Firestorm Books

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Queer feminist collective in Asheville, NC, operating a bookstore co-op & social movement space since 2008 on Tsalagi land. Ⓐ Ⓔ Ⓥ

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Ryan Bonick

Thanks for the long distance love, Ryan! xo

Can't wait for this timely conversation with Ben and Shane! Among other things, they'll be discussing how we can keep genuine antisemitism out of our movements, while resisting the false and dangerous equivalency of anti-Zionism with antisemitism in response to the struggle for Palestinian freedom.

Check out my upcoming digital event where I'll be in conversation with Cindy Milstein and Ben Lorber talking about antisemitism, antifascism, and anti-Zionism, and we'll be hosted by @firestorm.bsky.social. It's totally free but you gotta RSVP (for security)! firestorm.coop/events/3215-...

Safety Through Solidarityfirestorm.coop Antisemitism is on the rise today. Coauthors Ben Lorber and Shane Burley help us understand how antisemitism works, what’s missing in contemporary debates, and how to build true safety through s...

Next weekend we're hosting our third virtual event with contributors to "Rattling the Cages," an extraordinary new collection of essays by current and former political prisoners! Register for free at firestorm.coop/events/3235-....

You can find our first two events in the "Rattling the Cages" series—featuring Eric King, Herman Bell, David Gilbert, Susan Rosenberg, Ashanti Alston, and Ray Luc Levasseur—at www.youtube.com/firestormcoop.

Firestorm Bookswww.youtube.com We are a collectively-owned radical bookstore and community event space in Asheville, North Carolina. Since 2008 we've supported grassroots movements in Southern Appalachia while developing a workplac...

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Join BRABC for the monthly letter writing event at @firestorm.bsky.social from 3-5pm, Sunday July 7th brabc.blackblogs.org/pplwn/

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Sign the Petitionwww.change.org Dear Publishers, We, the undersigned, are lifelong beneficiaries of libraries. We are avid readers, educators, researchers, librarians, authors, publishers and lifelong learners whose lives and commun...

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justin from the internet

We've found that a flexible division of labor where folks mostly do the things they enjoy / are good at feels much less oppressive than "everyone must do everything" (which was how we started off). Some folks like to change roles every couple years and we can accommodate that.

That might mean we get to a point where no one wants to do something. Those moments are also opportunities. We changed our entire business model in 2018 because no one on our team wanted to do food service work anymore, even though it was 40% of our revenue.

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justin from the internet

Probably Non Serviam? Could also be Coffee with Comrades.

June 11 is the International Day of Solidarity with Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners and we're raising funds for incarcerated freedom fighters by sending free banned books to FL kids. Sound too good to be true?! You can support the effort from anywhere with a pledge! firestorm.coop/events/3218-...

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Join Blue Ridge Anarchist Black Cross and friends for our monthly zine discussion at @firestorm.bsky.social books, 4th Sunday of the month (this time May 25th, 2024) from 4-6pm. brabc.blackblogs.org/abolitionist...

"To uphold the idea that Jewishness is equivalent to Zionism… you have to silence all of the Jews who disagree with you. As this has gotten harder these organizations get more desperate and seek allies on the right… making American Jews less safe." threewayfight.org/anti-zionist...

Anti-Zionist Reflections on Zionism and the American Jewish Communitythreewayfight.org To uphold the idea that Jewishness is equivalent to Zionism in a world where a large chunk of younger Jews no longer identify with Zionism and oppose the inhumanity of Israel’s rule over Palestinians…

This tool for optimizing the passive solar benefits of a window overhang is the coolest! 🌞 susdesign.com/overhang/ind...

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The folks at @firestorm.bsky.social put together a supercut of the many, many (many) people who spoke against the Asheville Business Improvement District last night. Not shockingly, locals are against giving conservative business owners their own private police force #avlnews youtu.be/xnA510Zkd80

Asheville BID Hearing Supercutyoutu.be On Tuesday, April 23rd Asheville City Council held a public hearing on a proposed Downtown Business Improvement District. Billed as the only public comment o...

In 2012 our co-op was part of a broad coalition that fought and derailed an effort to privatize downtown Asheville. Now a nearly identical BID proposal is working its way through City Council, with the possibility of approval as early as May 14th. Find our full statement and more at ashevillebid.com

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This is a great list on bookshop someone has curated of authors who have recently declined honors from PEN America in protest of its refusal to stand on the Palestinian genocide. These are writers who have forgone opportunity to be courageous in this time of genocide whose work you can support.

