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POINTS OF DEPARTURE is "essential reading for anyone fed up with capitalism’s endless crises and wars.” Coming this fall. Edited by Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social. ⚡️ tinyurl.com/End-Capitalism

Starting soon at 2 pm et: People Do Come Home—An Event for the @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social and All Political Prisoners Mc’d by Matt Meyer, Ashanti Alston, Diana Block, Josh Harper, Ray Luc Levasseur, &Julie Herrada Watch the event: buff.ly/ZBPoJOB

This Sunday at 2 pm et/11 am pt! Watch it here: tinyurl.com/PeopleDoComeHome

The first novel about the Palestinian genocide since escalations in 2023: RED FLOUR by Seraj Assi. It's a fictionalized story of the Flour Massacre. Written using first-hand testimonies with a dash of fantasy and magical realism rooted in Palestinian faith. DRCs available on Edelweiss.

We invite you to participate in Summer of Ludd! Take heed of the lessons offered by George Eastman's THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION. Reclaim your sense of self and humanity with a week of free, public, and participatory events. Get off big tech, into Public Space, and re-enchant each other!

New books coming this fall! POINTS OF DEPARTURE, edited by Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social The definitive collection of Harry Cleaver’s best unpublished, translated, or lesser known writings. An essential theoretical weapon for a new generation of militant workers and organizers.

Set at the contested Kurdish frontier between Iran and Iraq, Jiyar Jahan Fard’s THE SHADELESS BORDER is a work of haunting intensity. Written along the delicate line between Kafka and Kundera. Translated by Chiya Parvizpur Available 8/18/26 Preorders save 25% with SHADELESS: buff.ly/Wpizbof

New story alert! We're excited to share Not Dying Here by @r-newell.bsky.social.

If urbanization has become increasingly central for capital accumulation processes, it follows that urban struggles must become increasingly central to the fight against capitalism.

One day our comrades will come home. Leonard came home last year; Marius came home this year. And one day our Prairieland and Anti-Fascist Prisoners will return to our communities too. Join @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social and friends for a virtual event JULY 26TH.

"He [Dhoruba Bin-Wahad] is a strategist teaching us how to move on the chessboard of this ongoing struggle. Pick up REVOLUTION IN THESE TIMES and keep it moving." —Chuck D, Public Enemy Listen to Chuck D and pick this book up for lessons in the fight against fascism: buff.ly/7te4ALR

Twelve contributors share a variety of work—from essays to poems—reflecting on the "everyday shit" of movement work. EVERYDAY SH!T by the Abolition Journal Working Group is officially available today!

Everyday Sh!t: Notes on Abolition and Reconstruction — Common Notions PressThe inaugural issue of the movement-focused and future-forward Abolition Journal quarterly after it was relaunched by the Philadelphia-based Abolition School.www.commonnotions.org

Don't miss Armed by Design: Cuban and Salvadoran Agit Prop Internationalism at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! Alma de Izote and Josh MacPhee on political posters and agit prop as movement tools. 6/16 - 7PM More on ARMED BY DESIGN and Alma de Izote: www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/20260616

TONIGHT! 7pm. POINTS OF DEPARTURE Release Party Robert Ovetz, Kevin Van Meter, and James Tracy at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social

New zine! Colleen Asper introduces and reinvigorates the long tradition of workers' inquiry.

A Brief History of the Workers’ Inquiry — Common Notions PressA Brief History of the Workers’ Inquiry introduces and reinvigorates the long tradition of research and inquiry coming from workers’ initiative, as part of their self-activity and organizing against t...www.commonnotions.org

Looking forward to the Labor Notes! We're especially excited for the limited edition, early release of POINTS OF DEPARTURE. Join Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social where they will be in conversation with @jtofthebay.bsky.social. Friday 6/12 at 7PM ⚡️

TAKE OVER THE CITY by Neil Gray provides the first comprehensive spatial analysis of Italian operaismo and the extraordinary urban struggles of 1970s Italy. Available 7/7/2026! Preorder with TAKEOVERTHECITY for 25% off: tinyurl.com/TakeOverTheCity

We have some good books hitting bookstore shelves this fall! Browse our Fall 2026/Winter 2027 titles, and learn about the authors: tinyurl.com/CommonNotionsF26

Catch debut author Radhika Singh in Atlanta, Boston, NYC, and Philadelphia this June. Starting with a conversation with Malav Kanuga at Tomorrow, Today in Philadelphia. Friday 6/5 at 6pm. More info on EARTHLY PLAYING FIELD events at commonnotions.org/events

"And now this new world is changing me in ways I couldn’t have imagined. I go dancing with thousands of people without leaving my room. I’m learning about gardening. I’ll probably take on some study and figure out what kind of role there is for a protector here. I might even have children."