Firestorm Books<p>On Sunday, March 23rd our co-op will be hosting author Sophie Lewis, whose razor sharp thinking—ever provocative and visionary—has made them one of our favorite feminist writers. Speaking on "enemy feminisms" (the topic of their most recent book), <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@reproutopia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reproutopia</span></a></span> catalogs our movement's bad kin while making the case for the bold, liberatory politics we need to overcome fascism, nationalism, femmephobia, and cisness.</p><p>You can find more event information, and copies of "Enemy Feminisms: Terfs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation," at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3310-feminists-against-liberation-a-conversation-with-sophie-lewis.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3310-fem</span><span class="invisible">inists-against-liberation-a-conversation-with-sophie-lewis.html</span></a>.</p><p>"This book is mandatory reading for anyone interested in a rough and compelling vision of the feminist past, present, and future. Honest, brutal, historically comprehensive, and brilliant."<br>—Judith Butler</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministMovement</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Transfeminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transfeminism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchafeminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchafeminism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnemyFeminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnemyFeminism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
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Firestorm Books<p>Next Saturday, March 22nd, Firestorm will be hosting Rattling the Cages co-creator Eric King in conversation with two veterans of the George Jackson Brigade—Janine Bertram and Mark Cook. Together they'll reflect on their experiences as political prisoners and the legacy of one of the most prolific US revolutionary groups in the 1970s, which synthesized movements for women's liberation, queer liberation, and Black power.</p><p>Register for this free event and find copies of "Ratting the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners" at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3337-rattling-the-cages-looking-back-at-the-george-jackson-brigade.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3337-rat</span><span class="invisible">tling-the-cages-looking-back-at-the-george-jackson-brigade.html</span></a>. Not sure you can make it? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to stream at your convenience.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonAbolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonAbolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassIncarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassIncarceration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPrisoners</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeorgeJacksonBrigade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeJacksonBrigade</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>This Sunday, March 9th, our co-op has the honor of welcoming historian Kenyon Zimmer for a virtual event on the neglected history of Jewish anarchism in the United States. Last year during the anarchist bookfair, Kenyon presented in-person on the work of Joseph Cohen, who in 1945 published "The Jewish Anarchist Movement in America," an essential Yiddish-language study. Now he returns to continue the conversation with writers Shane Burley ("Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism") and Anna Elena Torres ("With Freedom in Our Ears: Histories of Jewish Anarchism").</p><p>Register for this free online event and find a copy of Kenyon's editted and annotated edition of "The Jewish Anarchist Movement in America" at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3338-rediscovering-a-history-of-jewish-anarchism.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3338-red</span><span class="invisible">iscovering-a-history-of-jewish-anarchism.html</span></a>. Can't make the event but still want to listen in? Sign up and we'll send you the recording to stream at your convenience!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JewishAnarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JewishAnarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JewishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JewishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AnarchistHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnarchistHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YiddishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YiddishLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>We're just two days away from the next event in the Rattling the Cages series! Join former political prisoner Eric King who will be speaking with family members of political prisoners about how the repression and violence of incarceration impacts more than just those imprisoned. Sharon Shoatz (daughter of former political prisoner Russell “Maroon” Shoatz), susie day (partner of former political prisoner Laura Whitehorn), and Rochelle Bricker (Eric's partner) speak to the familial harm of prison repression and the unswerving love and solidarity that keeps hope alive.</p><p>Register for this free event and find copies of "Ratting the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners" at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3312-rattling-the-cages-abolition-is-a-family-affair.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3312-rat</span><span class="invisible">tling-the-cages-abolition-is-a-family-affair.html</span></a>. Not sure you can make it? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to stream at your convenience.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonAbolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonAbolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassIncarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassIncarceration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPrisoners</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>In the early-20th century, strikes and union battles were common in industrial centers throughout the US. But nothing compared to the class warfare of the West Virginia Mine Wars.