On Wednesday, journalist and former Black Panther JoNina Abron-Ervin will be joined by @policingblack.bsky.social to discuss the new and revised edition of her portrait of the Black Power era, "Driven By the Movement." Sign up for this free event and grab the book at firestorm.coop/events/3442-...!

All the worst people are mad about this book.

Join us in Asheville the weekend of September 26th-28th for ACABookfair and related shenanigans, including visits to 12 Baskets Cafe and @firestorm.coop! This is going to be a good one, and we're so stoked to attend! 🏴

Tonight at 6pm: an in-person workshop and collaborative space dedicated to moving off platforms like Spotify, Google, and others that are exploiting our community and the environment. Please bring your own phone and/or laptop to the workshop to follow along! firestorm.coop/events/3458-...

I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer. The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial. Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.

As the far-Right and Trump ramps up talk about "left-wing violence," here is our roundup of far-Right, neo-Nazi, and pro-Trump mass shootings and attacks that have led to the deaths of over 10 people and multiple injures across several states - just in 2025.

DC still has books by Gerard Jones or Justiniano on DCU Infinite. Guys who were arrested, pleaded guilty and got convicted for child pornography! But Gretchen Felker-Martin's first Red Hood issue gets recalled, and the rest of the run pulped, because she *checks notes* wasn't sad that Kirk got shot?

I feel it is my responsibility as your mainstream comic book friend to further explain that what dc is doing to Gretchen is unprecedented They haven’t only cancelled the series, they are refunding the comics that are already created and recalling the issue that is already sold.

Hey locals! 📣 If you've got zines you need stapled and folded for the Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair, today is your chance to non-coercively outsource it! Your personal drudgery is our pleasurable group activity! 💪 Drop materials off before 6pm, pick them up assembled later in the week! 📚

Live thread!

Fortunately @firestorm.coop has free masks and tests available. While an updated covid shot is rolling out, the fascists in the federal government have placed absurd restrictions on it. Get it however you can. Every step we take to stop this virus helps. We keep us safe. #avlnews

Attn all ICE agents! Here’s an announcement from our front window: Chicago hates you, and you are not welcome here!

Introducing neighborhood pickups on the first Saturday of each month! Is it an anarchist charm offensive or do we just love a scavenger hunt? Why not both!! Plus free coffee and vegan donuts 😋🍩

Celebrate Labor Day with us like it's May Day!

Flock You "turns a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)- and Wi-Fi-enabled microcontroller into a detector for active Flock and similar surveillance systems in the area—allowing those who object to the company's activities to stay informed of exactly where they're deployed."

When zines are outlawed, only outlaws will make zines.

September 21, 4-6pm @firestorm , Blue Ridge Anarchist Black Cross is holding our next discussion of Orisanmi Burton's "Tip Of The Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt",  through the end of Chapter 3 brabc.noblogs.org/reading-group/

Zines are not a Crime! Free Des Revol! from @free.des.revol on insta archive.org/details/free... For almost eight weeks, Des Revol has been held behind bars in a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas. He’s also on an ICE hold. His alleged crime? Zines. >

Our community potluck & all-ages flag burning has people asking a lot of questions like: are you really burning 300 flags? can I burn an Israeli flag? isn't Labor Day an act of counterinsurgency designed to marginalize May Day and crush labor militancy? should I bring my mom? And the answer is, yes!

we are going to win www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/f...

The constitutional republic has fallen but we still have each other! This Labor Day gather with friends and neighbors to share food, reflections on our present moment, and contempt for the government. If you're able please bring reusable plates and cutlery along with a dish (vegan and gf preferred).

New on our shelves: "Land and Freedom," a card-driven strategy game to repel the fascist attack on the Spanish Republic while immersed in the dilemma of balancing a fragile alliance and your own political ideals. Rewrite history and give the anarchists a win! 🏴 firestorm.coop/products/238...

Happy Sacco & Vanzetti Day to those who celebrate! 🏴

Free Lil Nas X!

I had a great time talking about the book at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social in January of this year, and then at @firestorm.coop in April. Here's a recording from the Firestorm event.

9/13 - Baltimore Book Festival (Baltimore, MD) 9/20-21 - @bkbookfest.bsky.social (Brooklyn, NY) 9/27-28 - Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair @firestorm.coop (Asheville, NC)

August 24, 4-6pm at @firestorm.coop, we're discussing the introduction & 1st chapter of Orisanmi Burton's "Tip Of The Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt". Get the book club discount in-store (but only if you ask in person for it) brabc.noblogs.org/reading-group/

We've got new stickers in-stock from @stickiemi.bsky.social 🤩

At the end of the month, we'll be hosting author and UNC-CH professor of creative nonfiction Stephanie Elizondo Griest, sharing her latest book "Art Above Everything: One Woman's Global Exploration of the Joys and Torments of a Creative Life." firestorm.coop/events/3410-...

