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Little Read Books

A revolutionary socialist political education collective getting radical ideas to the masses through free books, reading groups, screenings, and lots more.

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Little Read Books provides community-facing anti-capitalist program at no cost to attendees. The cost of a single book ranges between $7 and $20, b... Read more

Starts at
$1 USD

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Little Read Cooks

Donations will be used to support our cooking/distro project where we acquire recovered food that grocery stores would have otherwise sent to a lan... Read more

$0.00 USD of $50 USD / month raised (0%)

$10 USD / month

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Making a recurring contribution will help us plan our programming months in advance and allows us to be strategic about the best way to allocate mo... Read more

$164 USD of $750 USD / month raised (22%)

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$1 USD / month

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Events

Little Read Books is hosting the following events.

Past event
05:00 PM UTC
On Saturday, January 9, 2021, we are opening up a free book store in Denver, to be open on Saturd...Read more
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06:00 PM-10:00 PM UTC
Our weekly free book stand at the Colorado State Capitol on the southwest corner of Grant & Colfa...Read more
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06:00 PM-10:00 PM UTC
Our weekly free book stand at the Colorado State Capitol on the southwest corner of Grant & Colfa...Read more
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06:00 PM-10:00 PM UTC
Our weekly free book stand at the Colorado State Capitol on the southwest corner of Grant & Colfa...Read more
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05:00 PM-11:00 PM UTC
Our weekly free book stand at the Colorado State Capitol on the southwest corner of Grant & Colfa...Read more
Past event
05:00 PM-11:00 PM UTC
our weekly free book stand at the co state capitol on grant & colfax. books, food, and water will...Read more
Past event
05:00 PM-11:30 PM UTC
our weekly free book stand at the CO state capitol on the corner of grant & colfax! we'll have fr...Read more
Past event
05:00 PM-11:30 PM UTC
our weekly free book stand at the co state capitol on grant&colfax.

Top financial contributors

Individuals

1
incognito

$1,570 USD since Sep 2022

2
LOIS WALTON

$1,200 USD since Nov 2020

3
incognito

$950 USD since Jan 2021

4
Carlo

$900 USD since Jun 2023

5
spencer phillip

$691 USD since Mar 2022

6
Grayson

$580 USD since Jul 2021

7
Incognito

$575 USD since Dec 2020

8
Jeffery C Delaney

$500 USD since Dec 2020

9
Lizi Oceransky

$500 USD since Jan 2021

10
N/A

$500 USD since Apr 2021

Organizations

1
Bookshop LLC

$9,417.03 USD since Apr 2021

2
City and County of Denver

$3,000 USD since Dec 2023

3
Community Donations (via cash/Venmo)

$1,236.94 USD since Jun 2021

4
Stain’d Arts

$293.45 USD since May 2021

5
Libro.fm

$104.76 USD since Jan 2023

6
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

$15 USD since May 2021

7
Benevity

$15 USD since Mar 2023

8
Open Collective Foundation

$1.13 USD since Oct 2024

Little Read Books is all of us

Our contributors 108

Thank you for supporting Little Read Books.

Eris

Admin

Bookshop LLC

$9,417 USD

incognito

monthly sustainers - ongoin...

$1,570 USD

Community Don...

one-time donation

$1,237 USD

LOIS WALTON

$1,200 USD

incognito

monthly sustainers - ongoin...

$950 USD

Carlo

monthly sustainers - ongoin...

$900 USD

spencer phillip

one-time donation

$691 USD

Grayson

monthly sustainers - ongoin...

$580 USD

Incognito

monthly sustainers - ongoin...

$575 USD

Be united, alert, earnest and lively. <3

Budget


Transparent and open finances.

printer ink

from spencer phillip to Little Read Books
-$32.63 USD
Pending
Reimbursement #228230
-$30.00 USD
Approved
Reimbursement #227318
Contribution #804060
$
Today’s balance

$19.12 USD

Total income

$28,826.82 USD

Total disbursed

$28,807.70 USD

Estimated annual budget

$5,508.83 USD

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News from Little Read Books

Updates on our activities and progress.

2023 Year End Update

2023 LRB Summation Hello! And welcome to our year in review <3 We are excited to share our 2023 reflections and summation with you; Little Read Books has accomplished so much this year and we are all really excited to be in a strong posi...
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Published on December 20, 2023 by spencer phillip

2022 wrap up + news + 2023 outlook

2022 has been an exciting year for Little Read Books. After a turbulent but rewarding 2021, we started the year with a new radical speculative/science fiction reading group and have since established a fairly regular schedule of organizing...
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Published on December 20, 2022 by huey vo

Update #3: Store closed, first newsletter released!

This update was published in the first ever LRB newsletter, released on July 10th,...
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Published on July 14, 2021 by huey vo

About


Little Read Books is:
  • Providing a space for left politics of all stripes and work with organizations that are fighting to transform our world. We have no owners, bosses, or profit motive, and are committed to building a just world where all may live free of oppression and exploitation.
  • looking for more volunteers to run the book stand, help prepare free food, and to help with administration, workshop/class planning, and bike and camping equipment repair. Fill out our volunteer interest form here!
  • raising funds for rent, books, supplies and other operating expenses - please consider donating on our Open Collective page or @littlereadbooks on venmo!
  • on Bookshop.org - now you can support Little Read Books by buying new books at this link: bookshop.org/shop/littlereadbooks! We get 30% of all purchases made through our shop (any book, even ones found by searching), so keep that link bookmarked and support your local, volunteer-run free book collective when you buy books for yourself!

Our team

Eris

Admin