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Some lovely words from Nick Dyer-Witheford for Notes Toward a Digital Workers' Inquiry, co-authored w/ Julie Chen, Alessandro Delfanti, Brian Dolber, @gleemie.bsky.social & @tamigraph.bsky.social, & published by @commonnotions.bsky.social.
Get it at: buff.ly/9Li5A3U (DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE for 25% off)
Get it at: buff.ly/9Li5A3U (DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE for 25% off)
December 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Some lovely words from Nick Dyer-Witheford for Notes Toward a Digital Workers' Inquiry, co-authored w/ Julie Chen, Alessandro Delfanti, Brian Dolber, @gleemie.bsky.social & @tamigraph.bsky.social, & published by @commonnotions.bsky.social.
Get it at: buff.ly/9Li5A3U (DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE for 25% off)
Get it at: buff.ly/9Li5A3U (DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE for 25% off)
We're delighted that Kurdish literature is gaining traction in the West, so much so that we now have @henarpress.bsky.social!
Here's a great @arablit.bsky.social interview with their publisher, Aryan: arablit.org/2025/09/11/a...
Here's a great @arablit.bsky.social interview with their publisher, Aryan: arablit.org/2025/09/11/a...
A New Look at Kurdish Literature, Beyond the ‘Selfless, Helpless’ Trope
Next year, Henar Press will bring out its first two titles, translated from Kurdish to English. But already, their website — with its Kurdish Literary Database — is contributing to a wi…
arablit.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We're delighted that Kurdish literature is gaining traction in the West, so much so that we now have @henarpress.bsky.social!
Here's a great @arablit.bsky.social interview with their publisher, Aryan: arablit.org/2025/09/11/a...
Here's a great @arablit.bsky.social interview with their publisher, Aryan: arablit.org/2025/09/11/a...
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some neat stuff here, including one of my faves from this year, Diversity of Aesthetics
✨ 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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December 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
some neat stuff here, including one of my faves from this year, Diversity of Aesthetics
✨ 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
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
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"This brilliant text explains and exemplifies the practice of 'Workers Inquiry' as applied to Big Tech. Critical, self-reflexive, partisan, rich in radical analysis..."
—Nick Dyer-Witheford, co-author of CYBERNETIC CIRCULATION COMPLEX (@versobooks.bsky.social)
—Nick Dyer-Witheford, co-author of CYBERNETIC CIRCULATION COMPLEX (@versobooks.bsky.social)
December 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"This brilliant text explains and exemplifies the practice of 'Workers Inquiry' as applied to Big Tech. Critical, self-reflexive, partisan, rich in radical analysis..."
—Nick Dyer-Witheford, co-author of CYBERNETIC CIRCULATION COMPLEX (@versobooks.bsky.social)
—Nick Dyer-Witheford, co-author of CYBERNETIC CIRCULATION COMPLEX (@versobooks.bsky.social)
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
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The ebook version of Why We Fear AI is currently on sale for just $5 directly at the publisher! @commonnotions.bsky.social
Why We Fear AI — Common Notions Press
Fears about AI tell us more about capitalism today than the technology of the future.
www.commonnotions.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The ebook version of Why We Fear AI is currently on sale for just $5 directly at the publisher! @commonnotions.bsky.social
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Check out my conversation with Andrew Ross about his new book out from @commonnotions.bsky.social here: www.e-flux.com/podcasts/670...
Andrew Ross on The Weather Report: A Journey Through Unsettled Climates - Podcasts - e-flux
e-flux journal Associate Editor Andreas Petrossiants talks to author Andrew Ross about his recent book, The Weather Report: A Journey Through Unsettled Climates. Rather than offering another eco-polem...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Check out my conversation with Andrew Ross about his new book out from @commonnotions.bsky.social here: www.e-flux.com/podcasts/670...
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
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"By excavating the urban struggles of 1970s Italy with a spatialized understanding of Operaismo’s signature theoretical contribution––class composition––the book provides both an important contribution to radical urban history and a window into how current urban struggles might be theorized." ❤️🔥 ❤️🔥 ❤️🔥
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"By excavating the urban struggles of 1970s Italy with a spatialized understanding of Operaismo’s signature theoretical contribution––class composition––the book provides both an important contribution to radical urban history and a window into how current urban struggles might be theorized." ❤️🔥 ❤️🔥 ❤️🔥
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This Thursday 12/4 7 PM @ CARA in NYC, Pinko editors Lau and M. E. are excited to join artist Nat Pyper to discuss "A Queer Year of Love Letters," queer liberation history, typography and radical publishing. Pinko Issue 4 uses several of Pyper's remarkable fonts celebrating radical queer history.
