Common Notions Press
banner
commonnotions.bsky.social
Common Notions Press
@commonnotions.bsky.social
Nonprofit, movement-based, and worker-run publisher of books that provide timely reflections, clear critiques, and inspiring strategies that amplify movements for social justice.

📍Philadelphia
📍NYC

www.commonnotions.org
Philly, join us, @justmaybechris.bsky.social, and karim at the Blackwell Regional Library to celebrate MY CITY NEED SOMETHING: PORTRAITS AND PROSE FOR BLACK EXISTENCE!

Saturday 2/14 12-2pm

We'll be selling copies of the book at a discounted price. See you there

Event details: tinyurl.com/2m9at7dh
February 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Reposted by Common Notions Press
"...workers know their workplaces best, and can participate in the study of their own struggles, and learn from similar studies by workers in other struggles."

Read an excerpt of STRIKE WHILE THE NEEDLE IS HOT! on @thewiremagazine.bsky.social: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/b...
Read an extract from Strike While the Needle Is Hot: A Discography of Workers' Revolt - The Wire
In an extract from his new book, co-authored with Kennedy Block, Josh MacPhee outlines the role of workers' songs and the making of records in supporting labour movements in the US
www.thewire.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM
"...workers know their workplaces best, and can participate in the study of their own struggles, and learn from similar studies by workers in other struggles."

Read an excerpt of STRIKE WHILE THE NEEDLE IS HOT! on @thewiremagazine.bsky.social: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/b...
Read an extract from Strike While the Needle Is Hot: A Discography of Workers' Revolt - The Wire
In an extract from his new book, co-authored with Kennedy Block, Josh MacPhee outlines the role of workers' songs and the making of records in supporting labour movements in the US
www.thewire.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Reposted by Common Notions Press
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities. interc.pt/3NJ3GI6
January 28, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Join Capacitor Collective as they celebrate the release of NOTES TOWARD A DIGITAL WORKERS' INQUIRY, "an exemplary demonstration of how inquiry can function simultaneously as a mode of collective action and a form of critical theory."

2/12/26 in Toronto and 2/13/26 Montreal. Save the dates!
January 28, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Reposted by Common Notions Press
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
What Goes Around Comes Around: On Reading the World and Hearing the Word by @justmaybechris.bsky.social

agatheringtogether.squarespace.com/blog/what-go...
January 23, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Reposted by Common Notions Press
“Unregulated digital technologies, mass surveillance, and weak privacy laws have created a health privacy crisis.” A new report from @epic.org finds that health data is routinely repurposed for surveillance and enforcement, deterring patients from seeking care. www.wired.com/story/survei...
Surveillance and ICE Are Driving Patients Away From Medical Care, Report Warns
A new EPIC report says data brokers, ad-tech surveillance, and ICE enforcement are among the factors leading to a “health privacy crisis” that is eroding trust and deterring people from seeking care.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Reposted by Common Notions Press
January 21, 2026 at 10:51 AM
“A historiography of a Black Existence that blooms with the care & criticism of its poetry and photography.” —@ill-iterate.com

MY CITY NEED SOMETHING: PORTRAITS & PROSE FOR BLACK EXISTENCE by @justmaybechris.bsky.social & Karim Brown hits the shelves next month!

Preorder now: buff.ly/l8tXv0M
January 16, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Reposted by Common Notions Press
Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry by Capacitor Collective (@commonnotions.bsky.social) & People with No Charisma by @jenteposthuma.bsky.social (trans @sarahtimmerharvey.bsky.social, Scribe). See alt-text.

#DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #bookish #readingcommunity
January 15, 2026 at 3:06 PM
👀 😍 Spotted at @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social: BORDERTOWN CLASHES, RESOURCE WARS, CONTESTED TERRITORIES by John Redhouse!

