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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 36m

Preview Seraj Assi's novel RED FLOUR with Inverse Journal. "In this particular excerpt, the narrator ventures from a bitter fantasy, survivor’s guilt and painful recollection to face the moral devastation caused by enforced starvation and war." buff.ly/yZyHEWn

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · 26/09/2026

Wonderful new story by my friend and comrade Adelaide about revolutionary trans women discussing their theater company. Please consider funding future authors by donating to Common Notions for Project 2052!

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"This collection of Harry Cleaver’s published essays is invaluable for socialist organizers and theoreticians to re-center the working-class as the protagonist of struggle within late capitalist society." Julian Assele reviewed POINTS OF DEPARTURE for COSMONAUT.

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Julian Assele reviews Points of Departure: Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism: Collected Writings of Harry Cleaver, edited by Robert Ovetz and Kevin Van Meter. While Cleaver rightly seeks…

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Harry Cleaver on the impact of computer technology on the workplace and working class. One of the most compelling Marxist theorists of class struggle over work of the last 50 years, his lesser known writings continue to be invaluable, especially as we face the rise of global fascism.

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Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Edited by Robert Ovetz & Kevin Van Meter, ‘Points of Departure - Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism: The Collected Writings of Harry Cleaver’ @harrycleaver.bsky.social is now out! Order it from @commonnotions.bsky.social www.commonnotions.org/buy/points-o... #Marxism #Work #Anticapitalism

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We’re thrilled to invite Common Notions sustaining members to join Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social for a celebration and informal conversation.

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web3privacy.info @web3privacy.info · 15/09/2026

Bought a really great book at Librería Traficantes de sueños, Madrid by @commonnotions.bsky.social Feat @dairinstitute.bsky.social, @notechforapartheid.bsky.social, @techworkerscoalition.org and others.

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Some folks have been waiting for the digital publications of some of our most recent titles. That moment has arrived! BORDERTOWN CLASHES, RESOURCE WARS, CONTESTED TERRITORIES; REMAKING DEMOCRACY; YES, IT'S POSSIBLE!; ME AND MINE; and MY CITY NEED SOMETHING are all available as EPUBs.

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Sarah Kizuk @smkay.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

So proud of @americanwork47.bsky.social for the work and dedication that he (and Robert) did on this volume of Harry Cleaver’s work. Can’t wait to dive in! You should all check this title out at @commonnotions.bsky.social !! 🤩🤩🤩

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Picture of “Points of departure: refusal of work and the crisis of capitalism: the collected works of Harry cleaver” by common notions press.

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Democracy At Work @democracyatwork.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Upcoming Marxist Education Project event with @americanwork47.bsky.social, Robert Ovetz, @harrycleaver.bsky.social & @commonnotions.bsky.social RSVP below:

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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

...what is even worse is that it is not even consistently applied. AI promises to destroy millions of jobs, way more than majoring in anthropology or art history, and somehow it gets a pass. It is the accumulation of wealth (by a few) and not work that is actually worshipped.

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American Worker @americanwork47.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Join the Common Notions community, support our radical publishing efforts, and read some fantastic books too!

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Common Notions exists through the support of our community. By community, we mean you! Every book you purchase or mention to a friend. Every event you attend. Every newsletter you open. It all adds up, and keeps us going. Thank you!

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The publication of THE SHADELESS BORDER is "a[n] historical moment in Kurdish literature. . . . written in a language which has been suppressed, marginalized, and denigrated . . . this book demonstrates our mother language is not only still alive but flourishing." — @behrouzboochani.bsky.social

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We're thrilled for the publication of POINTS OF DEPARTURE in September. Edited by Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social, the reader is a collection of Harry Cleaver’s best unpublished, translated, or little-read writings that powerfully speak to the moment we are in.

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Freedom’s Ballad is a new collaboration that features three stories exploring the theme of Freedom Past, Freedom Now, and Freedom to Come. Each showcasing how freedom and safety are woven together in Philadelphia’s past, present, and in the community acts that are seeding freer futures.

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American Worker @americanwork47.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"At the heart of the class relation is the imposition of work and the resistance to the imposition of work" Take a viewing of our short Nature of the Beast: @harrycleaver.bsky.social On Capitalism and Work: youtube.com/shorts/jFCCt... via @commonnotions.bsky.social

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Nature of the Beast: Harry Cleaver On Capitalism and Work

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"Lyrical, formally daring, and emotionally resonant, THE SHADELESS BORDER is a poignant exploration of Kurdish experience and a compelling reflection on the fragility of home." —Essmat Sophie, author of DANCING AMID FIRE, RISING ABOVE RUINS

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

How to Remake Democracy w/ Elizabeth Adams and Danielle Chynoweth The authors of REMAKING DEMOCRACY appeared on @convergencemag.com's Block and Build podcast. Listen to learn about their inspiration for the book and what readers can expect. ↴

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How to Remake Democracy w/ Elizabeth Adams and Danielle Chynoweth

A conversation with the authors of “Remaking Democracy: How We Make the Worlds We Want.”

