#firestormcoop — Public Fediverse posts

What can trans people expect from pregnancy and what roles do supportive friends, family members, and care providers play?

This Saturday at 6pm ET, join editor Simon Knaphus alongside contributors to a groundbreaking new anthology from @pmpress about navigating family building, pregnancy, fertility treatments, conception, loss, healthcare, abortion, childbirth, the early days of parenting, and the intersections of legal, political, and cultural contexts. This virtual event will include readings, discussion, and a chance to ask your questions!

Sign up and claim your copy of "Seahorses: Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Expansive Pregnancy" at https://app.hi.events/event/7167/gender-expansive-pregnancy. Not able to attend live? Sign up anyway and we'll send you the recording to stream at your convenience later!

#TransHealth #TransPregnancy #NonbinaryPregnancy #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

OMG Firestorm is turning 18?! Lift a glass (or maybe a bottle 😉) to the end of our youth. We're celebrating the milestone with a limited edition shirt from one of our favorite seditious artists—KRIME.

Starting today you can preorder one of these gorgeous gorgon shirts on our website for $36. They'll be printed by the good folks at Black Moon Ink on a 100% combed cotton tee from AS Colour, a company focused on high-quality, longer-lasting apparel. These shirts are tough enough to wear reading critical theory, but cozy enough for a fantasy novella!

Place your preorder before Sunday, May 3rd at https://firestorm.coop/products/24878-firestorm-birthday-t-shirt-preorder.html 📦

#FeministBookstore #TurnCopsToStone #Gorgon #FeministMythology #FirestormCoop (- L)

On Saturday the 15th, Firestorm will be hosting a virtual book launch with activist Yavor Tarinski, whose new primer "Horizons of Direct Democracy" is out this month from On Our Own Authority! Yavor will appear alongside notable social-ecologist contributors Eleanor Finley and Modibo Kadalie for this panel facilitated by fellow author and frequent Firestorm collaborator Andrew Zonneveld. Don't miss it! 🌱🏴

"Horizons of Direct Democracy" is a short and accessible volume surveying the political thought of philosophers like Cornelius Castoriadis and CLR James while also dissecting real-world examples of direct democracy in action from the Baltic, to Latin America, Western Asia, and beyond.

Register for free and find your copy of "Horizons" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3491-horizons-of-direct-democracy-book-launch.html. Not able to make the event live? Sign up anyway and we'll send you the event recording to soak up at your leisure!

#DirectDemocracy #Anarchism #SocialEcology #HorizonsOfDirectDemocracy #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Sunday, in collaboration with friends at Asheville for Justice, we're hosting an event on mutual aid and women's liberation! Come learn about Rojava, the revolutionary autonomous zone in Northern Syria. We'll be screening "Berxwedan Jiyaneand / Resistance is Life" and "I Am the Revolution," two films about Rojava, alongside a virtual Q&A with Ruken and Sultan of The Foundation of Free Women in Syria (Weqfa Jina Azad a Sûrî) and Savushka of Kongra Star.

We'll learn as we listen to stories of organized resistance, mutual aid, and solidarity without borders!

#RojavaRevolution #KongraStar #RiseupForRojava #BijiYPJ #WomenOfRojava #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Sunday, in collaboration with friends at Asheville for Justice, we're hosting an event on mutual aid and women's liberation! Come learn about Rojava, the revolutionary autonomous zone in Northern Syria. We'll be screening "Berxwedan Jiyaneand / Resistance is Life" and "I Am the Revolution," two films about Rojava, alongside a virtual Q&A with Ruken and Sultan of The Foundation of Free Women in Syria (Weqfa Jina Azad a Sûrî) and Savushka of Kongra Star.

We'll learn as we listen to stories of organized resistance, mutual aid, and solidarity without borders!

#RojavaRevolution #KongraStar #RiseupForRojava #BijiYPJ #WomenOfRojava #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Monday, Firestorm is teaming up with scholar Zane McNeill for a conversation on the terrifying new wave of anti-transgender rhetoric and political persecution. Speaking with activists Eric King and Josh Davidson, co-editors of "Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners," we'll put this federal attack on trans rights in historical perspective—connecting it to repression during the Red Scare, the Lavender Scare, Black Liberation and Gay Rights Movements, the Green Scare, and solidarity with Palestine.

We'll also explore what we can learn from past struggles—how organizers not only survived but built movements under constant FBI surveillance—highlighting harm and risk reduction strategies that remain relevant today.

Find more and register to join this free event at https://firestorm.coop/events/3478-gender-terrorism-surviving-magas-war-on-trans-people.html. The recorded conversation will also be shared via our YouTube channel for folks who cannot join live!

