Ken Knabb discussing his new book The Joy of Revolution and Related Texts
Mon Oct 26, 7pm
Radical book talk
Chinatown, San Francisco
📚"temples to artists" — a regular visitor
📵"put away your sell phone!" — still beating
🪑Seating is limited, come early
Thomas Frank dismantles the Silicon Valley myth that innovation equals progress. His sharp new book argues "creativity" has become a cover story for inequality, not a cure for it. Expect a lively, contrarian evening at a bookstore that still believes ideas matter.
Progressive bookstore
Author talk
Political commentary
Beat generation history
Tuesday, October 27, 7:00 PM
Free
Chinatown, San Francisco
📚"temples to artists" — a regular visitor
📵"put away your sell phone!" — still beating
🪑Seating is limited, come early
Thomas Frank dismantles the Silicon Valley myth that innovation equals progress. His sharp new book argues "creativity" has become a cover story for inequality, not a cure for it. Expect a lively, contrarian evening at a bookstore that still believes ideas matter.
Progressive bookstore
Author talk
Political commentary
Beat generation history
Tuesday, October 27, 7:00 PM
Free
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- Progressive bookstore
- Author talk
- Political commentary
- Beat generation history
- City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
- Chinatown
- San Francisco
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