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.
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www.commonnotions.org
📍Philadelphia
📍NYC
www.commonnotions.org
Some folks have been waiting for the digital publications of some of our most recent titles. That moment has arrived!
BORDERTOWN CLASHES, RESOURCE WARS, CONTESTED TERRITORIES; REMAKING DEMOCRACY; YES, IT'S POSSIBLE!; ME AND MINE; and MY CITY NEED SOMETHING are all available as EPUBs.
BORDERTOWN CLASHES, RESOURCE WARS, CONTESTED TERRITORIES; REMAKING DEMOCRACY; YES, IT'S POSSIBLE!; ME AND MINE; and MY CITY NEED SOMETHING are all available as EPUBs.
September 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Some folks have been waiting for the digital publications of some of our most recent titles. That moment has arrived!
BORDERTOWN CLASHES, RESOURCE WARS, CONTESTED TERRITORIES; REMAKING DEMOCRACY; YES, IT'S POSSIBLE!; ME AND MINE; and MY CITY NEED SOMETHING are all available as EPUBs.
BORDERTOWN CLASHES, RESOURCE WARS, CONTESTED TERRITORIES; REMAKING DEMOCRACY; YES, IT'S POSSIBLE!; ME AND MINE; and MY CITY NEED SOMETHING are all available as EPUBs.
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So proud of @americanwork47.bsky.social for the work and dedication that he (and Robert) did on this volume of Harry Cleaver’s work. Can’t wait to dive in! You should all check this title out at @commonnotions.bsky.social !! 🤩🤩🤩
September 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
So proud of @americanwork47.bsky.social for the work and dedication that he (and Robert) did on this volume of Harry Cleaver’s work. Can’t wait to dive in! You should all check this title out at @commonnotions.bsky.social !! 🤩🤩🤩
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Upcoming Marxist Education Project event with @americanwork47.bsky.social, Robert Ovetz, @harrycleaver.bsky.social & @commonnotions.bsky.social RSVP below:
Upcoming Book Talk from friends at Marxist Education Project on Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social's new book on the work of @harrycleaver.bsky.social from @commonnotions.bsky.social RSVP here:
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Refusal of Work: The Writings of Harry Cleaver - Marxist Education Project
Join editors Robert Ovetz and Kevin Van Meter for a discussion of Points of Departure: Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism: The Collected Writings of Harry Cleaver, a definitive collection of...
marxedproject.org
September 10, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Upcoming Marxist Education Project event with @americanwork47.bsky.social, Robert Ovetz, @harrycleaver.bsky.social & @commonnotions.bsky.social RSVP below:
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...what is even worse is that it is not even consistently applied. AI promises to destroy millions of jobs, way more than majoring in anthropology or art history, and somehow it gets a pass. It is the accumulation of wealth (by a few) and not work that is actually worshipped.
September 9, 2026 at 4:42 PM
...what is even worse is that it is not even consistently applied. AI promises to destroy millions of jobs, way more than majoring in anthropology or art history, and somehow it gets a pass. It is the accumulation of wealth (by a few) and not work that is actually worshipped.
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Join the Common Notions community, support our radical publishing efforts, and read some fantastic books too!
Common Notions exists through the support of our community. By community, we mean you!
Every book you purchase or mention to a friend. Every event you attend. Every newsletter you open. It all adds up, and keeps us going. Thank you!
Every book you purchase or mention to a friend. Every event you attend. Every newsletter you open. It all adds up, and keeps us going. Thank you!
September 3, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Join the Common Notions community, support our radical publishing efforts, and read some fantastic books too!
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Upcoming Book Talk from friends at Marxist Education Project on Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social's new book on the work of @harrycleaver.bsky.social from @commonnotions.bsky.social RSVP here:
marxedproject.org/event/writin...
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Refusal of Work: The Writings of Harry Cleaver - Marxist Education Project
Join editors Robert Ovetz and Kevin Van Meter for a discussion of Points of Departure: Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism: The Collected Writings of Harry Cleaver, a definitive collection of...
marxedproject.org
September 4, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Upcoming Book Talk from friends at Marxist Education Project on Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social's new book on the work of @harrycleaver.bsky.social from @commonnotions.bsky.social RSVP here:
marxedproject.org/event/writin...
marxedproject.org/event/writin...
Common Notions exists through the support of our community. By community, we mean you!
