Pilsen Community Books

We have know your rights and Migra Watch literature in English and Spanish at the store 7 days a week. We’re open M-F 11am-7pm, Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm and have water, a public restroom, and climate control.

We have know your rights and Migra Watch literature in English and Spanish for free at the store 7 days a week. We’re open M-F 11am-7pm, Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm, and have water, a public restroom, and climate control.

A banner hung on a fence that says: HELP WITH LEGAL SERVICES REPORT ICE SIGHTINGS AND ARRESTS SE HABLA ESPANOL 855-435-7693 ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK

Chicago, stay strong and take care of one another.

For help for your family or to report ICE activities, call 1-855-435-7693 (HELP-MY-FAMILY)

Para ayuda para su familia ó para reportar actividades de ICE, llame al: 1-855-435-7693

National Lawyers Guild Chicago Legal Support Hotline: 872-465-4244

Thanks for coming out!! It was a beautiful night.

No, we did not stock any copies of 107 DAYS, no thanks for asking

Thanks to those who joined us last night at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social for an engaging conversation on GI resistance in times of crisis. Our talk with Aaron Hughes & Arti Walker-Peddakotla was recorded for the pod to be released soon!

Be sure to grab the Resistance zine from PCB!

Red zine cover with a photo of people marching carrying a banner that reads: Resistance. In the lower corner is the title State Violence, Abolition, and GI Resistance

Join us tonight at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social for a powerful discussion with Aaron Hughes and Arti Walker-Peddakotla on GI Resistance and the political moment we are facing.

They will be sharing an updated version of their zine: “State Violence, Abolition, & GI Resistance.”

6PM @ 1102 W 18th St

If you're in Chicago today, @vetsaboutface.bsky.social will be in conversation with Bill Ayers at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social. I hope you can join us!

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson in conversation with Uahikea Maile theory of water: Nishnaabe Maps for teh Times Ahead Oct. 6th 6:30 pm CT, Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena

Chicago!

Join @biidaasamose.bsky.social for a conversation with Uahikea Maile about water as a catalyst for radical transformation, hosted w/ @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social.

Monday, October 6th at 6:30 pm
@haymarkethouse.bsky.social & online

RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Now more than ever, *there is no one coming to save us.

Now more than ever, this is no one coming to save us. PUÑO needs your help to organize against ICE's terrorism in our neighborhood and city. Donate and/or get involved: pilsenunidos.org

A pink and black tote hanging in front of a bookshelf full of books. On the totes are three femmes walking and reading books next to the words Always Carry A Book.

Closing at 5 pm today, Thursday, September 25th, but our online store is always open at pilsencommunitybooks.com. All of our new and used books as well as merch can be found in our online catalog, and we ship anywhere in the so-called United States.

Don't miss this important event this Saturday!

Give this episode a listen and then join us next weekend @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social when Arti Walker-Peddakotla and Aaron Hughes join us for conversation on GI resistance.

A black tote with cream colored handles. On the tote printed with cream ink are three femmes walking and carrying books. Next to them are the words "Always Carry A Book" with the first letter of each word capitalized and bolded. Underneath are the words "Pilsen Community Books, Chicago IL" and a union bug.

The black "Always Carry A Book" totes designed by Shelby Rodeffer and printed by Gibson Print are back in stock. Don't miss the union bug:
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/totes

We're immensely honored to welcome Palestinian American physician, poet, and translator Fady Joudah to the store for a reading and conversation with writer, organizer, scholar and dear friend of the store Eman Abdelhadi this Saturday, September 20th at 6 pm.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47885

DEFIANCE You may fasten my chains Deprive me of my books and tobacco You may fill my mouth with earth Poetry will feed my heart, like blood It is salt to the bread And liquid to the eye I will write it with nails, eye sockets and daggers I will recite it in my prison cell— In the bathroom— In the stable— Under the whip— Under the chains— In spite of my handcuffs I have a million nightingales On the branches of my heart Singing the song of liberation. -MAHMOUD DARWEESH

In the intertwined histories of this book, and in the unyielding political edge of the poems themselves, is a long story of solidarity between oppressed peoples: from Palestine to South Africa to Algeria to Vietnam to the United States.

This Saturday!

But Jackson never wrote the poem; it was authored by the Palestinian poet Sameeh Al-Qassem and published in this anthology a year before Jackson’s murder. This limited edition broadside of the poem is part of the long story of solidarity between oppressed peoples.

In 1971, in the wake of George Jackson’s killing by San Quentin prison guards, a poem entitled “Enemy of the Sun” was found among ninety-nine books in the revolutionary’s cell. The handwritten poem was mistakenly attributed to him and published in Black Panther newspapers.

A stack of ENEMY OF THE SUN displayed in the bookstore next to a broadside of the poem "Enemy of the Sun"

Happy pub day ENEMY OF THE SUN, the reissue of the iconic 1970 collection of Palestinian poetry originally published by Drum & Spear (the publishing arm of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). Great work, @sevenstories.bsky.social!
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/kJGRmM40Tbc2Acap_id6Nw

A sampling of anti-war, anti-technology, pro-nature and pro-puppet postcards and publications with bold lines and lots of color.

Their playful style & uncompromising anti-imperialist & anticapitalist politics have inspired artists around the world, & their emphasis on utilitarian uses of art for celebration, decoration, information, argumentation, rumination, & persuasuion reminds us we must fight for bread, & roses too.

A poster of a fierce rooster with the words "RISE UP" underneath.

If you've been to the store, you've more than likely seen the work of Bread and Puppet, the legendary radical puppet theater and print shop that has left an indelible stamp on the world of theater and the American cultural landscape over the last 57 years.

Flyer for Bread and Puppet performance. All details on the flyer at this link: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/haymarketbooks/1837103

We've teamed up with our friends at @haymarketbooks.org to bring Bread & Puppet back to Chicago!
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

We’re here and open until 6!

Opening late today due to a sprained ankle! Will update here when we’re good to go. 🫡

NOW is the time to get involved to help protect our neighbors, friends, family and everyone in our community from ICE. See you in the streets!

Also, check out PUÑO for the next Migra Watch trainings to learn how to combat ICE terror in our communities! We'll be at the one on Thursday, September 18th at 5:30 pm at The National Museum of Mexican Art. You can register at bit.ly/migrawatchtraining

PUÑO is raising money to print more kyr materials, tabling materials, supplies for the Migra Watch team and Migra Watch trainings.

PUÑO is a group of Pilsen residents who distribute kyr (know your rights) info, host Migra Watch trainings, respond to ICE sightings, link neighbors to vital resources, and fight for policies that keep our communities safe from state violence.