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
📍Philadelphia
📍NYC
www.commonnotions.org
Happy pub day to @justmaybechris.bsky.social and karim brown!
MY CITY NEED SOMETHING is an ode to Black Philadelphia and a recommitment to principled struggle.
Available at bookstores nationwide and buff.ly/c5q37kb
MY CITY NEED SOMETHING is an ode to Black Philadelphia and a recommitment to principled struggle.
Available at bookstores nationwide and buff.ly/c5q37kb
February 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Happy pub day to @justmaybechris.bsky.social and karim brown!
MY CITY NEED SOMETHING is an ode to Black Philadelphia and a recommitment to principled struggle.
Available at bookstores nationwide and buff.ly/c5q37kb
MY CITY NEED SOMETHING is an ode to Black Philadelphia and a recommitment to principled struggle.
Available at bookstores nationwide and buff.ly/c5q37kb
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
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
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
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
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!
2/12/26 in Toronto and 2/13/26 Montreal. Save the dates!
January 28, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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!
2/12/26 in Toronto and 2/13/26 Montreal. Save the dates!
What Goes Around Comes Around: On Reading the World and Hearing the Word by @justmaybechris.bsky.social
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January 23, 2026 at 7:36 PM
What Goes Around Comes Around: On Reading the World and Hearing the Word by @justmaybechris.bsky.social
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agatheringtogether.squarespace.com/blog/what-go...
“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
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
“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
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
👀 😍 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.
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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
👀 😍 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
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
"A galvanizing and hopeful vision of a world in which liberation is within everyone’s reach."
@publisherswkly.bsky.social on LETTERS FROM A LIVING UTOPIA by @yaffasutopia.bsky.social
@publisherswkly.bsky.social on LETTERS FROM A LIVING UTOPIA by @yaffasutopia.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"A galvanizing and hopeful vision of a world in which liberation is within everyone’s reach."
@publisherswkly.bsky.social on LETTERS FROM A LIVING UTOPIA by @yaffasutopia.bsky.social
@publisherswkly.bsky.social on LETTERS FROM A LIVING UTOPIA by @yaffasutopia.bsky.social
"Shows workers taking full control of their messaging—spreading info and raising funds for strikes and documenting their own actions. . . .deserves to be heard as well as read."
@chicagoreader.com on STRIKE WHILE THE NEEDLE IS HOT by Josh MacPhee and Kennedy Block
@chicagoreader.com on STRIKE WHILE THE NEEDLE IS HOT by Josh MacPhee and Kennedy Block
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"Shows workers taking full control of their messaging—spreading info and raising funds for strikes and documenting their own actions. . . .deserves to be heard as well as read."
@chicagoreader.com on STRIKE WHILE THE NEEDLE IS HOT by Josh MacPhee and Kennedy Block
@chicagoreader.com on STRIKE WHILE THE NEEDLE IS HOT by Josh MacPhee and Kennedy Block
"A a gift to a new generation of English-reading activists, students, and concerned people around the world. May we learn from the lessons Olivera and the other authors take from the Water War and its aftermath."
@nacla-report.bsky.social on ECHOES OF THE WATER WAR by Oscar Olivera
@nacla-report.bsky.social on ECHOES OF THE WATER WAR by Oscar Olivera
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"A a gift to a new generation of English-reading activists, students, and concerned people around the world. May we learn from the lessons Olivera and the other authors take from the Water War and its aftermath."
@nacla-report.bsky.social on ECHOES OF THE WATER WAR by Oscar Olivera
@nacla-report.bsky.social on ECHOES OF THE WATER WAR by Oscar Olivera
"An original and important contribution to the emerging critical AI literature."
@criticalinquiry.bsky.social on WHY WE FEAR AI by @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer
@criticalinquiry.bsky.social on WHY WE FEAR AI by @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"An original and important contribution to the emerging critical AI literature."
@criticalinquiry.bsky.social on WHY WE FEAR AI by @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer
@criticalinquiry.bsky.social on WHY WE FEAR AI by @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer
"Offers a blueprint . . . to untangle and resist the cancer-industrial complex."
@springmagca.bsky.social on METASTASIS by @cannafis.bsky.social
@springmagca.bsky.social on METASTASIS by @cannafis.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"Offers a blueprint . . . to untangle and resist the cancer-industrial complex."
@springmagca.bsky.social on METASTASIS by @cannafis.bsky.social
@springmagca.bsky.social on METASTASIS by @cannafis.bsky.social
"Dhoruba bin Wahad is legit. REVOLUTION IN THESE TIMES is a book about history and power. ...It’s about rejecting the identity of victim and learning to be a revolutionary."