#TransLiberation #TransRights #LavenderScare #NoTrumpNoKKKNoFascistUSA #WeKeepUsSafe #QueerSouth #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

Next Tuesday, our collective will be hosting local forager and ethnobotanist Rebecca Beyer for the launch of her newest book, "The Complete Folk Herbal." Rebecca, who has been a longtime friend and collaborator of Firestorm, will offer a presentation on how plants can be used for medicine and the unique histories of these herbs!

"The Complete Folk Herbal" is a comprehensive guide to Western folk herbalism designed to help you work with the natural medicinal and healing powers of wild plants. With easy-to-implement practices that are grounded in sustainability, Rebecca demonstrates how to work with plants to soothe everyday pains, including headaches, burns, backaches, menstrual pain, itching, insomnia, fatigue, and dozens of other minor ailments and maladies.

No registration is required for this free event, which can be joined in-person or online via our YouTube channel. Copies of the book can be purchased at https://firestorm.coop/products/23219-the-complete-folk-herbal.html.

#FolkHerbalism #WildPlants #MedicinalForaging #AppalachianFolkMedicine #FeministBookstore #RebeccaBeyer #FirestormCoop (- L)

Last year, the book club read & loved Lindsay King-Miller's zombie novel "The Z Word" which is what possessed us jump on this new work of queer exorcism horror. Gretchen Felker-Martin, author of "Manhunt" calls it "a brutal, brilliant story of motherhood, memory, and religion, deviously simple and terribly clever. King-Miller has become one of my must-read authors."

Each meeting of this book club is structured to encourage deep engagement with the themes of the text, as well as facilitate connection among the participants. If you are looking to meet other queer people and/or horror lovers this is the book club for you! This month, we will also be welcoming Lindsay King-Miller for a virtual Q&A for the second half of the book club discussion! So bring all of your questions, your musings, and your religious trauma 🙏

Use promo code YIKES to save 10% at checkout.

https://firestorm.coop/events/3446-skeletons-in-the-closet-queer-horror-book-club.html

#BookClub #QueerHorror #QueerBookstore #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (-Esmé)

On Monday, August 11th, Firestorm Books will be hosting author Matt Broomfield for an online conversation with scholar Azize Aslan! Together they'll explore Rojava's tireless fight against oppression and how the militant Kurdish movement can help the Western Left relearn its commitment to hope in hopeless times.

Matt's new book published by AK Press, "Hope Without Hope," carries on the long tradition of history, absurdist philosophy, and radical thought that has studied how anti-fascist and anti-colonial movements answer defeat and repression with a revolutionary faith in transformation. Only by understanding this history can we pursue the steadfast work of organizing for long-term revolutionary change in our seemingly hopeless age.

Sign up for this free event and grab a copy of the book at https://firestorm.coop/events/3440-rojava-and-revolutionary-commitment.html. Can't make the event live? We'll send you a video recording to watch at your convenience!

#RojavaRevolution #ypj_💚 #Riseup4Rojava #JinJiyanAzadî #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

At the end of the month, Firestorm Books and Asheville Democratic Socialists of America are teaming up to host "Abolish Rent" co-author Tracy Rosenthal for a virtual conversation! This free event caps off a tenant organizing book club facilitated by DSA and is open everyone.

"Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis" is a deeply reported account of the resurgent tenant movement centering poor and working-class people who are fighting back, staying put, and remaking the city in the process. The authors take us to trilingual strategy meetings, raucous marches against gentrification, and daring eviction defenses where immigrants put their lives on the line.

Locals can join this author conversation in-person while remote participants should register for access at https://firestorm.coop/events/3431-abolish-rent-author-event.html. We hope you can make it!

#TenantOrganizing #TenantUnion #AbolishRent #FeministBookstore #AshevilleDSA #FirestormCoop (- L)

Next Saturday we're teaming up with our buddies at Appalachian Medical Solidarity and the Asheville Bail Fund to host a discussion on abolition through the lens of healthcare with Dr. Ronica Mukerjee, co-editor of "All This Safety is Killing Us."

This discussion will examine the book as well as the impacts of over policing and deadly conditions at the Buncombe County Detention Center on our own community's health and well-being. Copies of "All This Safety Is Killing Us" will be available during the event, along with opportunities to support local grassroots efforts toward health justice. We hope to see you there!

Full details can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3398-abolition-and-health-justice-with-dr-ronica-mukerjee.html

Appalachian Medical Solidarity and Asheville Bail Fund host a discussion of All This Safety is Killing Us, the first abolitionist anthology that focuses on healthcare!

#HealthJustice #Abolitionism #FeministBookstore #BailFund #StreetMedics #AllThisSafetyIsKillingUs #FirestormCoop (- L)

Tomorrow is the International Day of Solidarity with Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners (or, simply, June 11th, because the full name is a mouthful) and we're marking the date with a fundraiser!

Last year we raised almost $900 for freedom fighters inside the prison system, and this year we're aiming to break a grand by donating net proceeds from every single sale we make in-store and online!

Every book, t-shirt, sticker, or other item you purchase Wednesday will generate funds for prisoner commissary, legal defense, and other crucial support needs.

So, grab your next read, and then, if you're local, head next door to The Odd, where BRABC is organizing a benefit concert featuring four bands, local art, and a raffle. For more information on June 11th, check out https://june11.noblogs.org, where you can also find a list of individuals supported by the campaign.

#June11 #PoliticalPrisoners #StateRepression #Anarchism #FeministBookstore #FireToThePrisons #AbolishPrisons #MariusMason #FirestormCoop (- L)

On June 19th, we'll be hosting author Jacob Engelsman in conversation with local doula and lactation educator Corey Graywood. Together they'll be discussing Jacob's new book "Lactation for the Rest of Us," a guide for transmasculine parents, transfeminine parents, non-binary parents, queer parents, adoptive parents, and others who are often left out of conversations about chestfeeding.

At a time when the US government is rolling back trans health in devastating ways, this book offers queer and trans people access to leading-edge information about bodily autonomy!

To make this event more accessible, participants may attend in-person or join a live stream of the conversation on our YouTube channel. You can learn more about this event on our website at https://firestorm.coop/events/3402-chestfeeding-for-queer-trans-parents.html.

#QueerSouth #LactationConsultants #QueerParents #TransParents #QueerFamilies #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Friday at 7pm, join us for a screening of "The Encampments," organized in collaboration with our friends at Asheville Jewish Voice for Peace! This 80-minute documentary offers a ground-level view of the 2024 US campus uprising against the war on Gaza. Featuring detained activist Mahmoud Khalil, alongside professors, whistleblowers, and organizers, "The Encampments" captures the deeper stakes of a historic moment that continues to reverberate across the globe.

This event is a fundraiser for the Gaza Soup Kitchen and attendees are asked to contribute based on their ability (suggested donation $10-20, no one turned away).

#TheEncampments #FreeSpeech #StudentProtest #FreePalestine #ColumbiaStudents #MahmoudKhalil #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

Tonight! 🎥🍿🔥

We're hosting @BlueRidgeABC for a 7pm screening of @subMedia's InterRebellium, Part 1. It's a story told through the eyes of anarchist and anticolonial participants of the 2019 uprising in the territories occupied by the state of Chile. This 90-minute viewing will be followed by discussion.

According to subMedia: "InterRebellium will cover the global wave of revolts from 2018-2020. The title is from Latin for 'between uprisings.' We believe it is important to take this time between waves relate our experiences on a worldwide scale, to study the last one so that we are better prepared for the next one."

More details can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3389-interrebellium-film-screening.html. Can't make the community screening? You can gather friends and screen the film yourself at https://sub.media.

#FeministBookstore #EstallidoSocial #Submedia #InterRebellium #FirestormCoop

Two weeks from today Firestorm will have the honor of hosting an incredible online panel for the release of historian Garrett Felber's new book with AK Press. "A Continuous Struggle" chronicles the life of Martin Sostre, an under appreciated legend in the history of anti-prison and Black freedom movements.

Garrett will be joined by writer William C. Anderson ("The Nation On No Map") and revolutionary elder Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin ("Anarchism and the Black Revolution"). Together they'll discuss Sostre's incredible life and legacy as a jailhouse lawyer, revolutionary bookseller, yogi, mentor and teacher, anti-rape organizer, housing justice activist, and original political thinker.

Don't miss this event! You can sign up and find a copy of "A Continuous Struggle" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3372-the-revolutionary-life-of-martin-sostre.html. Can't make the event live? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording when we post it!

#BlackFreedomMovement #BlackAnarchism #PoliticalPrisoners #BlackPower #FeministBookstore #PrisonAbolition #MartinSostre #LorenzoKomboaErvin #FirestormCoop (- L)

Two weeks from today Firestorm will have the honor of hosting an incredible online panel for the release of historian Garrett Felber's new book with AK Press. "A Continuous Struggle" chronicles the life of Martin Sostre, an under appreciated legend in the history of anti-prison and Black freedom movements.

Garrett will be joined by writer William C. Anderson ("The Nation On No Map") and revolutionary elder Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin ("Anarchism and the Black Revolution"). Together they'll discuss Sostre's incredible life and legacy as a jailhouse lawyer, revolutionary bookseller, yogi, mentor and teacher, anti-rape organizer, housing justice activist, and original political thinker.

Don't miss this event! You can sign up and find a copy of "A Continuous Struggle" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3372-the-revolutionary-life-of-martin-sostre.html. Can't make the event live? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording when we post it!

#BlackFreedomMovement #BlackAnarchism #PoliticalPrisoners #BlackPower #FeministBookstore #PrisonAbolition #MartinSostre #LorenzoKomboaErvin #FirestormCoop (- L)

Two weeks from today Firestorm will have the honor of hosting an incredible online panel for the release of historian Garrett Felber's new book with AK Press. "A Continuous Struggle" chronicles the life of Martin Sostre, an under appreciated legend in the history of anti-prison and Black freedom movements.

Garrett will be joined by writer William C. Anderson ("The Nation On No Map") and revolutionary elder Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin ("Anarchism and the Black Revolution"). Together they'll discuss Sostre's incredible life and legacy as a jailhouse lawyer, revolutionary bookseller, yogi, mentor and teacher, anti-rape organizer, housing justice activist, and original political thinker.

Don't miss this event! You can sign up and find a copy of "A Continuous Struggle" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3372-the-revolutionary-life-of-martin-sostre.html. Can't make the event live? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording when we post it!

#BlackFreedomMovement #BlackAnarchism #PoliticalPrisoners #BlackPower #FeministBookstore #PrisonAbolition #MartinSostre #LorenzoKomboaErvin #FirestormCoop (- L)

Two weeks from today Firestorm will have the honor of hosting an incredible online panel for the release of historian Garrett Felber's new book with AK Press. "A Continuous Struggle" chronicles the life of Martin Sostre, an under appreciated legend in the history of anti-prison and Black freedom movements.

Garrett will be joined by writer William C. Anderson ("The Nation On No Map") and revolutionary elder Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin ("Anarchism and the Black Revolution"). Together they'll discuss Sostre's incredible life and legacy as a jailhouse lawyer, revolutionary bookseller, yogi, mentor and teacher, anti-rape organizer, housing justice activist, and original political thinker.

Don't miss this event! You can sign up and find a copy of "A Continuous Struggle" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3372-the-revolutionary-life-of-martin-sostre.html. Can't make the event live? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording when we post it!

#BlackFreedomMovement #BlackAnarchism #PoliticalPrisoners #BlackPower #FeministBookstore #PrisonAbolition #MartinSostre #LorenzoKomboaErvin #FirestormCoop (- L)

Two weeks from today Firestorm will have the honor of hosting an incredible online panel for the release of historian Garrett Felber's new book with AK Press. "A Continuous Struggle" chronicles the life of Martin Sostre, an under appreciated legend in the history of anti-prison and Black freedom movements.

Garrett will be joined by writer William C. Anderson ("The Nation On No Map") and revolutionary elder Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin ("Anarchism and the Black Revolution"). Together they'll discuss Sostre's incredible life and legacy as a jailhouse lawyer, revolutionary bookseller, yogi, mentor and teacher, anti-rape organizer, housing justice activist, and original political thinker.

Don't miss this event! You can sign up and find a copy of "A Continuous Struggle" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3372-the-revolutionary-life-of-martin-sostre.html. Can't make the event live? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording when we post it!

#BlackFreedomMovement #BlackAnarchism #PoliticalPrisoners #BlackPower #FeministBookstore #PrisonAbolition #MartinSostre #LorenzoKomboaErvin #FirestormCoop (- L)

Next Saturday at Firestorm Books we'll be discussing the Eurochristian origins of mass criminalization and racial capitalism. Join us in-person at 3pm with Andrew Krinks, author of the recently published book "White Property, Black Trespass." In dialog with local organizers Hill Brown and Rev. Allyn Maxfield-Steele, Andrew will share their work on the historical continuity and religiosity of whiteness and property, concluding with a vision for a faith-based abolition of prisons and policing.

You can find more information on the event and copies of "White Property, Black Trespass: Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization" on our website at https://firestorm.coop/events/3344-the-religion-of-criminalization-the-religion-of-abolition.html.

#Abolitionism #ChristianAbolitionists #SocialJustice #LiberationTheology #FreeThemAll #ChristianAnarchism #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

Next Saturday at Firestorm Books we'll be discussing the Eurochristian origins of mass criminalization and racial capitalism. Join us in-person at 3pm with Andrew Krinks, author of the recently published book "White Property, Black Trespass." In dialog with local organizers Hill Brown and Rev. Allyn Maxfield-Steele, Andrew will share their work on the historical continuity and religiosity of whiteness and property, concluding with a vision for a faith-based abolition of prisons and policing.