Every book you purchase or mention to a friend. Every event you attend. Every newsletter you open. It all adds up, and keeps us going. Thank you!
Every book you purchase or mention to a friend. Every event you attend. Every newsletter you open. It all adds up, and keeps us going. Thank you!
September 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Common Notions exists through the support of our community. By community, we mean you!
Every book you purchase or mention to a friend. Every event you attend. Every newsletter you open. It all adds up, and keeps us going. Thank you!
Every book you purchase or mention to a friend. Every event you attend. Every newsletter you open. It all adds up, and keeps us going. Thank you!
The publication of THE SHADELESS BORDER is "a[n] historical moment in Kurdish literature. . . . written in a language which has been suppressed, marginalized, and denigrated . . . this book demonstrates our mother language is not only still alive but flourishing." — @behrouzboochani.bsky.social
September 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
The publication of THE SHADELESS BORDER is "a[n] historical moment in Kurdish literature. . . . written in a language which has been suppressed, marginalized, and denigrated . . . this book demonstrates our mother language is not only still alive but flourishing." — @behrouzboochani.bsky.social
We're thrilled for the publication of POINTS OF DEPARTURE in September.
Edited by Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social, the reader is a collection of Harry Cleaver’s best unpublished, translated, or little-read writings that powerfully speak to the moment we are in.
Edited by Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social, the reader is a collection of Harry Cleaver’s best unpublished, translated, or little-read writings that powerfully speak to the moment we are in.
August 31, 2026 at 5:30 PM
We're thrilled for the publication of POINTS OF DEPARTURE in September.
Edited by Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social, the reader is a collection of Harry Cleaver’s best unpublished, translated, or little-read writings that powerfully speak to the moment we are in.
Edited by Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social, the reader is a collection of Harry Cleaver’s best unpublished, translated, or little-read writings that powerfully speak to the moment we are in.
Freedom’s Ballad is a new collaboration that features three stories exploring the theme of Freedom Past, Freedom Now, and Freedom to Come. Each showcasing how freedom and safety are woven together in Philadelphia’s past, present, and in the community acts that are seeding freer futures.
August 29, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Freedom’s Ballad is a new collaboration that features three stories exploring the theme of Freedom Past, Freedom Now, and Freedom to Come. Each showcasing how freedom and safety are woven together in Philadelphia’s past, present, and in the community acts that are seeding freer futures.
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"At the heart of the class relation is the imposition of work and the resistance to the imposition of work" Take a viewing of our short Nature of the Beast: @harrycleaver.bsky.social On Capitalism and Work: youtube.com/shorts/jFCCt... via @commonnotions.bsky.social
Nature of the Beast: Harry Cleaver On Capitalism and Work
YouTube video by Common Notions
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August 28, 2026 at 2:22 PM
"At the heart of the class relation is the imposition of work and the resistance to the imposition of work" Take a viewing of our short Nature of the Beast: @harrycleaver.bsky.social On Capitalism and Work: youtube.com/shorts/jFCCt... via @commonnotions.bsky.social
"Lyrical, formally daring, and emotionally resonant, THE SHADELESS BORDER is a poignant exploration of Kurdish experience and a compelling reflection on the fragility of home." —Essmat Sophie, author of DANCING AMID FIRE, RISING ABOVE RUINS
August 24, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"Lyrical, formally daring, and emotionally resonant, THE SHADELESS BORDER is a poignant exploration of Kurdish experience and a compelling reflection on the fragility of home." —Essmat Sophie, author of DANCING AMID FIRE, RISING ABOVE RUINS
How to Remake Democracy w/ Elizabeth Adams and Danielle Chynoweth
The authors of REMAKING DEMOCRACY appeared on @convergencemag.com's Block and Build podcast. Listen to learn about their inspiration for the book and what readers can expect. ↴
The authors of REMAKING DEMOCRACY appeared on @convergencemag.com's Block and Build podcast. Listen to learn about their inspiration for the book and what readers can expect. ↴
How to Remake Democracy w/ Elizabeth Adams and Danielle Chynoweth
A conversation with the authors of “Remaking Democracy: How We Make the Worlds We Want.”
convergencemag.com
August 23, 2026 at 1:01 PM
How to Remake Democracy w/ Elizabeth Adams and Danielle Chynoweth
The authors of REMAKING DEMOCRACY appeared on @convergencemag.com's Block and Build podcast. Listen to learn about their inspiration for the book and what readers can expect. ↴
The authors of REMAKING DEMOCRACY appeared on @convergencemag.com's Block and Build podcast. Listen to learn about their inspiration for the book and what readers can expect. ↴
THE SHADELESS BORDER is a "magical realist meditation on loss, displacement, and the fragile border between life and death."
