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Friday, March 19th, 2010The AK Press Oakland warehouse crew got a surprise workout yesterday when a truck arrived from our printer carrying five pallets of quality literature for you, dear readers. And so we offer you this photographic evidence of our truck-unloading prowess. We did it all for you—and with the help of some smooth pallet-jack maneuvers by [...]
A (Very Exciting) Day in the Life: AK Press Does Inventory
Monday, March 1st, 2010In case any of you dear readers were under the impression that AK Press is any sort of glamorous place, check out what we’ve been up to this weekend! Those of you who have worked retail are no doubt familiar with the tedious yet essential task of doing physical inventory. Well, this weekend, your intrepid [...]
Call for submissions: Anarchy now! Maps, ideas, and stories of libertarian movements in the contemporary world.
Thursday, February 18th, 2010[Are you an established or aspiring writer interested in the history of anarchism?
If so, please check out the following call for submissions.
It looks like a great project! ]
Call for submissions: Anarchy now! Maps, ideas and stories of libertarian movements in the contemporary world
English Translation: Leslie Ray
Quaderni della Rivista storica dell’anarchismo [Notebooks of the Historical Review [...]
Colin Ward, 1924–2010
Monday, February 15th, 2010Sad news from our friends at Five Leaves Publications in Nottingham: Colin Ward, the great British anarchist, scholar, and journalist passed away on the evening of February 11.
Ward was always attentive to the ways society already works cooperatively, and pushed us to understand these impulses and experiments as a latent potential for anarchism. Some of [...]
Getting to Know AK: Ashley
Monday, January 25th, 2010 Oh hey! Ashley here, the other half of your friendly AK Press shipping and receiving department. You heard from my counterpart Macio a little while ago, so I guess now it’s my turn…
In the day-to-day, like everyone here at AK, I take care of a lot of odds and ends to keep [...]
Getting to Know AK: Macio
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Greetings. Within my community of activists, dreamers, leaders, and lovers I go by Macio. However, if you were to ask my mother, she would tell you a different story.
I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, with roots stretching into the southeast parts of North America. In 2004, I left Los Angeles to attend [...]
Mythmakers and Lawbreakers: Anarchist Writers on Fiction
Monday, October 19th, 2009Just in case you haven’t heard, AK’s brand-new collection of interviews with anarchist fiction authors is out! Mythmakers & Lawbreakers: Anarchist Writers on Fiction is a collection of fourteen original interviews conducted by SteamPunk Magazine’s Margaret Killjoy that probe the depths of the intersections of anarchist politics and the world of fiction. The authors included [...]
What I Did On My East Coast Work-cation
Saturday, October 17th, 2009First, a disclaimer: I meant to write up a post about my recent trip out east as soon as I got back, but I got swept up in the hustle and bustle of fall events and catalog production and all such distracting things as soon as I set foot back in the warehouse. So I’m [...]
Getting to Know AK: Lorna
Thursday, September 10th, 2009[Editor's Note: Lorna joined AK Press about five years ago. We somehow convinced her to leave her northern homeland for a warehouse in Oakland...and have been kicking ourselves ever since. No, seriously, AK wouldn't be what it is today without Lorna's contributions, on so many fronts. She's a great asset to our collective, and we're [...]
Coming Soon: A Proudhon Reader!
Monday, July 27th, 2009In 2010, AK Press will publish a collection of Proudhon’s writing. So far its title is Property is Theft: A Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Anthology. Edited by the illustrious Iain MacKay, it will contain a mix of greatest hits, bad-ass b-sides, and newly translated material. Maybe it’s best to let Iain tell you himself (in a post [...]
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