Our Roots

Making Worlds is a new generation bookstore for the times we live in and for the collective futures we desire. We are a nonprofit cooperative project sustained in partnership with Common Notions book publisher.

By distributing literature, and centering political education and exchange, we aim to strengthen our collective determination to make worlds of liberation possible.

As a bookstore, we also aim to be a cultural programming space that brings collective knowledge, skills, and visions into our communities through dialogue, conversations, education, and reflection.

The mission of the social center at Making Worlds is to promote learning from each other and the intersecting histories and futures of community organizing and movement building of Indigenous, Black, and Brown people and others resisting oppression worldwide.

Our Books

Our collection of books is inspired by our mission to promote sustainable and visionary movements for autonomy and self-determination; and linked to the publishing programs of our founding publisher Common Notions as well as a number of other independent political presses in the US and abroad.

We endeavor to be a physical as well as online resource for people to access literature and build community. We encourage you to purchase a gift certificate and enjoy personalized support from our Books Collective for all your book ordering needs.

You can also visit our online store as well and consider joining our monthly sustainers program to support our ongoing work.