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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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
tickets.weizenbaum-institut.de
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!
events.maydayrooms.org/e/71/searchi...
events.maydayrooms.org/e/71/searchi...
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
Happy pub day to NOTES TOWARD A DIGITAL WORKERS' INQUIRY!
"An exemplary demonstration of how inquiry can function simultaneously as a mode of collective action and a form of critical theory." —Leopoldina Fortunati, THE ARCANA OF REPRODUCTION
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"An exemplary demonstration of how inquiry can function simultaneously as a mode of collective action and a form of critical theory." —Leopoldina Fortunati, THE ARCANA OF REPRODUCTION
buff.ly/QVbuVFe
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Happy pub day to NOTES TOWARD A DIGITAL WORKERS' INQUIRY!
"An exemplary demonstration of how inquiry can function simultaneously as a mode of collective action and a form of critical theory." —Leopoldina Fortunati, THE ARCANA OF REPRODUCTION
buff.ly/QVbuVFe
"An exemplary demonstration of how inquiry can function simultaneously as a mode of collective action and a form of critical theory." —Leopoldina Fortunati, THE ARCANA OF REPRODUCTION
buff.ly/QVbuVFe
"An indispensable primary source for understanding how a marginalized people stood up to reshape the heart of Diné Country/the Four Corners."
Dr. Matthias Andre Voigt, author of REINVENTING THE WARRIOR on BORDERTOWN CLASHES by John Redhouse.
www.commonnotions.org/bordertown-clashes
Dr. Matthias Andre Voigt, author of REINVENTING THE WARRIOR on BORDERTOWN CLASHES by John Redhouse.
www.commonnotions.org/bordertown-clashes
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"An indispensable primary source for understanding how a marginalized people stood up to reshape the heart of Diné Country/the Four Corners."
Dr. Matthias Andre Voigt, author of REINVENTING THE WARRIOR on BORDERTOWN CLASHES by John Redhouse.
www.commonnotions.org/bordertown-clashes
Dr. Matthias Andre Voigt, author of REINVENTING THE WARRIOR on BORDERTOWN CLASHES by John Redhouse.
www.commonnotions.org/bordertown-clashes
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STARTING MONDAY! Check out this upcoming reading group "Popular #Cultures and #Antifascist Care" on Jack Z. Bratich's recent book "On #Microfascism: #Gender, #War, and Death" from @commonnotions.bsky.social register here: radicalimagination.info/Popular-Cult...
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
STARTING MONDAY! Check out this upcoming reading group "Popular #Cultures and #Antifascist Care" on Jack Z. Bratich's recent book "On #Microfascism: #Gender, #War, and Death" from @commonnotions.bsky.social register here: radicalimagination.info/Popular-Cult...
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TOMORROW: Wednesday 10/29 from 3-4pm in @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Room 6203.02: Join us for a conversation on oral history, friendship, and social movement research with faculty member Dr. Benjamin H. Shepard, where he'll discuss his latest book!
@commonnotions.bsky.social
@commonnotions.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
TOMORROW: Wednesday 10/29 from 3-4pm in @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Room 6203.02: Join us for a conversation on oral history, friendship, and social movement research with faculty member Dr. Benjamin H. Shepard, where he'll discuss his latest book!
@commonnotions.bsky.social
@commonnotions.bsky.social
The Capacitor Collective uses worker inquiry to build digital worker power from below. Their forthcoming book, NOTES TOWARD A DIGITAL WORKERS' INQUIRY, is a collection of interviews that challenge the stereotype that the tech industry is unorganizable.
Out 11/4, preorder today: buff.ly/PwI942X
Out 11/4, preorder today: buff.ly/PwI942X
October 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The Capacitor Collective uses worker inquiry to build digital worker power from below. Their forthcoming book, NOTES TOWARD A DIGITAL WORKERS' INQUIRY, is a collection of interviews that challenge the stereotype that the tech industry is unorganizable.
Out 11/4, preorder today: buff.ly/PwI942X
Out 11/4, preorder today: buff.ly/PwI942X
"There must also be pressure to end the unsparing detention of the thousands of Palestinians who continue to be held in Israel’s prisons..."
New op-ed by Andrew Ross for @nytimes.com: buff.ly/QEivlBY
New op-ed by Andrew Ross for @nytimes.com: buff.ly/QEivlBY
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"There must also be pressure to end the unsparing detention of the thousands of Palestinians who continue to be held in Israel’s prisons..."
