An update from PM Press: Now more than ever, radical ideas and politics matter Dear Friends of PM Press, These are exceptionally uncertain times. We don’t know what the months ahead will hold. But we’re in this together for the long haul. It is especially within such dark times, when so much is at stake and the forces of power are shifting rapidly, that we fall back on some eternal and time-tested truths. Radical ideas and politics matter. We need to engage in acts of solidarity and mutual aid. We need to sustain the sources of vital information – alternative media and radical publishing – in order to help shape what sort of society we’ll be living in coming out of this crisis. The book industry has taken a good kicking. Many public spaces where we typically encounter and grapple with such ideas—bookstores, libraries, schools and universities, bars, cafes, clubs, conferences, and book fairs—have been or will be shut down. Now more than ever, mutual aid networks and communities on the front lines as well as local bookstores and independent publishers need our support and solidarity. Below is only a partial list of mutual aid resources and ways to support independent bookstores. Please share, contribute where you can, and send us new information. You'll also find selections from a new PM Press Blog series, All We Have Is Each Other, with resources, interviews, and articles challenging the dominant narratives of the crisis. We remain committed to publishing books and media to create a better world. Right now we’re offering 40% off all books, eBooks, DVDs, and CDs at pmpress.org with coupon code SOLIDARITY. When you purchase a print book, you get the eBook for free. Help us continue to amplify the vital voices of our authors, artists, and activists. Let's read more books and demand the impossible. Stay safe and hopeful, and take care of each other. Yours in love, rage, struggle, and solidarity, PM Press PMPRESS.ORG ‌ ‌ ‌ #MutualAid by scott crow Don’t Look for the Helpers by Cory Doctorow ‘This is what health disparities look like in real life.’ by Adrian Shanker Lessons from the Spanish Influenza on Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley Coronoavirus and Democracy by Dr. Michael Fine Dr. Michael Fine’s daily updates on Coronavirus Reading The Plague in the Age of Social Distancing by Simone Zelitch Going Viral? Cartographies of panic and precaution in the age of precarity by Phil Cohen Dr. Rachel Levine, Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Health who is leading the state’s response to COVID-19 We’re On Our Own: Don’t Wait For The Ruling Elite (Web Exclusive) by Lee Camp Honest Government Ad | Coronavirus: Flatten The Curve: Video from The Juice Media Viral Solidarity: Song by David Rovics Read more from the Blog Collective Care Is Our Best Weapon Against COVID-19: Mutual Aid Resource List COVID-19 Emergency Tenant Protections Map by the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project Solidarity Not Charity: Mutual Aid & How to Organize in the Age of Coronavirus – Mariame Kaba and Dean Spade on Democracy Now! Mutual Aid Disaster Relief–When Every Community is Ground Zero: Pulling Each Other Through a Pandemic Collective Care from the Allied Media Project Surviving the Virus: An Anarchist Guide from Crimethinc People Are Fighting the Coronavirus With Mutual Aid Efforts to Help Each Other Guidelines from the CDC and WHO Order books from Bookshop which is raising money for indie bookstores How to support independent bookstores from LitHub, Publishers Weekly, Libro.fm, and Buzzfeed ABA’s COVID-19 Toolkit for Independent Booksellers Share these resources with your community. Send us resources ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ View as Webpage PM Press | PO Box 23912, Oakland, CA 94623 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by [email protected] in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today!