Common Notions

09/11/2025

We got a lovely testimonial from Moksha at BOMB’s Small Press Flea. She attended a DIVERSITY OF AESTHETICs event at the P.I.T., and connected with what the authors had to say. Have you read the book? What did you think?

www.commonnotions.org/diversity-of-aesthetics

09/09/2025

Happy pub day to THE WEATHER REPORT by Andrew Ross!

The book on population and climate change you've been waiting for. Grab a copy at one of the many events he has lined up, or order directly from our site: https://buff.ly/HPu60QY

09/06/2025

Andrew Ross will be touring with THE WEATHER REPORT!

Catch him in Philly, DC, Baltimore, and Brooklyn next week. Additional cities and dates in the works!

09/05/2025

"There is no absolute water scarcity; the shortage is entirely manufactured by Israeli authorities."

Andrew Ross on colonialization in Palestine for JACOBIN: https://buff.ly/M3nuu5A

Israel’s extreme rationing of water to the Palestinian people is central to its larger project of control, domination, and ethnic cleansing.

08/26/2025

RISE UP OR DIE! is officially out in the world today!

Djamila Ribeiro, author of WHERE WE STAND, calls it a "fundamental work."

She goes on to say that it's fundamental "for understanding the multiple layers of the ongoing Black genocide in Brazil. But the book goes beyond denunciation—it offers a political project of reinvention, guided by the power of ancestry and by the refusal to accept death as destiny. Through an unflinching analysis of structures of power, while simultaneously sowing the seeds of a quilombist future, Andreia and Hamilton present us with a disturbing mirror for the global debate on the fight against racism. This book must be read and studied with the urgency that our time demands."

The first 25 orders placed through our website will ship with a riso-printed poster featuring the book cover, which was designed by Josh MacPhee. These will move fast, don't wait! https://www.commonnotions.org/

08/14/2025

RISE UP OR DIE! is the story of Brazil's radical Black liberation movement—in their own words.

From a new political vocabulary for Black self-determination, to sexual health and food justice initiatives, to an autonomous Pan-Africanist school and so much more, Rise Up Or Die! used their creativity to resist centuries of anti-Black culture.

This must-read book will be available at bookstores across the US on August 26th. Pre-order through our site before then to save 25%. Use the code PREORDER at checkout!

www.commonnotions.org

08/11/2025

"The more you learn about the drug development process from basic science to the translational part of it—the clinical trials, how does it get to the market—the more you realize that all of it is centered around generating more profit instead of centering the patients."

METASTASIS author, Nafis Hasan, was recently on the CounterPunch podcast. Listen to the full episode: https://buff.ly/0lHUy2b

08/08/2025

It's Black August, read about Black liberation struggles.

In REVOLUTION IN THESE TIMES, Dhoruba Bin Wahad grounds us in the now, seamlessly weaving together firsthand accounts of his own and other’s revolutionary past in the history of struggle, alongside lessons for today.

The book also features a foreword by Joy James. Read it! https://buff.ly/cGeikq3

08/06/2025

DIVERSITY OF AESTHETICS is "an of-the-moment critical look at social organizing and the fight against gendered and racialized capitalism." —Chris Conti

Edited by Andreas Petrossiants and Jose Rosales, this book is available now. Get a copy from your favorite indie bookstore, local library, or commonnotions.org!

08/04/2025

We've joined forces with Eman Abdelhadi & M.E. O'Brien to build PROJECT 2052: REVOLUTIONARY DISPATCHES FROM THE WORLD OF EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE!

This will be a website of speculative short fiction, visual art, and poetry. Set in the world of EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE.

Pitch submissions will open soon, but first we need your support! We're asking for one-time donations of any amount to help us pay honoraria.

If financial support is not possible at the moment, you can help us by spreading the word.

Learn more & donate: commonnotions.org/project2052

07/26/2025

Don't forget to claim your free download of THE HOME AS LABORATORY!

Luci Cavallero, Verónica Gago, and Liz Mason-Deese analyze how the home has become a key battleground when it comes to what work is considered essential, the intensification of paid and unpaid work, the expansion of new forms of financial extraction, and multiple and interconnected forms of violence.

Most importantly, by highlighting the research and action of feminist and housing organizations, they also demonstrate how these processes are being resisted on a daily basis.

This free ebook offer ends Thursday 7/31. Visit our site and use HOME-AS-LAB at checkout: https://buff.ly/Y3pOj6d

07/22/2025

“The strike record is at base a form of active participation in a struggle, like others. But it’s one that tends to focus on popularization, clarification of political stakes, and circulation specifically.”

Great episode of The Final Straw Radio! Featuring the authors of STRIKE WHILE THE NEEDLE IS HOT Josh MacPhee and Kennedy Block.

Listen to the full episode: https://buff.ly/wCONUgj