#Solidarity — a painting by Marius Mason circa 2011. Honored to have this displayed on my shelf! #FreeThemAll and support Marius: supportmariusmason.org/support/
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Join the search for The American Worker. Kevin Van Meter: author, labor educator, union organizer, PhD. Books at @akpress.org & @commonnotions.bsky.social. Inquiry via @workinquirywork.bsky.social & workersinquiry.work. Writings at readingstruggles.info.
New essay: “The Socialisation Capital Cannot Produce.” Reading Mario Tronti on the gap between social cooperation and capitalist command—and why capital’s dependence on living labour is where struggle begins. nihilistoptimism.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-...
The Socialisation Capital Cannot Produce
Capital cannot produce social cooperation by itself. It must make living labour carry it – and that dependence is where struggle begins. The...
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Working with anarchist artist NO BONZO, we've made a support poster to inform people about the Minneapolis 15 case. 15 people are federally charged with conspiracy for allegedly defending their neighborhoods from ICE. Please print these out and post them everywhere! crimethinc.com/posters/supp...
"At first, [James] Baldwin was shy, but we soon had long discussions. It was not just the talk and the good food that quickly laid the basis for our friendship. The Calypso was catching on fast with a unique segment of the public, especially among radical intellectuals. C.L.R. James, for example..."
"Armored cars and tanks and guns came to take away our sons; but every man must stand behind the men behind the wire" Tunes: youtu.be/WvGC6QroaEM?...
New book days! Today its Matthew Quest's CLR James: Cultivator of the Popular Will: A Study of the History and Politics of World Revolution. Excited to dig into all 1114 pages and for the paperback edition out on @haymarketbooks.org next year.
Over the years, many of us have had the privilege of hearing Ashanti Alston speak on Black anarchism, political prisoners, Zapatismo, and lessons from organizing. With the help of @williamcson.bsky.social we've compiled his writings, speeches, and interviews into a volume we can all learn from.
Reading @mollycrabapple.bsky.social’s rich and triumphant ‘Here Where We Live is Our Country.’ Perfect for waiting rooms and social clubs (where I’ve been enjoying it), grange halls and union halls, bookshops and infoshops, and community centers of all kinds. Pick it up if you haven’t already!
Raoul Vaneigem has died. He leaves us no instruction manual, thankfully – only an insistence that everyday life can still be stolen back from work, boredom and obedience: in argument, song, drink, dance, love, revolt and the invention of new poetry.
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
"@harrycleaver.bsky.social has long been an innovative interlocuter of the most pugnacious anti-work tendencies of Italian workerism."
"For more than fifty years now, Harry Cleaver has provided profound insights into contemporary class struggles, thanks to an expressly *political* reading of the critique of political economy."
“Harry Cleaver’s essays collected in this wonderfully edited volume demonstrate the continuing political relevance and urgency of concepts such as the refusal of work and the self-valorization of the working class.” —Michael Hardt, The Subversive Seventies
Attn! Upstate New York labor organizers! Rust Belt Rising, Building Solidarity and Worker Power is coming up in a few weeks. I'll be giving a workshop on "Labor Education for All Workers: based on my @NewPoliticsMag article . More info: www.readingstruggles.info/post/worksho...
Workshop: Labor Education for All Workers at Rust Belt Rising in Rochester, NY 8/15
Rust Belt RisingBuilding Solidarity and Worker Power in Rochester, New York Saturday, August 15th, 9am-6pmSunday, August 16th, 9am-2pmJoin author, labor educator, and union organizer Kevin Van Meter f...
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This Sunday at 2 pm et/11 am pt! Watch it here: tinyurl.com/PeopleDoComeHome
Common Notions Press@commonnotions.bsky.social · 2mo agoOne 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.
New book days are the best days, especially when its the new @akpress.org title Anarchist Panther: The Selected Writings of Ashanti O. Alston. Check out our People Do Come Home event with Ashanti this Sunday 7/26 at 2PM ET: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhcf...
I am so excited to announce the pre-sale for my forthcoming book, The Struggle Is Always Worth It! This is also the first reveal of the table contents, and let me tell you, there are some superstars who contributed to this book. givebutter.com/SIAWI-presale
Struggle Is Always Worth It book pre-sale
Pre-sale and fundraiser for the edited collection, The Struggle Is Always Worth It, coming out December 2026.
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Only a few more days until People Do Come Home—An Event for the @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social and All Political Prisoners with Matt Meyer, Ashanti Alston, Diana Block, Josh Harper, Ray Luc Levasseur, Julie Herrada. Watch live and thereafter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhcf...
People Do Come Home - An Event for the Prairieland Defendants and All Political Prisoners
YouTube video by Common Notions
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And another great cosponsor with our comrades at PROMOTING ENDURING PEACE (@PEPeace). Appreciate your support of the event and @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social!
American Worker@americanwork47.bsky.social · 2w agoSo pleased that the comrades at the DSA Communist Caucus has joined "People Do Come Home—An Event for the Prairieland Defendants and All Political Prisoners" as a cosponsor! Coming up this Sunday!!
So pleased that the comrades at the DSA Communist Caucus has joined "People Do Come Home—An Event for the Prairieland Defendants and All Political Prisoners" as a cosponsor! Coming up this Sunday!!
American Worker@americanwork47.bsky.social · 4w agoAppreciate our comrades at @dsaemerge.bsky.social joining as cosponors of "People Do Come Home—An Event for the Prairieland Defendants and All Political Prisoners." Organized in solidarity with the @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social.
Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social contributed “Fifteen Theses on the US Labor Movement” to the @plutopress.bsky.social collection—Workers' Power from Below: Rebuilding Syndicalism in the 21st Century—edited by our comrade Gabriel Kuhn. Out 1/27: www.readingstruggles.info/post/chapter...
Chapter in Workers' Power from Below!
Robert Ovetz and Kevin Van Meter have a book chapter titled “Fifteen Theses on the US Labor Movement” in the forthcoming collection edited by our comrade Gabriel Kuhn. Workers' Power from Below: Rebui...
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Anyone in the NY Capitol area please come out to a public event about the case including some visitors from DFW. We’ll talk about what’s going on, how you can help, and what it all means. When: Saturday July 25 4-6pm Where: 386 1st Troy NY
Quite pleased to be back at @histmat.bsky.social London this November as part of the Workers and Capital stream with a paper titled—“Political Materials”: Between Inquiry and Intervention in Radical Social Movement Publications.
My comrade and collaborator Robert Ovetz and I are diligently working on a new project for the Class Compositions Series. Can't wait to share the details with y'all! #RefuseWork #ReadHarryCleaver
C. L. R. James, refusing the eternal meeting agenda since 1948. The task is not to perfect organization until it rules over collective life, but to develop the capacity for people to think, act and create together without being commanded.
Join comrades in the Capital Region to hear about the case and support the @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social and Prairieland Defendants. #FreeThemAll
DFW Support Committee@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · 3w agoAnyone in the NY Capitol area please come out to a public event about the case including some visitors from DFW. We’ll talk about what’s going on, how you can help, and what it all means. When: Saturday July 25 4-6pm Where: 386 1st Troy NY
Coming soon: Class Struggle of our Own, an interview of SUN member and staff @dgorganize.bsky.social on his new book: unionsofourown.org out now from @haymarketbooks.org In conversation with @americanwork47.bsky.social for New Politics
So pleased to be included in the Summer 2026 issue of New Politics Magazine with an article titled 'Class-Struggle of Our Own: An Interview with @dgorganize.bsky.social.' To read this and other fine articles, subscribe here: newpol.org/subscribe/
