Some lovely words from Nick Dyer-Witheford for Notes Toward a Digital Workers' Inquiry, co-authored w/ Julie Chen, Alessandro Delfanti, Brian Dolber, @gleemie.bsky.social & @tamigraph.bsky.social, & published by @commonnotions.bsky.social. Get it at: buff.ly/9Li5A3U (DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE for 25% off)

We're delighted that Kurdish literature is gaining traction in the West, so much so that we now have @henarpress.bsky.social! Here's a great @arablit.bsky.social interview with their publisher, Aryan: arablit.org/2025/09/11/a...

some neat stuff here, including one of my faves from this year, Diversity of Aesthetics

✨ All of our ebooks are $5 through the end of the month! And for those who prefer physical books—all orders over $50 get free shipping with FREESHIPPING2025 🙌 👉 buff.ly/aeH7aMH

"This brilliant text explains and exemplifies the practice of 'Workers Inquiry' as applied to Big Tech. Critical, self-reflexive, partisan, rich in radical analysis..." —Nick Dyer-Witheford, co-author of CYBERNETIC CIRCULATION COMPLEX (@versobooks.bsky.social)

Jack Bratich, author of ON MICROFASCISM, was recently on @thiswreckage.bsky.social. Tune in to hear him chat about the concept of "microfascism." ⚡️ buff.ly/zFktBC9

The ebook version of Why We Fear AI is currently on sale for just $5 directly at the publisher! @commonnotions.bsky.social

Check out my conversation with Andrew Ross about his new book out from @commonnotions.bsky.social here: www.e-flux.com/podcasts/670...

Andreas Petrossiants and Andrew Ross talked about THE WEATHER REPORT for e-flux. Listen here >> buff.ly/bFcpYrG

Happy pub day to Ata Nahai's BIRDS IN A GALE! Originally published in 2002, this is a poignant, psychological, and deeply political effort by one of Kurdistan’s best-loved writers to restore the Kurds to their rightful place in revolutionary history. Available now: buff.ly/edeUn4d

"By excavating the urban struggles of 1970s Italy with a spatialized understanding of Operaismo’s signature theoretical contribution––class composition––the book provides both an important contribution to radical urban history and a window into how current urban struggles might be theorized." ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥

This Thursday 12/4 7 PM @ CARA in NYC, Pinko editors Lau and M. E. are excited to join artist Nat Pyper to discuss "A Queer Year of Love Letters," queer liberation history, typography and radical publishing. Pinko Issue 4 uses several of Pyper's remarkable fonts celebrating radical queer history.

E314: ☠️Microfascist Machines🔬 @commonnotions.bsky.social author Jack Z. Bratich chats about "microfascism," a Deleuzian concept looking at fascist impulses from below that manifest in far-right groupuscles, the manosphere, and stochastic terror www.patreon.com/posts/e314-m...

"BIRDS IN A GALE is a layered, self-reflexive novel, a literary resurrection of a silenced, stateless nation...at once political and metaphysical." —Ava Homa, DAUGHTERS OF SMOKE AND FIRE A classic from the Kurdish writer Ata Nahai, coming soon to English readers. Read an excerpt: buff.ly/9MXRWic

Spring titles are up! Head to our site to see what's in the works for 2026. buff.ly/NqASLux

Do you get annoyed when uncompromising anti-Zionism is dismissed as "purity politics"? If so, you might find this short essay worth a read: stevesalaita.com/palestine-an...

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Everything for Everyone, @genderhorizon.com & @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social (@commonnotions.bsky.social): www.commonnotions.org/everything-f... & The Seaweed Blanket, Nancy Deas (Red Deer Press): www.reddeerpress.com/Detail/08899... See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky

"This essential book articulates and embodies ethical knowledge production amidst the rising tide of tech authoritarianism...It is an inspiring and critical corrective to the proliferation of apolitical research on Big Tech." —@veenadubal.bsky.social ⚡️ buff.ly/eFJqFWQ

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

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...

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...

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

"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

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

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 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

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...

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

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

"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

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...

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?

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...

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

"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.

it was an honor to get to work on this book even in a small capacity & everyone should read it.

"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

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

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

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

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

30 SWANA books to look out for as 2025 starts to wrap up. We're thrilled to see @yaffasutopia.bsky.social's LETTERS FROM A LIVING UTOPIA in good company with titles by authors such as Leila Chatti, Anbara Salam, Aymann Ismail, and our very own Ata Nahai. Thank you, Samia! @rawi-news.bsky.social

"There’s a material reality in which AI really is a tool of control. But maybe there’s also another way of thinking about it..." @hagenblix.bsky.social & @bcmerchant.bsky.social on how we talk about AI and alternative ways to frame the conversation.

"I don’t just organise as a trans person; my organising is trans....this is such a powerful thing that we can utilise to really transform the world and build a collectively liberated world." Anna Hu & @yaffasutopia.bsky.social for ARCHER MAGAZINE

Happy pub day to LETTERS FROM A LIVING UTOPIA!! @yaffasutopia.bsky.social www.commonnotions.org/letters-from-a-living-utopia

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

On the horizon: @yaffasutopia.bsky.social's new book! LETTERS FROM A LIVING UTOPIA builds off of WHISPERS BENEATH THE ORANGE GROVE and DESECRATED POPPIES to offer an expanded vision and roadmap toward collective liberation. Order before 10/7 to save $$! Discount code: PREORDER buff.ly/dZVJxlM

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