Pilsen Community Books
@pilsencommbooks.bsky.social
Established 2016, worker owned and operated since 2020. Always Carry A Book
We are opening at 2 pm on Saturday, August 8th so our worker-owners can celebrate PCB's newest red (& black) diaper baby! We'll be staying open until 10 pm for the Oddball Mini Mart, so if you've ever wanted to browse PCB after dark, Saturday is your chance. 😎
Cleaning up inventory of custom commissions and found all 6 cards printed for @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social.
Do we know any lefty sports writers in Chicago? 👀 Asking for a friend!
two copies left at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social if you are in chi & want to support a worker-owned cooperative along with your fave autistic zen truncle💚💚
Chicago! I'll be reading at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social in September.... pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/20260...
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We had a great time! Thank you to @haymarketbooks.org, @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social & of course @devintoshea.bsky.social for having us being a part of this fantastic book tour!
Devin Thomas O’Shea@devintoshea.bsky.social · 4w agohuge thank you to everyone who came out to @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social — huge thanks to Jacob Stovall for hosting and @apconmag.bsky.social 📸 Bo Bruasco and @griffin5a7.bsky.social
huge thank you to everyone who came out to @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social — huge thanks to Jacob Stovall for hosting and @apconmag.bsky.social 📸 Bo Bruasco and @griffin5a7.bsky.social
CHICAGO — this Thursday, July 9 at 7 PM, at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social — come out for a night with @apconmag.bsky.social and get a free poster with book purchase
Great @librarypunk.bsky.social live recording and panel discussion at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social in Chicago: “Critical AI Takes Too Hot for the (ALA) Mainstage” @kslater.bsky.social
More than 50 organizations have signed on to endorse Socialism 2026 so far! 💥 Visit our webiste learn about all of them, and make sure to register by Friday, July 3rd for the Early Bird Discount: socialismconference.org/endorsing-or...
Chicago Zine Fest will be part of this Radical Book Buzz event on Friday night at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! Excited to hang out with radical folks & library workers in town for #alaac2026. www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-bo...
thank you so, so much to everyone who came by last night to listen & be present with us & to participate in a great discussion. your questions & comments were brilliant! deep thanks also to @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social for hosting us!💚💚
CHICAGO — come out to @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social on July 9 for a very special APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL themed discussion — there may also be a special bit of swag to acquire at this one 🐉🐉🐉
From @redemmas.org in Baltimore to @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social in Chicago, co-op bookstores show what happens when culture is treated as a public good—not just another product to be optimized, extracted from and sold back to us.
Turning the Page on Corporate Bookselling
Radical booksellers create democratically governed spaces where the public is encouraged to build movements, rather than merely participate in the retail economy.
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Don't miss this event tomorrow!
Common Notions Press@commonnotions.bsky.social · 2mo agoDon'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
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
American Worker@americanwork47.bsky.social · 2mo agoGuerrillas of Desire in the field at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social and excited for our event tomorrow night here with our forthcoming @commonnotions.bsky.social Cleaver reader!
Guerrillas of Desire in the field at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social and excited for our event tomorrow night here with our forthcoming @commonnotions.bsky.social Cleaver reader!
chicago! ‘tis ONE WEEK until i read & converse in person (6/18) at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social with @makecommon.bsky.social ! if you would like to attend, the info’s below: pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/50470
Jay Besemer and Joe Hall | Pilsen Community Books
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gonna be in Chicago this Thursday talking about my book with the homie Will Harris. radical rednecks, country music, the multi-racial movements of the poor! SEVEN PM at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social
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 ⚡️
Tonight!!
Food Chain Workers Alliance@foodchainworkers.bsky.social · 2mo agoWeds 6/10 in Chicago: Head over to @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social at 7pm for @dgorganize.bsky.social in conversation with Jose Oliva of @healfoodalliance.bsky.social and IWW Local 8 historian Peter Cole. Grab a copy of Daniel's new book #UnionsOfOurOwn and let's get organizing!
Chicago! Join @dgorganize.bsky.social for a discussion of his new book UNIONS OF OUR OWN on Wednesday at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social!
dgorganize (he/him)@dgorganize.bsky.social · 2mo agoChicago folks and Labor Notes early arrivers: I'll be with my friends Jose Oliva of @healfoodalliance.bsky.social and former co-director of @foodchainworkers.bsky.social along with Local 8 historian @profpetercole.bsky.social Thrilled! FCWA member groups and Local 8 show up prominently in the book
Weds 6/10 in Chicago: Head over to @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social at 7pm for @dgorganize.bsky.social in conversation with Jose Oliva of @healfoodalliance.bsky.social and IWW Local 8 historian Peter Cole. Grab a copy of Daniel's new book #UnionsOfOurOwn and let's get organizing!
Hey Chicago + those traveling to Labor Notes! Unsure what to do on Wed.? Join me & Jose Oliva in talking w/ @dgorganize.bsky.social of his new book on how to organize a labor union! Co-sponsors IL Labor History Society, Food Chain Workers Alliance @haymarketbooks.org at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social
