There is no place like Revolution Books.
More than a bookstore, it is a center of revolutionary ferment—
where a re-envisioned revolutionary communism interacts and mixes it up with all the streams of progressive, radical, and revolutionary intellectual life. It’s a place to engage the whole world.
The store proceeds from an understanding that the problem in today’s world is capitalism/imperialism, it will take a revolution to get rid of this people-crushing system, socialism is much better than capitalism, and communism will be a far better world.
At the heart of Revolution Books is the work of Bob Avakian.
His radical re-envisioning of revolution and communism goes beyond even the best of previous socialist societies. His new synthesis is animating a new conversation at the store. Many nights of the week you’ll find gatherings of people from all over the city confronting the biggest questions facing humanity, from how to make revolution in the US to the past experience of socialist societies under the dictatorship of the proletariat to how can people build on these accomplishments and do better.
Revolution Books fills a great need.
Everyone confronts a world where critical thinking is under assault in academia, where religious fundamentalism is spreading like a poison throughout the Middle East and in Christian fascist movements across the U.S. There is a revolutionary bookstore in Cleveland that seeks the truth, that selects its titles based on daring to engage all of reality without a priori blinders?
The store hosts frequent discussions, film screenings, and more. Discussions range from evolution to radical theater to communist political theory.
On its communist foundation, Revolution Books offers a diverse, cutting-edge collection of books on history, politics, revolutionary theory, philosophy, science, economics, the arts, poetry, atheism, and novels.
Join us! Volunteer, contribute, spread the word.
Volunteer/Intern at
Revolution Books
Everyone at this not-for-profit revolutionary bookstore is a volunteer.
We need to expand Revolution Books.
More books, more discussions and movies, more outreach...
In order to do this, we need more volunteers and donations.
We need YOU to make this possible.
There are many things you can do as a volunteer:
- Design front window and store displays
- Research books/authors for readings
- Produce events
- Take Revolution Books tables to events
- Put books in order on the shelves
- Develop course book ordering with professors
- Media and promotions
- Work with customers
- Order books
- Web design/maintenance
Featured Books & More
"The Elephant in the Room: Can Anything Short of Revolution Solve the Environmental Crisis?"
Talk by Raymond Lotta on the "climate threat,
Copenhagen, and why capitalism is utterly
incompatible with sustainable development."
People's historian
A life well lived
Revolution Books is planning
a memorial for Howard Zinn.
Stay tuned for more info.
Contact us if you want to help.
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Be part of the Authors & Speakers series
at Revolution Books!
We are developing a series of authors and speakers, as part of our mission of fighting for critical thinking and intellectual and revolutionary ferment.
This is a critical time for people to engage the whole world!
We invite YOU to be part of this: bringing together all the streams of progressive, radical, and revolutionary intellectual life; interacting and mixing it up with a re-envisioned revolutionary communism.
The kinds of topics we are looking for:
current events, history, politics, revolutionary theory, philosophy, science, economics, the arts, poetry, atheism, novels, and more.
