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AK Press is a worker-run collective that publishes and distributes radical books, visual and audio media, and other mind-altering material. We post interviews, reviews, reports, and events from AK authors, excerpts, and books; Along with news and anarchist publishers, booksellers, translations, & much more.
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5M ago
Shane Burley will be out promoting ¡No Pasarán! in January and February. Check out the (in person and virtual) event details and an interview with Shane, below.
No Pasaran Tour Dates
1/22 – The Word is Change Books – Brooklyn (featuring Daryle Lamont Jenkins and Maia Ramnath) 7:00pm
1/25 – Making Worlds Books – Philadelphia (featuring Kim Kelly, Geo Maher, and Daryle Lamont Jenkins) 7:00pm
1/26 – Red Emmas – Baltimore (featuring C.B. Daring and Daryle Lamont Jenkins) 7:00pm
2/8 – Jewish Antifascism (Digitally), hosted by the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, 12:00p ..read more
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10M ago
Virtual Conference | August 24, 25, 26 | (GMT+1)
This week, join the Anarchist Studies Network for the ASN 2022 Conference! This is a virtual conference. For more information regarding registration and a lineup for all speakers and workshops, click here.
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
6:45am – 8:15am (GMT+1)
Anarchist Utopianism
Panelists: John Clark, Laurence Davis, Vandana Singh and Margaret Killjoy
What roles do art and literature play in envisioning anarchist futures? In this panel we explore the rich but still relatively neglected phenomenon of anarchist utopianism, especially but not exclus ..read more
Revolution by the Book - The AK Press Blog
10M ago
This fall, join Margaret Killjoy on tour as she celebrates the release of her forthcoming collection We Won’t Be Here Tomorrow and Other Stories.
Registration details to be announced.
“For this impressive collection, Killjoy (the Danielle Cain series) brings together 21 speculative shorts tinged with just the right amount of horror to keep readers gloriously uncomfortable… Throughout, Killjoy showcases her gift for blending cerebral speculation with visceral thrills. There’s plenty to chew on here.”—Publishers Weekly
Margaret Killjoy’s stories have appeared for years in science fiction and f ..read more
Revolution by the Book - The AK Press Blog
10M ago
This weekend on August 6th & 7th, join us for the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair. Don’t forget to swing by the AK Press table to say hi and grab some books! This event is free and open for anarchists and people curious about anarchism.
For event details, click here.
Location & Accessibility
The Anarchist Bookfair takes place in two buildings, which are across from each other (maps below).
CEDA2515, rue DelisleCEDA is an adult education and community center based in Little Burgundy/St-Henri.
The main floor of CEDA is accessible to people using wheelchairs.
Please note: The CEDA entrance f ..read more
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11M ago
On Wednesday, August 31st at 7:00pm EDT, join author Kung Li Sun, Mary Hooks, and Charis Books & More for a book launch event celebrating the release of Begin the World Over.
Register here.
Charis welcomes Kung Li Sun in conversation with Mary Hooks for a celebration of Begin the World Over, a revolutionary tale of Black and Indigenous insurrection. History as it should have been. Begin the World Over is a counterfactual novel about the Founders’ greatest fear—that Black and Indigenous people might join forces to undo the newly formed United States of America—coming true.
In 179 ..read more
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1y ago
This summer, join author Kristian Williams as he promotes the release of Gang Politics: Revolution, Repression, and Crime! Registration details below.
Demystifying forces of the state, gangs, and revolutionary violence.
In Gang Politics, Kristian Williams examines our society’s understanding of social and political violence, what gets romanticized, misunderstood, or muddled. He explores the complex intersections between “gangs” of all sorts—cops and criminals, Proud Boys and Antifa, Panthers and skinheads—arguing that government and criminality are intimately related, often sharing criti ..read more
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1y ago
On Sunday, June 5, 2022, join us alongside many other amazing vendors and booksellers for the 24th annual Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair!
For more information, click here.
The Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair is an annual event that brings together people interested and engaged in radical work to connect, learn, and discuss through books and information tables, workshops, panel discussions, skillshares, films, and more! We seek to create an inclusive space to introduce new folks to anarchism, foster a productive dialogue between various political traditions as well as anarchists from different mili ..read more
Revolution by the Book - The AK Press Blog
1y ago
After the Revolution
This summer, investigative journalist and author Robert Evans will be on tour to promote the release of After the Revolution!
Registration details below.
What will the fracturing of the United States look like? After the Revolution is an edge-of-your-seat answer to that question. In the year 2070, twenty years after a civil war and societal collapse of the “old” United States, extremist militias battle in the crumbling Republic of Texas. As the violence spreads like wildfire and threatens the Free City of Austin, three unlikely allies will have to work to ..read more
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1y ago
by William C. Anderson
The Nation on No Map
is now available at akpress.org
Music is a huge part of everything that I do. I spend most of my time listening to music and looking for new music. It informs all of my politics and has been a radicalizing force in my life from my earliest days growing up in the church. Music isn’t a hobby or convenient distraction, it’s at the core of my being. I have been making playlists for years to try to help people through hard times with songs that inspire, comfort, and push me to action. I started doing this when I was working with the Praxis Center at Kalam ..read more
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1y ago
Featuring: An essay by William C. Anderson on ideology, Black anarchism, and his forthcoming book The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism & Abolition.
The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism & Abolition, now available for preorder at AK Press.
If there’s one thing I learned from Black anarchism, it’s to transcend. I am not just a Black anarchist because I want to systematize or institutionalize Black anarchism. I’m not wed to it and I’m not dedicated to any cause like that because the entire point is not to be. However, I have internalized its lessons and that’s why I wrote The Nation on N ..read more