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Thursday, August 4th, 2011We were very excited to see David Price’s Weaponizing Anthropology: Social Science in Service of the Militarized State arrive at our door here in Baltimore last week. Weaponizing Anthropology is the result of years of research into the militarization of the discipline of anthropology, and the ways in which the military and intelligence communities use [...]
Daniel Due, R.I.P.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011Sadly, we’re writing to announce the death of an anarchist comrade. Daniel Due was born July 18th, 1946 and passed away May 26th, 2011 at the age of 64. Regrettably, it took us until now to know of his passing. Few people reading this will have known Daniel personally, but he was a longtime participant [...]
AK Press New Title Roundup: 2011 (So Far)!
Sunday, July 10th, 2011We’ve just closed out the first half of 2011, and at a time like this I think it’s always nice to look back and give ourselves a pat on the back for all the good work. Not to mention—for you dedicated readers, and you bookstores stocking our books, it’s a good chance to look back [...]
Property Is Theft! book launch in London this weekend!
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011Freedom Bookshop is hosting the UK book launch of Property is Theft! A Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Anthology. This is the new comprehensive anthology of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon’s writings published by AK Press. Proudhon was the first person to call themselves an anarchist and his ideas on property, state, exploitation, workers self-management, federalism and anarchy defined anarchism as [...]
Gathering Storms: Whirlwinds at a Year
Saturday, April 30th, 2011It’s been a year next month since we published Team Colors’ Uses of a Whirlwind: Movements, Movements, and Contemporary Radical Currents in the United States! Has it really been a year since we debuted it at the US Social Forum? It’s hard to believe it… but I guess the calendar doesn’t lie. In any case, [...]
Whirlwinds reviewed in Make/Shift, Doris Zine, and DotRad!
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011As Kevin van Meter of Team Colors reminded me just a few days ago, we’re quickly approaching the one-year anniversary of the publication of Uses of a Whirlwind: Movement, Movements, and Contemporary Radical Currents in the United States. Crazy! I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since we launched the book at the 2010 [...]
This weekend: Left Forum and the First Annual Charlottesville Anarchist Bookfair
Friday, March 18th, 2011As we head into the start of the Spring tabling season, it’s a busy weekend for the AK Baltimore crew! We have not one, but two out of town events this weekend, and many many more in the coming weeks … As I type this, Suzanne and Jessica are currently packing up piles of books [...]
Property is Theft! arrives in Baltimore and editor Iain McKay blogs about Proudhon
Friday, March 11th, 2011Property is Theft, the gigantic Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Anthology has just been delivered from the printer, and dropped off at our door here in Baltimore. Did I mention it’s gigantic? To answer the question “Why a Proudhon collection?”, editor Iain McKay blogged about it just this morning, giving some insight into his reasons for diving into [...]
Happy January! Lots of great books from AK Distro
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011Happy January, folks! We hope you’re all staying warm, and spending your winter months catching up on your reading… We are putting the finishing touches on a few long-awaited books: Property is Theft! A Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Reader; Autonomy, Solidarity, Possibility: The Colin Ward Reader; and Marshall Law: The Life and Times of a Baltimore Black [...]
Top 10 of 2010: AK Press Publishing
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011Okay, so we realize that most people put together their “best-of-the-year” features before said year actually draws to its close. Hope you’ll forgive us the extra couple of weeks. Now that we’ve officially closed out 2010, we’re taking some time to look back at what we managed to accomplish this year (which, by the way, [...]
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