Red Emma’s

@redemmas.org

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Worker-owned radical bookstore and cafe in Baltimore, the greatest city in America

Post text over a picture of the algae filled dc reflecting pool
A mosaic of book covers, with the text "250 Books on Why America is a Problem"
Emma Goldman’s mugshot
Psychic militancy is a daily political practice.
A movie poster for Robert Kramer’s 1970 film ICE, depicting a large fist smashing out of the Capitol, with the text “we must negate the present in all its forms and build the future”
a stack of adorable little pink books that say "a little gay history of maryland"
Covers of dozens of books exploring America's long legacy of racism, genocide, imperialism, and dispossession.
book launch! A GAY LITTLE HISTORY OF MARYLAND Join historian BEN EGERMAN as he launches the omnibus edtion of his first six gay little history zines, in conversation with RAHNE ALEXANDER. June 25 Red Emma’s 3128 Greenmount 7PM FREE
A picture of Martin Sostre in an old publication, with the text: "Although to some the struggle of a Black high school drop-out acting as his own attorney against the massive coercive power of this State may seem like a futile struggle, there is no doubt in my mind of the ultimate defeat of my oppressors. I am like the brave and resolute people in Vietnam who are also struggling against the common oppressor. As a matter of fact, I consider myself a Black Viet Cong. Black Power!" - Martin Sostre
a book with a stark woodcut illustration of people in positions of authority and power with black faces standing above a suffering black person in the foreground, photographed with a bookstore in the background. "The Overseer Class: A Manifesto" by Steven W. Thrasher
A flier in a stand in a cafe listing our events for the week, which can be seen at https://redemmas.org/events
The words “worker owned” painted on brick, as part of the large sign across the exterior of our bookstore
A chalkboard with magnets representing free drinks and meals
A boldly printed sign reading “independent bookstores fight fascism” stapled to a sandwich board
A yellow zine with bold text reading "Assorted Notes on Black Music/Lawrence Burney", photographed in front of bookstore shelves.
A stack of “the edge of space time” by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
a stack of books titled "Here where we live is our country: the story of the jewish bund"
A really nice looking green cocktail on a windowsill, with a bottle labeled “fascist tears”
The car salesman slapping the hood meme, with a giant "books of earthsea" and a speech element that says "you can fit so much earthsea in this baby"
A risograph spitting out pages that say "TEAL" in a big font, printed in teal ink.
A reader in a crowded cafe
The worker described detainees packed so tightly "you can't lay in that cell with 50 people unless you were touching someone from your head to your toes to your arms," with only 10-15 floor mats for 50 people. "People slept on the floor. We have bugs in there and they slept on the floor. The cold floor," the worker said, comparing the scenes to "pictures that I saw in elementary school of how they brought the slaves from Africa."
A poster hanging in a bookstore. The design is a modern reinterpretation of a tarot card, with a person pierced by ten swords doomscrolling their phone. The text reads “everything is fine”
People marching through a downtown street
A white travel mug in front of a bookstore, with a graphic that reads "Red Emma's/20 years" and features some anthropomorphic cats doing some protesting, organizing, and drinking coffee
Oat milk being poured into a coffee
a poster that says "free free palestine"
“I first experienced Baltimore Free School through the No Name Book Club and instantly fell in love. The space felt so aligned that I knew I wanted to keep coming back and eventually host my own book clubs there.”
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