Wednesday, July 15, 2009

NEW BOOKS AT CAMAS

Cultural Writing. Introduced by Timothy Leary, this collection of essays, photographs and research seeks to establish the scientific legitimacy of psychedelic studies. Important, very informative, and an additional valuable contribuition to the psychedelic movement --Dr. Albert Hoffman, inventor of LSD-25. The 'doors of perception' --that's the first step. The second step is opening the doors of perception. Then --going through. Next --learning that there are no doors of perception. Then --going back outside and alerting everyone else to the wonders beyond the doors.
An Australian dude lays out his best Mexican flavored vegan recipes. Not necessarily healthy food—Bourbon Whiskey BBQ Sauce, Country-Fried Tofu, or just the size of the dessert chapter might convince you of that—but a damn fine range of tasty, easy-to-make food with everyday ingredients that taste mighty fine without the use of butter, grease, or meat. With chapters on sauces, breads, side dishes, soups and chilies, main dishes, and desserts, this is 80 pages of solid goodness!
Dozens of beloved basics from the original, one-of-a-kind classic: 1996 KinkyCrafts-- including the Thousand Tailed Flogger, the Bubble Wrap Dildo and many more. These original creative playthings are still in widespread use in toybags all over the world. But as new players and new ideas have flocked into the scene over the last decade, Greenery Press has added even more--and better--ways to turn everyday household materials into bondage equipment, dungeon toys, sex gadgets and even safer sex supplies.
Wobblies and Zapatistas offers the reader an encounter between two generations and two traditions. Andrej Grubacic is an anarchist from the Balkans. Staughton Lynd is a lifelong pacifist, influenced by Marxism. They meet in dialogue in an effort to bring together the anarchist and Marxist traditions, to discuss the writing of history by those who make it, and to remind us of the idea that "my country is the world." Encompassing a Left libertarian perspective and an emphatically activist standpoint, these conversations are meant to be read in the clubs and affinity groups of the new Movement.
By tracing the anarchist movement from the early years of this century, through the Spanish Civil War and World War II, through the dictatorship of Salazer's regime, and the "carnation revolution" in 1974, to contemporary time, this book becomes both a history of anarchism in Portugal, and a sociological analysis of the relationship between this ideology and the structure of craft and industries.
Given the general inadequacy of information available, be it about Portugal or a distant and controlled analysis of anarchism, the reading of "Freedom Fighters" will be a very interesting disclosure for a fairly widespread number of readers in English.
Joo Freire is a professor of Sociology at the University of Lisbon.
In Free Comrades Terence Kissack outlines and details how anarchists at the turn of the century were at the forefront of public discussions on homosexuality. This is not a book about queer anarchists. Instead, Kissack reconstructs the politics and history of the time period to show how and why anarchists were the leading advocates of homosexuality, and more generally, the idea of free love.
In 2006, Oaxaca, Mexico came alive with a broad and diverse movement that captivated the nation and earned the admiration of communities organizing for social justice around the world. The show of international solidarity for the people of Oaxaca was the most extensive since the Zapatista uprising in 1994. Fueled by long ignored social contradictions, what began as a teachers' strike demanding more resources for education quickly turned into a massive movement that demanded direct, participatory democracy.


A collection of writings on anti-fascist theory and practice form a North American perspective. Illustrated with photos and flyers, this book has both a historical overview and reference to current and recent events.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

MOVIE NIGHT



BURNING FORT CINEMA

Returns after a long hiatus and brings you a film by one of the greats of Russian cinema.


Visionary Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky's first film, is a powerhouse of visual and emotional impact
an intense cinematic poem about war and childhood.

CAMAS BOOKS 2590 QUADRA STREET

8pm

FRIDAY FEB. 6th

FREE


When I discovered the first films of Tarkovsky, it was a miracle. I suddenly found myself before a door to which I had never had the key.a room which I had always wished to penetrate and wherein he felt perfectly at ease. Someone was able to express what I had always wished to say without knowing how. For me Tarkovsky is the greatest filmmaker
- Ingmar Bergman

Friday, October 31, 2008

Greek Robin Hoods Give Food Away


Friday, September 05, 2008

Greek anarchists stormed a supermarket yesterday and handed out food for free in the latest of a wave of raids provoked by soaring consumer prices.

About 20 youths, wearing black hoods and crash helmets, carried out the midday robbery in Thessaloniki. Local media have labelled the raiders "Robin Hoods" after previous raids.

They take only packets of pasta, rice and cartons of milk, which they drop in the middle of the street for people to collect.

"They have never stolen money or hurt anyone. They ask people to remain calm but use ambush tactics, jumping over cash desks," said a police official. "When they attack without hoods, people are surprised to see that they are mostly women."

The rising cost of living has replaced unemployment as Greeks' main concern. Inflation is officially at a 10-year high of 4.9% although many items have risen in price more sharply.


