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Monday, January 3rd, 2011Well, after a couple of months unintentional neglect (my computer broke and I can’t use a certain important program on my new one yet!!), we’re back to a rotating, randomly chosen selection of AK titles on sale for 50%. What says Happy New Year like that?! Returning readers may note that I have become a stickler for a to-the-penny [...]
Order TODAY for holiday delivery!
Thursday, December 16th, 2010New Stuff at AK Press… Order NOW for holiday delivery! Important Holiday Ordering Information For all you last-minute types, there’s still hope! Order by the end of the day TODAY (Thursday, 12/16), and choose UPS Ground shipping if you need your order to arrive before the 25th. Priority Mail may also arrive on time, but [...]
Random Photo from the AK Warehouse
Friday, July 30th, 2010.
Ashley’s Adieu…
Friday, July 30th, 2010Today is my last day working at AK Press. After spending the last several years answering the phone (“hello, AK Press”), learning all the best book-packing strategies so customers are impressed at how not-damaged everything is when it arrives (please tell me you are impressed!), tabling all kinds of events around North America, and, yes, [...]
Getting to Know AK: Suzanne
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010OK, so you’re probably thinking to yourself, “I read the AK Press blog religiously, but I’m sure I haven’t seen profiles for all of the collective members yet! My life feels empty and meaningless since there are still three AK collective members I haven’t virtually met yet!” Well, I can’t do much about the other [...]
And aren’t you glad you weren’t there?
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 [...]
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 [...]
Getting to Know AK: Ashley
Monday, January 25th, 2010Oh 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 the warehouse [...]
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