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

Dear Zionists who stickered our front windows with your shitty lies, Joke’s on you! We have enough Palestine stickers, flags and posters for every window in this neighborhood. 😎 <3, worker-owners of PCB

For those who have asked where to get this flyer: bsky.app/profile/marc...

Catch @eileenflanagan.bsky.social TONIGHT at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social for the launch of her new book on environmental community organizing, COMMON GROUND Sarah Willie-LeBreton calls COMMON GROUND a “history of and a blueprint for our mutual liberation.” pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/46540

See you at Printers Row Lit Fest! We’re sharing a booth with fellow lefties @haymarketbooks.org & @pmpress.bsky.social 🔥🔥

A festive window display for the weekend 🎉

A festive window display for the weekend 🎉

Did we mention how much Chicago hates you, ICE?

ICE is turning around now, escorted by Broadview police. Crowd is jubilant. Someone is shouting, "this is what it takes! They are turning around!"

Outside the ICE facility in Broadview, IL this morning— Masked agents in unmarked cars are arriving at work. DHS will be using the de facto detention center as their main "processing" site for the impending Chicago ICE surge. Protesters are gathering, with a large number of press here as well.

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

2026 Slingshot planners have begun to arrive in store! www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/iQd_fL9...

This bag is printed by the good folks at @foreveryone.bsky.social !

Limited edition bubblegum pink version of the infamous WPA-inspired "always carry a book" tote designed by Shelby Rodeffer is here! It has a zipper 😎 : pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/iQd_fL9...

Weekend mood in Chicago

First new article of the year is in @hammerandhope.bsky.social, examining the solidarity work happening between Venezuelan migrants and long term Black residents at Concord Missionary Baptist Church in Woodlawn, Chicago. Hope is so hard to come by, and I wanted to share where I'm finding mine.

As Trump threatens to increase ICE presence & bring the National Guard to Chicago, we're thinking about the soldiers who disobeyed & refused to serve empire. Join Aaron Hughes & Arti Walker-Peddakotla with Bill Ayers on 09/27 to talk about this history. pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47484

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵: 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social comes out November 4th! 🌲🌕🌲 Preorder from us or @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social, and you'll get a special bonus letter from Kelly alongside your copy of the book ✉️ www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...

Go get @madameclair08.bsky.social’s book! It’s out today. And join us in Chicago on 11/20 @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social to hear her talk abt the book!

"Your fingers will be the fruit of orange trees, your arm the staff for a victorious flag, and your heart the train's last station, you won't be here then but somewhere hard to describe, explaining to bedazzled angels how love can accomplish a miracle." —Nasser Rabah

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.

Happy Sacco & Vanzetti Day to those who celebrate! 🏴

Chicago! Haymarket Presents Ruth Wilson Gilmore in conversation with Barbara Ransby Thursday, September 11th at 6:30 pm Live from @haymarkethouse.bsky.social with @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social RSVP to attend (in-person and virtual) www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Just a smattering of some sweet vintage mass market paperbacks we've received this week, and we have more on the way! These are priced to move— no commodity fetishism here. 😎

On 9/28, I'm running a half marathon to raise money for Chicago Abortion Fund (& to fend off my midlife crisis, ha). My goal is $500— the average cost of a grant for one of CAF's callers. If you'd like to help me reach the finish line, you can here: www.givegab.com/p2p/cafhalf25/mandy-medley

Tonight!

Pretty dope book talk tomorrow (8/21) at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social with @blbalthaser.bsky.social and @gabrielwinant.bsky.social

Tomorrow!

Open 11-6 today (Saturday) and 11-5 tomorrow (Sunday)!

Dear Chicago area friends, I will be in conversation w Gabe Winant about my new book, _Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left_ at Pilsen Community Books, Thrs Aug 21st 7pm. Hope to see you there!

I committed to not overfilling my single underseat bag with hoarded books at the conference this year. I failed in that commitment. So here are the six books I picked up in Chicago, from #ASA2025 and @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social

that's me! and lots of other cool folks!

Look outside, Pilsen!

Dear Zionist who just called and harassed our bookseller, Have we got the event for you! xo, PCB

Great lineup of literary and political education events to finish out the summer! Find more info about events below or on our website here: pilsencommunitybooks.com/events