December 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This Thursday 12/4 7 PM @ CARA in NYC, Pinko editors Lau and M. E. are excited to join artist Nat Pyper to discuss "A Queer Year of Love Letters," queer liberation history, typography and radical publishing. Pinko Issue 4 uses several of Pyper's remarkable fonts celebrating radical queer history.
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E314: ☠️Microfascist Machines🔬
@commonnotions.bsky.social author Jack Z. Bratich chats about "microfascism," a Deleuzian concept looking at fascist impulses from below that manifest in far-right groupuscles, the manosphere, and stochastic terror
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@commonnotions.bsky.social author Jack Z. Bratich chats about "microfascism," a Deleuzian concept looking at fascist impulses from below that manifest in far-right groupuscles, the manosphere, and stochastic terror
www.patreon.com/posts/e314-m...
E314: Microfascist Machines w/ Jack Z. Bratich | This Wreckage
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November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
E314: ☠️Microfascist Machines🔬
@commonnotions.bsky.social author Jack Z. Bratich chats about "microfascism," a Deleuzian concept looking at fascist impulses from below that manifest in far-right groupuscles, the manosphere, and stochastic terror
www.patreon.com/posts/e314-m...
@commonnotions.bsky.social author Jack Z. Bratich chats about "microfascism," a Deleuzian concept looking at fascist impulses from below that manifest in far-right groupuscles, the manosphere, and stochastic terror
www.patreon.com/posts/e314-m...
"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
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Do you get annoyed when uncompromising anti-Zionism is dismissed as "purity politics"? If so, you might find this short essay worth a read:
stevesalaita.com/palestine-an...
stevesalaita.com/palestine-an...
Palestine and the Politics of Purity - Steve Salaita
Accusing anti-Zionists of “purity politics” is a lazy rhetorical evasion.
stevesalaita.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Do you get annoyed when uncompromising anti-Zionism is dismissed as "purity politics"? If so, you might find this short essay worth a read:
stevesalaita.com/palestine-an...
stevesalaita.com/palestine-an...
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Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Everything for Everyone, @genderhorizon.com & @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social (@commonnotions.bsky.social): www.commonnotions.org/everything-f... & The Seaweed Blanket, Nancy Deas (Red Deer Press): www.reddeerpress.com/Detail/08899... See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Everything for Everyone, @genderhorizon.com & @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social (@commonnotions.bsky.social): www.commonnotions.org/everything-f... & The Seaweed Blanket, Nancy Deas (Red Deer Press): www.reddeerpress.com/Detail/08899... See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky
"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
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I’ll be in conversation with Sana Ahmad next Monday, November 17 at @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social about our new @commonnotions.bsky.social book on digital workers’ inquiry and my forthcoming @datasociety.bsky.social report on climate action in and against the tech industry
Worker Led Movements Against AI: A Discussion with Tamara Kneese
Mon, Nov. 17, 2025
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November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I’ll be in conversation with Sana Ahmad next Monday, November 17 at @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social about our new @commonnotions.bsky.social book on digital workers’ inquiry and my forthcoming @datasociety.bsky.social report on climate action in and against the tech industry
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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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
"Shows that successful organizing across the digital supply chain will depend on workers' own knowledge about the labor process, as well as their creativity and capacity to act." —Adam D.K. King
NOTES TOWARD A DIGITAL WORKERS' INQUIRY >
www.commonnotions.org/notes-toward-a-digital-workers-inquiry
NOTES TOWARD A DIGITAL WORKERS' INQUIRY >
www.commonnotions.org/notes-toward-a-digital-workers-inquiry
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"Shows that successful organizing across the digital supply chain will depend on workers' own knowledge about the labor process, as well as their creativity and capacity to act." —Adam D.K. King
NOTES TOWARD A DIGITAL WORKERS' INQUIRY >
www.commonnotions.org/notes-toward-a-digital-workers-inquiry
NOTES TOWARD A DIGITAL WORKERS' INQUIRY >
www.commonnotions.org/notes-toward-a-digital-workers-inquiry
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Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount