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Benefit Evening at RevBooks: Artist Dread Scott on “Slave Rebellion Reenactment”

For two days in November 2019, artist Dread Scott brought together hundreds of re-enactors in a powerful performance piece. In period costume, they retraced the path of the largest rebellion of enslaved people in U.S. history, the German Coast Uprising of 1811.

On Friday December 3, 7pm at Revolution Books, Dread Scott will be in conversation with Andy Zee, spokesperson for Revolution Books, discussing slavery then and slavery in its modern forms; resistance and revolution; the need for radical culture today…and the role of art in propelling history forward.

“It had a small but real chance of succeeding — what would that have meant for US and world history? Imagine a successful rebellion, a revolution, of the enslaved and degraded today — what would that mean for humanity and the planet?” — Dread Scott

“There would be no United States as we now know it today without slavery. That is a simple and basic truth.” — Bob Avakian, BAsics 1:1

Proof of vaccination required. Seating Limited.

Tickets:

$75 admission includes book gift
$20 general admission; $10 students/limited income

For information: 212-691-3345, revolutionbooksnyc.org

You don’t want to miss this provocative evening to support Revolution Books.

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ALSO: On Thursday, Dec 9 at 6:00 pm, Dread Scott will give a special benefit private gallery tour of the current exhibition of photographs and handmade flags from Slave Rebellion Reenactment at Cristin Tierney Gallery.

Purchase of a ticket to the private gallery tour here also includes a premium seat at the Dec 3 evening above at Revolution Books with Dread Scott and Andy Zee.

A review of the exhibition at Cristin Tierney Gallery is here (New York Times) and here (Hyperallergic.com).

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Revolution Books…about the world, for a radically different world

At a moment when the planet and future of humanity are in peril…when so many are agonizing over where things are headed yet dreaming of something far better… Revolution Books is where you find the way out of the madness. Here the search for the truth meets the poetic spirit–with books, authors, films, and performance. Here you find the most radical revolution in the work and leadership of Bob Avakian who has developed the new communism aimed at the emancipation of humanity. A revolution to overthrow this system, and create a society and world in which human beings can truly flourish and the imagination can soar.

Welcome to Revolution Books.











When: Fri., Dec. 3, 2021 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Revolution Books
437 Malcolm X Blvd./Lenox Ave. @132nd St
212-691-3345
Price: $20 general admission; $10 student/limited income; $75 benefit ticket with gift book
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For two days in November 2019, artist Dread Scott brought together hundreds of re-enactors in a powerful performance piece. In period costume, they retraced the path of the largest rebellion of enslaved people in U.S. history, the German Coast Uprising of 1811.

On Friday December 3, 7pm at Revolution Books, Dread Scott will be in conversation with Andy Zee, spokesperson for Revolution Books, discussing slavery then and slavery in its modern forms; resistance and revolution; the need for radical culture today…and the role of art in propelling history forward.

“It had a small but real chance of succeeding — what would that have meant for US and world history? Imagine a successful rebellion, a revolution, of the enslaved and degraded today — what would that mean for humanity and the planet?” — Dread Scott

“There would be no United States as we now know it today without slavery. That is a simple and basic truth.” — Bob Avakian, BAsics 1:1

Proof of vaccination required. Seating Limited.

Tickets:

$75 admission includes book gift
$20 general admission; $10 students/limited income

For information: 212-691-3345, revolutionbooksnyc.org

You don’t want to miss this provocative evening to support Revolution Books.

* * *
ALSO: On Thursday, Dec 9 at 6:00 pm, Dread Scott will give a special benefit private gallery tour of the current exhibition of photographs and handmade flags from Slave Rebellion Reenactment at Cristin Tierney Gallery.

Purchase of a ticket to the private gallery tour here also includes a premium seat at the Dec 3 evening above at Revolution Books with Dread Scott and Andy Zee.

A review of the exhibition at Cristin Tierney Gallery is here (New York Times) and here (Hyperallergic.com).

* * *

Revolution Books…about the world, for a radically different world

At a moment when the planet and future of humanity are in peril…when so many are agonizing over where things are headed yet dreaming of something far better… Revolution Books is where you find the way out of the madness. Here the search for the truth meets the poetic spirit–with books, authors, films, and performance. Here you find the most radical revolution in the work and leadership of Bob Avakian who has developed the new communism aimed at the emancipation of humanity. A revolution to overthrow this system, and create a society and world in which human beings can truly flourish and the imagination can soar.

Welcome to Revolution Books.

Buy tickets/get more info now