Bill Ayers

The Chicago Tribune included my book in its art column this week:

“If we’re unlikely to get a fall arts season that speaks directly to our political moment, take heart that agitprop is rarely as compelling as metaphor. It’s not hard to grasp the urgency for new books reiterating the concept of freedom — “When Freedom is the Question, Abolition is the Answer” by Hyde Park cornerstone Bill Ayers and “On Freedom” by Timothy Snyder both publish this month.”

The launch tour begins tonight at Pilsen Community Books in Chicago, in conversation with Eve Ewing.

In a room where
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot.
~~Czesław Miłosz

• Pilsen Community Books w/ Eve Ewing, Tuesday, September 10, 7p, Chicago, IL
• Haymarket House (with W&C First) w/ Damon Williams, Kelly Hayes, and Daniel Kisslinger, Wednesday, September 11, Chicago, IL
• Seminary Co-op w/ Lisa Lee, Friday, September 13, 6p, Chicago, IL
• City Lit Books w/ Alice Kim, Friday, October 4, Chicago, IL
• Volumes BookCafe w/ Danaka Katovich, Monday, October 7, Chicago, IL

On September 10, 2024 Beacon Press will publish When Freedom is the Question Abolition is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation. Please preorder today, and help bring this work to Life.

Pre-Order:When Freedom is the Question…

https://bookshop.org/p/books/when-freedom-is-the-question-abolition-is-the-answer-reflections-on-collective-liberation-bill-ayers/20969787?ean=9780807020340

I was thrilled when Teachers College Press published The Good Preschool Teacher in 1989, and then surprised me by sending me five free books—one for Bernardine, one for me, one for each of our kids…five books gone in a blink. When my brother asked for a copy, I explained that they were all gone, and anyway, “If you don’t buy a book, who will?” His response: “If my brother won’t give me a free book, who will?”

Thirty books later, I’ll repeat the sentiment: if a book is to have any chance at a life, it depends in the first place on the support of family, friends, and comrades.

On September 10, 2024 Beacon Press will publish When Freedom is the Question Abolition is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation. Please preorder today, and help bring this work to Life.

Pre-Order:When Freedom is the Question…

https://bookshop.org/p/books/when-freedom-is-the-question-abolition-is-the-answer-reflections-on-collective-liberation-bill-ayers/20969787?ean=9780807020340

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https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii147/articles/the-neck-and-the-sword