</p><p>To celebrate the release of "Black Coal and Red Bandanas," an illustrated history from PM Press, we're exciting to host a virtual evening with author Raymond Tyler and illustrator Summer McClinton. They'll be joined by Shaun Slifer and Kenzie New-Walker of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum!</p><p>Register for this free online event and find a copy of "Black Coal and Red Bandanas" at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3342-the-west-virginia-mine-wars.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3342-the</span><span class="invisible">-west-virginia-mine-wars.html</span></a>. Can't make the event but still want to listen in? Sign up and we'll send you the recording to stream at your convenience!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkingClassHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkingClassHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalMiner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoalMiner</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestVirginia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MineWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MineWars</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>Mark you calendars because when we get back from winter break we're hosting original horror from the margins!</p><p>On Sunday, February 16th at 7pm ET, contributors to "Death In The Mouth Vol 2," a new horror anthology showcasing BIPOC and other ethnically marginalized writers and artists, will be discussing their work and the genre. "Death in the Mouth" features 20 stand-alone prose stories spanning from the mythic past to the far future, crossing between real and fictive worlds, and exploring unique and unsettling manifestations of horror.</p><p>Learn more and grab a copy of DITM2 at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3279-original-horror-from-the-margins.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3279-ori</span><span class="invisible">ginal-horror-from-the-margins.html</span></a>. Not able to make the date? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to enjoy on your own schedule.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HorrorAnthology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HorrorAnthology</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HorrorStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HorrorStories</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HorrorBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HorrorBooks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousHorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousHorror</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeathInTheMouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeathInTheMouth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>Next Sunday at 7pm ET, we'll be hosting a virtual conversation with queer sex blogger Mx. Nillin Lore!</p><p>Nillin, who recently authored "How Do I Sexy?: A Guide for Trans and Nonbinary Queers," will be joined by writer and activist <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freeradical.zone/@Kittystryker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Kittystryker</span></a></span>. Together they'll discuss Nillin's new book about finding your sexual self as a trans or nonbinary queer in a landscape rife with misogynistic, transphobic, and homophobic ideals and expectations.</p><p>Learn more and find copies of books by both Nillin and Kitty at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3295-trans-nonbinary-sexy-a-conversation-with-mx-nillin-lore.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3295-tra</span><span class="invisible">ns-nonbinary-sexy-a-conversation-with-mx-nillin-lore.html</span></a>. Not able to make the date? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to stream at your convenience.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SexEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexEd</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerBooks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nonbinary</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConsentCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsentCulture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FemenistBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FemenistBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>Our bookstore is no stranger to unwanted government attention; we’ve been threatened by city officials, visited by the FBI, and surveilled by police. Historically, the investigation and prosecution of activists has aimed to disrupt our movements for change, sow fear and isolation among participants, break intergenerational bonds, and criminalize struggles for freedom. But we can overcome these attacks through principled action and uncompromising solidarity.</p><p>Firestorm has made the following commitments:<br>• We will minimize non-required collection and storage of information about customers, authors, event participants, and others who engage with our co-op.<br>• We will resist, and publicly disclose, any attempt to obtain such information when it exists.<br>• We will decline to answer questions from police and government agents.<br>• We will fight any court or government subpoena, process, or demand for records, testimony, or evidence.<br>• We will support those in our community who face state repression, regardless of “guilt” or “innocence.”<br>• We will retain legal counsel to defend our freedom to not cooperate with the State.</p><p>We know that these actions cannot guarantee safety for our members or community, but to cooperate in the face of our own repression, or the repression of others, would be a profoundly unsafe betrayal. Noncooperation is both the ethical and strategic position for those who want to build a new world, but must contend with the old one.</p><p>Find our entire statement, including linked references, at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/noncooperation.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/noncooperation.</span><span class="invisible">html</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomToRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomToRead</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StateRepression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateRepression</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoopsNotCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoopsNotCops</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a></p><p>📸: Daniel Barlow</p>
Firestorm Books<p>Next weekend Firestorm is delighted to be hosting former political prisoner Henri Feola for a short reading and discussion of their recently published zine, "The Veil Between Worlds is Plexiglass."</p><p>Henri's work focuses on his experience as an incarcerated forest defender, intertwining the personal and the political. This conversation will explore abolition, jail support and solidarity, and the role of art and personal narrative in revolution.</p><p>Learn more and find copies of "The Veil Between Worlds is Plexiglass" at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3316-the-veil-between-worlds-is-plexiglass.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3316-the</span><span class="invisible">-veil-between-worlds-is-plexiglass.html</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zinestagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zinestagram</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolitionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abolitionism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeThemAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeThemAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPrisoners</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>Español abajo</p><p>County sheriffs will be key to Donald Trump's promise of "mass deportations." Alongside community activists from CIMA, Jessica Pishko, author of The Highest Law in the Land, explains the roles of these elected officials, how they work with white supremacist and anti-immigrant groups, and how communities can resist.</p><p>This event will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel (no registration required). Simultaneous interpretation will be provided for in-person participants.</p><p>---</p><p>Alguaciles y policías de el condado van a ser la clave para la promesa de “deportaciones masivas” que hizo Donald Trump. Junto a activistas comunitarios de CIMA, Jessica Pishko, autora The Highest Law in the Land (“La ley más alta del país”) explicará las funciones de estos funcionarios electos, como trabajan con grupos de supremacistas blancos y antiinmigrantes, y como pueden resistir las comunidades.</p><p>Este evento sera transmitido en vivo en nuestro canal de YouTube (no es necesario registrarse). Se proporcionará interpretación simultánea para los participantes en persona.</p><p>---</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrantRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrantRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrantsWelcome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrantsWelcome</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoBorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoBorders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopHB10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopHB10</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChingaLaMigra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChingaLaMigra</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a><br>(- L)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>If you are looking to deepen your political and spiritual practices in 2025, join the new community-led Sacred Anarchy Book Club to meet like-minded folks and explore the roles that magic, animism, and spirituality play in our movements for liberation.</p><p>Why are some ideas hidden, suppressed by the state? How do we harness these ideas for both personal transformation & collective liberation? Discuss these questions and more in this monthly space. No prior reading is required for this introductory session. The first book discussed will be "Occult Features of Anarchism: With Attention to the Conspiracy of Kings and the Conspiracy of the Peoples."</p><p>Pick up a copy at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/products/12487-occult-features-of-anarchism.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/products/12487-</span><span class="invisible">occult-features-of-anarchism.html</span></a> and use the promo code BOOKCLUB10 to save 10% at checkout.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BookClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookClub</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OccultFeaturesOfAnarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OccultFeaturesOfAnarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoopsNotCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoopsNotCops</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbolitionNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbolitionNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (-Esmé)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>Last chance to get cozy at the bookstore this weekend before we close for a mini winter break next week! ❄️</p><p>Asheville is experiencing a cold front AKA ideal book browsing weather. Hang out, have a cup of tea, and disappear into the pages of your first 2025 read. We're open today and tomorrow from 3-7pm. We'll be closed January 6 - 9 to do our own hibernating. Never fear, we will be back with extended hours next weekend!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoopsNotCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoopsNotCops</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (-Esmé)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>I tore through this book the way the house tears into the Maxwell family: ferociously. If you've read a book by Rivers Solomon you know how their pose has a way of getting its teeth in you, and "Model Home" is no different. Join us on January 25th to peel back the wallpaper and dissect memory, inherited trauma, and the mother archetype in horror.</p><p>Use promo code YIKES to save 10% when you purchase your copy at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/products/22042-model-home.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/products/22042-</span><span class="invisible">model-home.html</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BookClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookClub</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerHorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerHorror</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (-Esmé)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>In 2024 our co-op collaborated on nine incredible events with Eric King and Josh Davidson, co-editors of "Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners!" Next Saturday, Eric and Josh will be joined by Rattling the Cages co-creator Sara Falconer to share how they started this oral history project, the importance of inside-outside collaboration, and how replicating these oral histories is something you can do, too. Sarah and Josh will additionally talk about a quarter century of creating the Certain Days calendar, building relationships with political prisoners, and why our support matters!