Recommended by @markaz-review.bsky.social
In-stores 9/1
Recommended by @markaz-review.bsky.social
In-stores 9/1
Kurdistan: The Book List
An informed selection of books that opens a window into the vibrant world of Kurdish life, identity, and creativity.
themarkaz.org
August 21, 2026 at 1:48 PM
THE SHADELESS BORDER is a "magical realist meditation on loss, displacement, and the fragile border between life and death."
Recommended by @markaz-review.bsky.social
In-stores 9/1
Recommended by @markaz-review.bsky.social
In-stores 9/1
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Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: The Shadeless Border by Jiyar Jahan Fard, trans by Chiya Parvizpur, @commonnotions.bsky.social & I Can Tell You the Version That Will Make You Take My Side by @jbrookewrites.bsky.social, @driftwoodpress.bsky.social. See alt-text.
#DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstagram
#DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstagram
August 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: The Shadeless Border by Jiyar Jahan Fard, trans by Chiya Parvizpur, @commonnotions.bsky.social & I Can Tell You the Version That Will Make You Take My Side by @jbrookewrites.bsky.social, @driftwoodpress.bsky.social. See alt-text.
#DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstagram
#DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstagram
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Our new @harrycleaver.bsky.social reader—Points of Depature will be out on the Class Compositions series at @commonnotions.bsky.social any day now. Preorder yours here: www.commonnotions.org/buy/points-o...
August 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Our new @harrycleaver.bsky.social reader—Points of Depature will be out on the Class Compositions series at @commonnotions.bsky.social any day now. Preorder yours here: www.commonnotions.org/buy/points-o...
See ya'll at @bombmag.bsky.social's Small Press Flea this weekend!
Saturday 8/15, 12-6pm
316 Ten Eyck St
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday 8/15, 12-6pm
316 Ten Eyck St
Brooklyn, NY
BOMB's Small Press Flea 2026
BOMB's Small Press Flea is back on Saturday, August 15, at Amant.
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August 13, 2026 at 11:28 PM
See ya'll at @bombmag.bsky.social's Small Press Flea this weekend!
Saturday 8/15, 12-6pm
316 Ten Eyck St
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday 8/15, 12-6pm
316 Ten Eyck St
Brooklyn, NY
"When you have these [small everyday victories], you are showing the movement that we do win things, and we know we can build bigger things."
Great interview with @fedivers.joao.cat on @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social!
Great interview with @fedivers.joao.cat on @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social!
Yes, It’s Possible! A Handbook from Building Power from Below
Interview with João França Building movements is an arduous and involved process. It takes organising people, building morale, and grit, and that isn’t
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August 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
"When you have these [small everyday victories], you are showing the movement that we do win things, and we know we can build bigger things."
Great interview with @fedivers.joao.cat on @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social!
Great interview with @fedivers.joao.cat on @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social!
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Love this story by @anniesinger.bsky.social on fighting psychiatric violence, and the revolutionary transition in Idaho.
New Project 2052 story, in the world of Everything for Everyone
New Project 2052 story, in the world of Everything for Everyone
The story follows his journey to a commune in Chicago, illustrating the disabled world-building that was essential to liberation movements.
Story by @anniesinger.bsky.social
Edited by @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social and @genderhorizon.com
Read the full story: buff.ly/AIR7Wia
Story by @anniesinger.bsky.social
Edited by @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social and @genderhorizon.com
Read the full story: buff.ly/AIR7Wia
Project 2052 (Everything for Everyone) — Common Notions Press
Project 2052 is a website of revolutionary speculative short fiction, visual art and poetry, set in the world of Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072
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August 8, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Love this story by @anniesinger.bsky.social on fighting psychiatric violence, and the revolutionary transition in Idaho.
New Project 2052 story, in the world of Everything for Everyone
New Project 2052 story, in the world of Everything for Everyone
New #Project2052 story alert!
"The Fall of Carceral Psychiatry" reminds us that there is no revolution without mad and disabled folks.
Meet Gregory Barbie, a mad and blind man from rural Idaho as he recounts his time in a locked psych ward and the eventual fall of carceral psychiatry.