Black lung is still destroying lives and families in Appalachia, and this “pro-coal” government doesn’t care. The implementation of a lifesaving safety rule has been delayed yet again, and coal miners will continue to pay the price. Via @westvirginiawatch.com westvirginiawatch.com/2025/08/14/t...

Anyone have a copy of the "Remember Who's Emma" zine from 2009? It was published alongside this short documentary about an autonomous space in Toronto in the late 90s, but doesn't appear to be on @anarchistlibrary.bsky.social or @archive.org.

Sunday at 1pm ET ⏰ Author adrienne maree brown returns to discuss the powerful conclusion of the Grievers Trilogy with series editor Sanina Clark! Register for free and we'll also send you an event recording... firestorm.coop/events/3444-... 🌱

A new print run of Anarchy Works just came out from @detritusbooks.bsky.social and it's on sale! Capitalism and the State are dragging us into an abyss of multiplying catastrophes, telling us we can't exist without them. Guess what? We already have and we can do so again!

"Trans students in Asheville are under attack. Not from far-right vigilantes, anti-trans grifters or hell-slinging preachers, but from UNC Asheville, which claims to 'respect diversity' and 'work for inclusion.'” mountainx.com/opinion/lett...

This is exactly why every bookstore should be undertaking a comprehensive review of data collection and storage. Cops and politicians can't seize what you don't have.

On August 11th we'll be hosting author Matt Broomfield for an online conversation with scholar Azize Aslan! They'll explore Rojava's fight against oppression and how the movement can help the Western Left relearn its commitment to hope in hopeless times. Register at firestorm.coop/events/3440-....

What we're prepping for this morning's Zine Assembly Meetup (a thread): 1️⃣ "All Cocoons Are Temporary: Revisiting Leadership, Spontaneity, and Organization for Revolutionary Struggles in the 21st Century" @igd.bsky.social itsgoingdown.org/all-cocoons-...

A guide to direct ways that people can help mutual aid groups on the ground–both by donating to them and spreading the word about the work they are doing. #FreePalestine

Next Thursday, we'll be hosting children's author and mindfulness coach Rashmi Kumar Shah alongside local yoga instructor Brooke Sullivan for an all-ages afternoon workshop! Details at firestorm.coop/events/3411-... 🪷

Next month we're hosting Kathleen B. Casey to discuss her book "The Things She Carried: A Cultural History of the Purse in America"—exploring how purses provided the methods and materials for activism, allowing carriers to transgress critical boundaries. Learn more at firestorm.coop/events/3413-....

At the end of the month, we're teaming up with Asheville DSA up to host "Abolish Rent" co-author Tracy Rosenthal for a conversation on tenant organizing! Locals can join in-person while remote participants should register for access at firestorm.coop/events/3431-....

Local librarians and booksellers (including us) weigh in on what you should be reading this summer! (Spoiler: we suggested @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @prisonculture.bsky.social, @shanehawk.com, @tvayyyy.bsky.social, and #MargePiercy 🔥📚)

The organizers of the Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair (9/27-9/28) are seeking session proposals! Priority will be given to regional topics and speakers, but anyone can make a pitch. acabookfair.noblogs.org/post/2025/07...

One week from today, we'll be hosting author Michael Holcombe for a presentation on his new book, "The Story of Asheville's Water"—the first history of our municipal water, from the 1797 incorporation of the city to post-Helene recovery! 🌊 firestorm.coop/events/3430-...

The recording from Saturday's conversation with Dr Ronica Mukerjee is now available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYd9.... Check it out! (The audio is a bit rough for the first two minutes and then clears up.)

Call in action today for the Dallas–Fort Worth anti-ICE arrestees!

Asheville was amazing tysm for asking😌🏔️📚 Thank you to @firestorm.coop for hosting and @shes-allison.bsky.social and @bia0821.bsky.social for being my ride-or-dies❤️

Seems important to say that MechaHitler is being powered by turbines that are poisoning Black people in Memphis www.wired.com/story/xai-da...

Preparing for the perfect anarchist bookstore day, including: 💉❤ harm reduction community action 🎤🖤 abolitionist author talk ✨💛 community-facilitated meetup 🌈💜 and a queer YA book launch!