Red Emma’s
@redemmas.org
Worker-owned radical bookstore and cafe in Baltimore, the greatest city in America
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Trans/Action: "Be Gay Do Crime" authors Zane McNeill and Riley Clare Valentine in conversation w/ Mx. Lee Blinder, M Pease, Charlotte Persephone Hoffman, and Avatara Smith-Carrington
Thursday, December 4th 2025
7:00 pm
Red Emma's
RSVP here: redemmas.org/events/trans...
Thursday, December 4th 2025
7:00 pm
Red Emma's
RSVP here: redemmas.org/events/trans...
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Trans/Action: "Be Gay Do Crime" authors Zane McNeill and Riley Clare Valentine in conversation w/ Mx. Lee Blinder, M Pease, Charlotte Persephone Hoffman, and Avatara Smith-Carrington
Thursday, December 4th 2025
7:00 pm
Red Emma's
RSVP here: redemmas.org/events/trans...
Thursday, December 4th 2025
7:00 pm
Red Emma's
RSVP here: redemmas.org/events/trans...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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@zanemcneill.bsky.social and I will be speaking December 4th, 6pm at @redemmas.org with Trans Maryland
Spoiler alert - I am not optimistic in liberal legal strategies as a way to ensure human dignity
Spoiler alert - I am not optimistic in liberal legal strategies as a way to ensure human dignity
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@zanemcneill.bsky.social and I will be speaking December 4th, 6pm at @redemmas.org with Trans Maryland
Spoiler alert - I am not optimistic in liberal legal strategies as a way to ensure human dignity
Spoiler alert - I am not optimistic in liberal legal strategies as a way to ensure human dignity
Our somewhat complicated rest of the week, with some special hours, a lot of decommodified sharing and mutual aid, and a cool film
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Our somewhat complicated rest of the week, with some special hours, a lot of decommodified sharing and mutual aid, and a cool film
We did the math, and over 1% of the Mamdani transition team has either done a book event at Red Emma's, or is scheduled to do one in the near future.
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
We did the math, and over 1% of the Mamdani transition team has either done a book event at Red Emma's, or is scheduled to do one in the near future.
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"How can possession of literature incriminate anyone, let alone someone who isn’t even accused of anything but being present when someone else allegedly fired a gun?"
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"How can possession of literature incriminate anyone, let alone someone who isn’t even accused of anything but being present when someone else allegedly fired a gun?"
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Join us tonight at @redemmas.org, Baltimore folks!
BALTIMORE! Need y'all to come out to @redemmas.org tomorrow. We're talking about the state of the free press & we got a LOT to discuss. I'll be joining the great Mickey Huff, @eleanorg.bsky.social, & Mischa Geracoulis of @projectcensored.bsky.social. Come join us!
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Project Censored presents "State of the Free Press 2026: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition" with Mickey Huff, Mischa Geracoulis, Maximillian Alvarez, Allison Butler, and Eleanor Goldfield
Highlighting the year’s most significant independent journalism—including original, investigative reports on ICE surveillance, Meta censorship, and police violence—State of the Free Press 2026 illumin...
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November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Join us tonight at @redemmas.org, Baltimore folks!
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BALTIMORE! Need y'all to come out to @redemmas.org tomorrow. We're talking about the state of the free press & we got a LOT to discuss. I'll be joining the great Mickey Huff, @eleanorg.bsky.social, & Mischa Geracoulis of @projectcensored.bsky.social. Come join us!
redemmas.org/events/proje...
redemmas.org/events/proje...
Project Censored presents "State of the Free Press 2026: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition" with Mickey Huff, Mischa Geracoulis, Maximillian Alvarez, Allison Butler, and Eleanor Goldfield
Highlighting the year’s most significant independent journalism—including original, investigative reports on ICE surveillance, Meta censorship, and police violence—State of the Free Press 2026 illumin...
redemmas.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
BALTIMORE! Need y'all to come out to @redemmas.org tomorrow. We're talking about the state of the free press & we got a LOT to discuss. I'll be joining the great Mickey Huff, @eleanorg.bsky.social, & Mischa Geracoulis of @projectcensored.bsky.social. Come join us!
redemmas.org/events/proje...
redemmas.org/events/proje...
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Bmore queenside next meeting is Dec 7, 2pm @ red Emma's. Check out the incredible turnout for the first one
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Bmore queenside next meeting is Dec 7, 2pm @ red Emma's. Check out the incredible turnout for the first one
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❄️🫂🎨 Join the Trans Rights Advocacy Coalition to decorate holiday cards for incarcerated trans folks 🫂🎨❄️
Saturday, December 6th from 2-4pm at Red Emma's!
Art supplies and refreshments will be provided by Hagerstown DSA, but donations of supplies/cash are welcome - [email protected]
Saturday, December 6th from 2-4pm at Red Emma's!
Art supplies and refreshments will be provided by Hagerstown DSA, but donations of supplies/cash are welcome - [email protected]
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
❄️🫂🎨 Join the Trans Rights Advocacy Coalition to decorate holiday cards for incarcerated trans folks 🫂🎨❄️
Saturday, December 6th from 2-4pm at Red Emma's!
