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SUMMARY:Punk Spirit! book talk with author John Malkin
DESCRIPTION:‘Punk Spirit! An Oral History of Punk Rock\, Solidarity and Liberation’ is an oral history that brings together well-known and cutting-edge bands including Sex Pistols\, Minor Threat\, Dead Kennedys\, The Ramones\, Gang of Four\, Crass\, Propagandhi\, The Slits\, Bad Religion\, Shelter\, Rebel Riot\, Blackfire\, and many others. John Malkin ventures into the emotional and personal experiences of punk artists and spiritual teachers from around the world and highlights intelligent\, thoughtful\, and humorous discussions on liberation\, spirituality\, and living freely. Chapters dive deeply into many interconnected realms of punk such as the subgenres of straight edge\, Krishnacore and Taqwacore; evangelical punk concerts in southern California churches and illegal punk concerts in East German churches; anti-religious sentiment within punk; and the myriad ways punk has been combined with a variety of traditions to illuminate ideas from atheism\, anarchism\, science\, Buddhism\, Christianity\, Judaism\, Islam\, and other ways of being in the world.  \nJohn Malkin is a journalist\, musician\, activist\, photographer and filmmaker. He is the author ofPunk Revolution!: An Oral History of Punk Rock Politics and Activism (Rowman & Littlefield 2023).  \n“Punk Spirit!\, with its unique blend of anarchic counterculture and classic psychoanalytical theory\, makes for a most compelling read. From incarnation to oral history\, the power of punk compels you!” —Steven Blush\, Author and Filmmaker\, American Hardcore  \n“I devoured Punk Spirit! in two sittings. It was pure enjoyment to read – pure exhilaration! Crack openPunk Spirit! and behold a ‘volatile church’ where the lifeblood of a rich\, complex\, and passionately punk spirituality surges through every page. Incited by John Malkin’s galvanizing questions\, the collective voices of his interlocutors raise up a kaleidoscopic vision of punk spirit that is as vibrantly alive as it is full of surprises.” —Glenn Wallis\, Guitarist for Ruin\, Author of An Anarchist’s Manifesto  \n“Punk Spirit! is an affirming and varied testimony to the significance of punk music and spirit in the library of humanity and existence. Explore! The Spirit of Punk reflects how in our extreme punk expression of letting go of societal norms and indoctrination\, we find liberation and peace in reaching for and manifesting another state of being and its possibilities.” —Yaotl Mazahua\, Iconoclast\, Aztlan Underground (aka Anahuak Underground)  \n“A skilled interviewer\, John Malkin is one of a handful of punk mavens willing to explore its deep\, spiritual intimations. This is a monumental collection of conversations\, offering anyone with a reasonable curiosity about punk rock and spirituality the opportunity to understand their amorphous\, vibrant\, and sometimes revolutionary entanglements. If God is dead\, punk is not dead\, and the anti-establishment postures and rebellious spirit captured in Malkin’s book lives on!”  \n—Ken Chitwood\, Religion Scholar\, Journalist\, Theologian “Punk is far from dead; it is getting richer and richer. We are lucky to have John Malkin look at a very specific aspect of that world. With gems from more than 150 interviews conducted over the course of a quarter century\,Punk Spirit! is an important contribution to the ever-growing oral history of one of the world’s most compelling subcultures.”  \n—Gabriel Kuhn\, Author of Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk\, Straight Edge\, and Radical Politics “You need this book if you ever screamed at the sky and wanted it to scream back. Lively and vivid\,Punk Spirit! dares you to ask: What does it mean to be free?”  \n—Antonino D’Ambrosio\, Filmmaker\, Author\, and Visual Artist\, Let Fury Have the Hour “This book tries to make sense of the madness that is punk and to find the meaning in the noise\, the spirituality in the energy\, and the idealism in the anger.” —John Robb\, Bassist and Singer for The Membranes\, Author ofPunk Rock: An Oral History and The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth  \n“For those of us who came up in punk clubs and later found a home in spiritual practice\, this book isn’t just interesting—it’s personal.”—Miguel Chen\, Bassist for Teenage Bottlerocket; author of I Wanna Be Well and The Death of You  \n“Captivating. Malkin connects with an amazing array of artists and enlarges the vision of the spirit of punk.” —Eddie Stern\, Bassist for Chop Shop; Yoga and Meditation Teacher for Lou Reed  \n“Malkin’s decades-long trek takes us dead center into the interior. No bullshit.” —Gary Gach\, Author of The Complete Idiots Guide to Understanding Buddhism John Malkin is a journalist\, musician\, activist\, photographer and filmmaker. He is the author ofPunk Revolution!: An Oral History of Punk Rock Politics and Activism (Rowman & Littlefield 2023).
