Bad Books Club (Second Sunday of the Month)
A regular reading group for anarchists and fellow travelers in the GTA.

Hosted by Common Cause
http://linchpin.ca

April book: The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.
Sunday April 13
6:00pm
The Toronto Free Gallery
1277 Bloor West (Bloor and Lansdowne)

In THE SHOCK DOCTRINE, Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades, The Shock Doctrine is the gripping story of how America’s “free market” policies have come to dominate the world-- through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries.

Don't have time to read the whole book?

Read an excerpt from the introduction:
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine/excerpt

Watch a short film by Alfonso Cuarón and Naomi Klein, directed by Jonás Cuarón:
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine/short-film

Watch an interview with Naomi Klein on the book:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-cusack/huffpost-exclusive-my-in_b_659...

May book: Free Women of Spain By Martha Akelsberg.

Sunday May 11
6:00pm
Back room of the Concord Cafe
Address: 937 Bloor Street West, Toronto
Nearest Major Intersection: Ossington Ave & Bloor St W

Cowards don't make history; and the women of Mujeres Libres (Free Women) were no cowards. Courageous enough to create revolutionary change in their daily lives, these women mobilized over 20,000 women into an organized network during the Spanish Revolution, to strive for community, education, and equality for women and the emancipation of all. Militants in the anarcho-syndicalist CNT union, Mujeres Libres struggled against fascism, the State, and reaction; and the less than supportive attitudes and concerns of their male comrades. Martha Ackelsberg writes a comprehensive study of Mujeres Libres, intertwining interviews with the women themselves and analysis connecting them with modern feminist movements. This new edition includes additional research Ackelsberg carried out for the Spanish language edition, together with a brand new introduction written in the light of the new social movements, and resurgence of anarchism, post-Seattle.

It's printed by AK Press and should be available for order through most major bookstores. It is also available through the Montreal radical distribution company kersplebedeb. http://www.kersplebedeb.com/mystuff/books/literate.html

FYI: There is a single copy of the book at the Toronto Reference Library. Five (5) Copies in the University of Toronto Library system, and 2-4 copies in the York University library system.

Copies of a short interview with Martha Akelsberg will be distributed at the April meeting of the Bad Books Club.

Or listen to an interview with Martha Akelsberg at:
http://www.ffiles.net/episodes/Ackelsberg.mp3