</p><p>Learn more about this event and sign up for free at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3304-rattling-the-cages-how-we-did-it-and-how-you-can-too.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3304-rat</span><span class="invisible">tling-the-cages-how-we-did-it-and-how-you-can-too.html</span></a>. Not sure you can make it? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to stream at your convenience.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonAbolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonAbolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassIncarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassIncarceration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPrisoners</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>"I wouldn't have made it this far without books. In prison, reading is not so much a means of escape as a survival mechanism. Books become tools of diverse purpose within the penitentiary; not only do they combat loneliness, but they are also barriers against isolation. Books will build you up more effectively than any time spent in the yard's weight pit, and the information they impart will protect you far better than a sharpened shiv."<br>—Lee Doane, as quoted by Victoria Law in "Books Through Bars: Stories From the Prison Books Movement"</p><p>Here's a recent photo we snapped of abolitionist titles being modified before being mailed to an individual incarcerated in the Southeast. Because the facility doesn't allow hardbacks, we were asked to strip the covers, which we did as carefully as we could to avoid damaging the integrity of the book spine.</p><p>Prisons take a hostile view of even the smallest forms of care and solidarity expressed for those under their control. They outright ban tens of thousands of titles, only allow books from approved retailers (or *only* Amazon), regularly delay delivery by weeks, and, increasingly, want to restrict physical books entirely, forcing prisoners to access e-books. Banning physical books is a way to further squeeze profits out of prisoners while undermining both solidarity from outside and mutual aid within facilities.</p><p>Want to make a difference and learn how people are fighting back against prison book bans? You can join Asheville Prison Books today at 1pm for a packaging party at our co-op!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolitionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abolitionism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeThemAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeThemAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BookBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FireToThePrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FireToThePrisons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonBookBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBookBan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Tomorrow evening, we're hosting an important conversation in the Rattling the Cages series, with a focus on politicized prisoners! Series creators Eric King and Josh Davidson talk with Hector “Bori” Rodriguez and Farhan Ahmed, both of whom spent decades imprisoned in New York where they became politicized as they fought for their freedom.
Learn more about this event and sign up for free at https://firestorm.coop/events/3292-rattling-the-cages-becoming-politicized-in-prison.html. Not sure you can make it? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to stream at your convenience.
#Abolition #PrisonAbolition #MassIncarceration #PrisonIndustrialComplex #FeministBookstore #PoliticizedPrisoners #PoliticalPrisoners #FirestormCoop (- L)
This Sunday at 4pm, we're partnering with Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) and Visual AIDS for a Day With(out) Art 2024 presentation of "Red Reminds Me…," a program of seven videos reflecting the emotional spectrum of living with HIV today.
Since its inception in America in 1989, Day Without Art has marked the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the artistic community and documented efforts in fighting AIDS. Learn more about this free film screening at https://firestorm.coop/events/3283-day-with-out-art.html!
#DayWithoutArt #VisualAIDS#WorldAIDSDay #EndHIV #QueerSouth #FeministBookstore #WNCAP #FirestormCoop (- L)
On Saturday we'll be hosting debut memoirist Neesha Powell-Ingabire for a conversation on undertold Black history alongside personal and family stories, followed by a signing of their new book, "Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast"!
Neesha, a millennial journalist, essayist, and organizer, traces the genealogy of systemic racial violence while paying homage to the area’s long history of Black resistance and culture keeping. Can't make the in-person event? We'll be streaming it to our YouTube channel!
Full event details, and copies of "Come By Here," available at https://firestorm.coop/events/3285-history-as-truth-telling-with-author-neesha-powell-ingabire.html
#BlackHistory #QueerSouth #GullahGeechee #GeorgiaHistory #FeministBookstore #ComeByHere #FirestormCoop (- L)
This might be the cutest Slingshot Organizer ever 
We've got three styles and a ton of colors for 2025! Pick yours at https://firestorm.coop/catalog/contributor/1927-slingshot-collective.html
#SlingshotOrganizer #SlingshotCollective #PocketPlanner #PocketOrganizer #Zinestagram #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)
Next Saturday, we're excited to host an intergeneration panel with former political prisoners who served time at women's facilities. In this eighth event with the creators of "Rattling the Cages," we'll hear from Linda Evans, Laura Whitehorn, and Nicole Kissane about the repression, the resistance, and the resilience of women fighting back in US prisons.
Learn more about this event and sign up for free at https://firestorm.coop/events/3284-rattling-the-cages-revolutionary-women-behind-bars.html. Not sure you can make it? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to stream at your convenience.
#Abolition #PrisonAbolition #MassIncarceration #PrisonIndustrialComplex #FeministBookstore #WomensPrison #PoliticalPrisoners #FirestormCoop (- L)
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