Left Bank Books Collective

Bimonthly Writer's Meetup at Left Bank
Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month.

Starting at 7:30 and going until 10.

Less of an open mic than a collaborative process,
including games, critique, readings, study, discussions, etc.
psychic experiments, etc.

Bring something you wrote,
to read or share, or something else,
bring something you're serious about!

Seattle Running Down the Walls 5K 2026
9/19 @ Genesee Park
Meet up at Shelter #1; route is along a level gravel path with some slopes.
5K starts at 2pm, hang out until around 6pm.
All proceeds to ABCF Warchest Program – a fund designed to assist political prisoners who normally receive little or no financial support with monthly checks.

From the Anarchist Black Cross Federation website:

This is a non-competitive 5K run/jog/walk/roll to raise awareness and funds for political prisoners. Over the years, we have raised thousands of dollars and lots of awareness around the struggle to free political prisoners.

An important component of Running Down the Walls is the solidarity runs that take place throughout numerous cities. Solidarity runs that are held in our communities are designed to illustrate, through several small collective actions, that we have not forgotten our comrades locked up behind prison walls. Runs that are held in prisons are designed to both politicize other prisoners and to illustrate that the acts of solidarity have been heard.

We must collectively raise our voices in support of those held behind the prison walls.
We must let them know that we are here for them until they are free.
We must Run Down the Walls!

GET INVOLVED
People can join Running Down the Walls in the following ways:
•Be a participant! - We are asking people or groups who are participating to collect as many sponsors as possible. Remember: the money received is going to help imprisoned comrades.
•Sponsor a participant - This can be done through a flat donation to the person of your choice.
•Donate to the Warchest - donation methods available on the ABCF website.

restock from Diskette Press in our 18+ box 💦🖤

a much awaited box from our good friends at Historical Seditions has hit the shelves this morning, q***r nihilist attack - $15 a pop

Folk/punk/oldtime show in the shop this Friday! Miriam Hacksaw Raggedy Adler

doors 7:30
music 8
masks required

new schedule for the MAST sessions happening at left bank.
Going forward MAST will be happening on the 2nd and 4th wednesdays of each month.
Doors will be open at 7:30, and the sessions start at 8.
K/N95 masks are required and provided.

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you are all invited to join us for a book event at the shop (92 pike st) for the recently released book, scapegoat: what the invasive species story gets wrong w author clare follmann on saturday, june 6 at 7:30pm:) scapegoat examines the intersection of capitalism and conservation policy through the lens of invasive species management. more info and book description below:

access info:
high filtration masks are required for this event and we'll also have some extras for those who need them! the lowest level of the shop, where the event will be held, is wheelchair accessible but the rest of the store is not. we'll have keys to a tenant bathroom on hand, which is up a flight of stairs/elevator and can be tight for some wheelchair users but there are more accessible bathrooms nearby that we can point people to.

book description:
A caste of plants and animals, vilified as "invasive species," are held up as a primary driver of habitat degradation, to be eradicated at any cost---an ethically questionable and often futile approach. But what is really driving the degradation of habitat? Recent developments in the study of ecology complicate this prevailing narrative. While some invasive species can cause great environmental damage, intervention efforts have frequently proved more harmful than helpful to their local ecosystems. Yet this outdated narrative persists in both public belief and conservation policy, distracting from and often even justifying a far greater threat to biodiversity: the global capitalist system that is destroying our planet.

Drawing on environmental science and semiotics, Scapegoat recounts how the use of biased rhetoric and inaccessible language has created support for a popular but misleading war of “native” against “invasive” that does nothing to address the root causes of biodiversity loss. Clare Follmann challenges the perceived wisdom on invasive species, posing moral and political questions that rethink our relationship with nature and each other in a rapidly changing world.

On the first and third wednesday of every month, there is a writers meetup at left bank books. It starts at 7:30 and goes until about 10pm. Less of an open mic than a collaborative process, including games, critique, readings, study, discussions, etc. psychic experiments, etc.

bring something new you wrote, to read or share, or something else, bring something you're serious about.

As usual we’re closed for May Day. Enjoy the day and all it’s possibilities.

Wow!! So many new arrivals on the shelves today, all waiting for a new home.