You can find more information on the event and copies of "White Property, Black Trespass: Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization" on our website at https://firestorm.coop/events/3344-the-religion-of-criminalization-the-religion-of-abolition.html.

#Abolitionism #ChristianAbolitionists #SocialJustice #LiberationTheology #FreeThemAll #ChristianAnarchism #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

Next Saturday at Firestorm Books we'll be discussing the Eurochristian origins of mass criminalization and racial capitalism. Join us in-person at 3pm with Andrew Krinks, author of the recently published book "White Property, Black Trespass." In dialog with local organizers Hill Brown and Rev. Allyn Maxfield-Steele, Andrew will share their work on the historical continuity and religiosity of whiteness and property, concluding with a vision for a faith-based abolition of prisons and policing.

You can find more information on the event and copies of "White Property, Black Trespass: Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization" on our website at https://firestorm.coop/events/3344-the-religion-of-criminalization-the-religion-of-abolition.html.

#Abolitionism #ChristianAbolitionists #SocialJustice #LiberationTheology #FreeThemAll #ChristianAnarchism #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

Next Saturday at Firestorm Books we'll be discussing the Eurochristian origins of mass criminalization and racial capitalism. Join us in-person at 3pm with Andrew Krinks, author of the recently published book "White Property, Black Trespass." In dialog with local organizers Hill Brown and Rev. Allyn Maxfield-Steele, Andrew will share their work on the historical continuity and religiosity of whiteness and property, concluding with a vision for a faith-based abolition of prisons and policing.

You can find more information on the event and copies of "White Property, Black Trespass: Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization" on our website at https://firestorm.coop/events/3344-the-religion-of-criminalization-the-religion-of-abolition.html.

#Abolitionism #ChristianAbolitionists #SocialJustice #LiberationTheology #FreeThemAll #ChristianAnarchism #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

Next Saturday at Firestorm Books we'll be discussing the Eurochristian origins of mass criminalization and racial capitalism. Join us in-person at 3pm with Andrew Krinks, author of the recently published book "White Property, Black Trespass." In dialog with local organizers Hill Brown and Rev. Allyn Maxfield-Steele, Andrew will share their work on the historical continuity and religiosity of whiteness and property, concluding with a vision for a faith-based abolition of prisons and policing.

You can find more information on the event and copies of "White Property, Black Trespass: Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization" on our website at https://firestorm.coop/events/3344-the-religion-of-criminalization-the-religion-of-abolition.html.

#Abolitionism #ChristianAbolitionists #SocialJustice #LiberationTheology #FreeThemAll #ChristianAnarchism #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

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), @reproutopia catalogs our movement's bad kin while making the case for the bold, liberatory politics we need to overcome fascism, nationalism, femmephobia, and cisness.

You can find more event information, and copies of "Enemy Feminisms: Terfs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation," at https://firestorm.coop/events/3310-feminists-against-liberation-a-conversation-with-sophie-lewis.html.

"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."
—Judith Butler

#FeministHistory #FeministMovement #Transfeminism #Anarchafeminism #FeministBookstore #EnemyFeminism #FirestormCoop (- L)

Mark you calendars because when we get back from winter break we're hosting original horror from the margins!

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.

Learn more and grab a copy of DITM2 at https://firestorm.coop/events/3279-original-horror-from-the-margins.html. Not able to make the date? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to enjoy on your own schedule.

#HorrorAnthology #HorrorStories #HorrorBooks #IndigenousHorror #DeathInTheMouth #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

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."

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.

Learn more and find copies of "The Veil Between Worlds is Plexiglass" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3316-the-veil-between-worlds-is-plexiglass.html.

#DefendTheForest #Zinestagram #Abolitionism #FreeThemAll #PoliticalPrisoners #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

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."

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.

Learn more and find copies of "The Veil Between Worlds is Plexiglass" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3316-the-veil-between-worlds-is-plexiglass.html.

#DefendTheForest #Zinestagram #Abolitionism #FreeThemAll #PoliticalPrisoners #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

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."

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.

Learn more and find copies of "The Veil Between Worlds is Plexiglass" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3316-the-veil-between-worlds-is-plexiglass.html.

#DefendTheForest #Zinestagram #Abolitionism #FreeThemAll #PoliticalPrisoners #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

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."

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.

