December Events
Hey, we're back from the snow sculpture contest and ready to let you know all about the goings on at Sedition Books.
First off, remember us when you are wondering which local collectively run all volunteer anarchist infoshop you want to shop at this gift getting season. And we offer gift certificates as well! We also have a bunch of new books and we will be getting more any day now!
We have a slew of events coming up this month--many having to do with climate change and fossil fuel use and extraction so come out and get educated by these phenomenal speakers!
Sedition Books is still located at 901 Richmond Avenue (That's one block east of Montrose) and you can call or check out our website for more info: 713.523.0807 or www.seditionbooks.org
As always. All events are free but we can always use your donations for the infoshop and the touring bands and speakers.
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Thursday, December 10th
8pm
Climate Ground Zero presents:
Non-Violent Direct Action in the Coalfields & Stories of Resistance
Come on out for this timely & exciting presentation on direct action campaigns against mountaintop removal coal mining by an activist with Climate Ground Zero!
www.mountainjustice.org
www.climategroundzero.org
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Tuesday, December 15th
7:00 pm
TYRANNY OF OIL: THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL INDUSTRY--and What We Must Do to Stop It
Antonia Juhasz is on the National Advisory Board of Iraq Veterans Against the War and The (True Cost of) Chevron Program Director at Global Exchange in San Francisco. She's the author of The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry--And What We Must Do To Stop It, just newly released in paperback, updated with a new preface on Big Oil and the Presidency of
Barack Obama.
Author and Activist Antonia Juhasz will be speaking at the Houston Institute for Culture
The Houston Institute for Culture is located at 708-B Telephone Road [@ Lockwood]. It's across from the fire station and beside the "Tlaquepaque Market" arch
A "timely, blistering critique... white-hot... Explosive fuel for the raging debate on oil prices." - Kirkus Reviews
"...part homage to 150 years of anti-monopoly muckraking and trust-busting and part signpost to where the leading edge of the environmental and social activist movements are headed." - The Toronto Star
T.e.j.a.s (Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services) and Sedition Books are pleased to co-sponsor this event.
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Wednesday, December 16th
7:00 pm Dinner
8:00pm Movie
Dinner and a Movie: What Would Jesus Buy?
7:00 pm Dinner--Tasty Bethlehem style Feast of falafel and hummus
8:00 pm Movie--What Would Jesus Buy?
From producer Morgan Spurlock (SUPER SIZE ME) and director Rob VanAlkemade comes a serious docu-comedy about the commercialization of Christmas. What Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt! What Would Jesus Buy? may just be the divine intervention we’ve all been searching for.
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Saturday, December 19th
2:00 pm til 7:00 pm
An afternoon of music and speakers and films in Solidarity with Honduras
Broadened Vision, Action and the Committee in Solidarity with the People of Honduras are hosting an informational and entertainment event on Saturday December 19th to help raise awareness and funds to support Luther Castillo's Hospital in Honduras.
"As Dr. Luther Castillo explained to MEDICC, "We will not abandon our people. These are the poorest of the poor, the invisible poor. They are the real victims of the coup." The coup government has made Dr. Castillo's ability to continue his work on behalf of the poor particularly difficult, putting out a warrant for his arrest and capture right after the coup. Yet, Dr. Castillo perseveres."
There will be performers, speakers, a presentation, a short film, food and good times to help bring people together of varying ages, experiences and backgrounds for this cause. Please come out and take part in the fun, entertainment and learning experience-while contributing to something worthwhile-for those who are in dire need.
Performers include:
the delta block
anarchitex (acoustic)
scott ayers
permanent vegetative state
room 101
Speakers include:
Evelyn Zuniga of Citizens in Solidarity with the People of Honduras will do a presentation on the hospital and the current situation in Honduras
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Sunday, December 20th
7:00 pm
Justice for Appalachia Speaking Event & Video on Struggle to End Mountaintop Removal
Scott Parkin from Rainforest Action Network and Rising Tide North America will be discussing the direct action campaign in southern West Virginia and other parts of Appalachia currently being waged to end mountaintop removal.
Mountaintop removal is a form of strip mining that literally explodes the tops off of mountains to get at seams of coal.
So far over a million acres of forest have been destroyed, more than 1,000 miles of rivers and streams buried and numerous mountain communities harmed by extraction and waste disposal.
Since February, over 120 people working with coalfield residents and direct action groups like Climate Ground Zero and Mountain Justice have been arrested shutting down mountaintop removal operations in the Coal River Valley of southern West Virginia.
Evening will include a short video, talk and discussion.
WHAT: Justice for Appalachia--Speaking Event and Short Video
WHERE:Sedition Books 901 Richmond Avenue, Houston TX
WHEN: Sunday, Dec. 20 at 7pm