New op-ed by Andrew Ross for @nytimes.com: buff.ly/QEivlBY
New op-ed by Andrew Ross for @nytimes.com: buff.ly/QEivlBY
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Wednesday 10/29 from 3-4pm in @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Room 6203.02*: Join us for a conversation on oral history, friendship, and social movement research with faculty member Dr. Benjamin H. Shepard, where he'll discuss his latest book!
@commonnotions.bsky.social
*See gc.cuny.edu/news/bui...
@commonnotions.bsky.social
*See gc.cuny.edu/news/bui...
October 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Wednesday 10/29 from 3-4pm in @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Room 6203.02*: Join us for a conversation on oral history, friendship, and social movement research with faculty member Dr. Benjamin H. Shepard, where he'll discuss his latest book!
@commonnotions.bsky.social
*See gc.cuny.edu/news/bui...
@commonnotions.bsky.social
*See gc.cuny.edu/news/bui...
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Just finished this very interesting book from @commonnotions.bsky.social connects AI fears with capitalism in a pretty interesting way. Definitely worth a read if you're worried about our AI overlords, and if you're not you should be! @hagenblix.bsky.social thank you! Co-author not on Bluesky?
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
October 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Just finished this very interesting book from @commonnotions.bsky.social connects AI fears with capitalism in a pretty interesting way. Definitely worth a read if you're worried about our AI overlords, and if you're not you should be! @hagenblix.bsky.social thank you! Co-author not on Bluesky?
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Check out this upcoming reading group "Popular Cultures and Antifascist Care" on Jack Z. Bratich's recent book On Microfascism: #Gender, #War, and Death from @commonnotions.bsky.social register here: radicalimagination.info/Popular-Cult...
October 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Check out this upcoming reading group "Popular Cultures and Antifascist Care" on Jack Z. Bratich's recent book On Microfascism: #Gender, #War, and Death from @commonnotions.bsky.social register here: radicalimagination.info/Popular-Cult...
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At our slow but steady pace, @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, @commonnotions.bsky.social and I have been working on Project 2052. We have first round of story commissions out; a few stories in second drafts; and enough donations to pay everyone small honorariums. www.commonnotions.org/project2052
October 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
At our slow but steady pace, @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, @commonnotions.bsky.social and I have been working on Project 2052. We have first round of story commissions out; a few stories in second drafts; and enough donations to pay everyone small honorariums. www.commonnotions.org/project2052
Catch the author of ON ACTIVISM, FRIENDSHIPS, AND FIGHTING at two New York events this fall!
10/29 at The CUNY Graduate Center from 3-4pm @gcsocialwelfare.bsky.social
11/8 in High Falls, NY at @blueheronbooksny.bsky.social
buff.ly/kNsPScd
10/29 at The CUNY Graduate Center from 3-4pm @gcsocialwelfare.bsky.social
11/8 in High Falls, NY at @blueheronbooksny.bsky.social
buff.ly/kNsPScd
October 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Catch the author of ON ACTIVISM, FRIENDSHIPS, AND FIGHTING at two New York events this fall!
10/29 at The CUNY Graduate Center from 3-4pm @gcsocialwelfare.bsky.social
11/8 in High Falls, NY at @blueheronbooksny.bsky.social
buff.ly/kNsPScd
10/29 at The CUNY Graduate Center from 3-4pm @gcsocialwelfare.bsky.social
11/8 in High Falls, NY at @blueheronbooksny.bsky.social
buff.ly/kNsPScd
"There can be no doubt, however, that Israel’s war on prisoners was the third front in its assault on Gaza and the West Bank..."
Andrew Ross for @nytopinion.nytimes.com.
Andrew Ross for @nytopinion.nytimes.com.
Opinion | The Israel-Gaza War Always Had an Unacknowledged Third Front
Thousands of hostages are still awaiting freedom.
buff.ly
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"There can be no doubt, however, that Israel’s war on prisoners was the third front in its assault on Gaza and the West Bank..."
Andrew Ross for @nytopinion.nytimes.com.
Andrew Ross for @nytopinion.nytimes.com.
"It's a galvanizing and hopeful vision of a world in which liberation is within everyone’s reach."
