"A nice Jewish boy from suburban Boston—hell, an Eagle Scout!—David Gilbert arrived at Columbia University just in time for the explosive Sixties. From the early anti-Vietnam War protests to the founding of SDS, from the Columbia Strike to the tragedy of the Townhouse, Gilbert was on the scene: as organizer, theoretician, and above all, activist. He was among the first militants who went underground to build the clandestine resistance to war and racism known as “Weatherman.” And he was among the last to emerge, in captivity, after the disaster of the 1981 Brink's robbery, an attempted expropriation that resulted in four deaths and long prison terms. In this extraordinary memoir, written from the maximum-security prison where he has lived for almost thirty years, Gilbert tells the intensely personal story of his own Long March from liberal to radical to revolutionary. "

When: May 2, 2012 1:00PM-2:00PM
Where: SEM II B1105, The Evergreen State College. This event is open to the public and wheelchair accessible.
Why: To share knowledge of past struggles and put our activism in context. To understand how to build a movement for real social change.
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/343801565684741/

Come talk about David Gilbert's new memoir Love and Struggle and explore how the 1960's relate to current social movements like Occupy. Interactive dialogue with:
Terry Bisson - Award-winning author and editor of Love and Struggle
Mic Crenshaw - Hip-hop emcee and community organizer
Walidah Imarisha - Professor and performance poet

"Gilbert adds heart and bone to the stuff of history."  —Mumia Abu-Jamal

"Required reading for anyone interested in the history of radical movements in this country. An honest, vivid portrait of a life spent passionately fighting for justice. In telling his story, Gilbert also reveals the history of left struggles in the 1960s and 70s, and imparts important lessons for today's activists."  —Jordan Flaherty, author of Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six

“David’s is a unique and necessary voice forged in the growing American gulag, the underbelly of the 'land of the free,' offering a focused and unassailable critique as well as a vision of a world that could be but is not yet—a place of peace and love, joy and justice.”  —Bill Ayers, author of Fugitive Days and Teaching Toward Freedom

“Like many of his contemporaries, David Gilbert gambled his life on a vision of a more just and generous world. His particular bet cost him the last three decades in prison, and whether or not you agree with his youthful decision, you can be the beneficiary of his years of deep thought, reflection, and analysis on the reality we all share. If there is any benefit to prison, what some refer to as ‘the involuntary monastery,’ it may well look like this book. I urge you to read it.”  —Peter Coyote, actor, author of Sleeping Where I Fall

"This book should stimulate learning from our political prisoners, but more importantly it challenges us to work to free them, and in doing so take the best of our history forward."  —Susan Rosenberg, author of An American Radical

More info on the book at https://secure.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=370
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