“Labor Unions are the leading force for democratization and progress.” —Noam Chomsky

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Kickstarter management has come under fire for union busting after terminating two employees involved in ongoing efforts to unionize under the name Kickstarter United. Kickstarter has been instrumental to many creators, including PM Press and our authors, providing a platform to fund important works with the mission of improving the world around us. We want to support Kickstarter workers and continue to utilize the platform to help amplify important voices and to continue to publish books about race, equality, women’s rights, education, and more. But their senior management has not yet recognized the union even though Kickstarter United is prepared to demonstrate that they have majority support. It is time to use OUR collective voice to support those who have supported us. Tell Kickstarter: Stop actively opposing unionization. Voluntarily recognize your workers’ demands to unionize. We urge you all to reach out to Kickstarter’s senior leadership, demanding that the union be recognized. [email protected] Tweet at them (@kickstarter) expressing your support for Kickstarter United (KSRU). #RecognizeKSRU Support those who support creators. For more on how to support Kickstarter United, click HERE.

In solidarity, select labor and solidarity titles are 40% off through 10/31.

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Solidarity Unionism: Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below, Second Edition Staughton Lynd Introduction by Immanuel Ness • Illustrated by Mike Konopacki “Solidarity Unionism is an essential text for all rank-and-file workers as well as labor activists. Beautifully succinct, it outlines how CIO unions grew into an ineffectual model for rank-and-file empowerment, and provides examples of how alternative labor organizations have flourished in the wake of this. Lynd illustrates to a new generation of workers that we do have alternatives, and his call for a qualitatively different kind of labor organization gives us an ideological and strategic framework that we can apply in our day-to-day struggles on the shop floor.” —Diane Krauthamer, Industrial Worker "If we apply a new measure of workers’ power that is deeply rooted in gatherings of workers and communities, the bleak and static perspective about the sorry state of labor today becomes bright and dynamic." Retail price: $14.95 Sale price: $8.97

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Labor Law for the Rank and Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law (2nd Edition) Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross A guerrilla legal handbook for workers in a precarious global economy. Blending cutting-edge legal strategies for winning justice at work with a theory of dramatic social change from below, Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross deliver a practical guide for making work better while re-invigorating the labor movement. Retail price: $12.00 Sale price: $8.00 Order now

New Forms of Worker Organization: The Syndicalist and Autonomist Restoration of Class Struggle Unionism Immanuel Ness Foreword by Staughton Lynd This book documents workers' struggles within an international scope. The tangible evidence here serves as a handbook for understanding the obstacles and opportunities for workers challenging neoliberal capitalism.  Retail price: $24.95 Sale price: $14.97 Order now

Accompanying: Pathways to Social Change Staughton Lynd  Accompanying distinguishes two strategies of social change, "organizing" and "accompaniment," and applies them to five social movements.  Retail price: $14.95 Sale price: $8.97 Order now

Strike!: Revised and Expanded Jeremy Brecher Strike! narrates the dramatic story of repeated, massive, and sometimes violent revolts by ordinary working people in America. It tells this exciting hidden history from the point of view of the rank-and-file workers. Retail price: $24.95 Sale price: $14.97 Order now

Organize!: Building from the Local for Global Justice Aziz Choudry, Jill Hanley & Eric Shragge  What are the ways forward for organizing for social change in an era of unprecedented economic, social, and ecological crises? How do political activists build power and critical analysis? Retail price: $24.95 Sale price: $14.97 Order now

Solidarity Unionism at Starbucks Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross • Illustrator: Tom Keough Combining history and theory Lynd and Gross make a compelling case for solidarity unionism as an effective approach to winning a voice on the job. Retail price: $4.95 Sale price: $2.97 Order now

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