@counterpunchmedia.bsky.social on REVOLUTION IN THESE TIMES edited by @kalonjichanga.bsky.social
@counterpunchmedia.bsky.social on REVOLUTION IN THESE TIMES edited by @kalonjichanga.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"Dhoruba bin Wahad is legit. REVOLUTION IN THESE TIMES is a book about history and power. ...It’s about rejecting the identity of victim and learning to be a revolutionary."
@counterpunchmedia.bsky.social on REVOLUTION IN THESE TIMES edited by @kalonjichanga.bsky.social
@counterpunchmedia.bsky.social on REVOLUTION IN THESE TIMES edited by @kalonjichanga.bsky.social
"The influential Cuban OSPAAAL political movement may have shuttered in 2019 . . . but their legacy in graphic design can't be underestimated; they molded a language of anti-imperialism that continues to inspire and impress."
@hyperallergic.com ON ARMED BY DESIGN
@hyperallergic.com ON ARMED BY DESIGN
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"The influential Cuban OSPAAAL political movement may have shuttered in 2019 . . . but their legacy in graphic design can't be underestimated; they molded a language of anti-imperialism that continues to inspire and impress."
@hyperallergic.com ON ARMED BY DESIGN
@hyperallergic.com ON ARMED BY DESIGN
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 🖤
. . .
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
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 🖤
. . .
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 🖤
. . .
✨ 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 🙌
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And for those who prefer physical books—all orders over $50 get free shipping with FREESHIPPING2025 🙌
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December 10, 2025 at 5:40 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
And for those who prefer physical books—all orders over $50 get free shipping with FREESHIPPING2025 🙌
👉 buff.ly/aeH7aMH
Jack Bratich, author of ON MICROFASCISM, was recently on @thiswreckage.bsky.social.
Tune in to hear him chat about the concept of "microfascism."
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Tune in to hear him chat about the concept of "microfascism."
⚡️ buff.ly/zFktBC9
December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Jack Bratich, author of ON MICROFASCISM, was recently on @thiswreckage.bsky.social.
Tune in to hear him chat about the concept of "microfascism."
⚡️ buff.ly/zFktBC9
Tune in to hear him chat about the concept of "microfascism."
⚡️ buff.ly/zFktBC9
Andreas Petrossiants and Andrew Ross talked about THE WEATHER REPORT for e-flux.
Listen here >> buff.ly/bFcpYrG
Listen here >> buff.ly/bFcpYrG
December 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Andreas Petrossiants and Andrew Ross talked about THE WEATHER REPORT for e-flux.
Listen here >> buff.ly/bFcpYrG
Listen here >> buff.ly/bFcpYrG
Happy pub day to Ata Nahai's BIRDS IN A GALE!
Originally published in 2002, this is a poignant, psychological, and deeply political effort by one of Kurdistan’s best-loved writers to restore the Kurds to their rightful place in revolutionary history.
Available now: buff.ly/edeUn4d
Originally published in 2002, this is a poignant, psychological, and deeply political effort by one of Kurdistan’s best-loved writers to restore the Kurds to their rightful place in revolutionary history.
Available now: buff.ly/edeUn4d
December 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Happy pub day to Ata Nahai's BIRDS IN A GALE!
Originally published in 2002, this is a poignant, psychological, and deeply political effort by one of Kurdistan’s best-loved writers to restore the Kurds to their rightful place in revolutionary history.
Available now: buff.ly/edeUn4d
Originally published in 2002, this is a poignant, psychological, and deeply political effort by one of Kurdistan’s best-loved writers to restore the Kurds to their rightful place in revolutionary history.
Available now: buff.ly/edeUn4d
"BIRDS IN A GALE is a layered, self-reflexive novel, a literary resurrection of a silenced, stateless nation...at once political and metaphysical." —Ava Homa, DAUGHTERS OF SMOKE AND FIRE
A classic from the Kurdish writer Ata Nahai, coming soon to English readers.
Read an excerpt: buff.ly/9MXRWic
A classic from the Kurdish writer Ata Nahai, coming soon to English readers.
Read an excerpt: buff.ly/9MXRWic
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"BIRDS IN A GALE is a layered, self-reflexive novel, a literary resurrection of a silenced, stateless nation...at once political and metaphysical." —Ava Homa, DAUGHTERS OF SMOKE AND FIRE
A classic from the Kurdish writer Ata Nahai, coming soon to English readers.
