KIDS - Patti Smith's tender  memoir of her life with Robert Mapplethorpe, and the art and artists in New York - Allen Ginsberg, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and more. $16 paperback.

ZEITOUN - Dave Eggers biographical tale of a Syrian-born immigrant rescues people in New Orleans after Katrina, before he is arrested and accused of being Al Queda. $15.95 paperback

.THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS - Rebecca Skloot's poignant story of the death of a black woman and, without the knowledge of her or her family, the use of her cells in making medical breakthroughs. $26 hardcover.

What People Are Saying About Revolution Books LA

What people are saying about Revolution Books / Libros Revolucion: Juan Gomez-Quiñones Roots of Chicano Politics “ I support Revolution Books / Libros Revolucion because I support the right of ordinary people to have access to critical, and yes, revolutionary books and periodicals in their own language. In today’s complex political situation, in the face of an avalanche of government disinformation and intimidation, we need to ensure people’s access to truthful information and analysis, so they can play their role in deciding the future.” Carol Downer A Woman’s Book of Choices “Revolution Books/Libros Revolución is such a valuable asset of the political and intellectual community. It provides a forum for open discussion of current social problems and their solutions. may it grow and prosper in its new location and continue to nourish us in our work to transform society.” Graciela Limón The River Runs North “Revolution Books / Libros Revolucion courageously takes a stand against oppression by disseminating the written word and by standing by its high ideals. Its volunteer staff has earned my deep respect and gratitude for making available good and enlightened literature.” Susan Straight National Book Award finalist Highwire Moon “ I admire the bookstore immensely, and feel that Revolution newspaper is often one of the few publishing anything of substance these days.” Paul von Blum Resistance, Dignity, and Pride: African American Artists in Los Angeles “ I vigorously support the goal of Revolution Books / Libros Revolucion to move and expand into a broader Cultural Center. In this frightening age of scapegoating of immigrants, economic despair, and a growing gap of wealth and power, it is essential to have a center where workers, intellectuals, and progressives of all stripes can meet, socialize, and organize politically. An expanded Revolution Books should be a location where all progressive thought is welcomed and embraced even as its focus remains on its longtime goal of a revolutionary transformation of American society.” Howard Zinn A People’s History of the United States “For me, reading at Revolution Books / Libros Revolucion was a real treat… wonderful to see those young people with such enthusiasm. The atmosphere of the bookstore was so alive, absolutely exhilarating.”