AK Press
AK Press is an international independent publisher and book distributor specializing in radical and anarchist literature. It is run by a collective that owns it.
history
AK was founded in 1987 in Stirling , Scotland by Ramsey Kanaan as a mail order distributor. He named it after his mother Ann Kanaan. The project soon expanded to become an independent publisher and AK now also has a branch in Oakland , California . In 2007, Kannan and other members left AK Press to start a new radical publisher, PM Press .
AK Press is a workers' cooperative , which means that the publishing house belongs to all members of the collective and there are no bosses. Every member is entitled to the same payment and the same right to have a say. Online sales are via a US and a European online shop . In the United States , his “Bookmobile” drives through the country and is on hand at protests and conferences of activists , mostly on request. In the UK , stands are set up at similar events.
The program focuses on a. Anarchism, books about globalization and animal rights as well as reprints of radical classics.
AK Press also sells textiles , stickers, etc. The publisher has also released audio books with famous radicals such as Noam Chomsky , Howard Zinn , Jello Biafra , Arundhati Roy and Mumia Abu-Jamal, as well as music by artists such as David Rovics and Utah Phillips .
Published authors (selection)
- Paul Avrich : The Modern School Movement. Anarchism And Education In The United States.
- Alexander Berkman : What is Anarchism?
- Hakim Bey : Immediatism.
- Murray Bookchin : Post-Scarcity Anarchism, Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism. An Unbridgeable Chasm. , The Spanish Anarchists. The Heroic Years 1868-1936. , To Remember Spain. The Anarchist and Syndicalist Revolution of 1936 , Which Way For The Ecology Movement.
- Noam Chomsky : Chomsky on Anarchism. , At War With Asia. Essays On Indochina. , u. a.
- Ward Churchill : On the Justice of Roosting Chickens . , Life in Occupied America. , u. a.
- Daniel Cohn-Bendit : Obsolete Communism. The left-wing alternative.
- Guy Debord : Complete Cinematic Works.
- Norman Finkelstein : An Issue Of Justice. Origins Of The Israel / Palestine Conflict.
- David Graeber : Possibilities. Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion, and Desire.
- Daniel Guérin : No Gods, No Masters. (1 volume edition; and a 2 volume edition);
- Derrick Jensen : Endgame Volume I. The Problem Of Civilization. and Endgame Volume II. Resistance.
- Anton Pannekoek : Workers' Councils.
- Rudolf Rocker , with an introduction by Noam Chomsky: Anarcho-Syndicalism. Theory and Practice.
- Penny Rimbaud : Shibboleth. My Revolting Life. , The Diamond Signature.
- Valerie Solanas : SCUM Manifesto.
- Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn (eds.): The Politics Of Anti-Semitism.
- John Zerzan : Elements Of Refusal. , Against Civilization. Readings and Reflections.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Tobias Carroll: I've got a name: Music, Radical Politics, and AK Press. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 18, 2011 ; accessed on July 25, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
