Preview Seraj Assi's novel RED FLOUR with Inverse Journal. "In this particular excerpt, the narrator ventures from a bitter fantasy, survivor’s guilt and painful recollection to face the moral devastation caused by enforced starvation and war." buff.ly/yZyHEWn

Seraj Assi's RED FLOUR is one of "Ten books by Arab writers to look out for this October." @thenationalnews.com buff.ly/ZA6fI3y

Ten books by Arab writers to look out for this October | The National

A prize-winning Libyan novel and Iraqi poetry join new essays, English translations and a reissue of Qatari historical novel The Corsair

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Written by unhoused people & their allies, WE LIVE IN PUBLIC offers a first-person account of life under state violence. Throughout this book, Aetna residents & organizers use essays, interviews, & photographs to share strategies for solidarity and survival in a time of class war. buff.ly/OyRwSsM

Preview Seraj Assi's novel RED FLOUR with Inverse Journal. "In this particular excerpt, the narrator ventures from a bitter fantasy, survivor’s guilt and painful recollection to face the moral devastation caused by enforced starvation and war." buff.ly/yZyHEWn

Wonderful new story by my friend and comrade Adelaide about revolutionary trans women discussing their theater company. Please consider funding future authors by donating to Common Notions for Project 2052!

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There's a new story in the ever-expanding world of EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE! "Désirée Dove and Mia Fairfield-Malhotra on the Prospect Farm Street Theatre" by Adelaide

There's a new story in the ever-expanding world of EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE! "Désirée Dove and Mia Fairfield-Malhotra on the Prospect Farm Street Theatre" by Adelaide

Project 2052 | (15) Adelaide - Prospect Farm Street Theatre — Common Notions Press

Six months before the Hunts Point Insurrection, three trans women gather on Samhain to reconnect and reflect on the three anti-imperialist theatre companies that led them to sustain their own…

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"This collection of Harry Cleaver’s published essays is invaluable for socialist organizers and theoreticians to re-center the working-class as the protagonist of struggle within late capitalist society." Julian Assele reviewed POINTS OF DEPARTURE for COSMONAUT.

Points of Arrival

Julian Assele reviews Points of Departure: Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism: Collected Writings of Harry Cleaver, edited by Robert Ovetz and Kevin Van Meter. While Cleaver rightly seeks…

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Harry Cleaver on the impact of computer technology on the workplace and working class. One of the most compelling Marxist theorists of class struggle over work of the last 50 years, his lesser known writings continue to be invaluable, especially as we face the rise of global fascism.

Edited by Robert Ovetz & Kevin Van Meter, ‘Points of Departure - Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism: The Collected Writings of Harry Cleaver’ @harrycleaver.bsky.social is now out! Order it from @commonnotions.bsky.social www.commonnotions.org/buy/points-o... #Marxism #Work #Anticapitalism

We’re thrilled to invite Common Notions sustaining members to join Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social for a celebration and informal conversation.

Bought a really great book at Librería Traficantes de sueños, Madrid by @commonnotions.bsky.social Feat @dairinstitute.bsky.social, @notechforapartheid.bsky.social, @techworkerscoalition.org and others.

Some folks have been waiting for the digital publications of some of our most recent titles. That moment has arrived! BORDERTOWN CLASHES, RESOURCE WARS, CONTESTED TERRITORIES; REMAKING DEMOCRACY; YES, IT'S POSSIBLE!; ME AND MINE; and MY CITY NEED SOMETHING are all available as EPUBs.

So proud of @americanwork47.bsky.social for the work and dedication that he (and Robert) did on this volume of Harry Cleaver’s work. Can’t wait to dive in! You should all check this title out at @commonnotions.bsky.social !! 🤩🤩🤩

Upcoming Marxist Education Project event with @americanwork47.bsky.social, Robert Ovetz, @harrycleaver.bsky.social & @commonnotions.bsky.social RSVP below:

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Upcoming Book Talk from friends at Marxist Education Project on Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social's new book on the work of @harrycleaver.bsky.social from @commonnotions.bsky.social RSVP here: marxedproject.org/event/writin...

...what is even worse is that it is not even consistently applied. AI promises to destroy millions of jobs, way more than majoring in anthropology or art history, and somehow it gets a pass. It is the accumulation of wealth (by a few) and not work that is actually worshipped.

Join the Common Notions community, support our radical publishing efforts, and read some fantastic books too!

Common Notions Press@commonnotions.bsky.social · last mo.

Common Notions exists through the support of our community. By community, we mean you! Every book you purchase or mention to a friend. Every event you attend. Every newsletter you open. It all adds up, and keeps us going. Thank you!

Upcoming Book Talk from friends at Marxist Education Project on Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social's new book on the work of @harrycleaver.bsky.social from @commonnotions.bsky.social RSVP here: marxedproject.org/event/writin...

Refusal of Work: The Writings of Harry Cleaver - Marxist Education Project

Join editors Robert Ovetz and Kevin Van Meter for a discussion of Points of Departure: Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism: The Collected Writings of Harry Cleaver, a definitive collection of...

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Common Notions exists through the support of our community. By community, we mean you! Every book you purchase or mention to a friend. Every event you attend. Every newsletter you open. It all adds up, and keeps us going. Thank you!

The publication of THE SHADELESS BORDER is "a[n] historical moment in Kurdish literature. . . . written in a language which has been suppressed, marginalized, and denigrated . . . this book demonstrates our mother language is not only still alive but flourishing." — @behrouzboochani.bsky.social

We're thrilled for the publication of POINTS OF DEPARTURE in September. Edited by Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social, the reader is a collection of Harry Cleaver’s best unpublished, translated, or little-read writings that powerfully speak to the moment we are in.

Freedom’s Ballad is a new collaboration that features three stories exploring the theme of Freedom Past, Freedom Now, and Freedom to Come. Each showcasing how freedom and safety are woven together in Philadelphia’s past, present, and in the community acts that are seeding freer futures.

"At the heart of the class relation is the imposition of work and the resistance to the imposition of work" Take a viewing of our short Nature of the Beast: @harrycleaver.bsky.social On Capitalism and Work: youtube.com/shorts/jFCCt... via @commonnotions.bsky.social

Nature of the Beast: Harry Cleaver On Capitalism and Work

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"Lyrical, formally daring, and emotionally resonant, THE SHADELESS BORDER is a poignant exploration of Kurdish experience and a compelling reflection on the fragility of home." —Essmat Sophie, author of DANCING AMID FIRE, RISING ABOVE RUINS

How to Remake Democracy w/ Elizabeth Adams and Danielle Chynoweth The authors of REMAKING DEMOCRACY appeared on @convergencemag.com's Block and Build podcast. Listen to learn about their inspiration for the book and what readers can expect. ↴

How to Remake Democracy w/ Elizabeth Adams and Danielle Chynoweth

A conversation with the authors of “Remaking Democracy: How We Make the Worlds We Want.”

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THE SHADELESS BORDER is a "magical realist meditation on loss, displacement, and the fragile border between life and death." Recommended by @markaz-review.bsky.social In-stores 9/1

Kurdistan: The Book List

An informed selection of books that opens a window into the vibrant world of Kurdish life, identity, and creativity.

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Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: The Shadeless Border by Jiyar Jahan Fard, trans by Chiya Parvizpur, @commonnotions.bsky.social & I Can Tell You the Version That Will Make You Take My Side by @jbrookewrites.bsky.social, @driftwoodpress.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstagram

Our new @harrycleaver.bsky.social reader—Points of Depature will be out on the Class Compositions series at @commonnotions.bsky.social any day now. Preorder yours here: www.commonnotions.org/buy/points-o...

See ya'll at @bombmag.bsky.social's Small Press Flea this weekend! Saturday 8/15, 12-6pm 316 Ten Eyck St Brooklyn, NY

BOMB's Small Press Flea 2026

BOMB's Small Press Flea is back on Saturday, August 15, at Amant.

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"When you have these [small everyday victories], you are showing the movement that we do win things, and we know we can build bigger things." Great interview with @fedivers.joao.cat on @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social!

Yes, It’s Possible! A Handbook from Building Power from Below

Interview with João França Building movements is an arduous and involved process. It takes organising people, building morale, and grit, and that isn’t

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Love this story by @anniesinger.bsky.social on fighting psychiatric violence, and the revolutionary transition in Idaho. New Project 2052 story, in the world of Everything for Everyone

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The story follows his journey to a commune in Chicago, illustrating the disabled world-building that was essential to liberation movements. Story by @anniesinger.bsky.social Edited by @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social and @genderhorizon.com Read the full story: buff.ly/AIR7Wia