The PM Press Tabling Tornados are bringing the noise to these upcoming book festivals, conferences, radical gatherings, punk fests, and more. Look up these events and support their work! Come find our tables and say hello. Follow us on Twitter & Instagram to learn more.

• Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market in Trenton, NY on April 6 and 7

• Left Coast Crime 2024 in Seattle, WA on April 11 to 14

• Salem’s Black Mold Market in Salem, MA on April 13

• Philly Punk Rock Flea Market in Philadelphia, PA on April 13 and 14

• Labor Notes in Chicago, IL from April 19 to 21

• Los Angeles Times Festival of Books in Los Angeles, CA on April 20 and 21

• Reno Punk Rock Flea Market in Reno, NV on April 20 and 21

• Madison Print & Resist in Madison, WI on April 22

• Upstate Anarchist Book Fair (UABF) in Binghamton, NY on May 4 and 5

• Decatur Children’s Book Festival in Decatur, GA on May 4 and 5

• Kitsap Anarchist Book Fair in Bremerton, WA on May 4

• Punk in the Park in San Francisco, CA on May 4

• Seattle Art Book Fair in Seattle, WA on May 11 and 12

• Vancouver Comics Arts Festival in Vancouver, BC on May 18 and 19

• Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas, NV on May 26 to 29

• Montreal Anarchist Book Fair in Montreal, QC on May 24 and 25

• Hudson Valley Pride Family Picnic in Kingston, NY on June 1

• Do Division Street Fest in Chicago, IL on May 30 and 31

• Ithaca Fest in Ithaca, NY from May 30 to June 2

• Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley, CA on June 2

• Midwest Renewable Energy Association – Energy Fair in Custer, WI from June 21 to 24

• Seattle Pride in Seattle, WA on June 30

• Another Carolina Anarchist Book Fair (ACAB) in Asheville, NC on June 28 to 30

• Mosswood Meltdown in Oakland, CA on July 6 and 7

• Bellingham Pride in Bellingham, WA on July 8 and 9

• Readercon in Boston, MA from July 11 to 14

• Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival in Ithaca, NY from July 18 to 21

• NOFX Punk in Drublic Last Shows Tour in Denver, CO on July 20 and 21

• Vancouver Art Book Fair in Vancouver, BC on July 26 and 27

• Rebellion Punk Fest in Blackpool, UK from August 1 to 4

• And many more… so stay tuned!
  

Join Moe Bowstern and Mic Crenshaw, coauthors of It Did Happen Here: An Antifascist People’s History, on a Southeast U.S. speaking tour from April 29th to May 11th.

Learn more about the events here and join us!

The First Ever Upstate Anarchist Book Fair!

The PM Press Warehouse at 21 Emma Street in Binghamton, NY will be hosting the First Annual Upstate Anarchist Book Fair & Warehouse Sale on May 4th and 5th, 2024 from 12noon to 6pm each day.

See all the vendors, speakers, and more here.

PM Press authors speaking include Jonathan Lethem, author of the new Outspoken Authors Series book The Collapsing Frontier, Katie Tastrom, author of A People’s Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice, David Van Deusen, author of Insurgent Labor: The Vermont AFL-CIO 2017–2023, Charlie Allison, author of No Harmless Power: The Life and Times of the Ukrainian Anarchist Nestor Makhno, and many others.

In celebration of International Workers’ Day, the two-day fair will feature book/zine vendors, a warehouse sale, community organizations, two full days of panels, live music from the loading dock, and much more. All are welcome to join us in creating community, sharing skills and passions, and debating the best way to overthrow the (patriarchal, racist, cis het) capitalist system.

The book fair is an opportunity not only to sell and promote but to create community. You don’t need to identify as an anarchist to attend or participate in the book fair!

Join Katie Tastrom to launch A People’s Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice on Friday, May 9th in Syracuse, NY.

Katie Tastrom is a disability justice activist and writer who has worked as a lawyer, social worker, and sex worker. Her work has appeared in the anthologies Burn It Down: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution and Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest, and Mutual Aid, as well as all over the internet including: Truthout, Rewire, and Rooted in Rights. She resides in Syracuse, NY.

Disability justice and prison abolition are two increasingly popular theories that overlap but whose intersection has rarely been explored in depth.

A People’s Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice explains the history and theories behind abolition and disability justice in a way that is easy to understand for those new to these concepts yet also gives insights that will be useful to seasoned activists. The book uses extensive research and professional and lived experience to illuminate the way the State uses disability and its power to disable to incarcerate multiply marginalized disabled people, especially those who are queer, trans, Black, or Indigenous.

Because disabled people are much more likely than nondisabled people to be locked up in prisons, jails, and other sites of incarceration, abolitionists, and others critical of carceral systems must incorporate a disability justice perspective into our work. A People’s Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice gives personal and policy examples of how and why disabled people are disproportionately caught up in the carceral net, and how we can use this information to work toward prison and police abolition more effectively. This book includes practical tools and strategies that will be useful for anyone who cares about disability justice or abolition and explains why we can’t have one without the other.

PETER COLE on Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly

THURSDAY, MAY 16th
WOODEN SHOE BOOKS
7pm at 704 South Street Philadelphia, PA
woodenshoebooks.com

Ben Fletcher – Mural Unveiling and Celebration

Saturday, May 18th in Philadelphia, PA at 301 S Columbus Blvd from 2pm to 4pm.

Join us and learn more in Peter Cole’s Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly.