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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 29/09/2026

Continuing our quest to promote book events without the computer, this month with a beautiful bonus essay about Baltimore on the flipside from @margaret.bsky.social

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 25/09/2026

Getting started with Mahmoud Khalil’s book event, in conversation with @premthakker.bsky.social, at the beautiful Parkway Theatre.

An incredible old movie palace, restored in ways that preserve the traces of time. Two men sit on the stage, with the words “no land to stand on: notes from detention” projected behind them

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 23/09/2026

The book festival kicked our ass, and we have a big offsite event to run, so in the interest of giving ourselves as workers a little rest, we are going to be closed on Thursday, 9/24.

Mostly what it says in the post, but also with a cute doodle of a little cat.

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 19/09/2026

Kim Phillips-Fein and @lkspence.bsky.social talking about “A Country of Lords” and the long history of U.S. elite flirtation with the embrace of inequality

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 19/09/2026

Buddies!! @intifadabatata.bsky.social is stuck in a travel snafu, so we are moving this conversation with @rahnealexander.com to 6PM today, Saturday, September 19 at Red Emma's! Come through and lets talk about queer Palestinian storytelling!! #homosexualintifada #freepalestine

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 13/09/2026

Helping @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social launch their book End Times Fascism tonight, in conversation with @lkspence.bsky.social, and with hundreds of friends and comrades in the room.

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 11/09/2026

The one and only @edgeofsports.bsky.social breaking down the outsized life of people’s historian Howard Zinn in conversation with @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social tonight

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 29/08/2026

A beautiful day at Waverly Commons to be outside for Curbfest, closing out Black August and fighting for the freedom of America’s political prisoners

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 23/08/2026

Trying a little experiment this month with some old school print promotion for our packed events calendar. Come grab a broadsheet if you want to find out what the secret event in the bottom corner is :)

A broadsheet, printed in teal ink, listing our September events. Headlines include “the people’s historian: the outsized life of Howard zinn” “Ashanti Alston: anarchist panther “ “Claudia Rankine” and “Naomi Klein / astra taylor “

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 13/08/2026

Congrats to our amazing bookseller and worker-owner @megberkobien.bsky.social on making all sorts of hot summer reads lists for her forthcoming cotranslation of Monserrat Roig’s Catalan feminist epic Goodbye, Ramona. Preorder one here: redemmas.org/titles/52035...

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 13/08/2026

@virginiaeeubanks.bsky.social reading from “A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving” in conversation w/Marion Winik

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 31/07/2026

Some days running a radical space is just unnecessarily hard. Help us keep it going by becoming a monthly sustainer: donorbox.org/red-emmas-2026

a bathroom sink, fallen off the wall and shattered. the walls are a nice shade of orange, at least!

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 29/07/2026

If the temu red scare has got you down we have a new sticker for you

A pile of friendly holographic stickers reading “communism will win!” in bubble letters

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 14/07/2026

This Wednesday, join us for a happy hour dedicated to sustainably farmed wines—$5 a glass or $20 for a bottle, while supplies last! 5-8PM

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 04/07/2026

July 4th is nothing to celebrate. 20% of all book sales today, in the store and online, will be donated to the legal support funds for the Prairieland defendants and the Minneapolis 15. Bookstore and cafe open until 4pm today, come through if you are feeling unpatriotic!

Post text over a picture of the algae filled dc reflecting pool

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 02/07/2026

Plus join us on Friday 7/3 for some unpatriotic socializing at our F*** the Fourth happy hour from 5-7, with proceeds also raising funds for our comrades in Prairieland and Minneapolis.

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 02/07/2026

The American government is waging war on dissent. People who have dared to oppose the deportation machine and the camps are being targeted and punished by the state. This July 4, we stand in solidarity with them.

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 02/07/2026

Here's our list of 250 books on why America's 250th birthday is nothing to celebrate: bookshop.org/lists/250-bo...

A mosaic of book covers, with the text "250 Books on Why America is a Problem"

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 27/06/2026

Happy birthday to a real one. Emma Goldman was born on this day in 1869. The war on dissent continues. #FreeThemAll

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 24/06/2026

If you are in Baltimore and want to share this statement offline, we have a free broadsheet version available.

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 20/06/2026

One week until Lara Sheehi is here to talk about psychoanalysis for revolutionary futures in conversation with Orisanmi Burton *and* Jared Ball! RSVP here: withfriends.co/event/282273...

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 16/06/2026

This Tuesday we’ll be joined by Whitney Strub for a talk on his new book looking at the the filmmaking of the New Left and the question of violence and revolutionary representation, through the lens of Newsreel co-founder Robert Kramer.

A movie poster for Robert Kramer’s 1970 film ICE, depicting a large fist smashing out of the Capitol, with the text “we must negate the present in all its forms and build the future”

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 13/06/2026

Come say hi at trans pride! It’s a beautiful day in Druid Hill Park.

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 12/06/2026

Just in time for Pride—it's the book collecting the first six (and a half) issues of Ben Egerman's gay little history zines, published by us and printed here in Baltimore by BCP Digital. Come help us launch this on 6/25 w/@rahnealexander.com, or swing by our tent tomorrow at Trans Pride to grab one!

a stack of adorable little pink books that say "a little gay history of maryland"

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 10/06/2026

It's America's 250th birthday—so we made a list of 250 books on why that's nothing to celebrate. bookshop.org/lists/250-bo...

Covers of dozens of books exploring America's long legacy of racism, genocide, imperialism, and dispossession.

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 08/06/2026

Details from “The Water Defenders,” a powerful graphic account of the grassroots fight to save El Salvador’s water from transnational mining corporations. Join us Thursday at 7 to hear from authors John Cavanagh & Robin Broad, in conversation with @johnduda.bsky.social redemmas.org/events/robin...

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 02/06/2026

Happy pride! withfriends.co/event/283520...

book launch!
A GAY LITTLE HISTORY OF MARYLAND

Join historian BEN EGERMAN as he launches the omnibus edtion of his first six gay little history zines, in conversation with RAHNE ALEXANDER.

June 25
Red Emma’s
3128 Greenmount
7PM
FREE

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 01/06/2026

Amazing events in the store this week, starting Thursday with Chris Smalls and @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social talking about organizing Amazon, breaking the siege on Gaza, and fighting the billionaires. Get your ticket for this one now! withfriends.co/event/276185...

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 22/05/2026

Feast your eyes on our new summer sandwich: a plant-based pit beef piled with heaps of tender seitan, slathered with a horseradish mayo made with the help of the vegan sauce geniuses at Baltimore’s worker-owned Plant Bliss, and topped with red onions.

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 21/05/2026

Our screenprinting friends down the block at Herman’s Discount just donated a big load of misprints and overstock from their runs of school uniforms and merch, now available in our free resource center

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 19/05/2026

Happy pub day to @thrasherxy.bsky.social, we can't wait to welcome you to Baltimore for your conversation w/ @lisasnowden.bsky.social on 5/27! withfriends.co/event/275778...

a book with a stark woodcut illustration of people in positions of authority and power with black faces standing above a suffering black person in the foreground, photographed with a bookstore in the background. "The Overseer Class: A Manifesto" by Steven W. Thrasher

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 18/05/2026

We are a worker cooperative. That means that our workers make all the decisions about what happens in our workplace, not bosses, investors, or oligarchic billionaire overlords. A democratic economy is possible — we’ve been showing how it’s done for over two decades.

The words “worker owned” painted on brick, as part of the large sign across the exterior of our bookstore

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 15/05/2026

Our pay-it-forward board helps us serve meals and drinks to members of our community who can’t afford to pay. Big thanks to the people who signed up today to make a recurring contribution to help keep the board filled! Sign up here: checkout.square.site/merchant/D3X...

A chalkboard with magnets representing free drinks and meals

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 12/05/2026

Really f*cking creepy sh*t:

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 08/05/2026

This Saturday, we’re talking about the Young Lords, their legacy, and their new era with Jacqueline Lazu. RSVP here: withfriends.co/event/280103...

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 05/05/2026

This Wednesday at noon we are hosting @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social in conversation with @kayewhitehead.bsky.social and you should come grab lunch and see an amazing book event

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 02/05/2026

We found this kitten on the street outside the store and named them May Day.

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 27/04/2026

We have an incredible discussion teed up with two steadfast Palestinian 🇵🇸 authors and advocates coming up Tuesday evening, with Ramzy Baroud talking about his new Gaza memoir + history, and Sam Husseini updating us on the ICJ case against Israel, moderated by @eleanorg.bsky.social

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 25/04/2026

But only if you buy lots of books from them!

A boldly printed sign reading “independent bookstores fight fascism” stapled to a sandwich board

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 24/04/2026

Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day—and to celebrate we've teamed up w/Lawrence Burney (True Laurels, No Sense in Wishing, 2026 One Maryland One Book) to drop a limited edition riso zine of his music criticism. $10, or free w/$100 purchase in store or online, while supplies last.

A yellow zine with bold text reading "Assorted Notes on Black Music/Lawrence Burney", photographed in front of bookstore shelves.

The interior of the zine, open on a guillotine cutter, showing a patterned endpaper and a review of a Lupe Fiasco album

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 18/04/2026

Signed copies of @chanda.blacksky.app’s new book hitting our new books table this morning

A stack of “the edge of space time” by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 18/04/2026

Some new old stuff in the case today

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 09/04/2026

come get your amazing new @mollycrabapple.bsky.social book redemmas.org/titles/49587...

a stack of books titled "Here where we live is our country: the story of the jewish bund"

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 04/04/2026

Since the weather has warmed up and we have a book fest on capitalism and the climate crisis today, we thought we’d bring back our Green New Deal cocktail—cucumber puree, lime, basil syrup, and now made with fascist tears (vodka).

A really nice looking green cocktail on a windowsill, with a bottle labeled “fascist tears”

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 01/04/2026

Hey restaurant friends! We reconfigured our cafe line and have a spare countertop gas grill we are looking to get rid of ASAP. Up for grabs now!

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