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: The Shadeless Border by Jiyar Jahan Fard, trans by Chiya Parvizpur, @commonnotions.bsky.social & I Can Tell You the Version That Will Make You Take My Side by @jbrookewrites.bsky.social, @driftwoodpress.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstagram

Book covers for 1. The Shadeless Border by Jiyar Jahan Fard, translated by Chiya Parvizpur, Common Notions: On one side of the border, Azad’s mother stands in her grief, waiting to bury her son. On the other side, his uncle and cousins wait with his body, barred by unrelenting guards from bringing him home without a passport. Over the next twenty-four hours at the crossing, an uncanny tale unfolds through a chorus of surprising voices: Death and the Border speak to us like old friends; a coffin and a stringed instrument, both carved from the same tree, remember Azad’s family history. Set at the contested frontier between Iran and Iraq, Jiyar Jahan Fard’s masterpiece is a work of haunting intensity. https://www.commonnotions.org/buy/the-shadeless-border and 2. I Can Tell You the Version That Will Make You Take My Side by J Brooke, Driftwood Press: J Brooke's poetry begins in a childhood full of binaries, then navigates through an American queer / trans / nonbinary adulthood fraught with complexities including the question of top-surgery. https://www.driftwoodpress.com/our-books/i-can-tell-you-the-version-that-will-make-you-take-my-side

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American Worker @americanwork47.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Our new @harrycleaver.bsky.social reader—Points of Depature will be out on the Class Compositions series at @commonnotions.bsky.social any day now. Preorder yours here: www.commonnotions.org/buy/points-o...

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

See ya'll at @bombmag.bsky.social's Small Press Flea this weekend! Saturday 8/15, 12-6pm 316 Ten Eyck St Brooklyn, NY

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BOMB's Small Press Flea 2026

BOMB's Small Press Flea is back on Saturday, August 15, at Amant.

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · 08/08/2026

Love this story by @anniesinger.bsky.social on fighting psychiatric violence, and the revolutionary transition in Idaho. New Project 2052 story, in the world of Everything for Everyone

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

New #Project2052 story alert! "The Fall of Carceral Psychiatry" reminds us that there is no revolution without mad and disabled folks. Meet Gregory Barbie, a mad and blind man from rural Idaho as he recounts his time in a locked psych ward and the eventual fall of carceral psychiatry.

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

And last but not least, THE SHADELESS BORDER by Jiyar Jahan Fard (tr. Chiya Parvizpur, @commonnotions.bsky.social ) uses both human and nonhuman narrators to illustrate the impact of borders on the nations and people they divide. bookshop.org/a/169/978194...

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The Shadeless Border

Over a single day, a family faces grief and exile and history in a surreal tale set at contested borders.On one side of the border, Azad's mother stands in her grief, waiting to bury her son. On the…

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

POINTS OF DEPARTURE is "essential reading for anyone fed up with capitalism’s endless crises and wars.” Coming this fall. Edited by Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social. ⚡️ tinyurl.com/End-Capitalism

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Starting soon at 2 pm et: People Do Come Home—An Event for the @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social and All Political Prisoners Mc’d by Matt Meyer, Ashanti Alston, Diana Block, Josh Harper, Ray Luc Levasseur, &Julie Herrada Watch the event: buff.ly/ZBPoJOB

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

This Sunday at 2 pm et/11 am pt! Watch it here: tinyurl.com/PeopleDoComeHome

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American Worker @americanwork47.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Only a few more days until People Do Come Home—An Event for the @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social and All Political Prisoners with Matt Meyer, Ashanti Alston, Diana Block, Josh Harper, Ray Luc Levasseur, Julie Herrada. Watch live and thereafter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhcf...

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People Do Come Home - An Event for the Prairieland Defendants and All Political Prisoners

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Jess Dillard-Wright @jessdw.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

You gotta read this!

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Moira Birss @moira.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

“Every day, Michael Geoffrey Asia spent eight consecutive hours at his laptop in Kenya staring at porn, annotating what was happening in every frame for an AI data labeling company.” www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

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'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back

Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The first novel about the Palestinian genocide since escalations in 2023: RED FLOUR by Seraj Assi. It's a fictionalized story of the Flour Massacre. Written using first-hand testimonies with a dash of fantasy and magical realism rooted in Palestinian faith. DRCs available on Edelweiss.

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

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!

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eva khoury @evakhoury.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

If you’re in NY ask me about Summer of Ludd!

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profiterole-reads @profiterole-reads.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Very Handmaid's Tale, but with trans/enby rep! I loved it. <3

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · 26/06/2026

Our latest monthly story for Project 2052! It’s a suspenseful narrative story of a pregnant trans person and a detained midwife escaping from new age fascist-aligned TERFs! It’s sexy, it’s adventurous, it’s a page turner

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Andreas Petrossiants @apetrossiants.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

also don't sleep on the collection of Cleaver's writings lovingly edited by robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social !

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

New books coming this fall! POINTS OF DEPARTURE, edited by Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social The definitive collection of Harry Cleaver’s best unpublished, translated, or lesser known writings. An essential theoretical weapon for a new generation of militant workers and organizers.

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Set at the contested Kurdish frontier between Iran and Iraq, Jiyar Jahan Fard’s THE SHADELESS BORDER is a work of haunting intensity. Written along the delicate line between Kafka and Kundera. Translated by Chiya Parvizpur Available 8/18/26 Preorders save 25% with SHADELESS: buff.ly/Wpizbof

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

New story alert! We're excited to share Not Dying Here by @r-newell.bsky.social.

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

If urbanization has become increasingly central for capital accumulation processes, it follows that urban struggles must become increasingly central to the fight against capitalism.

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dgorganize (he/him) @dgorganize.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Looks to be an important and meaningful event

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

One day our comrades will come home. Leonard came home last year; Marius came home this year. And one day our Prairieland and Anti-Fascist Prisoners will return to our communities too. Join @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social and friends for a virtual event JULY 26TH.

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

"He [Dhoruba Bin-Wahad] 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 Listen to Chuck D and pick this book up for lessons in the fight against fascism: buff.ly/7te4ALR

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American Worker @americanwork47.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Appreciation post! After a week in Chicago with events at #LaborNotes2026 and Pilsen Community Books—I “feel the warmth of the workers’ and proletarian community.”

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