Art supplies and refreshments will be provided by Hagerstown DSA, but donations of supplies/cash are welcome - [email protected]
Saturday, December 6th from 2-4pm at Red Emma's!
Art supplies and refreshments will be provided by Hagerstown DSA, but donations of supplies/cash are welcome - [email protected]
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30,000 students striking in Charlotte against ICE
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
30,000 students striking in Charlotte against ICE
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs
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listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
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BLACK (BLOC) FRIDAY
Nov. 28, 6pm @ Red Emma's. Join us for a screening of WTO/99, an archival doc that reanimates the clash btwn the World Trade Organization (WTO) & over 40k ppl who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO's impact on human rights, labor, & the effects of globalization.
Nov. 28, 6pm @ Red Emma's. Join us for a screening of WTO/99, an archival doc that reanimates the clash btwn the World Trade Organization (WTO) & over 40k ppl who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO's impact on human rights, labor, & the effects of globalization.
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
BLACK (BLOC) FRIDAY
Nov. 28, 6pm @ Red Emma's. Join us for a screening of WTO/99, an archival doc that reanimates the clash btwn the World Trade Organization (WTO) & over 40k ppl who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO's impact on human rights, labor, & the effects of globalization.
Nov. 28, 6pm @ Red Emma's. Join us for a screening of WTO/99, an archival doc that reanimates the clash btwn the World Trade Organization (WTO) & over 40k ppl who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO's impact on human rights, labor, & the effects of globalization.
Tonight, we're talking about the key role of medical examiners in covering up police murders, w/@terencekeel.bsky.social, author of the new book "The Coroner's Silence," historian + filmmaker Ahmed Ragab, and Tawanda Jones, sister of Tyrone West, killed by Baltimore + Morgan State police in 2013
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Tonight, we're talking about the key role of medical examiners in covering up police murders, w/@terencekeel.bsky.social, author of the new book "The Coroner's Silence," historian + filmmaker Ahmed Ragab, and Tawanda Jones, sister of Tyrone West, killed by Baltimore + Morgan State police in 2013
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Thanks @baltimorebeat.bsky.social @redemmas.org for including ROAD TO NOWHERE on this list of terrific holiday gifts!
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Thanks @baltimorebeat.bsky.social @redemmas.org for including ROAD TO NOWHERE on this list of terrific holiday gifts!
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If you missed this excellent doc when it screened at @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social come to Red Emma's and watch it on Black Friday; panel afterward with me @jessdouglas.bsky.social and WTO/99's editor @prophetkotto.bsky.social
Come through @redemmas.org 11/28 and hang w/ @baltimoredsa.org for a screening of WTO/99 and discussion with @prophetkotto.bsky.social, @jessdouglas.bsky.social, and @bsoderberg.bsky.social!
$10-$15 suggested donation to @baltlegal.bsky.social: bit.ly/WTOBALT
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/wto-99
$10-$15 suggested donation to @baltlegal.bsky.social: bit.ly/WTOBALT
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/wto-99
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If you missed this excellent doc when it screened at @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social come to Red Emma's and watch it on Black Friday; panel afterward with me @jessdouglas.bsky.social and WTO/99's editor @prophetkotto.bsky.social
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I am full of gratitude for this conversation @redemmas.org on Saturday with @kristingrogan.bsky.social and Chris Nealon. It was such a wonderful way to launch Poetry in General. Thanks to all who came!!
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I am full of gratitude for this conversation @redemmas.org on Saturday with @kristingrogan.bsky.social and Chris Nealon. It was such a wonderful way to launch Poetry in General. Thanks to all who came!!
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Today marked Day One of Customs and Border Patrol’s Charlotte Operation. And as we’ve come to expect from these operations, federal agents targeted workers throughout Charlotte and the surrounding areas.
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Today marked Day One of Customs and Border Patrol’s Charlotte Operation. And as we’ve come to expect from these operations, federal agents targeted workers throughout Charlotte and the surrounding areas.
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“How we’re going to survive is taking care of each other and being in community,” -Taylor Morgan, worker-owner at Red Emma’s
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Indie bookstores merge activism and literature for collective care
Charis Books, Red Emma’s, and other booksellers serve as intellectual and cultural hubs during rising authoritarianism
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November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
“How we’re going to survive is taking care of each other and being in community,” -Taylor Morgan, worker-owner at Red Emma’s
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Can’t wait for this kids event Sunday morning with the one and only Jenan Matari!
November 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Can’t wait for this kids event Sunday morning with the one and only Jenan Matari!
New free posters in the store, thanks to Nic Koski for the design!
November 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New free posters in the store, thanks to Nic Koski for the design!
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“We’re the living room of the left” — @redemmas.org
Bookstores on a Mission
Nationwide, issues-oriented booksellers rise to the challenge of community organizing.
www.publishersweekly.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“We’re the living room of the left” — @redemmas.org
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Maryland’s public pension fund raised its Israeli bond holdings to $74 million in 2024.
truthout.org/articles/mar...
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Maryland Workers Are Fighting to Divest Their Pensions From Israel’s Genocide
Maryland’s public pension fund raised its Israeli bond holdings to $74 million in 2024.
truthout.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Maryland’s public pension fund raised its Israeli bond holdings to $74 million in 2024.
truthout.org/articles/mar...
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX