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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 [...]
We Are an Image from the Future tour disrupted
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010As many of you know, some of the editors of AK’s amazing new book on the Greek Insurrection of 2008 are here in the US this month (and next) on a tour to promote the book and build solidarity between activists and anarchists in Greece and the United States.
Last night, the window of their borrowed [...]
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 [...]
You Heard It Here First! A brand-new season of AK Press Books!
Monday, February 22nd, 2010In the world of publishing, it’s sometimes kind of staggering to realize how far in advance we have to announce a new season of books. The book trade generally works 8 - 12 months in advance … which frequently requires a lot of creative thinking about how a list of books that’s going to be [...]
What a Great Time to be a Friend of AK!
Friday, February 12th, 2010Hi folks,
We are happy to announce that there’s three new AK Press books at the printer right now. We sent them all off over the last few days and they will be trickling in in mid-March. So all those lucky Friends of AK subscribers will hit paydirt when their April shipment arrives.
First up is We [...]
AK Press Winter Sale
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Whether you’re local to the Bay Area or elsewhere in the blogosphere (yes, I just used the word “blogosphere”), you have good reason to be excited about AK’s annual and ever-popular winter sale.
For those of you nearby, you are cordially invited to come by the AK Press Warehouse (674-A 23rd Street, Oakland) on Friday, December [...]
Impending Winter Catalog(ue)
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Just a quick post to let you all know that we’ve just sent our Winter 2010 catalog/catalogue to the printer. It was a grueling several weeks getting it ready to print, I assure you. This one is a lovely 90 pages with a special centerfold! Hubba-hubba! If you’re not currently on our [...]
Going APE
Friday, October 16th, 2009Hello. Lorna here. My adoring fans will remember that I promised my next (and only second) blog post would be a interview with people from the Mondragón collective in Winnipeg. You’ll recall also that I said that would be the case if I could get my act together, which I have not. So…next time! And, [...]
Cooking for a classless society
Monday, September 14th, 2009We don’t know if you know this about AK Press, but we really like cookbooks. Okay, not all of us like cookbooks, and not all of us agree on what kinds of cookbooks we like. But on a day-to-day basis, there’s a pretty serious amount of cooking and cookbook geekery that goes on around the [...]
Sobre el Anarquismo: Chomsky on Anarchism now available in Spanish
Friday, August 21st, 2009The man, the legend, and one of AK’s most popular books, is now available in Spanish!
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“El legado de las ideas anarquistas, y aun más, de las inspiradoras luchas de los pueblos que han buscado liberarse de la opresión y la dominación, debe ser atesorado y preservado, no como una forma de congelar el [...]