Streaming now!

If you'd like to join us virtually tonight, we'll be streaming here (tech willing!) youtube.com/live/RQ3x-aS...

Zohran's win is a city fighting to save itself, I wrote for @inthesetimes.com. And he can only deliver on his promises if the movement stays engage. Tonight we celebrate, tomorrow it's back to work. Read here! inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...

Join us on the 138th anniversary of the execution of the Haymarket Martyrs by the state of Illinois as we mark the return to print of THE FAMOUS SPEECHES OF THE EIGHT CHICAGO ANARCHISTS, edited by Lucy Parsons & with a new intro by David Roediger. @akpress.org pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/48765

Signed copies of Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis are available at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social!

A wonderful conversation about what it means to be and have kin and how artists always find each other with Ruby, Jennifer, Zeke and Chris ❤️

If you preordered a copy of READ THIS WHEN THINGS FALL APART, we're shipping out your copy with a special letter from Kelly Hayes this week! See you at the launch next week.

On Day of the Dead, we will honor the memory of Silverio Gonzalez who was murdered by ICE. Download the b&w PDF at the link in our bio or visit @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social for the color print available to those making a donation to ICIRR. Remember the dead and fight like hell for the living!

We’re so excited to be part of the amazing lineup of events @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social has scheduled for the month of November.

Tomorrow!

Upcoming events at Pilsen Community Books, including the launch of @mskellymhayes.bsky.social's READ THIS WHEN THINGS FALL APART, a conversation with Prexy Nesbitt on the fight for African liberation, and Lit & Luz festival! www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/events

@quillkukla.bsky.social and Ray Briggs seductively philosophizing at the #booktalk of Sex Beyond “Yes” hosted by the adorably fierce #indiebookstore @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social #BookEvent #Chicago #Pilsen #kink #GoodSex #scafolding #agency #philosophy

If you would like to receive the extra letter I wrote for folks who preorder through @akpress.org and @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social, you still can! Order through AK or PCB before November 4, and you will receive the extra letter with your book. www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...

This conversation was so powerful and extremely relevant in this moment. Grateful to Aaron, Arti and Bill.

killer Lefty Book Mail day from @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social / Mandylion / eBay

Such an honor to host Ignacio, Mariajosé, and Alfonso on the long and storied history and cultural impact of the taco!

In these dark times, ordinary people are coming together to use whatever they have— time, money, networks, vehicles, or even their own bodies— in defense of their communities. The federal assault on Chicago has shown that there is no one coming to save us. It's up to us.

Tomorrow!

We've been spending most of our time in the streets and organizing meetings this month, but we still have a few amazing upcoming events on the books. Check them out: pilsencommunitybooks.com/events

Open 11-7 today, Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Out here cheering on runners with free Know Your Rights lit & buttons! Happy running, Chicago!

Looking forward to Read This When Things Fall Apart - preorder your copy from Pilsen Community Books or AK Press! ✨❤️‍🔥✊🏻 @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social @akpress.org

We'll be closed Wednesday, October 8th for a much needed worker-owner hang. Our online store is always open at pilsencommunitybooks.com!

“It is the return of the sun, Of my exiled ones And for her sake, and his I swear I shall not compromise And to the last pulse in my veins I shall resist, Resist—and resist.” From Sameeh Al-Qassem’s “Enemy of the Sun”. A handwritten copy of the poem found was found in George Jackson’s cell.

LIVE NOW! Join @biidaasamose.bsky.social for a conversation with Uahikea Maile about water as a catalyst for radical transformation, hosted w/ @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social Stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxWl... .

We have know your rights and Migra Watch literature in English and Spanish at the store 7 days a week. We’re open M-F 11am-7pm, Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm and have water, a public restroom, and climate control.

Chicago, stay strong and take care of one another. For help for your family or to report ICE activities, call 1-855-435-7693 (HELP-MY-FAMILY) Para ayuda para su familia ó para reportar actividades de ICE, llame al: 1-855-435-7693 National Lawyers Guild Chicago Legal Support Hotline: 872-465-4244

No, we did not stock any copies of 107 DAYS, no thanks for asking

Thanks to those who joined us last night at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social for an engaging conversation on GI resistance in times of crisis. Our talk with Aaron Hughes & Arti Walker-Peddakotla was recorded for the pod to be released soon! Be sure to grab the Resistance zine from PCB!

Join us tonight at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social for a powerful discussion with Aaron Hughes and Arti Walker-Peddakotla on GI Resistance and the political moment we are facing. They will be sharing an updated version of their zine: “State Violence, Abolition, & GI Resistance.” 6PM @ 1102 W 18th St

If you're in Chicago today, @vetsaboutface.bsky.social will be in conversation with Bill Ayers at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social. I hope you can join us!

Chicago! Join @biidaasamose.bsky.social for a conversation with Uahikea Maile about water as a catalyst for radical transformation, hosted w/ @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social. Monday, October 6th at 6:30 pm @haymarkethouse.bsky.social & online RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Now more than ever, this is no one coming to save us. PUÑO needs your help to organize against ICE's terrorism in our neighborhood and city. Donate and/or get involved: pilsenunidos.org

Closing at 5 pm today, Thursday, September 25th, but our online store is always open at pilsencommunitybooks.com. All of our new and used books as well as merch can be found in our online catalog, and we ship anywhere in the so-called United States.

Don't miss this important event this Saturday!

Give this episode a listen and then join us next weekend @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social when Arti Walker-Peddakotla and Aaron Hughes join us for conversation on GI resistance.

The black "Always Carry A Book" totes designed by Shelby Rodeffer and printed by Gibson Print are back in stock. Don't miss the union bug: www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/totes

We're immensely honored to welcome Palestinian American physician, poet, and translator Fady Joudah to the store for a reading and conversation with writer, organizer, scholar and dear friend of the store Eman Abdelhadi this Saturday, September 20th at 6 pm. www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47885

In the intertwined histories of this book, and in the unyielding political edge of the poems themselves, is a long story of solidarity between oppressed peoples: from Palestine to South Africa to Algeria to Vietnam to the United States.

This Saturday!

In 1971, in the wake of George Jackson’s killing by San Quentin prison guards, a poem entitled “Enemy of the Sun” was found among ninety-nine books in the revolutionary’s cell. The handwritten poem was mistakenly attributed to him and published in Black Panther newspapers.

Happy pub day ENEMY OF THE SUN, the reissue of the iconic 1970 collection of Palestinian poetry originally published by Drum & Spear (the publishing arm of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). Great work, @sevenstories.bsky.social! www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/kJGRmM40Tbc2Acap_id6Nw

We've teamed up with our friends at @haymarketbooks.org to bring Bread & Puppet back to Chicago! www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

We’re here and open until 6!

Opening late today due to a sprained ankle! Will update here when we’re good to go. 🫡

Like our buttons? Donate to PUÑO (Pilsen Unidos por Nuestro Orgullo), email us proof of donation at bookspilsen at gmail dot com, and we'll send one to you. pilsenunidos.org

Weekend mood:

Stacked events lineup for the rest of the month! More info about events at pilsencommunitybooks.com/events

LIVE NOW! Haymarket Presents Ruth Wilson Gilmore in conversation with Barbara Ransby Co-sponsored by @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social Stream here:

Stacked events lineup for the rest of the month! More info about events at pilsencommunitybooks.com/events