A one-of-a-kind lyrical and fast-paced memoir of the frontlines and trenches of Native liberation in the Four Corners and Southwest in the 1970s.

buff.ly/2feKGAl
January 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Reposted by Common Notions Press
Yes, I have a second podcast.
Yes, you should follow and listen to both.
Yes, you should join both training programs.
Yes, I am tired.
You’re welcome.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Trans Muslim Liberation Podcast
Islam Podcast · Updated Weekly · A podcast about using Islam as a methodology for building a liberated world. This podcast works hand in hand with a more in depth training program starting Jan 9th 2...
podcasts.apple.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Reposted by Common Notions Press
"If producing a record is a tactic, and winning a strike is the goal, then what is the strategy?"

Read an extract from Strike While the Needle Is Hot: A Discography of Workers' Revolt

www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/b...
Read an extract from Strike While the Needle Is Hot: A Discography of Workers' Revolt - The Wire
In an extract from his new book, co-authored with Kennedy Block, Josh MacPhee outlines the role of workers' songs and the making of records in supporting labour movements in the US
www.thewire.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
As we look forward to what's in store for 2026, we want to celebrate & uplift some of the love that our books and authors received in 2025.

Thank you to everyone who bought, reviewed, or recommended a Common Notions book; also to those who hosted our authors or joined them in conversation 🖤

. . .
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Reposted by Common Notions Press
Hello, world! 7 thought-provoking books I read in 2025 that I highly recommend: "Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune 2052-2072." A bracing futuristic look that somehow ripples w/ hope. By @genderhorizon.com & @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social via @commonnotions.bsky.social 1/1
December 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Reposted by Common Notions Press
So pleased to see that @thewiremagazine.bsky.social has reprinted an excerpt from Kennedy Block and Josh MacPhee's increadible @commonnotions.bsky.social book Strike When the Needle is Hot. Take a read!
January 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Reposted by Common Notions Press
Sasha Warren's book Storming Bedlam with @commonnotions.bsky.social has been crucial for helping me think critically about care and care work. check our their keynote "Demolition Psychiatry: Political Economy and the Fight for Social Recovery" www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsE4...
Sasha Warren - Demolition Psychiatry: Political Economy and the Fight for Social Recovery
YouTube video by ISPS-US
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
"It’s not just the sphere of representation, certainly not the sphere of high art, but everyday life, everyday relationships, everyday meaning making."

Jack Bratich on culture for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with @johnarmenta.bsky.social.

Listen to the full interview: buff.ly/ES9litI
Jack Z. Bratich, "On Microfascism: Gender, War, and Death" (Common Notions, 2022) - New Books Network
Support Kritika | Support H-Net | Buy Books Here | Join the NBN and NBN en Español on Patreon | Visit New Books Network en Español!
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Reposted by Common Notions Press
Some lovely words from Nick Dyer-Witheford for Notes Toward a Digital Workers' Inquiry, co-authored w/ Julie Chen, Alessandro Delfanti, Brian Dolber, @gleemie.bsky.social & @tamigraph.bsky.social, & published by @commonnotions.bsky.social.

Get it at: buff.ly/9Li5A3U (DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE for 25% off)
December 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
We're delighted that Kurdish literature is gaining traction in the West, so much so that we now have @henarpress.bsky.social!

Here's a great @arablit.bsky.social interview with their publisher, Aryan: arablit.org/2025/09/11/a...
A New Look at Kurdish Literature, Beyond the ‘Selfless, Helpless’ Trope
Next year, Henar Press will bring out its first two titles, translated from Kurdish to English. But already, their website — with its Kurdish Literary Database — is contributing to a wi…
arablit.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Reposted by Common Notions Press
some neat stuff here, including one of my faves from this year, Diversity of Aesthetics
✨ All of our ebooks are $5 through the end of the month!

And for those who prefer physical books—all orders over $50 get free shipping with FREESHIPPING2025 🙌

👉 buff.ly/aeH7aMH
December 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
✨ All of our ebooks are $5 through the end of the month!

And for those who prefer physical books—all orders over $50 get free shipping with FREESHIPPING2025 🙌

👉 buff.ly/aeH7aMH
December 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM