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Established 2016, worker owned and operated since 2020. Always Carry A Book
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Calvin John Smiley & Jasson Perez talk about the rise of the defund movement, abolition and the best pizza in Chicago in celebration of Dr. Smiley’s book DEFUND: CONVERSATIONS TOWARD ABOLITION @haymarketbooks.org ✨

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A few recent arrivals we're excited about 👀

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Join us tomorrow for an event with Calvin John Smiley & Jasson Perez to the store for an event in celebration of Dr. Smiley's new book Defund: Conversations Towards Abolition, out now from @haymarketbooks.org. 7 pm! pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/44484

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On Feb 9, Israeli police raided the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem, seizing books and arresting Palestinian owners Ahmed and Mahmoud Muna. We must rally to protect the freedom to read, everywhere. #booksellingisnotacrime

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Ready to celebrate! 🎉

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Nas and me @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social. (They asked me to sign some when they heard me laugh.) Cc. @dukepress.bsky.social

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SAVE THE DATE for a very special 5th anniversary celebration for our worker cooperative! March 15th we'll be marking 5 years as a worker-owned-and-operated bookstore, and we'd love to party with you. More details tk!

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Time for our close-up! Due to a film crew at the store, we'll have special hours this week. Mon 2/17: OPEN 11am-7pm Tues 2/18: OPEN 11am-5pm Wed 2/19: CLOSED Thurs 2/20: CLOSED Fri 2/21: CLOSED Sat 2/22: OPEN 11am-6pm

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CHICAGO: Join @yaffasutopia.bsky.social and me next week for "Community Care Under Fascism" at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social. Yaffa's book Whispers Beneath the Orange Grove blends personal narratives with strategies to build a liberated world grounded in mutual aid, community care, & collectivism ❤️

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Support @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social do not be scared, do not despair, read, learn, organize, and prepare! 🖤🏴

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Announcing a tote bag collaboration between The Rumpus and @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social. Pre-order NOW and we'll begin shipping on 2/27 OR if you're in the Chicago area, visit PCB to get yours in person. Books over bots, freethinkers over algorithms forever! 📚> 🤖 https://buff.ly/40X5Er3

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We have a new tote collab with our friends at the legendary @therumpus.net ✨ Pre-order NOW and they’ll begin shipping on 2/27 OR if you're in the Chicago area, visit PCB to get yours in person. Books over bots, freethinkers over algorithms forever! 📚> 🤖 therumpus.net/product/book...

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TONIGHT! Perfect Victims Join Mohammed El-Kurd & Robin D.G. Kelley for a virtual conversation to launch Mohammed’s new book Perfect Victims & the Politics of Appeal Streams live at 7:30 pm ET RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

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Just a few of the recent arrivals we're excited about 🧵

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Yesterday, two locations of The Educational Bookshop in occupied Jerusalem were raided by Israeli police. Israeli forces arrested the store’s owners, Mahmoud and Ahmed Muna, who are currently being detained and facing house arrest.

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For those who have been asking, Amílcar Cabral’s UNITY AND STRUGGLE is in store!

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Open 11am-6pm today & 11am-5pm tomorrow! Come talk to us about what you’re organizing.

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Super excited for @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social forthcoming book about MLK’s organizing in the U.S. north. You can preorder your copy thru @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social : www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/yHYLazf...

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Getting cozy on the job

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We brought in reinforcements for our last day of our annual inventory. 😼 Today is the last day we’ll be closed! All online orders placed today will receive a 10% discount when we process them tomorrow.

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Closed today and tomorrow for our annual inventory. All online orders placed today and tomorrow will receive a 10% discount. Orders will be processed when we reopen on Thursday! Art by the amazing @larrylaw.bsky.social ✨

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Want to pick up a copy of ARB in the real world? Find us at fabulous bookstores accross the country like @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social and @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social and @normalsbooks.bsky.social and @leftbankbookshop.bsky.social Our new issue is coming soon. ALL POWER TO THE IMAGINATION!!

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We are closed today Feb 3rd through Wed, Feb 5th for our annual inventory and deep clean. 🧹 All online orders placed Feb 3-5 will receive a 10% discount. Orders will be processed when we return on Feb 6. Thanks, and see you soon!

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Libros chidos que me encontré hoy en @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social 😍

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Palestine will be free.

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Join us for a teach-in on Syria after Assad with 3 Syrian activists: Joseph Daher, author of SYRIA AFTER THE UPRISING, Yasmeen Mobayed, PhD student at the University of Chicago, & Malek Abdulsamad, architect and urban planner. Mon, Jan 20th, 7 pm! pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/44509

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This weekend (January 11-12), we're donating 10% of our profits from in store and online sales to Middle East Children's Alliance. Thanks to Palestine Youth Movement for organizing!

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