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/punk-spirit-book-talk-with-author-john-malkin/
LOCATION:Freedom Bookshop\, Angel Alley\, 84b Whitechapel High Street\, E1 7QX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: REVOLUTIONARY FORGIVENESS: D. K. RENTON in conversation with Barnaby Raine
DESCRIPTION:Housmans are delighted to welcome the legendary theorist\, thinker and lawyer D.K. Renton to launch what we believe may be one of the most original\, and vital\, works of left wing thought to appear in recent years. He will be joined in conversation by the scholar and journalist Barnaby Raine. \nForgiveness is necessary in the long fight for a just world—but it is only possible after the oppressed are victorious \nFor too long\, revolutionary social movements have reconciled to defeat. We must start winning again. Forgiveness is a crucial strategy for remaking the world\, to secure and sustain victories\, to transform one-time enemies into friends. With deep political commitment\, D. K. Renton makes the case for forgiveness—but of a particularly unruly sort. Tracing the tragic abuse of Eleanor Marx and Jane Wells\, the mistakes of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission\, and the redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye\, Renton urges us to forgive\, but only after tearing down the citadels of the rich. \nRevolutionary Forgiveness connects collective struggle with the individual’s search for justice to demand a better future for all—when the oppressed will be magnanimous in power\, and even former oppressors will be free. \n“Renton rescues ‘forgiveness’ from the pulpit and returns it\, bloodied but lucid\, to history.” \n— Richard Seymour\, author of Disaster Nationalism \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-revolutionary-forgiveness-d-k-renton-in-conversation-with-barnaby-raine/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: THE ASSET CLASS: HETTIE O'BRIEN IN CONVERSATION WITH DAN HANCOX
DESCRIPTION:‘PART WAKE-UP CALL\, PART FINANCIAL THRILLER’ (SHAMI CHAKRABARTI) The Asset Class is an equal parts thrilling and enraging work of vital\nfinancial journalism\, lifting the lid on the relentlessly destructive force of private equity. We are thrilled to welcome the book’s author Hettie O’Brien to Housmans to be interviewed about the book by celebrated journalist Dan Hancox.\nA thrilling\, eye-opening investigation into private equity\, a secretive wing of the finance industry that is so relentlessly destructive\, it could have been created to undermine our way of life. You don’t know their names\, but they own the house you rent. They own your hospitals\, nurseries and care homes\, the media you consume and the companies you work for. They even own the tools your union uses to fight back. Business is a contest – and they say their people are built to win. But when does competition become a struggle to the death? For decades\, private equity firms have infiltrated every corner of modern life. Wielding debt as a weapon\, they push vital services into crisis. Their cover story: that this is merely the ‘creative destruction’ essential to growth. Old-school capitalists say they’re dismantling everything that made our economies work. \nIn The Asset Class\, reporter Hettie O’Brien penetrates a hidden empire of billion-dollar deals and covert financial warfare. From Copenhagen to San Francisco\, Barcelona to the Yorkshire Dales\, she follows the money\, the ideological roots and the trail of destruction. What she finds is chilling: private equity isn’t just reshaping the economy – it’s selling out the foundations of Western society. The new owners think they can hide in the shadows. But the owned are fighting back. \nHettie will be interviewed by Dan Hancox\, Guardian journalist and author of Multitudes: How Crowds Made the Modern World (Verso\, 2024). They will talk about the book for about 45 minutes followed by a q&a. \nTo avoid disappointment\, please do book a ticket ahead of the event. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00 \n 
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-the-asset-class-hettie-obrien-in-conversation-with-dan-hancox/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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SUMMARY:'Bored Stiff: the punk 'zine and scene that refused to die' an evening with Terry Macalister\, Gaye Advert and Emilia Elfrida