Learn more and find copies of "The Veil Between Worlds is Plexiglass" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3316-the-veil-between-worlds-is-plexiglass.html.

#DefendTheForest #Zinestagram #Abolitionism #FreeThemAll #PoliticalPrisoners #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

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."

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.

Learn more and find copies of "The Veil Between Worlds is Plexiglass" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3316-the-veil-between-worlds-is-plexiglass.html.

#DefendTheForest #Zinestagram #Abolitionism #FreeThemAll #PoliticalPrisoners #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

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.

Use promo code YIKES to save 10% when you purchase your copy at https://firestorm.coop/products/22042-model-home.html.

#BookClub #QueerHorror #QueerBookstore #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (-Esmé)

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)

Whether or not you made it to last week's reading group kick off, we hope you'll join us tomorrow to discuss the first section of Rebecca Solnit's "A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster." We'll be talking about the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 (pages 13-72) in the context of our own experiences with Hurricane Helene. This is also a cool section because it includes the origin story of the Catholic Worker Movement, a radical faith movement that inspired BeLoved Asheville!

Copies of "A Paradise Built in Hell" are available at Firestorm with a discount, or at no cost for participants in financial distress. We'll also be continuing to provide childcare for kids five and up, so please let us know the names and ages of the young folks you're bringing!

Full event details and schedule can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3290-beholden-to-each-other-a-disaster-reading-group.html

#HurricaneHelene #AparadiseBuiltInHell #DisasterCapitalism #MutualAid #FeministBookstore #CatholicWorker #ChristianAnarchism #FirestormCoop (- L)

Whether or not you made it to last week's reading group kick off, we hope you'll join us tomorrow to discuss the first section of Rebecca Solnit's "A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster." We'll be talking about the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 (pages 13-72) in the context of our own experiences with Hurricane Helene. This is also a cool section because it includes the origin story of the Catholic Worker Movement, a radical faith movement that inspired BeLoved Asheville!

Copies of "A Paradise Built in Hell" are available at Firestorm with a discount, or at no cost for participants in financial distress. We'll also be continuing to provide childcare for kids five and up, so please let us know the names and ages of the young folks you're bringing!

Full event details and schedule can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3290-beholden-to-each-other-a-disaster-reading-group.html

#HurricaneHelene #AparadiseBuiltInHell #DisasterCapitalism #MutualAid #FeministBookstore #CatholicWorker #ChristianAnarchism #FirestormCoop (- L)

Whether or not you made it to last week's reading group kick off, we hope you'll join us tomorrow to discuss the first section of Rebecca Solnit's "A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster." We'll be talking about the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 (pages 13-72) in the context of our own experiences with Hurricane Helene. This is also a cool section because it includes the origin story of the Catholic Worker Movement, a radical faith movement that inspired BeLoved Asheville!

Copies of "A Paradise Built in Hell" are available at Firestorm with a discount, or at no cost for participants in financial distress. We'll also be continuing to provide childcare for kids five and up, so please let us know the names and ages of the young folks you're bringing!

Full event details and schedule can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3290-beholden-to-each-other-a-disaster-reading-group.html

#HurricaneHelene #AparadiseBuiltInHell #DisasterCapitalism #MutualAid #FeministBookstore #CatholicWorker #ChristianAnarchism #FirestormCoop (- L)

Whether or not you made it to last week's reading group kick off, we hope you'll join us tomorrow to discuss the first section of Rebecca Solnit's "A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster." We'll be talking about the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 (pages 13-72) in the context of our own experiences with Hurricane Helene. This is also a cool section because it includes the origin story of the Catholic Worker Movement, a radical faith movement that inspired BeLoved Asheville!

Copies of "A Paradise Built in Hell" are available at Firestorm with a discount, or at no cost for participants in financial distress. We'll also be continuing to provide childcare for kids five and up, so please let us know the names and ages of the young folks you're bringing!

Full event details and schedule can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3290-beholden-to-each-other-a-disaster-reading-group.html

#HurricaneHelene #AparadiseBuiltInHell #DisasterCapitalism #MutualAid #FeministBookstore #CatholicWorker #ChristianAnarchism #FirestormCoop (- L)

Whether or not you made it to last week's reading group kick off, we hope you'll join us tomorrow to discuss the first section of Rebecca Solnit's "A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster." We'll be talking about the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 (pages 13-72) in the context of our own experiences with Hurricane Helene. This is also a cool section because it includes the origin story of the Catholic Worker Movement, a radical faith movement that inspired BeLoved Asheville!

Copies of "A Paradise Built in Hell" are available at Firestorm with a discount, or at no cost for participants in financial distress. We'll also be continuing to provide childcare for kids five and up, so please let us know the names and ages of the young folks you're bringing!

