Month: April 2009
Posted on April 29th, 2009 in Happenings, May Day
Tomorrow is Mayday. For the past couple of weeks, we’ve been posting things related to the international workers’ day. This time around, we thought we’d share an excerpt from Peter […]
Posted on April 27th, 2009 in Happenings
Over the last decade or so, book fairs have become an increasingly important way for anarchists to distribute literature, socialize, and talk about politics and strategy. They are now happening […]
Posted on April 24th, 2009 in May Day
All of us at AK Press want to encourage you to take a moment this May Day to recall the sacrifices and victories of earlier generations of militants who fought […]
Posted on April 24th, 2009 in Happenings, May Day
In honor of May Day, producers of the award winning documentary Made in L.A. are making a nation-wide effort to share the film and put a human face on the […]
Posted on April 22nd, 2009 in Reviews of AK Books
We love it when people review AK books! The following review by Ron Jacobs first appeared in Counterpunch. We repost it here with permission. * * * A Review of […]
Posted on April 20th, 2009 in Happenings
Our good friends at the Alexander Berkman Social Club are organizing what is sure to be a great May Day picnic (details below). We hope to see you there!
Posted on April 17th, 2009 in About AK, Anarchist Publishers
Rob Ray’s recent blog post on Libcom about what he see’s as anarchist literature’s “failure to crack the mainstream” really resonated with me. In a nutshell, Rob says: a) anarchist […]
Posted on April 15th, 2009 in AK Authors!, Happenings, Reviews
Diego Camacho, best known as Abel Paz, died on Monday, April 13, 2009 in Barcelona. What follows is a translation of a note announcing the sad news by Manel Aisa, […]
Posted on April 14th, 2009 in AK Allies, Current Events
Franklin Rosemont, celebrated poet, artist, historian, street speaker, and surrealist activist, died Sunday, April 12 in Chicago. He was 65 years old. With his partner and comrade, Penelope Rosemont, and […]
Posted on April 13th, 2009 in AK Authors!, Happenings
We know you’re all anxiously awaiting the appearance of Josh MacPhee and Dara Greenwald’s incredible new compendium of movement art, Signs of Change (due out later this season). Hopefully some […]