ICYMI: we're honored to join our friends at @inthesetimes.com and @jvp.bsky.social to host @mollycrabapple.bsky.social & @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social at the store on April 23rd to celebrate HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY: THE STORY OF THE JEWISH BUND. www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/20260423
A flyer promoting a reading and conversation with Daisy Hernández and A. Naomi Paik in support of ICIRR on April 25 at 7 pm at Pilsen Community Books
That evening at 7 pm, we're hosting Daisy Hernández and A. Naomi Paik for a reading and fundraiser in support of @icirr.bsky.social. Come celebrate with us!
A colorful flyer promoting indie bookstore day at Pilsen Community Books. It says: Indie bookstore day at PCB Saturday, April 25 11-8 pm 10% of all sales go to ICIRR Limited edition print by William Estrada Reading with Daisy Hernández and A. Naomi Paik Hidden Gift Cards throughout store Snacks and bookish camaraderie
It's that time of year again! Come out next Saturday, April 25 for Indie Bookstore day and help support @icirr.bsky.social! We'll also have limited edition prints by William Estrada and other special treats for the day.
A few copies of In These Times magazine. On the cover is a picture of a state agent wielding a baton against student protestors.
Molly and Eman are both contributors at the great @inthesetimes.com. Eman is a regular columnist, and Molly's antifascist artwork is featured on some of the most memorable covers of the magazine over the past year, including our favorite below:
A copy of HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY next to a risograph print designed by Molly Crabapple.
We have just a couple of these beautiful prints left to give to folks who haven't yet gotten their copy of HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY, which is already in its 4th printing!
ICYMI: we're honored to join our friends at @inthesetimes.com and @jvp.bsky.social to host @mollycrabapple.bsky.social & @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social at the store on April 23rd to celebrate HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY: THE STORY OF THE JEWISH BUND. www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/20260423
Flier showing photos of Thrasher, Johnson, The Overeer Clss and How to Sell a Genocide. The event will be on Thursday, May 21 from 7 to 8 at Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608.
CHICAGO! You won't want to miss my good friend @ahjohnson.bsky.social & me talking about our new books HOW TO SELL A GENOCIDE (@plutopress.bsky.social) & THE OVERSEER CLASS at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social on Thursday, May 21 pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/49852
Chicago!
We're teaming up with @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social for our launch event in the windy city! We'll be doing some readings from the book, have our WGP merch, and it'll be a great opportunity to meet the contributors and hang with community!
Free RSVP Link:
www.eventbrite.com/e/1984655754...
4/6 On May 21, I'll be with @ahjohnson.bsky.social (HOW TO SELL A GENOCIDE) at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/49852
A copy of Manijeh Moradian's THIS FLAME WITHIN: IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARIES IN THE UNITED STATES on a stool in the bookstore.
Arguing for a transnational feminist interpretation of the Iranian Student Association’s legacy, in THIS FLAME WITHIN Moradian demonstrates how the recognition of multiple sources of oppression in the West and in Iran can reorient Iranian diasporic politics today.
A copy of Poupeh Missaghi's SOUND MUSEUM on a stool in the bookstore.
A combination of fiction and documentation, Poupeh Missaghi's SOUND MUSEUM interrogates state-santioned violence and the psychology— and banality— of evil. @coffeehousepress.bsky.social
A copy of Hamid Dabshi's book IRAN IN REVOLT: REVOLUTIONARY ASPIRATIONS IN A POST DEMOCRATIC WORLD on a stool in the boosktore
IRAN IN REVOLT by Hamid Dabahi:
In his retelling of the boldness and tragedy of the Zhina uprising in Iran, Hamid Dabashi asks: What constitutes the success of revolutions and how do we measure their failures? @haymarketbooks.org
This month’s picks draw from Iranian writers with decades of experience in a wide range of anti-imperialist and anti-colonial movements, and we hope that they will help us think sharply about the struggle ahead.
As always, we are thinking about our responsibilities as US citizens to challenge imperialism and war-mongering as our tax dollars are once again spent on the death-making machinery of empire.
A blue letterboard on a stool in the bookstore with the following quote on it: "YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THIS FLAME WITHIN YOU THAT CAN WARM OTHERS. -JALIL MOSTASHARI"
As we look on in horror at the chaos and violence that Trump is inflicting on Iran and the misinformation being spread by his administration, we wanted to choose subscription books this month that would cut through the noise and examine the modern history of Iran through an anti-imperialist lens.
Flat card laying on top of letterpress forms used to print it that has the Diane de Prima quote ‘no one way works, it will take all of us shoving at the thing from all sides to bring it down’.
Printed for @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social years ago. No one way works.
Saturday 3/28 at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social
6pm - Panel with @genderhorizon.com, @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, @cowbellemoo.lets.abolish.family, and Haze
8pm - Party with food and drinks
Come dream and dance with us!
How to Sell a Genocide | @ahjohnson.bsky.social | Chicago | May 21 | @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social
pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/49852
Love to be quoted alongside our buds at @skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social about the new project based on the legendary EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE by M.E. O’Brien and @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social. Don’t miss the launch at PCB on 3/28!
A copy of THE YOUNG LORDS SPEAK on a wooden table
Happy pub day to one of our most anticipated books of the year, THE YOUNG LORDS SPEAK edited by Jacqueline Lazú (thanks for the pic, @haymarketbooks.org!)
Check it out:
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/UfU8gx4...
Full house!
information on launch event at pilsen community books march 28 6-10pm
The week will wrap up with a launch at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social. Join us for a panel at 6pm, followed by a party with food and drinks!
Learn about the series and RSVP for the launch: withfriends.co/event/276791...
Tomorrow!
Hey we are here @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social with @macarthurjustice.bsky.social ! Come on down!!!
We've been working non-stop since the big move, and we're exhausted! 😅 To give us a little break, we're going to take Tuesdays off this month. We'll be back to seven days a week in April!
Tonight!
Sat, March 28th, 6 pm: Join @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, M.E. O'Brien and friends to celebrate the launch of Project 2052: a website of revolutionary speculative fiction and art set in the world of EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE. @commonnotions.bsky.social pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/49864
Wed, March 18th at 7 pm: What can we as workers do to actually make a general strike happen? Come talk with local workers and trained organizers from @organizeworkers.bsky.social about realistic steps we can take to make a general strike happen in our city. pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/49846
Sun, March 15th at 3:30 pm: Narrating Palestine with Ismail Khalidi and Rashid Khalidi, presented by @underthetreepod.bsky.social
pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/49853
Thurs, March 12th at 7:30 pm: The last installment of the Open Veins of Latin America book club with PUÑO and 25th Ward IPO. All are welcome!