bob f. | 25.11.2003 12:28

New book by the still-imprisoned former Weather Underground member David Gilbert will soon be available. Gilbert recently appeared in the Weather Underground movie.

Coming soon from Abraham Guillen Press & Arm The
Spirit
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NO SURRENDER
selected writings of an anti-imperialist political
prisoner

by David Gilbert

with forwords by political prisoners
Marilyn Buck & Sundiata Acoli

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"The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of
love."
- Che Guevara

A founder of Columbia University Students For A
Democratic Society (SDS), and a veteran of the Civil
Rights and anti-Vietnam War movements, David Gilbert
joined the Weather Underground Organisation in the
late 60's. After more than 10 years of clandestine
resistance, he was captured in the course of an armed
action in 1981. Gilbert has been a revolutionary
political prisoner, continuing his work as an AIDs
activist, prison organizer, and author from behind the
walls.

This first collection of David Gilbert's prison
writings is a unique contribution to our understanding
of the most ambitious and audacious attempts by white
anti-imperialists to build an underground movement
"within the belly of the beast." With unsparing
honesty (and unfailing humor), he discusses the errors
and successes of the WUO and their allies; the
pitfalls of racism, sexism and ego in revolutionary
organizations; and the possibilities and perils facing
today's growing anti-imperialist resistance.

NO SURRENDER is both an analysis of the past and a
vision of our collective future. And more. It is the
intensely personal, harrowing true story of a captive
revolutionary, struggling to maintain an active
political life deep inside America's most violent,
repressive prisons, where principle is his only
weapon, and surrender is not an option. It's not an
easy book; it's not an easy path. But it is one we all
need to know, to honor, and to understand.

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?U.S. political prisoner David Gilbert's new
collected writings 'No Surrender' is a brilliant,
thoughtful, and moving selection of work spanning the
last 22 years of his imprisonment. David knows what he
speaks of and his analysis, humanity and humor breach
multiple walls. This book stands alone in the growing
number of books about the 1960s, the anti-Vietnam war
movement, and the Weather Underground Organization
because of David's willingness to own it and analyze
it. His discussion of the strength's and weaknesses of
this history, the role of armed struggle, the rise of
terrorism, the continued aggression of the U.S.
government speak directly to the concerns of everyone
working for justice anywhere. David's discussion of
these topics is freerer, more alive, and more honest
than any I have read. This book should stimulate
learning from our political prisoners, but more
importantly it challenges us to work to free them, and
in doing so take the best of our history forward.?

- Susan Rosenberg, former U.S. political prisoner


"David Gilbert is a warrior in the most profound sense
of the term. Imbued with a near-crystalline clarity of
principle, the indomitable courage to live his life in
accordance with the values he holds true, and, most
importantly, his every action guided by the immensity
of his love for the wretched of this earth, he is
truly an inspiration. Predictably, given the strength
of Gilbert's character, his writings are offered as
tools -- nay, WEAPONS -- in the ongoing struggle for
liberation. They are thus of incalculable value to
each of us who aspires to the attainment of freedom,
justice and dignity for ALL people."

- Ward Churchill, author

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To pre-order your copy send $20 postpaid, cheques or
money orders made out to "Abraham Guillen Press" and
mail to:

Abraham Guillen Press
C.P. 48164
Montreal, Quebec,
H2V 4S8, Canada

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