Full event details and schedule can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3290-beholden-to-each-other-a-disaster-reading-group.html

#HurricaneHelene #AparadiseBuiltInHell #DisasterCapitalism #MutualAid #FeministBookstore #CatholicWorker #ChristianAnarchism #FirestormCoop (- L)

We're less than two weeks away from the next Rattling the Cages virtual event! Join us on Saturday, November 9th for a conversation between series co-creator Eric King and former political prisoners Jason and Jeremy Hammond. They'll be discussing their experiences as antifascists, the differences between state and federal prisons, and adjusting to life after incarceration.

Learn more about about this event and sign up for free at https://firestorm.coop/events/3278-rattling-the-cages-until-all-are-free.html. Not sure if you can make it? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to stream at your convenience.

#Abolition #PrisonAbolition #MassIncarceration #Hacktivism #PrisonIndustrialComplex #FeministBookstore #FreeHammond #JeremyHammond #Lulzsec #FirestormCoop (- L)

No job, can't drink the water, and there's a tree on your roof? Rent is still due!? These landlords are off their gourds! 🤯

On Saturday, we're inviting you to carve a pumpkin, connect with neighbors, and raise much needed money for disaster rent relief. For this event, Firestorm is partnering with the folks at Grace Covenant to direct funds to some of our most vulnerable neighbors. (Sure, the anarchists and the church folks teaming up for a Halloween event sounds like the setup to a joke, but we've seen the great work they're doing and we've got a long history of collaborating with people who are into the version of Jesus that loved sex workers and flipped tables.)

Carving tools and hot apple cider will be provided to all participants and no one will be turned away for lack of funds! If you're feeling laid-back, we'll have some jack-o'-lantern templates for you to try on. If you're feeling ambitious, join the competition for the best gourd and maybe you'll walk away with a $100 gift card to our bookshop! 🎃

Tell your friends! Costumes encouraged! Full event details can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3289-these-landlords-are-off-their-gourds-pumpkin-carving-benefit.html

#RentRelief #HousingIsAHumanRight #PumpkinCarvingContest #PumpkinCarvingParty #HalloweenParty #HurricaneHeleneRelief #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

From Appalachia to Palestine, resisting State violence is an act of embodied self-determination. Living through climate disaster, the rise of fascism, and genocide, we need to know how to sprint and how to marathon within our fights for land and liberation.

On Saturday, November 2nd, Firestorm is excited to host author Eliana Rubin for an in-person conversation and workshop based on their recently published book, "Taking the State Out of the Body: A Guide to Embodied Resistance to Zionism." This event will be co-sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace Asheville, with a suggested donation of $0-25 (no one turned away for lack of funds).

Learn more at https://firestorm.coop/events/3268-taking-the-state-out-of-the-body-book-talk-workshop.html.

#FreePalestine #Antifascism #Somatics #ClimateChange #QueerSouth #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

We're less than two weeks out from the Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair, taking place June 28-30! 🏴📚

This fifth year of bookfair continues the tradition of bringing together an amazing community of radical theorists and committed revolutionaries. The keynote will be delivered by none other than former Black Panther Ashanti Alston, whose fierce dedication to anarchism, abolitionism, and feminism guided influential work with Critical Resistance, the Institute for Anarchist Studies, and the Jericho Movement.

In total, organizers packed more than two dozen provocative presentations and workshops into this unforgettable weekend alongside indie publishers, DIY distros, movement artists, music, and social space.

For the complete list of sessions taking place at our bookstore head to https://firestorm.coop/events/3207-another-carolina-anarchist-bookfair.html.

#AnarchistBookfair #MasksRequired #QueerSouth #Bookfair #FeministBookstore #ACABookfair #FirestormCoop (- L)

We're less than two weeks out from the Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair, taking place June 28-30! 🏴📚

This fifth year of bookfair continues the tradition of bringing together an amazing community of radical theorists and committed revolutionaries. The keynote will be delivered by none other than former Black Panther Ashanti Alston, whose fierce dedication to anarchism, abolitionism, and feminism guided influential work with Critical Resistance, the Institute for Anarchist Studies, and the Jericho Movement.

In total, organizers packed more than two dozen provocative presentations and workshops into this unforgettable weekend alongside indie publishers, DIY distros, movement artists, music, and social space.

For the complete list of sessions taking place at our bookstore head to https://firestorm.coop/events/3207-another-carolina-anarchist-bookfair.html.