—@publisherswkly.bsky.social
New review for @yaffasutopia.bsky.social's LETTERS FROM A LIVING UTOPIA
—@publisherswkly.bsky.social
New review for @yaffasutopia.bsky.social's LETTERS FROM A LIVING UTOPIA
Letters from a Living Utopia: Reclaiming Liberation from Palestine to the World by Yaffa As
In this meditative collection, Palestinian activist and poet Yaffa (Blood Orange) showcases personal letters written throughout ...
www.publishersweekly.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"It's a galvanizing and hopeful vision of a world in which liberation is within everyone’s reach."
—@publisherswkly.bsky.social
New review for @yaffasutopia.bsky.social's LETTERS FROM A LIVING UTOPIA
—@publisherswkly.bsky.social
New review for @yaffasutopia.bsky.social's LETTERS FROM A LIVING UTOPIA
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Wednesday 10/29 from 3-4pm in @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Room 6203.02: Join us for a conversation on oral history, friendship, and social movement research with faculty member Dr. Benjamin H. Shepard, where he'll discuss his latest book!
@commonnotions.bsky.social
@commonnotions.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Wednesday 10/29 from 3-4pm in @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Room 6203.02: Join us for a conversation on oral history, friendship, and social movement research with faculty member Dr. Benjamin H. Shepard, where he'll discuss his latest book!
@commonnotions.bsky.social
@commonnotions.bsky.social
Coming soon: BIRDS IN A GALE
Originally published in 2002, BIRDS IN A GALE is a poignant, psychological, and deeply political novel by one of Kurdistan’s best-loved writers, Ata Nahai.
Translated by Chiya Parvizpur & Hourieh Maleki Qouzloo
Available 11/25
Learn more and preorder: buff.ly/703nyCs
Originally published in 2002, BIRDS IN A GALE is a poignant, psychological, and deeply political novel by one of Kurdistan’s best-loved writers, Ata Nahai.
Translated by Chiya Parvizpur & Hourieh Maleki Qouzloo
Available 11/25
Learn more and preorder: buff.ly/703nyCs
October 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Coming soon: BIRDS IN A GALE
Originally published in 2002, BIRDS IN A GALE is a poignant, psychological, and deeply political novel by one of Kurdistan’s best-loved writers, Ata Nahai.
Translated by Chiya Parvizpur & Hourieh Maleki Qouzloo
Available 11/25
Learn more and preorder: buff.ly/703nyCs
Originally published in 2002, BIRDS IN A GALE is a poignant, psychological, and deeply political novel by one of Kurdistan’s best-loved writers, Ata Nahai.
Translated by Chiya Parvizpur & Hourieh Maleki Qouzloo
Available 11/25
Learn more and preorder: buff.ly/703nyCs
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New book alert!📘
Our book on workers talking about their experiences of workers inquiry research, and working with academic workers to build power! with the Capacitor Collective
Our book on workers talking about their experiences of workers inquiry research, and working with academic workers to build power! with the Capacitor Collective
NOTES TOWARD A DIGITAL WORKERS' INQUIRY by The Capacitor Collective delivers first-hand accounts from the tech sector’s burgeoning labor movement.
Preorders save a couple bucks and get a free zine on the history of workers' inquiries! Checkout with coupon code DIGITALWORKERS: buff.ly/9Li5A3U
Preorders save a couple bucks and get a free zine on the history of workers' inquiries! Checkout with coupon code DIGITALWORKERS: buff.ly/9Li5A3U
October 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
New book alert!📘
Our book on workers talking about their experiences of workers inquiry research, and working with academic workers to build power! with the Capacitor Collective
Our book on workers talking about their experiences of workers inquiry research, and working with academic workers to build power! with the Capacitor Collective
Experience labor history, and listen to some of its greatest hits in the STRIKE WHILE THE NEEDLE IS HOT mixtape. Order the book, and add the tape for $5.
We have a limited supply of the mixtape, so order your bundle while you can!
www.commonnotions.org/strike-while-the-needle-is-hot
We have a limited supply of the mixtape, so order your bundle while you can!
www.commonnotions.org/strike-while-the-needle-is-hot
October 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Experience labor history, and listen to some of its greatest hits in the STRIKE WHILE THE NEEDLE IS HOT mixtape. Order the book, and add the tape for $5.
We have a limited supply of the mixtape, so order your bundle while you can!
www.commonnotions.org/strike-while-the-needle-is-hot
We have a limited supply of the mixtape, so order your bundle while you can!
www.commonnotions.org/strike-while-the-needle-is-hot