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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 2h

We'll be closed Wednesday, October 8th for a much needed worker-owner hang.

Our online store is always open at pilsencommunitybooks.com!

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 1d

“It is the return of the sun,
Of my exiled ones
And for her sake, and his
I swear
I shall not compromise
And to the last pulse in my veins
I shall resist,
Resist—and resist.”

From Sameeh Al-Qassem’s “Enemy of the Sun”. A handwritten copy of the poem found was found in George Jackson’s cell.

A Palestinian flag hanging in a bookshop full of books.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 1d

LIVE NOW!

Join @biidaasamose.bsky.social for a conversation with Uahikea Maile about water as a catalyst for radical transformation, hosted w/ @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social

Stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxWl...
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Haymarket Presents: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on Theory of Water

Join us for the next event in the Haymarket Presents speakers series, as Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is joined by Uahikea Maile for a conversation on decolonial strategies that look to water as a…

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 4d

We have know your rights and Migra Watch literature in English and Spanish at the store 7 days a week. We’re open M-F 11am-7pm, Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm and have water, a public restroom, and climate control.

Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago, stay strong and take care of one another.

For help for your family or to report ICE activities, call 1-855-435-7693 (HELP-MY-FAMILY)

Para ayuda para su familia ó para reportar actividades de ICE, llame al: 1-855-435-7693

National Lawyers Guild Chicago Legal Support Hotline: 872-465-4244

A banner hung on a fence that says:

HELP WITH LEGAL SERVICES
REPORT ICE SIGHTINGS AND ARRESTS
SE HABLA ESPANOL
855-435-7693
ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE RIGHTS FAMILY SUPPORT
NETWORK

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 4d

We have know your rights and Migra Watch literature in English and Spanish for free at the store 7 days a week. We’re open M-F 11am-7pm, Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm, and have water, a public restroom, and climate control.

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago, stay strong and take care of one another.

For help for your family or to report ICE activities, call 1-855-435-7693 (HELP-MY-FAMILY)

Para ayuda para su familia ó para reportar actividades de ICE, llame al: 1-855-435-7693

National Lawyers Guild Chicago Legal Support Hotline: 872-465-4244

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for coming out!! It was a beautiful night.

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 6d

No, we did not stock any copies of 107 DAYS, no thanks for asking

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Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks to those who joined us last night at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social for an engaging conversation on GI resistance in times of crisis. Our talk with Aaron Hughes & Arti Walker-Peddakotla was recorded for the pod to be released soon!

Be sure to grab the Resistance zine from PCB!

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Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 11d

Join us tonight at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social for a powerful discussion with Aaron Hughes and Arti Walker-Peddakotla on GI Resistance and the political moment we are facing.

They will be sharing an updated version of their zine: “State Violence, Abolition, & GI Resistance.”

6PM @ 1102 W 18th St

Red zine cover with a photo of people marching carrying a banner that reads: Resistance.
In the lower corner is the title State Violence, Abolition, and GI Resistance

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Arti Walker-Peddakotla #DefundThePolice @ajpeddakotla.bsky.social · 11d

If you're in Chicago today, @vetsaboutface.bsky.social will be in conversation with Bill Ayers at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social. I hope you can join us!

Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 26d

9/27 @ 6 pm: Arti Walker-Peddakotla & Aaron Hughes in convo with Bill Ayers on the long history of GIs rebelling against US militarism & fascism, highlighting the legacy & revolutionary power of GI resistance against the backdrop of military mobilizations to violently suppress people’s movements.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 12d

Chicago!

Join @biidaasamose.bsky.social for a conversation with Uahikea Maile about water as a catalyst for radical transformation, hosted w/ @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social.

Monday, October 6th at 6:30 pm
@haymarkethouse.bsky.social & online

RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson in conversation with Uahikea Maile
theory of water: Nishnaabe Maps for teh Times Ahead
Oct. 6th 6:30 pm CT, Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 13d

Now more than ever, *there is no one coming to save us.

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 13d

Now more than ever, this is no one coming to save us. PUÑO needs your help to organize against ICE's terrorism in our neighborhood and city. Donate and/or get involved: pilsenunidos.org

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 13d

Closing at 5 pm today, Thursday, September 25th, but our online store is always open at pilsencommunitybooks.com. All of our new and used books as well as merch can be found in our online catalog, and we ship anywhere in the so-called United States.

A pink and black tote hanging in front of a bookshelf full of books. On the totes are three femmes walking and reading books next to the words Always Carry A Book.

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 16d

Don't miss this important event this Saturday!

Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 26d

9/27 @ 6 pm: Arti Walker-Peddakotla & Aaron Hughes in convo with Bill Ayers on the long history of GIs rebelling against US militarism & fascism, highlighting the legacy & revolutionary power of GI resistance against the backdrop of military mobilizations to violently suppress people’s movements.

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Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 19d

Give this episode a listen and then join us next weekend @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social when Arti Walker-Peddakotla and Aaron Hughes join us for conversation on GI resistance.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20d

As ICE storms Chicagoland, Chicago’s organizers speak. Stacy Davis Gates, Benji Hart, Arti Walker-Peddakotla, Ric Wilson, and others discuss ongoing ICE raids, Trump’s threats to send in the National Guard, and the solidarity we need to survive these times. Audio + transcript:

Raids, Retaliation, and Radical Solidarity in Chicago

“History shows us that repression always breeds resistance,” says Chicago organizer Miguel Alvelo Rivera.

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 19d

The black "Always Carry A Book" totes designed by Shelby Rodeffer and printed by Gibson Print are back in stock. Don't miss the union bug:
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/totes

A black tote with cream colored handles. On the tote printed with cream ink are three femmes walking and carrying books. Next to them are the words "Always Carry A Book" with the first letter of each word capitalized and bolded. Underneath are the words "Pilsen Community Books, Chicago IL" and a union bug.

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 20d

We're immensely honored to welcome Palestinian American physician, poet, and translator Fady Joudah to the store for a reading and conversation with writer, organizer, scholar and dear friend of the store Eman Abdelhadi this Saturday, September 20th at 6 pm.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47885

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Seven Stories Press @sevenstories.bsky.social · 20d

In the intertwined histories of this book, and in the unyielding political edge of the poems themselves, is a long story of solidarity between oppressed peoples: from Palestine to South Africa to Algeria to Vietnam to the United States.

DEFIANCE
You may fasten my chains
Deprive me of my books and tobacco
You may fill my mouth with earth
Poetry will feed my heart, like blood
It is salt to the bread
And liquid to the eye
I will write it with nails, eye sockets and daggers
I will recite it in my prison cell—
In the bathroom—
In the stable—
Under the whip—
Under the chains—
In spite of my handcuffs
I have a million nightingales
On the branches of my heart
Singing the song of liberation.

-MAHMOUD DARWEESH

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 21d

This Saturday!

Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 26d

9/20 @ 6 pm: Fady Joudah and Eman Abdelhadi in celebration of Fady's [...], an urgent and essential collection of poems illuminating the visionary presence of Palestinians from one of our most acclaimed contemporary writers.

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 21d

But Jackson never wrote the poem; it was authored by the Palestinian poet Sameeh Al-Qassem and published in this anthology a year before Jackson’s murder. This limited edition broadside of the poem is part of the long story of solidarity between oppressed peoples.

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 21d

In 1971, in the wake of George Jackson’s killing by San Quentin prison guards, a poem entitled “Enemy of the Sun” was found among ninety-nine books in the revolutionary’s cell. The handwritten poem was mistakenly attributed to him and published in Black Panther newspapers.

Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 21d

Happy pub day ENEMY OF THE SUN, the reissue of the iconic 1970 collection of Palestinian poetry originally published by Drum & Spear (the publishing arm of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). Great work, @sevenstories.bsky.social!
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/kJGRmM40Tbc2Acap_id6Nw

A stack of ENEMY OF THE SUN displayed in the bookstore next to a broadside of the poem "Enemy of the Sun"

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 21d

Happy pub day ENEMY OF THE SUN, the reissue of the iconic 1970 collection of Palestinian poetry originally published by Drum & Spear (the publishing arm of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). Great work, @sevenstories.bsky.social!
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/kJGRmM40Tbc2Acap_id6Nw

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 21d

Their playful style & uncompromising anti-imperialist & anticapitalist politics have inspired artists around the world, & their emphasis on utilitarian uses of art for celebration, decoration, information, argumentation, rumination, & persuasuion reminds us we must fight for bread, & roses too.

A sampling of anti-war, anti-technology, pro-nature and pro-puppet postcards and publications with bold lines and lots of color.

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