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All the news from the misfits in print. 2027 Slingshots are Coming Soon! More than just a calendar and date book, the Slingshot includes space to write your phone numbers, a contact list of radical leftist groups around the globe, a menstrual calendar, info on police repression, and extra note pages to record all your important revolutionary ideas. These go FAST every year, so we wanted to give y'all a heads up that they'll be in stock soon! Radical. Now on Kickstarter: The Practical Witch's Almanac 2027- Secrets & Survival Embrace the cunning of your magickal, heretical, and radical forebears with The Practical Witch's Almanac 2027: Secrets & Survival, the next installment in this bestselling series. It’s potent protection magick for the modern era! Turn your panic into power. Thoughts on Prairieland On July 4, 2025, participants in an anti-ICE protest shot off fireworks and vandalized parked ICE vehicles. ICE called local cops.  Maybe you’ve been hearing for the last year about Daniel “Des” Sanchez Estrada, the fellow who was arrested after transporting two boxes of zines in his trunk in Texas. But hadn’t committed a crime. Check out the blog to see Joe's take on the Prairieland case, the new national focus on zines, and what you can do to help. July is Disablity Pride Month Observed in honor of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act in July of 1990, Disability Pride Month is all about celebrating the disabled community, fighting for our inclusion, and ending the stigma of being labeled disabled. Here's a reading list! This week on the podcast:  How do publishers bring books back into print? w/Jane Friedman Aw man, a book you love has gone out of print. But it’s not gone forever! There are many reasons publishers bring books back from the grave—suddenly hockey romance is popular, or an author becomes online famous, the world got into sourdough bread during the pandemic, or one of many, many other reasons. This week on the pod, Jane Friedman of The Bottom Line is back to talk to Joe and Elly about trendspotting, marketing, rights, and other things that go into consideration when a publisher might want to bring a book back into print! Catch the vlog here, or listen on your favorite podcast app here! $25 Pack: Zines That Might Get You Arrested in Texas Zines are powerful tools for spreading information, knowledge, and ideas across communities... which apparently scares this administration to death.  We pulled together a bundle of one of our zines included in the Prairieland evidence files, along with a few others we know the FBI probably would hate too. Plus, each purchase of this bundle will contribute at least $10 to our books to prisoners program! Check it out. In other news... Our buds at Nine Ten Publications (who we distribute <3) are Kickstarting their new book about Wild Dyes of the Pacific Northwest! Click here to see the project. Are you a store buyer? Check out our wholesale ordering info and our Edelweiss catalog!  Copyright © 2026 Microcosm Publishing & Distribution, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Microcosm Publishing & Distribution 2752 N Williams Ave Portland, OR 97227-1622