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Common Notions Common Notions is a publishing house and programming platform that advances new formulations of liberation and living autonomy. Our books provide timely re

Our books provide timely reflections, clear critiques, and inspiring strategies that amplify movements for social justice.

See you at AWP 2027 in Chicago! Common Notions authors Seraj Assi, Eman Abdelhad, Radhika Singh and Jeff Holmes will exp...
08/20/2026

See you at AWP 2027 in Chicago!

Common Notions authors Seraj Assi, Eman Abdelhad, Radhika Singh and Jeff Holmes will explore Literature Between Empire and Liberation.

This is a Fiction Craft & Criticism panel moderated by Lily Rosengard. See you there!

RED FLOUR is a fictionalized story of the flour massacre written by Seraj Assi.The novel intertwines first-hand survivor...
08/14/2026

RED FLOUR is a fictionalized story of the flour massacre written by Seraj Assi.

The novel intertwines first-hand survivor testimonies with a magical realism rooted in Palestinian faith to highlight the resilience of Palestinians living in Gaza.

RED FLOUR is a "visionary novel" that will break your heart AND give you hope.

In stores this October. Hit us up for galleys!!

We're thrilled for the publication of the first book in the Class Compositions series this fall.POINTS OF DEPARTURE is a...
08/07/2026

We're thrilled for the publication of the first book in the Class Compositions series this fall.

POINTS OF DEPARTURE is a key text for understanding where we are in history so we can develop new tactics and strategies to continue to challenge capitalist supremacy.

Edited by Robert Ovetz and Kevin Van Meter, it is the definitive collection of Harry Cleaver’s best unpublished, translated, or lesser known writings on working class refusal, class composition, unwaged work, debt, and the inversion of the class perspective.

POINTS OF DEPARTURE is "essential reading," a foundational text for the modern left and workers’ movements. End capitalism before it ends us.

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The first comprehensive spatial analysis of Italian operaismo and the extraordinary urban struggles of 1970s Italy. Neil...
08/03/2026

The first comprehensive spatial analysis of Italian operaismo and the extraordinary urban struggles of 1970s Italy.

Neil Gray's TAKE OVER THE CITY is a "highly readable," important contribution to radical urban history and a window into how current urban struggles might be theorized.

Grab a copy at your local independent bookstore or public library.

We invite you to participate in Summer of Ludd!Take heed of the lessons offered by George Eastman's THE DIGITAL REVOLUTI...
06/30/2026

We invite you to participate in Summer of Ludd!

Take heed of the lessons offered by George Eastman's THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION.

Reclaim your sense of self and humanity with a week of free, public, and participatory events. Get off big tech, into Public Space, and re-enchant each other!

Grab your guidebook at any of the following locations:

East Village: Mast Books, Village Works, East Village Books

Chelsea: 192 Books, Printed Matter

Bedstuy: Word Is Change Books, Golda

Midtown: Arts Students League

Gowanus: Interference Archive, Big Reuse

Staten Island: St George Library

Downtown BK: Center for Fiction, BAM

Flatiron: Academy Records

LES: P&T Knitwear, ABC NO RIO Zine Library, Sweet Pickle Books

Chinatown: Yu and Me Books

SoHo: McNally Jackson

Bowery: Codex, Afterword Bookshop

A book for our comrades with an interest in radical urban history!TAKE OVER THE CITY places the struggles of Italian ope...
06/23/2026

A book for our comrades with an interest in radical urban history!

TAKE OVER THE CITY places the struggles of Italian operaismo within the rise of global urbanization in the 1970s. In doing so, the book draws attention to previously neglected urban struggles.

The book argues that these innovative urban struggles carry important lessons for contemporary forms of organization and social conflict in the sphere of social reproduction. If urbanization has become increasingly central for capital accumulation processes, it follows that urban struggle must become increasingly central to anti capitalist struggle. The struggles to ‘Take Over the City’ in 1970s Italy provide an important marker of how this might be done in the current era.

An incredible book, highly recommended by Leopoldina Fortunati, author of THE ARCANA OF REPRODUCTION.

TAKE OVER THE CITY will be available July 7.

Preorders via our website save 25% with discount code TAKEOVERTHECITY.

"His razor tongue is backed by laser wit. Still, all these years on, he is a strategist teaching us how to move on the c...
06/19/2026

"His razor tongue is backed by laser wit. Still, all these years on, he is a strategist teaching us how to move on the chessboard of this ongoing struggle. Pick up REVOLUTION IN THESE TIMES and keep it moving." —Chuck D, Public Enemy

REVOLUTION IN THESE TIMES offers lessons for the fight against fascism. All rooted in Dhoruba Bin Wahad's experience as a leading member of the NY Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army.

Listen to Chuck D and pick this book up!

Thoughts and reflections on living out an abolitionist life.EVERYDAY S**T by the Abolition Journal Working Group is offi...
06/16/2026

Thoughts and reflections on living out an abolitionist life.

EVERYDAY S**T by the Abolition Journal Working Group is officially available today!

This is the pilot issue of the revived ABOLITION JOURNAL. Featuring a variety of work, from essays to poems, the contributors reflect on the "everyday s**t" of movement work.

We invite you on this collective journey toward a liberated future. Ask for EVERYDAY S**T at your favorite bookstore or public library.

EVERYDAY S**T made its debut at TILT yesterday!W.E.B. Dubois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction led an int...
06/12/2026

EVERYDAY S**T made its debut at TILT yesterday!

W.E.B. Dubois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction led an interactive timeline mapping workshop as part of the How We Stay Free exhibit. The exhibit is up through June 27th, check it out if you're in Philly!

You can still take advantage of the preorder discount on EVERYDAY S**T. Use EVERYDAYSH1T at checkout.

TAKE OVER THE CITY by Neil Gray is the first systemic spatial account of Italian operaismo.Drawing on the Marxist urban ...
06/09/2026

TAKE OVER THE CITY by Neil Gray is the first systemic spatial account of Italian operaismo.

Drawing on the Marxist urban theory of Henri Lefebvre and others, the book situates the struggles of operaismo, especially in the 1970s, within a phase of global urbanization.

In doing so, the book draws attention to previously neglected urban struggles in the wider social factory, recognizing these as immanent to the new spatial composition of capital in Italy.

Available July 7th. Preorders via our website save 25% with discount code TAKEOVERTHECITY. Link in bio

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