Welcome to the Commons District :) We have under our collective care two freespaces in the Haight street area. The social logic of the freespaces is not that they are ‘free’, they have costs associated with them! These are liberatory spaces, where we are all responsible for taking care of them. They rely on financial patronage & donations, as well as active stewardship and participation to look after them and allow them to flourish. They are spaces for learning about the power of community both intellectually and through immersive experiences. These are spaces where we learn to be otherwise through our collective action and care. Read more of the theory behind this here. Donate or become a monthly patron here.

The Radical Reading Room (438 Haight St), is a reading room that is open to the public for free. It is hosted by volunteers. We curate the book selection (please be wary of people dumping books there) such that it centers around society and societal transformation, politics, economics, social movements and so on.