Points of Departure—A Harry Cleaver Reader Release Party | Chicago, IL
Jun
12
7:00 PM19:00

Points of Departure—A Harry Cleaver Reader Release Party | Chicago, IL

"Refuse work. Revolt against capitalism. Read Harry Cleaver. In that order. Repeat."

Join us as we welcome organizers and co-editors Robert Ovetz and Kevin Van Meter to the store for a conversation with activist and Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power co-author James Tracy, on their new book Points of Departure: Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism: The Collected Writings of Harry Cleaver.

Points of Departure will be released on Common Notion Press’s new Class Compositions series in September 2026. This special edition and release coincides with the Labor Notes conference.

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Radhika Singh with Aba Taylor: Earthly Playing Field | Brookline, MA
Jun
29
7:00 PM19:00

Radhika Singh with Aba Taylor: Earthly Playing Field | Brookline, MA

Join us at Brookline Booksmith to celebrate the release of Earthly Playing Field with author Radhika Singh, in conversation with Aba Taylor.

RSVP to let us know you're coming! Depending on the volume of responses, an RSVP may be required for entrance to the event. In the event that we reach capacity and have to close RSVPs, there will not be a waiting list.

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Patchwork Literary Salon: Cooper, Oberhammer, Singh, Wernersbach | Brooklyn, NY
May
6
7:00 PM19:00

Patchwork Literary Salon: Cooper, Oberhammer, Singh, Wernersbach | Brooklyn, NY

Patchwork Literary Salon brings together authors across genres and stages in their careers to create a colorful tapestry of Brooklyn’s writing community. Curated and hosted by Nadine Santoro, this quarterly reading series features brief readings, lively conversation, drink specials, and an opportunity to mingle and connect with fellow writers and readers!

This May, we're celebrating international workers day with a lineup of writers whose work touches on labor, revolution, and people-power. From litfic to sci-fi to nonfiction, join us for a special May Day reading! We're excited to welcome Maggie Cooper, Tierney Oberhammer, Jules Wernersbach, and Radhika Singh.

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No Struggle Stands Alone | Washington DC
May
2
2:45 PM14:45

No Struggle Stands Alone | Washington DC

No Struggle Stands Alone: Labor, Identity, and Survival in Violent Economies [Panel at the Working Class Literature Festival]

Ra Singh, Chris Gamble, Elizabeth Mayes, and Seraj Assi

Labor does not exist in a vacuum. This session explores how working class resistance interacts with race, empire, occupation, and global financial and technological systems, and what solidarity looks like across these fault lines.

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Working Class Literature Festival | Washington DC
May
1
to May 2

Working Class Literature Festival | Washington DC

Bol Co-op present DC’s inaugural Working Class Literature Festival, which will take place on May 1st-2nd at the Festival Center.

It is inspired by the annual Working Class Literature Festival in Florence, which emerged from the GKN factory occupation, where workers turned struggle into solidarity, and solidarity into celebration and a call to action.

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