free digital resource library

We believe in making information accessible and breaking down paywalls (including the paywall of university tuition). To that end, we are continually adding to our collection of more than 500 digital books, essays, links, lectures, recordings, etc. Most are in .pdf form, but for those in .epub format you may need e-reader software (we recommend calibre).

Feel free to browse and imagine yourself wandering through the aisles of our library. Maybe you’ll find something you want to gather some friends around in a book club. Or maybe you’ll see something you’re eager to discuss with us! Please email us at flatbushcommons@gmail.com if you’re inspired to host or be part of a study group. We would love to collaborate.

If you have any digital resources you don’t see listed below and would like to see on our virtual shelves, feel free to share them with us via email!

Library Sections

Arts/Literature

History/Biography/Journalism

Theory/Social Science

Practice(s)

Recommended Shelf

here you’ll find books we’ve featured on our book of the day or elsewhere:

Awad, Sumaya & bean, brian, eds. - Palestine: A Socialist Introduction

Brown, Adrienne Maree - Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

D’Alisa, Giacamo, et al - Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era

Davis, Angela - Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Estes, Nick - Our History is the Future

Federici, Silvia - Reenchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons

Freire, Paulo & Horton, Myles - We Make the Road By Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change

Graeber, David - The Democracy Project: A History, A Crisis, A Movement

Heller, Chaia - The Ecology of Everyday Life

Kimmerer, Robin Wall - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Kothari, Ashish, et al - Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary

Malm, Andreas- How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Moten, Fred - The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study

Raekstad, Paul; Gradin, Sofa Saio - Prefigurative Politics: Building Tomorrow Today

Walia, Harsha - Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism