Upcoming Events

Tuesday, January 20 – Film Night

Terrorizing Dissent – a documentary about police repression at the Republican National Convention in 2008.

7:30pm – $3 suggested donation
Division Avenue Arts Cooperative 115 S Division

SPANISH CLASSES @ The Bloom Collective

Every Wednesday, 6:30 – 8pm

*Starting February 4

Free and open to everyone!

Sessions will focus on politics, social movements & current events taken from the latest local & international Spanish-language news. These are informal classes for anyone, regardless of any background in Spanish. Feel free to join us any Wednesday! Starting whenever you can, for as many weeks as you like.

For more information, email JohnKroondyk@gmail.com or call (616) 460-0528

Empowering Women’s Health: a One Day Workshop
March 7, 2009

Presentations and discussions around how women can take charge of their bodies through natural modalities, education and an empowered stance in traditional healthcare settings. More details coming soon!

New Materials

Books

• Abolition Now: Ten Years of Strategy and Struggle Against The Prison Industrial Complex

• Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Crisis

• The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal

• The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power

• He’s a Stud, She’s a Slut and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know

• Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path Towards Social Justice

• Columbus and Other Cannibals

DVDs

• The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality and Relationships

• Generation M: Misogyny in Media Culture

• Chomsky on Anarchism

Zines

• Cracking the System

• Using Space

• Living Without Permission

New 2009 Hours at the Bloom

• Monday 4 – 7pm

• Tuesday 4 – 7pm

• Wednesday 9am – 1pm

• Thursday 1 – 5pm

• Friday 1 – 5pm

• Saturday 1 – 5pm

Looking for resources at the Bloom Collective on Israel/Palestine? We have lots of stuff.

Books

• Live From Palestine: International and Palestinian Direct Action Against the Israeli Occupation

• Dishonest Broker: The US Role in Israel and Palestine

• The New Intifada: Resisting Israel’s Apartheid

• Blood and Religion: The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State

• Israel/Palestine: How to End the War of 1948

DVDs

• People and the Land

• Occupation 101

• Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Interested in Volunteering with the Bloom Collective? Contact us at bloom AT mediamouse.or

UPCOMING EVENTS

12/08 – Bloom Film Night at the DAAC – 7 PM Double Feature Night

Shelter: A Squatumentary – With skyrocketing property values, rent and home ownership have become unaffordable at best, and impossible at worst. Thus people all over the world are reclaiming housing as a basic human right by continuing the tradition of squatting. This documentary film explores the squatting movement in the East Bay from 2004 to 2007.

Surfing the Waste – A musical documentary about dumpster diving.

Location – 115 Division

$3 suggested donation Bring a chair if you can!!!

DECEMBER 4: HOLIDAY HOP EVENING HOURS

During the Wealthy Street Holiday Hop we will be open for you to access resources or purchase some of our used books, buttons and patches. We will also have handcrafted Zapatista items from Chiapas, Mexico for sale, with the money going to support their cooperatives.

HOLIDAY HOURS

The Bloom Collective will be closed on Thanksgiving day and the Friday afterwards; Christmas eve, Christmas day and the day after, New Years Eve, New Years Day and the day after.

NEW MATERIALS

Books:

· Winter Soldiers: An Oral History of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War

· Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals

· Neither Man nor Beast: Feminism and the Defense of Animals

· On the Public Agenda: Essays for Change

· War Without End: The Iraq War in Context

· Letters From Young Activists

· The Democrats: A Critical History

· Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It

DVDs

· Unwritten Future: RNC Police State Tactics

· Blood and Oil

· Surplus: Terrorized into Being Consumers

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Would you like to volunteer at The Bloom but thought the requirements were too much for your schedule? Our new volunteer policy makes it easier if you’d just like to flier, help at an event or do an occasional shift at the Bloom. Stop by and ask us how you can help!

STOP IN FOR A CUP OF TEA OR COFFEE!

The Bloom Collective is now providing some hot tea and coffee on these cold dreary days. Stop by and warm up with a beverage and some good conversation.

TAKE OUR SURVEY

If you haven’t had a chance to take the Bloom survey please do so as it will help us determine how best to serve our members and our mission. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=LGZRyPAOeg5EG8iMsH4qyQ_3d_3d

EVENT RECAP

Our October Potluck and discussion was a great success. The topic was “Electoral Politics and Social Change.” The Bloom Collective space was packed with people and vegan foods. We had a lively discussion about the history and function of elections and whether or not they can bring about significant social change. We also talked about the current election and whether or not the support for Barack Obama will translate into real social change. Now that the election is over we encourage this discussion to continue. One way for that to happen is to check out our books, DVDs and zines that focus on radical social change and analysis. Another way to keep the conversation going is to come to future potlucks and events. Just check the website or stop by for flyers and help us promote whatever we got going.

REFER A NEW MEMBER. RECEIVE A PASS TO A FILM SHOWING!

As a Bloom Collective member, you know what a wonderful resource The Bloom Collective is for anyone involved in social change issues–whether that involvement is learning the basics or finding the materials you need to sustain success.

Please tell your friends! We will give you a free film showing pass for every new member you refer.

BENEFIT THE BLOOM COLLECTIVE

The Bloom Collective does accept money and used book donations, from people like you and from events like local benefits. One small point: we can’t accept checks or credit cards. Want to support radical social change?

Contact us for more information on how you or your organization can benefit The Bloom Collective. We’re also looking for tabling opportunities so we can invite even more people to become a part of The Bloom Collective.