"The Fall of Carceral Psychiatry" reminds us that there is no revolution without mad and disabled folks.
Meet Gregory Barbie, a mad and blind man from rural Idaho as he recounts his time in a locked psych ward and the eventual fall of carceral psychiatry.
August 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
New #Project2052 story alert!
"The Fall of Carceral Psychiatry" reminds us that there is no revolution without mad and disabled folks.
Meet Gregory Barbie, a mad and blind man from rural Idaho as he recounts his time in a locked psych ward and the eventual fall of carceral psychiatry.
"The Fall of Carceral Psychiatry" reminds us that there is no revolution without mad and disabled folks.
Meet Gregory Barbie, a mad and blind man from rural Idaho as he recounts his time in a locked psych ward and the eventual fall of carceral psychiatry.
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And last but not least, THE SHADELESS BORDER by Jiyar Jahan Fard (tr. Chiya Parvizpur, @commonnotions.bsky.social ) uses both human and nonhuman narrators to illustrate the impact of borders on the nations and people they divide. bookshop.org/a/169/978194...
The Shadeless Border
Over a single day, a family faces grief and exile and history in a surreal tale set at contested borders.On one side of the border, Azad's mother stands in her grief, waiting to bury her son. On the…
bookshop.org
August 3, 2026 at 2:57 PM
And last but not least, THE SHADELESS BORDER by Jiyar Jahan Fard (tr. Chiya Parvizpur, @commonnotions.bsky.social ) uses both human and nonhuman narrators to illustrate the impact of borders on the nations and people they divide. bookshop.org/a/169/978194...
POINTS OF DEPARTURE is "essential reading for anyone fed up with capitalism’s endless crises and wars.”
Coming this fall.
Edited by Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social.
⚡️ tinyurl.com/End-Capitalism
Coming this fall.
Edited by Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social.
⚡️ tinyurl.com/End-Capitalism
July 29, 2026 at 9:36 PM
POINTS OF DEPARTURE is "essential reading for anyone fed up with capitalism’s endless crises and wars.”
Coming this fall.
Edited by Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social.
⚡️ tinyurl.com/End-Capitalism
Coming this fall.
Edited by Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social.
⚡️ tinyurl.com/End-Capitalism
Starting soon at 2 pm et: People Do Come Home—An Event for the
@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social and All Political Prisoners
Mc’d by Matt Meyer, Ashanti Alston, Diana Block, Josh Harper, Ray Luc Levasseur, &Julie Herrada
Watch the event: buff.ly/ZBPoJOB
@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social and All Political Prisoners
Mc’d by Matt Meyer, Ashanti Alston, Diana Block, Josh Harper, Ray Luc Levasseur, &Julie Herrada
Watch the event: buff.ly/ZBPoJOB
July 26, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Starting soon at 2 pm et: People Do Come Home—An Event for the
@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social and All Political Prisoners
Mc’d by Matt Meyer, Ashanti Alston, Diana Block, Josh Harper, Ray Luc Levasseur, &Julie Herrada
Watch the event: buff.ly/ZBPoJOB
@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social and All Political Prisoners
Mc’d by Matt Meyer, Ashanti Alston, Diana Block, Josh Harper, Ray Luc Levasseur, &Julie Herrada
Watch the event: buff.ly/ZBPoJOB
One day our comrades will come home.
Leonard came home last year; Marius came home this year.
And one day our Prairieland and Anti-Fascist Prisoners will return to our communities too.
Join @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social and friends for a virtual event JULY 26TH.
Leonard came home last year; Marius came home this year.
And one day our Prairieland and Anti-Fascist Prisoners will return to our communities too.
Join @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social and friends for a virtual event JULY 26TH.
July 24, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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Only a few more days until People Do Come Home—An Event for the @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social and All Political Prisoners with Matt Meyer, Ashanti Alston, Diana Block, Josh Harper, Ray Luc Levasseur, Julie Herrada. Watch live and thereafter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhcf...
People Do Come Home - An Event for the Prairieland Defendants and All Political Prisoners
YouTube video by Common Notions
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July 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Only a few more days until People Do Come Home—An Event for the @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social and All Political Prisoners with Matt Meyer, Ashanti Alston, Diana Block, Josh Harper, Ray Luc Levasseur, Julie Herrada. Watch live and thereafter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhcf...