Firestorm Books

@firestorm.coop

Queer feminist collective in Asheville, NC, operating a bookstore co-op & social movement space since 2008 on Tsalagi land. Ⓐ Ⓔ Ⓥ

Tomorrow we're hosting a virtual conversation with Madeline Quasebarth, author of the new book "Don't Breed on Me," with health policy researcher Lee Hasselbacher. Together they'll be discussing the millennia-long story of abortion and the fight for reproductive justice today. @pmpress.bsky.social

A photo of "Don't Breed on Me" sitting on the metal frame of our store sign. Firestorm's green building is visible in the background and the book features a monochrome photo of a sliced papaya.A promotional graphic for our virtual author event with Madeline Quasebarth and Lee Hasselbacher on August 2nd at 1pm ET. The image features the book cover alongside headshots for the panelists over a photo of a wide green papaya leaf. Smaller text designates this event as part of PM Press' All We Have is Each Other speaker series.

Saturday is the International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners! Join us for an afternoon of drop-in activities to raise funds, cultivate solidarity, and learn from our history. 3pm – Prairieland Benefit Zine Assembly 6pm – Community Meal 6:30pm – Screening of "Eyes of the Rainbow"

Antifascist Film Screening & Dinner

Join us on International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners for a casual meal and screening of Eyes of the Rainbow, a 1997 documentary about Assata Shakur!

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What film should we screen next weekend for International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners? ◯ The Antifascists (2017) ◯ Eyes of The Rainbow (1997) ◯ Hunger (2008) ◯ Nuestros Desaparecidos (2009) ◯ Persepolis (2007) ◯ Andor S01E10 (2022) ◯ Something else (tell us!)

A community meal and film screening, followed by discussion on one of history's boldest experiments in revolutionary anarchism! Join us at 5:30pm on Sunday, July 19th, the 90th anniversary of the Spanish Revolution.

Remembering the Spanish Revolution

On this 90th anniversary of the Spanish Revolution, we will be screening the documentary Living Utopia, which shares the accounts of those who lived through one of history's boldest experiments in rev...

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Mari, like her codefendants Benjamin “Champagne Song” and Zachary Evetts, is being held in segregation. She has faced extensive violating strip searches, excessive surveillance during meetings with lawyers, and was forced to breathe in pepper spray chemicals 5 times across (1/3)

BildSlide has text in caption.Lt. Gross, the cop who was allegedly shot in the Prairieland Case, was sued in 2021 for stripping down an incarcerated man and holding him naked in a refrigerated suicide cell to make him talk without his lawyer present.
This coercive, violent, humiliating behavior is normalized in Johnson County. After returning from sentencing on June 23, Maricela was interviewed by mental health coordinator, LCSW Joy White who started asking intrusive questions about the defendants plans for appeal. . Maricela asked if she could call her lawyer. White responded: “You’re not going to be calling anyone. You’re going to be naked in a padded cell for 4 days”.1. Call Jail Admin, request to leave a message for Lt. Sullivan
2. Email judge boedeker

Call 8175566058
Email: judgeboedeker@johnsoncountytx.org

The thing about JKR and telling folks not to buy Harry Potter shit is it isn't because we think it can take away her fortune and platform. She's so rich she would still be rich if she never sold another book It is because it is literally the smallest possible hurdle to clear to value trans lives

I know everyone’s making their jokes, but to be real: it’s an American sickness that the media and political class are praising someone who has spent last year calling for a genocide. Lindsay Graham was the worst of us. He wanted the blood of children to flow in the streets of Gaza and got his wish.