[Peace-discuss] Sports and Politics - Welcome to the Terrordome!

[Jenifer Cartwright]

Thanks for sending this, Andrew... 
   
  Folks, in case you've missed him on DN!, Dave Zirin is a dynamite guy, great speaker, definitely one of us politically, but with tremendous knowledge of the all-American subject of sports, which he approaches w/ an AWARE perspective. He's great -- a reason to go to Chgo this weekend! We should all buy his books!
   
  Jenifer

Andrew Zimmerer <azimmer2 at uiuc.edu> wrote:
  ISO Member Dave Zirin on Democraacy Now!

Zirin discusses how sports have become an "athletic-industrial complex," Pat Tillman, Hurricane Katrina, the legacy of Roberto Clemente, Mumia Abu-Jamal and his new book "Welcome to the Terrordome."

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/12/1415238

See Dave Zirin at Socialism 2007 – and his book tour (see below)


***Forward Widely***

Socialism for the 21 st Century! 

Socialism 2007 

June 14-17, Chicago 

www.socialismconference.org

Why I'm Coming to Socialism 2007:

sthttp://www.youtube. com/watch? v=puH8mVijOII

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=ERMKaoLYXGg

Socialism 2007 is a three-day event that will bring together socialists and other activists who are involved in struggles across the country---from opposing the war to organizing against the death penalty---and share a vision of rebuilding the left.

Last summer, some 1,500 people turned out in New York City . This year's conference in Chicago will feature activists and socialists from Central and Latin America , renowned activist writers and journalists, soldiers and veterans who are resisting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, prisoners and their families who are fighting for justice in the prison system, immigrant rights activists who are organizing against deportations and many more.

Included in the more than 100 events at Socialism 2007 are films, music and meetings on the hidden history of international working-class struggle---from the Flint sit-down strikes of 1937 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Come join us in Chicago on June 14-17, 2007, for Socialism 2007.

Featured Panels: 

Capitalism and Immigration: The Struggle for Legalization with Full Rights Today 

Speakers: Justin Akers Chacon, Nativo Lopez, Jorge Mojica 



Raids, Deportations, No Match Letters: Grassroots Strategy 

to Defend Immigrant Rights 

Speakers: Margarita Klein, Brian Cruz, Martin Unzueta 

Confronting Empire: Activists Speak Out Against War and Empire: 

Speakers: John Pilger, Jeremy Scahill, Dahlia Wasfi, Camilo Mejia and Sharon Smith; plus Dr. John Carlos, introduced by Dave Zirin

Featured Speakers: 

John Pilger Journalist, activist and filmmaker; Dahr Jamail Independent journalist covering the Iraq war; Dr. John Carlos 1968 Olympian, Co-founder Olympic Project for Human Rights; Amy Goodman Host, Democracy Now!; Jeremy Scahill journalist and Author, Blackwater; Laura Flanders Radio host, Air America Anthony Arnove Author, Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal; Kelly Dougherty, Camilo Mejia and Garett Reppenhagen Iraq Veterans Against the War; Paul D'Amato Author, The Meaning of Marxism; Jeffrey St. Clair Author, Grand Theft Pentagon; Michael Schwartz Contributor on the Iraq war to TomDispatch. com; Son of Nun left wing hip hop artist; Howie Hawkins Green Party, New York; Justin Akers Chacon Co-author, No One Is Illegal!; Luciana Genro Party of Socialism and Liberty, Brazil; Dahlia S. Wasfi, M.D. Iraqi-American antiwar activist; Barbara Becnel Activist and co-author of anti-gang literature with Stan Tookie Williams; Anthony Prior Former NFL player and author of The Slave Side of
 Sunday; Phil Gasper Editor, The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History�s Most Important Political Document; Josh Frank Author, Left Out: How the Liberals Helped Re-Elect George W. Bush; Yusef Salaam Exonerated in the Central Park (NY) jogger case; Samuel Farber Author of The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered; Charles Jenks Traprock Peace Center; Marlene Martin National director, Campaign to End the Death Penalty; Kevin Murphy Author, Revolution and Counterrevolution: Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory; Ahmed Shawki Editor, International Socialist Review; Charles Andre Udry Economist and editorial board member of L'Encontre, Switzerland; Sharon Smith Columnist, Socialist Worker, and author of Subterranean Fire; Ron Jacobs Author, The Way the Wind Blew; Dave Zirin Nation.co m sports columnist and�author, What's My Name Fool? and Welcome to the Terrordome. 



What you'll find at Socialism 2007: MORE THAN 100 meetings, a bookfair, films, entertainment ... and parties.

Check out www.socialismconference.org to register and for more information about schedule, housing, and childcare.



Sponsored by

The Center for Economic Research and Social Change

Publisher of The International Socialist Review and Haymarket Books.



Co-sponsored by

The International Socialist Organization 

Publisher of Socialist Worker







Book Tour

WELCOME TO THE TERRORDOME

The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports

Dave Zirin, foreword by Chuck D





At the intersection of sports and politics…

You'll find heroes.

You'll find villains.

You'll find oppression.

You'll find protest.

You'll find a platform.

And you'll find Dave Zirin.




"If you're a sports fan you'll love this book. If you're politically active, you'll love this book. If you're a politically active sports fan, you've found your bible." 

—Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor & publisher, The Nation

"In sportswriting, attitude is easy. But Zirin's also got razor smarts, rapier wit, and, most of all, a rebel's large heart...you'll never see sports the same way again. 

—Jeff Chang, author, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation

"Dave Zirin is the best young sports writer in America."

—Robert Lipsyte, New York Times

"Welcome to the Terrordome." Public Enemy's 1990 hip-hop anthem was a call to arms against a world—and a popular culture—gone mad. A real Terrordome emerged in the New Orleans Superdome in the horrifying aftermath of Hurricane Katrina—a gruesome collision of sports and politics as thousands sat stranded in a sports arena where most could never have afforded even the cheapest ticket. 

Today the "Terrordome" is a twenty-first century sports world that is frightening, ridiculous, horrifying, and inspiring…all before the next commercial break. From Don Imus' racist comments to the inspiring, yet mixed, legacy of Muhammad Ali; from the stormy marriage between hip-hop and the NBA to Zinedine Zidane's head butt—it will get you talking and thinking. 

Welcome to the Terrordome

The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports

by Dave Zirin

Foreword by Chuck D

ISBN 978-1931859417 | $16.00 | Trade Paper

http://www.haymarketbooks.org 

http://cbsd.com/inventory.aspx?id=21144 





Order online at 

www.amazon.com

www.bn.com

www.powells.com

See Dave's latest column on CounterPunch

An Open Letter to LeBron James



For more information on the book or events, contact: 

Julie Fain, Haymarket Books julie at haymarketbooks.org 


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ISO Resources:
internationalsocialist.org
socialismconference.org
haymarketbooks.org
socialistworker.org
isreview.org

Weekly ISO Tabling/Socialist Worker Sale 
Summer Sessions:
Mondays, 12:00pm-1:00pm, UIUC Quad
stop by and pick up the latest SW!
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ISO Resources:
internationalsocialist.org
socialismconference.org
haymarketbooks.org
socialistworker.org
isreview.org

Weekly ISO Tabling/Socialist Worker Sale 
Summer Sessions:
Mondays, 12:00pm-1:00pm, UIUC Quad
stop by and pick up the latest SW!
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