DESCRIPTION:FREE ENTRY BUT PLEASE RSVP USING THE FROM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE \nThis event celebrates a Bored Stiff book half a century after a fanzine of that name burst into life at the height of the punk “explosion.” \nOriginal creator Terry Macalister has brought together in contemporary time a group of musicians\, photographers and club owners who made the punk scene what it was then and what it has become now. \nLaid out in the original way using marker pens and manual typewriters\, Bored Stiff\, the book\, is a totally original and authentic window into what academics have called a “significant cultural intervention.” \nWith the help of Martin Hand – a graphic designer\, Bored Stiff contains interviews with band members from the likes of The Adverts\, Penetration and the Menstrual Cramps as well as folk such as Andrew Czezowski and Susan Carrington who created the Roxy and Vortex punk clubs. \nThere are also copies in this new book of the original fanzine which include live reviews from the late 1970s of the Sex Pistols\, 999 and Iggy Pop and harnesses the raw energy of the early days of punk. \nGaye Advert\, the bassist of the Adverts\, will be at the book launch to talk about her role in the early punk scene along with Emilia Elfrida\, vocalist and songwriter of today’s self-styled lesbian punk band\, the Menstrual Cramps. \nThey will discuss why punk happened\, what it means to them and why it has survived albeit in different form 50 years on. Terry and Martin will explain how they put together the new version of Bored Stiff and why they insist on an analogue production that eschews the superficial glamour of the digital print world. \nTerry Macalister is the original creator of Bored Stiff and the author of the new compilation of old and new material. Excited by the success of the early fanzine\, Terry went on to spend his life in national journalism\, most notably as a specialist editor on The Guardian. \nHe is the author of several books including Crude Britannia (Pluto Press) and Polar Opposites (Guardian ebooks)\, executive producer of The Oil Machine film and co-producer of the forthcoming Earth Mother documentary. He is the founder of a Cambridge-based protest choir and sees himself now more as artist and activist than journalist. \nFREE ENTRY BUT PLEASE RSVP USING THE FROM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/bored-stiff-the-punk-zine-and-scene-that-refused-to-die-an-evening-with-terry-macalister-gaye-advert-and-emilia-elfrida/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: The Forest Fights Back with Jessica den Outer
DESCRIPTION:Join Us For A Discussion Of A Global Movement for the Rights of Nature\nAs the world grapples with the escalating climate crisis\, ecosystems are collapsing\, and the planet’s future hangs in the balance. For centuries\, our legal systems have treated nature as something to be owned and exploited\, but a bold new movement is challenging this paradigm. \nIn The Forest Fights Back\, Jessica den Outer explores a groundbreaking global movement—Rights of Nature—taking on the legal system to recognise the rights of rivers\, forests\, and mountains to exist\, flourish\, and sustain their ecological balance. From the fight for the Whanganui River in New Zealand to the battle for Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon\, den Outer highlights the campaigns led by grassroots communities\, telling stories of determination and legal ingenuity. \nThis movement goes beyond law – it represents a cultural shift that could reshape how we live\, think\, co-exist and advocate for nature. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \n 
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-the-forest-fights-back-with-jessica-den-outer/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: THE PLOT IS ON FIRE: Manuela Zechner in conversation
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Manuela Zechner to Housmans to talk about her truly original and radical work in postcolonial eco-theory. \nAs myths of progress and modernisation collapse in the relentless polycrisis of our time\, how do we strengthen other plots—in community\, practice and struggle? How do we come together as movements for earthcare? \nThe Plot is on Fire: Care Struggles after Progress\, Plantation and Patriarchy weaves stories\, proposals\, and analyses around a key domain of living reproduction in crisis: agriculture. Looking at peasant\, indigenous\, and transecofeminist practices\, it formulates another plot on how we want to sustain life collectively—beyond progress\, plantation\, and patriarchy. \nRecovering and repurposing old and new technologies\, and breaking down the division between rural and urban\, the ground is made fertile for growing other futures. Alongside writers like Ursula Le Guin and Octavia Butler\, this work of radical political theory raises critical questions about technology and storytelling\, as matters of care and community. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-the-plot-is-on-fire-manuela-zechner-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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