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« Previous EntriesAn update from Eddie Conway, author of Marshall Law
Thursday, January 5th, 2012We just received this letter from our author and comrade, Marshall “Eddie” Conway, currently serving a life sentence in a Maryland prison for a crime he didn’t commit. As ever, his spirits remain high, and his work is an inspiration to activists and organizers both beyond and inside the prison walls. And, there’s hope on [...]
Top 10 of 2011: AK Press Distribution
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011Last week we gave you this year’s Top 10 bestselling new titles from AK Press publishing; this week we’re back with our Distro Top 10: our bestselling new titles this year from our distributed indie publishers. It’s been a great year and, as you can see below, there have been some excellent new releases. If [...]
Surrealism in 2012!
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011If you should happen to find yourself in the mid-Atlantic or the Northeast in January or February, I strongly recommend you make time for a detour to Reading, Pennsylvania for the improbably located Surrealism in 2012 exhibition: a never-before-exhibited-together collection of surrealist material created since 1960. NO, surrealism didn’t die out in the 50s with [...]
Top 10 of 2011: AK Press Publishing
Thursday, December 15th, 2011It’s that time of year, when everyone and their mother puts up their “year-in-review” blog post. Best films, best albums, Person of the Year, and what have you. Well, here we are with our own list, to celebrate all the awesome work we’ve done at AK Press this year. We like to step back and [...]
The AK Press 2012 Catalog!
Thursday, December 1st, 2011It’s that time of year again—time to excitedly flip through the pages of the new AK Press catalog, pick out all your holiday gifts, and come up with your 2012 reading list. This year in the interest of saving trees and money, we’ve limited the production of print catalogs and tried to target our mailing [...]
Lucien van der Walt at Freedom Bookshop, December 10
Monday, November 28th, 2011BLACK FLAME: The revolutionary class politics of anarchism and syndicalism DATE: 2pm, Saturday 10th of December PLACE: Freedom Bookshop BLACK FLAME: The revolutionary class politics of anarchism and syndicalism Lucien van der Walt & Michael Schmidt ‘Black Flame’ examines the anti-authoritarian class politics of the anarchist/syndicalist movement, and its 150 years of popular struggle on [...]
On #Occupy: Max Rameau on Occupation and Liberation
Thursday, November 17th, 2011I first met Max Rameau, lead organizer of the Take Back the Land occupation of a vacant lot in Miami which would become known as the Umoja Village Shantytown, in 2009 at the City from Below conference in Baltimore, which I helped to organize. I remain as impressed with Max now as I was then [...]
New arrival: David Porter’s Eyes to the South
Monday, November 7th, 2011It’s here! At 582 pages, and weighing almost 2lbs (yes, I weighed it), David Porter’s comprehensive treatment of six decades of Algerian resistance, and its tumultuous relationship with the French radical left is by far one of the most timely works of history AK has published in recent months. More on Eyes to the South: [...]
#Occupy: Suggested Reading from AK Press!
Monday, October 31st, 2011In the spirit of the movement against corporate capitalism that’s sweeping the world (including our bases in Oakland and Baltimore), the AK Press collective has been working extra hard doing what we do best: spreading the written word about the evils of capitalism, histories of grassroots working class resistance, and the potential for truly transformative [...]
On #Occupy: Ken Knabb
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011An essay from acclaimed situationist author and translator (and AK Press author/editor) Ken Knabb exploring #Occupy as the first signs of a new – and long-awaited – awakening in America. The Awakening in America Ken Knabb A radical situation is a collective awakening. . . . In such situations people become much more open to [...]
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