#AnarchistBookfair #MasksRequired #QueerSouth #Bookfair #FeministBookstore #ACABookfair #FirestormCoop (- L)

We're less than two weeks out from the Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair, taking place June 28-30! 🏴📚

This fifth year of bookfair continues the tradition of bringing together an amazing community of radical theorists and committed revolutionaries. The keynote will be delivered by none other than former Black Panther Ashanti Alston, whose fierce dedication to anarchism, abolitionism, and feminism guided influential work with Critical Resistance, the Institute for Anarchist Studies, and the Jericho Movement.

In total, organizers packed more than two dozen provocative presentations and workshops into this unforgettable weekend alongside indie publishers, DIY distros, movement artists, music, and social space.

For the complete list of sessions taking place at our bookstore head to https://firestorm.coop/events/3207-another-carolina-anarchist-bookfair.html.

#AnarchistBookfair #MasksRequired #QueerSouth #Bookfair #FeministBookstore #ACABookfair #FirestormCoop (- L)

We're less than two weeks out from the Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair, taking place June 28-30! 🏴📚

This fifth year of bookfair continues the tradition of bringing together an amazing community of radical theorists and committed revolutionaries. The keynote will be delivered by none other than former Black Panther Ashanti Alston, whose fierce dedication to anarchism, abolitionism, and feminism guided influential work with Critical Resistance, the Institute for Anarchist Studies, and the Jericho Movement.

In total, organizers packed more than two dozen provocative presentations and workshops into this unforgettable weekend alongside indie publishers, DIY distros, movement artists, music, and social space.

For the complete list of sessions taking place at our bookstore head to https://firestorm.coop/events/3207-another-carolina-anarchist-bookfair.html.

#AnarchistBookfair #MasksRequired #QueerSouth #Bookfair #FeministBookstore #ACABookfair #FirestormCoop (- L)

We're less than two weeks out from the Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair, taking place June 28-30! 🏴📚

This fifth year of bookfair continues the tradition of bringing together an amazing community of radical theorists and committed revolutionaries. The keynote will be delivered by none other than former Black Panther Ashanti Alston, whose fierce dedication to anarchism, abolitionism, and feminism guided influential work with Critical Resistance, the Institute for Anarchist Studies, and the Jericho Movement.

In total, organizers packed more than two dozen provocative presentations and workshops into this unforgettable weekend alongside indie publishers, DIY distros, movement artists, music, and social space.

For the complete list of sessions taking place at our bookstore head to https://firestorm.coop/events/3207-another-carolina-anarchist-bookfair.html.

#AnarchistBookfair #MasksRequired #QueerSouth #Bookfair #FeministBookstore #ACABookfair #FirestormCoop (- L)

“With care, passion, honesty, and insightfulness, 'Trauma, Tresses & Truth' takes readers on a beautiful journey... Each chapter in this thought-provoking and at times heartbreaking collection invites the reader to learn and unlearn about Blackness, white supremacy, class, and surveillance.”—Treva B. Lindsey, PhD, author of "America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice"

On Sunday, April 7th, we're excited to host Lyzette Wanzer, editor of "Trauma, Tresses & Truth," for a conversation with Valerie Carpenter and Barbara Ruth Saunders. Together they'll discuss the politics, policing, and perception of Black and Afro Latina women's natural hair in schools, academia, and corporate America!

Register for this free event, and grab a copy of the book at https://firestorm.coop/events/3164-trauma-tresses-truth.html (link in bio). Not sure if you can make the event? Sign up anyway and you'll receive a link to the recorded conversation when we post it!

#NaturalHair #NaturalHairCommunity #CrownAct #FeministBookstore #TraumaTressesTruth #FirestormCoop (- L)

"When I speak of liberation, it is not to foment yet another social justice project, it is an inclusive and fervent agitation against domination and exploitation of existence, for the liberation of Mother Earth is liberation of all existence."—Klee Benally

We're excited to have copies of "No Spiritual Surrender: Indigenous Anarchy in Defense of the Sacred," an essay collection by Diné artist and Indigenous Action Media founder Klee Benally. Grounded in his experiences as an agitator and media maker, informed by family histories and cultural teachings, Benally offers a searing rebuke to settler colonialism, including its progressive and Left-wing manifestations. This is a wide-ranging volume that beautifully weaves together movement history, memoir, hard-won lessons, and (anti-)political provocations!

We encourage you to find "No Spiritual Surrender" on our website at https://firestorm.coop/products/20830-no-spiritual-surrender.html.

#IndigenousAuthors #IndigenousBooks #DefendTheSacred #Anticolonialism #IndigenousAnarchism #Bookstagram #FeministBookstore #KleeBenally #FirestormCoop (- L)