Read an excerpt: buff.ly/9MXRWic
A classic from the Kurdish writer Ata Nahai, coming soon to English readers.
Read an excerpt: buff.ly/9MXRWic
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"This essential book articulates and embodies ethical knowledge production amidst the rising tide of tech authoritarianism...It is an inspiring and critical corrective to the proliferation of apolitical research on Big Tech." —@veenadubal.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"This essential book articulates and embodies ethical knowledge production amidst the rising tide of tech authoritarianism...It is an inspiring and critical corrective to the proliferation of apolitical research on Big Tech." —@veenadubal.bsky.social
⚡️ buff.ly/eFJqFWQ
⚡️ buff.ly/eFJqFWQ
Attending the Historical Materialism Conference in London?
Join @americanwork47.bsky.social for a free, public talk on The American Worker pamphlet, workers’ inquiry, and the contemporary labor movement!
MayDay Rooms | Monday, 10 November | 19:00
Register >> buff.ly/mCOoGBF
Join @americanwork47.bsky.social for a free, public talk on The American Worker pamphlet, workers’ inquiry, and the contemporary labor movement!
MayDay Rooms | Monday, 10 November | 19:00
Register >> buff.ly/mCOoGBF
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Attending the Historical Materialism Conference in London?
Join @americanwork47.bsky.social for a free, public talk on The American Worker pamphlet, workers’ inquiry, and the contemporary labor movement!
MayDay Rooms | Monday, 10 November | 19:00
Register >> buff.ly/mCOoGBF
Join @americanwork47.bsky.social for a free, public talk on The American Worker pamphlet, workers’ inquiry, and the contemporary labor movement!
MayDay Rooms | Monday, 10 November | 19:00
Register >> buff.ly/mCOoGBF
Benjamin Shepard and Jay Blotcher (ACT UP) will be at Blue Heron Books in High Falls, NY tomorrow 11/8.
Swing by for a lively discussion on social movements, friendship, and conflict!
Event info and RSVP: www.blueheronbooksny.com/events/ben-s...
Swing by for a lively discussion on social movements, friendship, and conflict!
Event info and RSVP: www.blueheronbooksny.com/events/ben-s...
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Benjamin Shepard and Jay Blotcher (ACT UP) will be at Blue Heron Books in High Falls, NY tomorrow 11/8.
Swing by for a lively discussion on social movements, friendship, and conflict!
Event info and RSVP: www.blueheronbooksny.com/events/ben-s...
Swing by for a lively discussion on social movements, friendship, and conflict!
Event info and RSVP: www.blueheronbooksny.com/events/ben-s...
Attending London’s Historical Materialism? Join Common Notions collaborator Kevin Van Meter for a free public talk on The American Worker pamphlet, workers’ inquiry, and the contemporary labor movement at MayDay Rooms in London on Monday 10 November at 19:00!
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events.maydayrooms.org/e/71/searchi...
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Attending London’s Historical Materialism? Join Common Notions collaborator Kevin Van Meter for a free public talk on The American Worker pamphlet, workers’ inquiry, and the contemporary labor movement at MayDay Rooms in London on Monday 10 November at 19:00!
events.maydayrooms.org/e/71/searchi...
events.maydayrooms.org/e/71/searchi...
Coming soon: Ata Nahai's BIRDS IN A GALE!
This inventive metatext, lucidly translated by Chiya Parvizpur and Hourieh Maleki Qouzloo, is reminiscent of the best of George Saunders and Elias Khoury, and an instant classic of twenty-first century world literature.
Available 12/2/2025 buff.ly/gPonUhf
This inventive metatext, lucidly translated by Chiya Parvizpur and Hourieh Maleki Qouzloo, is reminiscent of the best of George Saunders and Elias Khoury, and an instant classic of twenty-first century world literature.
Available 12/2/2025 buff.ly/gPonUhf
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Coming soon: Ata Nahai's BIRDS IN A GALE!
This inventive metatext, lucidly translated by Chiya Parvizpur and Hourieh Maleki Qouzloo, is reminiscent of the best of George Saunders and Elias Khoury, and an instant classic of twenty-first century world literature.
Available 12/2/2025 buff.ly/gPonUhf
This inventive metatext, lucidly translated by Chiya Parvizpur and Hourieh Maleki Qouzloo, is reminiscent of the best of George Saunders and Elias Khoury, and an instant classic of twenty-first century world literature.
Available 12/2/2025 buff.ly/gPonUhf