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Utopia Book Club, No. 3: Everything for Everyone
July 21, 2026 at Local Economy in Oakland, CA
Local Economy, Oakland, California
Tracy Clark Flory and Sarah Rich lead a discussion about Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune 2052-2072.
This work of speculative fiction by M.E. O'Brien and Eman Abdelhadi is a look back at the end of capitalism from the perspective of the commune that helped force a new social order in the ashes of systemic collapse.
"Nurses, sex workers, antifascist militants, and survivors of all stripes recall the collapse of life as they knew it and the emergence of a collective alternative," they write. "Their stories, delivered in deeply human fashion, together outline how ordinary people's efforts to survive in the face of crisis contain the seeds of a new world.
A post-apocalyptic book that's as thrilling as it is depressing for us stuck here in the past. Get your copies from East Bay Booksellers!
Date:
July 21, 2026
Time:
6:00 PM
7:30 PM
Event website: https://luma.com/feihg2oc
Event type:
Community
Originally posted to:
Rockridge District Association Events Calendar
Published: Jun 26, 2026 3:47 PM
Local Economy is a small, flexible community space on the College Avenue stretch of Rockridge, a few doors from East Bay Booksellers. It looks and feels like a bright neighborhood storefront set up for people to gather rather than a traditional venue. Inside, most things are organized around a long central table where talks, workshops, book clubs and game sessions all happen in close quarters. more...
