Presente! Book Launch

A Red Salmon Arts Event

 7pm Thursday 19 July 2014

Join us at Resistencia Bookstore for the launch of our new book, ¡Presente! Latin@ Immigrant Voices in the Struggle for Racial Justice, published by AK Press!

Le invitamos a la librería Resistencia para presentar el libro bilingüe Presente! Voces Inmigrantes Latin@s en la Lucha por la Justicia Racial

Mainstream media in the US tend to frame Latin@ immigrants in two ways. Right-wing pundits demonize them as a threat to national security, raising the specter of a deliberate “browning of America.” More well-meaning commentators generally foreground themes of victimization that strip immigrants of their agency. Neither is accurate, and both fail to see immigrants as active participants in their own struggle for racial and economic justice.

¡Presente! offers a perspective on the immigrant-rights movement that is written by immigrant workers themselves. These are the first-person tales of grassroots organizations across the country that are resisting state repression, cultivating solidarity, and building alternative models for progressive social change. In essays that explore the intersection of race, class, and immigration in the United States, this anthology challenges its readers to move beyond a “legalization-only” framework to embrace a broader vision for social-justice organizing. Offered in a dual-language edition, with a foreword by Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzáles.

For more on ¡Presente!, visit AK Press: http://www.akpress.org/presente.html

This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division believing aninvestment in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future.  Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com. 

Resistencia Bookstore
casa de Red Salmon Arts

4926 E. Cesar Chavez St., Unit C1
Austin, Texas 78702
Phone: (512) 389-9881
Email: revolu@resistenciabooks.com