Books to Prisoners benefit during Late Night Library.

The Bellingham Alternative Library is holding two benefits for Books to Prisoners in November.  November is Angela Davis Month according to the BAL’s featured revolutionary program. Angela Davis is a living revolutionary who continues to educate about, and fight to end, the prison-industrial-complex.  She will not be attending, but many of her essays and footage from her talks will be featured at the library.  While the library will have handmade BTP merchandise on sale all month, the main fundraisers will take place as “late night libraries.”  On the 11th and 25th (2nd and 4th Fridays) of November the BAL will be open an additional 3 hours, from 7-10pm.  Admission is $3-$5, sliding scale.  All proceeds go to Bellingham BTP.

The prison-industrial-complex Davis speaks of is a term used to desribe the rapid expansion of the US inmate population due to the political influence of private prison companies and businesses that supply goods and services to government prison agencies.  Businesses have a hand in incarceration, thus lobbyist and PR agents have a say when a community is considering different routes to mitigate social issues.  The building of a new prison is often the only measure put forth.

Help us celebrate Angela Davis, spread the word on the Prison-Industrial-Complex, and bring more crucial postage money to Books to Prisoners.

The Bellingham Alternative Library, located at 717 North Forest shares its 3,000 books with the public every day from  2 to 7pm.  It will be featuring revolutionaries Audre Lorde in December, and Emma Goldman in January.