Sunday, November 18, 2007

GRAFREE-TEA STREET SKOOL

Sunday Nov. 25th Week 3 of grafreetea street skool, Ian was joined this week by Peter(thanks Peter) First up were two slide shows, one a pictorial document of some local graffiti art, that was followed by a step by step guide to spraying a piece on a blank wall. Then it was time to finish the sign that was started last week, the kids filled in the letters with pastels, making them bolder so they stood out more. Next week they are off to wildfire bakery to try out their skills on a real wall. should be fun.












Sunday Nov.18th. The camas 'free-school' now going by the name of graFREE-tea street skool(which includes members of The Flying monkey Poo Crew) had it's second lesson on graffiti art. The previous sunday the kids got to choose their TAG names(pictured below, for a closer look at these wonderful and creative TAGS, come on down to camas bookstore) they also got to see an informative slide show and excerpts from the classic 1983 documentary on graffiti culture Style Wars, combine this with the knowledge, wisdom and excellent teaching skills of Ian (thanks Ian) the kids(21 at the last count) had a solid foundation, for their second lesson, painting the sign for the skool (see below)









The next class is SUNDAY Nov: 25th 1pm - 2.30pm at Camas Bookstore 2590 Quadra St.
for more info call 381 0585

Saturday, September 22, 2007

WEEKLY EVENTS AND IN-STORE UPDATES

The Devil's Club Community Apothecary Weekly Q&A
Need help? Have questions?


The Devil's Club Community Apothecary is a herbal dispensary using locally
harvested native and non-native medicinal plants. It is our way of
encouraging people to become involved in their bioregion. At Camas there
is a large cupboard filled with jars of hand picked herbs and reference
books. The apothecary is completely volunteer run and all herbs are by
donation. Come by and check it out!

Every Saturday from 12-2pm at Camas Books and Infoshop someone will be
hanging out ready to answer your questions about herbal medicine and your
health.

Come and pick our brains! We can help you with your herba
l and health related questions (ex: herbal preparations, plant ID,
harvesting, and helping you pick out the best herbs to use)

If we are unable to help you, we can give you suggestions for where to go
next.


Spread the word!
Every Sat 12-2pm @ Camas 2590 Quadra

This service is confidential & totally free! (...donations in the form of
snacks
are always accepted.)









Also new to camas is Earth's herbal organic teas.


Regular Weekly Events @ the Camas Infoshop:




TUESDAYS:


Victoria Anarchist Reading Circle (VARC)

TUESDAYS:

@ 7:20pm. VARC meets weekly to discuss readings and to educate one another about anarchist and anti-authoritarian ideas.

FRIDAYS:

Bi-weekly Film Night

at the Camas Infoshop, beginning this Friday, October 12th (the following one will be Oct. 26). Starts 8pm. Suggested donation $2. Contact Camas: 381-0585


SATURDAYS:


Farmers’ Pocket Market


Weekly Saturdays from 10:00am to 2:00pm. We are the new home to the Quadra/Hillside community’s Pocket Market, selling fresh local produce from organic farmers on Saturdays. Help support local organic farmers while reducing the neighbourhood’s dependence on corporate chain grocery stores. Run by the FoodRoots Co-op. Info: www.foodroots.ca





Monday, September 17, 2007

WE ARE NOW OPEN

Books and zines.


The film screen and social space.


The kids space.


The main desk and 'office'.


View from the front door and T-shirts.


September 1st came and went and we were still finishing some minor renovations and pricing the new and used books, but by the 12th we were ready to open the doors to The Camas Bookstore and Infoshop. A steady flow of people came by during the day they were excited and enthusiastic about the project. The news that something new was happening in the neighborhood had obviously spread, because by time it was my turn to do a shift on the 16th things were buzzing and by the end of the day we had shelves donated from Rogers Video across the road, a growing list of people wanting to volunteer or offer general support and we had taken in enough money to almost cover half of our rent.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

GETTING THE WORD OUT





With September 1st as our opening date, we spent time trying to raise awareness about the project, some of the collective went over to Vancouver for the Under the Volcano festival to table and spread the word about The Camas bookstore and infoshop. ListServe contacts were kept informed of the progress, some volunteers helped out with the renovations, with the bulk of the work being done by the Camas Collective Members. September also being the 2nd annual Anarchist Bookfair and The Festival of Anarchy, so the opening of a bookstore/infoshop like Camas was great timing.
On Wednesday 4th sept. we hosted our first event a film screening, as part on the Festival of Anarchy, Hold Fast is about a group of young anarchist sailors who do up a salvaged boat and sail it from Florida to Haiti. There was a good attendance and things went smoothly for our first event.
The next evening was our 'grand opening' party, although we were not technically open at that point, but with so many people from out of town here for the bookfair and festival, now seemed the perfect time. The party was well attended, lively and energetic, with two kegs and a Black Cat Cafe style open mic stage.There was one really drunk guy trying to set light to a big bag of leaves and sticks right outside of the building, he was told to desist and sling his hook. The cops rolled by around 11pm to say hi, so we closed things down shortly after, not wanting to create undue friction this early on.
The week-end of the bookfair we had a table at the fair with zines and a few books, met some great people, a lot who donated their unsold stock to Camas and a few people came by the space to do some volunteer work to get us closer to our opening date.