Come send a birthday card to these political prisoners. It's an easy way to help remind these freedom fighters that they aren't forgotten. We'll be writing to prisoners like:

Steve Murphy, courageous eco-warrior

Sekou Kambui, incredible civil rights and black panther activist

Leonard Peltier, Native writer and warrior

Sean Swain, Indigenous anarchist and former union organizer

and Brian McCarvill, anarchist and prison censorship opponent.

Saturday, July 10th:

Internationalist Books is having a barbecue! Eastern North Carolina barbecue, that is!

At Johnny's in Carrboro, 901 W. Main Street

Tickets are $8, you can pick one up from the store, or the day of the event at Johnny's. Cooks will be there starting at 8am, so show up early and hang out!

Plates include barbecue, slaw, potatoes, and corn bread.

See ya there!

Please join the Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective at a delicious Indian eat in/take out dinner hosted by renowned Chapel Hill cook Vimala Rajendran!

Dinner will begin at 5:30 PM. The location: 105 Lexington Drive in Chapel Hill (Vimala's home) in Heritage Hill, off Smith Level Road. Bringing your own containers to take home food is highly recommended; you are also welcome to stay and eat at the house.

The menu for this Wednesday:
*Usal - Whole yellow peas stewed
*Bhaji - sir fried chopped seasonal, local vegetables

Join us at Nightlight (405 1/2 W. Rosemary St.) Friday night for an exciting program of radical films, sweets, and booty-shaking, all to benefit the Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective!

Films will include one of Guy Debord's early films, a documentary about the defense of a squatted social center in Copenhagen, Denmark, and more surprises. Bring a few dollars and your sweet tooth!

To be followed by... the To-Cool-For-School DANCE PARTY! Get down to hip-hop and various danceable jams, along with the cutest radicals in town. Bring your dancing shoes--and a friend.

Join us on November 1st for what may be Carrboro's first ever all vegan chili cook-off!

This exciting, free event will feature performances by Internationalist Books and Community Center volunteers! There will be everything from music played on piano, banjo, and guitar to various other performances. Comfirmed performers include:

Seamus McGillicuddy (a.k.a. Nick) - old-time, Irish, and folksy banjo tunes with a queer twist

Flying Winnebago - music for freethinkers; witty and well-constructed acoustic tunes (www.myspace.com/flyingwinnebago).

Maddie Miller - she's awesome and she plays piano!

and more...

Come shake it with Internationalist Books at Nightlight (405 1/2 W. Rosemary St.) from 9 PM to the wee hours as we celebrate with local hip hop/DJ sensation L in Japanese! All proceeds at the door will benefit your favorite progressive community center and bookstore. More info coming soon!

You're invited to join us in celebrating our 27th year as a progressive community institution at our Annual Member Party!

Daniel says goodbye, Nick says hello, hello, hello!
7-9pm at Internationalist Books (free, all ages!)
Come welcome in our new manager, Nick Shepard, and say goodbye to our old manager, Daniel Elam. There will be food, music, and good company. Bring friends!
9pm-2am at SOUTHERN RAIL (across from Weaver Street Market, free, all ages!)
Continue the party at Southern Rail, with drinks, dancing, and more fun! We'll pass the hat to support Internationalist Books & Community Center. Bring friends and reasons to celebrate: summer’s here, amazing future plans, the fact that you’re amazing!

Uniting with the Northside Community NOW
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: Bingham 103, UNC Campus
Do you know your neighbors?
Have you heard of the Greenbridge development in the deeply historic
African-American, Northside area of Chapel Hill?
Do you know the history of the street you live on?
Want to learn about injustices and power structures at play right here
in Chapel Hill/Carrboro?
Please join us for Amante pizza, a film screening, and discussion, as
we launch our new organization, UNC-NOW and talk about the effect that