"If you care about football, choose football. Pick a side. You could do worse than reading Boykoff’s Red Card as an excellent beginner’s guide to FIFA’s corrupt practices." Review of RED CARD by @julesboykoff.bsky.social in @leftlanepolitics.bsky.social theleftlane.media/sportswashin...

Jeremy Corbyn in conversation with OR Books publisher Colin Robinson on allegations of antisemitism, Keir Starmer's leadership, and the future direction of the Labour Party.

AI Is Not a Bubble. The Reality Is Far Worse. @garrisonlovely.bsky.social author of OBSOLETE on @novaramedia.com novaramedia.com/2026/05/30/a... Get your copy of Garrison's book at 15% off below

Robin Andersen, author of THE COMPLICIT LENS, writes about the "balancing" act at the New York Times in @laprogressive.bsky.social www.laprogressive.com/the-media-in... Get the book below

FUN FACT! Did you know that George Lucas was reading Carlos Castaneda when he came up with "the Force" in Star Wars? It's true! Ru Marshall talks Carlos Castaneda, anthropology in the 1970s, and more in our latest episode of ORdio :-)

Read more in this week's ORBITS, a Saturday morning newsletter from OR Books about what's circulating in the office that week.... mailchi.mp/orbooks.com/...

"@julesboykoff.bsky.social, an expert in international sports politics, spotted exactly how Trump will use the tournament as a 'political life raft'" in @huffpost.com get Jules' book RED CARD below www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Norman Finkelstein reviews the relevance of Gandhi’s approach to resistance for protest today Get it now: orbooks.com/catalog/what...

Our chat with author and former pro-soccer player @julesboykoff.bsky.social about big capitalist Sportswashing, the 2026 #FIFA #WorldCup, and his new book, Red Card ( @orbooks.bsky.social , 2026), previewed for patrons of $3+ . Join up! www.patreon.com/posts/jules-...

What Can Texans Learn From Their Own Left Populist Roots? Interview with author of MYTH OF RED TEXAS @davidgriscom.bsky.social in @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/27/w...

From behind the blackout, a beautifully written and atmospheric portrait of life in the Iranian capital through the months leading up to the war. TEHRAN DIARIES: Dispatches from Iran Under Siege by Raha Nik-Andish Pre-oder for 15% off orbooks.com/catalog/tehr...

"Book shows how the ‘War on Terror’ sank the US into authoritarian extremism" Excerpt from IRREGULAR ARMY by @mattkennard.bsky.social in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/global/world...

By Serving as Stenographers to Power, Corporate Media Abetted Israel’s Genocide Excerpt from THE COMPLICIT LENS in @truthout.org co-published by @palestinestudies.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/by-...

"A sharp, intelligent, witty expose of the corruption and right-wing politics that have taken over football" Review of RED CARD by @julesboykoff.bsky.social edited by @edgeofsports.bsky.social in @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social co-published by @thenation.com www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/22/f...

"How western media fueled Israel's genocide" on @intifada.bsky.social with author of THE COMPLICIT LENS Robin Andersen, co-published by @palestinestudies.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=173X...

Jeremy Corbyn predicting the Arsenal win at our event with him a few weeks ago... For further prophecies, omens, and leftist divination techniques, consult Poetry for the Many, edited by Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey orbooks.com/catalog/poet...

SCREAM YOUR BLOODY HEAD OFF: The ultimate Ed Wood double feature is here Blood Splatters Quickly: packed with gore, sex, and grindhouse insanity by Ed Wood himself. None of these stories has been available to the public in the forty years or more since their initial publication

SEARCH WORK: A Collective Inquiry into the Job Hunt publishes today! Looking for work? Get it at a discount here: orbooks.com/catalog/sear... @smithmeade.bsky.social

Jonathan Littell subjects Léon Degrelle — Belgium's most senior Nazi collaborator — to a forensic reading, bringing his writings into confrontation with the work of Klaus Theweleit, the renowned theorist of fascism and psychology, who contributes an afterword

SEARCH WORK CAPTURES A BRUTAL MOMENT IN JOB HUNTING @smithmeade.bsky.social TELLS ORDIO WHAT THE SEARCH DEMANDS OF US NOW Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr0W... Listen to the podcast here: pod.link/1890478817/e...

BEZOS APPEARS FLUSHED AT THE MET GALA Jeff Bezos got into the spirit of Fashion Is Art at last night’s Met Gala, visiting the Marcel Duchamp MoMA retrospective before heading over to 5th Avenue. While at MoMA, the Amazon titan arranged to borrow Duchamp's iconic urinal.

Robert Cenedella has always stood just outside the center of American art. Shaped by a mentorship with George Grosz, Cenedella built a career that resisted easy categorization—moving between painting, conceptual practice and murals, while challenging art-world orthodoxies

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We were honored to host @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social last night as a part of our event series, Live on Ave C. Watch the recording of it and get a copy of Jeremy's book on Poetry below youtube.com/live/v58_D12...

KILLING BABY HITLER IS NOW SHIPPING! From the editor of @newrepublic.com, a Kurt Vonnegut, Dr. Who-Connie Willis-Douglas Adams novel by @mjtoma.bsky.social orbooks.com/catalog/kill...

DUCHAMP TAKES NEW YORK has sold out at the Museum of Modern Art.... In stock here: orbooks.com/catalog/duch...

Remember: Friends don’t let friends shop at amazon! Please preorder my new book direct from the publisher, @orbooks.bsky.social, or from you local indie bookstore, which in minneapolis is @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social (obvs 😉)

How Many Therapists Does It Take to Change a Grotesquely Unequal Capitalist System? A powerful critique of how therapy reinforces neoliberal values. By Julie Tilsen, available for pre-order now: orbooks.com/catalog/pers...

Come join us for the launch of AMERICAN TRICKSTER: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda with Ru Marshall and Lisa Cohen RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/american-t...

The World Cup is here, but what function does a worldwide tournament play in an increasingly belligerent police state, with Donald Trump at the helm? Meet @julesboykoff.bsky.social, former professional soccer player and now critical academic of sport. orbooks.com/catalog/red-...

The Francis Kite Club was closed until 5 p.m. Lux Magazine and OR Books needed a place to work. It’s a ‘symbiotic’ setup, says everyone involved.

The publishing house in the back of a bar, that's us! Check out this @nymag.com @curbed.com piece about our office in the back of The Francis Kite Club, ft @readlux.bsky.social our office mate www.curbed.com/article/fran...

BECKETT, HOWE, INHERITANCE, MOURNING Where literary criticism meets memoir, Beckett’s Children explores how absence, lineage, and loss echo across art and life. BECKETT'S CHILDREN: A LITERARY MEMOIR is now available for pre-order: orbooks.com/catalog/beck...

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Obsolete: The AI Industry’s Trillion Dollar Race to Replace You—and How to Stop It Co-published with The Nation, Garrison Lovely's debut is offers a new way to think about AI technology and a plan for deciding its future democratically. Pre-order here: orbooks.com/catalog/obso...

❗Excited to announce my new book "Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, & the FIFA Greed Machine," with an introduction by @edgeofsports.bsky.social. Hope you'll consider pre-ordering (with 15% discount) via @orbooks.bsky.social: orbooks.com/catalog/red-...

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Behrooz Ghamari on @breakingpoints.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qt_... Get your copy of his newest book below

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Nearly 3 years ago, I pitched an essay on AI to Jacobin, which became a cover story, which became a book about the biggest project in history: Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace You—and How to Stop It Preorders ship in May 🧵

Mouin Rabbani on BreakThrough News yesterday re: Donald Trump's tweet on Iran MOUIN RABBANI's GAZA APOCALYPSE is now available for pre-order: orbooks.com/catalog/gaza...

GAZA APOCALYPSE by MOUIN RABBANI. A leading analyst parses the Gaza genocide and its global ramifications. Pre-order here: orbooks.com/catalog/gaza...

OR author Mouin Rabbani's newest book GAZA APOCALYPSE is available to pre-order today. Watch him on @btnewsroom.bsky.social to understand Trump's threat that "a civilization will die tonight" and get a copy of his book below www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D7C...

From the editor of @newrepublic.com .... @mjtoma.bsky.social Killing Baby Hitler, available to pre-order now 🐣 orbooks.com/catalog/kill...

Behrooz Ghamari on what’s at stake in Iran right now. He speaks about the country’s vibrant civil society, its publishing scene, and what risks being destroyed through US and Israeli violence.

The Long War on Iran: Behrooz Ghamari in Conversation with Setareh Shohadaei and Omid Mehrgan at @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social pcp.gc.cuny.edu/event/the-lo... Get your copy below

"a gripping account of Jewish involvement in the Palestine movement in Germany...reads like a slow-burn thriller" GERMANY'S JEWISH PROBLEM in @glasgowcounterfire.bsky.social @counterfireorg.bsky.social www.counterfire.org/article/germ... Get your copy below

SEARCH WORK is now shipping! Glimpse into the intimate, existential, and occasionally triumphal experiece that is looking for work. Available at the link in our bio. @smithmeade.bsky.social

We're at capacity but join the livestream tonight for the launch of SEARCH WORK www.youtube.com/live/CQEnHPh... And make sure to order your copy below!