Red Books Day celebrates left books, their authors, and the people’s movements they ushered forward on 21 February 1848, the day Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published The Communist Manifesto.
The day, however, is not just a celebration of the publication of the Manifesto, but a time to stand in solidarity with the comrades across the world who have been facing attacks from the right-wing.
Red Books Day Calendar 2025
International Union of Left Publishers launches the Red Books Day 2025 Calendar!
This year, the International Union of Left Publishers and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research decided to celebrate this date throughout the year by launching a poster inspired by a Red Book on the 21st of every month.
We have combined the 12 artworks from 12 international artists into the Red Books Day 2025 Calendar. You can purchase a printed copy from the following publishers:
- Naked Punch - Lahore/Pakistan
- Mirjan Kari - Jakarta/Indonesia
- 1804 - New York City/USA
- LeftWord Books - Delhi/India
- Kriya Madhyama - Karnataka/India
- Založba /*cf. - Ljubljana/Slovenia
- Nava Telangana - Telangana/India
- Prajasakti - Andhra Pradesh/India
- Chintha Books - Kerala/India
- Expressão Popular - São Paulo/Brazil
- La Trocha - Santiago/Chile
- Inkani Books - Johannesburg/South Africa
- Radical Books - Barcelona/Catalunya