PEN America Protestbookshop.org Bookshop.org Custom Wishlist

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Please be careful folks. Access this website with really good cybersecurity: notrace.how

Two local media outlets publicly fighting over who writes better copaganda is the reality-as-satire state of politics in Asheville 🙄

CORRECTION • Asheville Watchdogavlwatchdog.org [Editor’s Note: This is a correction to a story published by the Asheville Citizen Times. The Citizen Times refused to print the correction, so we’re doing it for them as a public service.] In an arti...

Don't miss our chat tomorrow with anarchist historians Zoe Baker and Charlie Allison! We'll be logging on at 3pm EDT / 6pm BST to discuss early 20th century anarchism, the life of Ukrainian revolutionary Nestor Makhno, organizational strategies, and the Platform. firestorm.coop/events/3161-...

Anarchism at the Dawn of the 20th Centuryfirestorm.coop Drawing on their respective historic works recently published by AK and PM Press, authors Charlie Allison and Zoe Baker discuss the revolutionary strategy and practice of anarchists in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

"This System Is Killing Us" presents the truth that lies behind the green re-branding of capitalism that social movements in the Global North have been slow to challenge. 🏗️ Join author Xander Dunlap and translator Carlos Tornel TODAY at 2pm ET 🚧 Register for free at firestorm.coop/events/3186-....

The Frontlines Against Green Capitalismfirestorm.coop Drawing from contemporary front line struggles against colonialism and ecocide, author Xander Dunlap reveals the failures of mainstream debate around climate change.

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Join Blue Ridge ABC for their monthly Political Prisoner Letter Writing event at @firestorm.bsky.social , 3-5pm the 1st Sunday of the Month (April 7th, 2024)! A great chance to write to folks facing some hard times and make new inside / outside connections. More info at brabc.blackblogs.org/pplwn/

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#EverythingPossible is coming to North Carolina this week & next! In a time of #DontSayGay, #transphobia & book bans, "Everything Possible" is "a real breath of fresh air."--The National (Scotland) North Carolina tour itinerary: linktr.ee/revfredsmall @nosycrowus.bsky.social @firestorm.bsky.social

Excited to host Lyzette Wanzer, editor of "Trauma, Tresses & Truth," for a conversation with Valerie Carpenter and Barbara Ruth Saunders on the politics, policing, and perception of Black and Afro Latina women's natural hair! Register for free at firestorm.coop/events/3164-...

Our solarpunk dreams just got one step closer to reality ☺️

We're Solar Powered 🌞firestorm.coop It shouldn't be surprising to learn that, as anarchists, our vision for energy justice is decentralized and radically democratic! We're excited to share that our co-op is now meeting most of its elect...

If you've ever lost a travel mug, it's probably at our bookshop.

We're backing "UM," a magical girl comic about Eugenée, a Black, nonbinary, aspiring birth-worker who finds themself mixed up in a millennia-old conflict between the powers that be and a faction of cosmic, shamanic midwives. How cool! Kick in and grab a copy for yourself at fnd.us/umvolume1?re....

UM Volume One by buttercupfnd.us UM is a magical girl comic by buttercup about Eugenée, a Black, nonbinary, aspiring birth-worker who finds themself mixed up in a millennia-old conflict between the powers that be and a faction of cos...

Tonight! We're looking forward to this online author event with West Coast anti-racist organizer Josh Fernandez ("The Hands That Crafted the Bomb) in conversation with fellow memoirist Joe Loya. Register for free and grab the book at firestorm.coop/events/3148-....

Sloppy kissers, swamp suitors, scrappy “limbwrecked boys,” and drag queens drenched in glitter sweat... Next Saturday, South Carolina poet Evelyn Berry will share work from "Grief Slut" alongside readings by local poets Dustin Brookshire and Sera Joy. More info at firestorm.coop/events/3125-...

How can we create affordable and sustainable cities run by the people who inhabit them? On Monday, February 26th we're excited to host Andrew Lee with Vicky Osterweil for a conversation on the possibilities for urban liberation and revolt. Register for free at firestorm.coop/events/3160-....

Do you live in Florida? Help us get the word out about Banned Books Back!, our program to send *free* books to kids impacted by Right-wing book bans. You can download and print a flyer at www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ljoes....