Saturday Night -- 01.21.06 -- Poetry and Protest -- Dennis Brutus

A Celebration of Art and Activism

Contents:
1. About this Saturday Night
2. special guests
3. About Dennis Brutus
4. Quotes

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1. About this Saturday Night

What: Presentation / Discussion
Where: 16 Beaver Street, 4th floor (directions below)
When: Saturday Night 01.21.06 @ 7:00 Pm
Who: Open To All

Join the Haymarket Forum for a unique evening:

Poetry and Protest
A Celebration of Art and Activism with Dennis Brutus

Brutus's new book, "Poetry and Protest: A Dennis Brutus Reader"
(http://cbsd.com/detail.aspx?Inventory=18018 )

is being launched at the event by Haymarket Books
(http://www.haymarketbooks.org).

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2. special guests

* Dennis Brutus

* Deepa Fernades, host of WBAI's Wake Up Call! (http://wakeupcallradio.org/)

* The Bread is Rising Poetry Collective (Carlos Raul Dufflar and
Angel Martinez)

* Brian Jones, star of Howard Zinn's Marx in Soho (http://www.marxinsoho.com/)

and other special guests....

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3. About Dennis Brutus

Dennis Brutus is a lifelong human rights activist and poet. He was imprisoned with Nelson Mandela on Robben Island in South Africa and became an eloquent spokesperson for the anti-apartheid movement. He currently teaches African studies and literature at the University of Pittsburgh.

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4. Quotes

“We in South Africa needed the support of the international community in our efforts to end the vicious system of racial oppression called apartheid. We had to have eloquent advocates to tell the world our story and persuade it to come to our assistance. . . . We had none more articulate and with all the credibility and integrity so indispensable than Dennis Brutus to plead our cause. He was quite outstanding, and we South Africans owe an immense debt of gratitude.”—Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“Dennis Brutus stands as a tribune of the dispossessed. His willingness to speak out on all cases of injustice and side with the oppressed makes him the type of person we all wish to emulate. His perseverance, dedication, and eloquence have made him not only a hero for the South African freedom struggle, but for all those who struggle for social justice.”
—Bill Fletcher, TransAfrica Forum

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Sponsored by:

Haymarket Books, Center for Economic Research and Social Change, 16
Beaver Group