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AK Press is organized as a [[workers' co-operative]]. The press is owned by all members of the collective, works without bosses or hierarchy, and uses [[group decision-making|collective decision-making]] processes, following [[collectivist anarchism|anarchist principles]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.akpress.org/about.html|title=About – AK Press|publisher=akpress.org |access-date=17 January 2017}}</ref>
AK Press is organized as a [[workers' co-operative]]. The press is owned by all members of the collective, works without bosses or hierarchy, and uses [[group decision-making|collective decision-making]] processes, following [[collectivist anarchism|anarchist principles]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.akpress.org/about.html|title=About – AK Press|publisher=akpress.org |access-date=17 January 2017}}</ref>


Works published by AK Press include classic anarchist texts like works by [[Peter Kropotkin]], [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]], [[Errico Malatesta]], [[Emma Goldman]], [[Alexander Berkman]], and [[Voltairine de Cleyre]] as well as about the [[history of anarchism]], and topics related to [[anti-fascism]] and [[contemporary anarchism]], such as [[prison abolition]], the [[environmental movement]], [[anti-capitalism]], [[feminism]], and [[anti-racism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.akpress.org/published-by-ak.html?topics=71|title=Animal Rights – Published by AK Press – AK Press|publisher=akpress.org|access-date=17 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> Noted authors include [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Murray Bookchin]], [[David Graeber]], and [[Harsha Walia]].
Works published by AK Press include classic anarchist texts like works by [[Peter Kropotkin]], [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]], [[Errico Malatesta]], [[Emma Goldman]], [[Alexander Berkman]], and [[Voltairine de Cleyre]] as well as about the [[history of anarchism]], and topics related to [[anti-fascism]] and [[contemporary anarchism]], such as [[prison abolition]], the [[environmental movement]], [[anti-capitalism]], [[feminism]], and [[anti-racism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.akpress.org/published-by-ak.html – Published by AK Press – AK Press|publisher=akpress.org|access-date=17 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> Noted authors include [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Murray Bookchin]], [[David Graeber]], and [[Harsha Walia]].


AK Press regularly publishes in collaboration with the [[Institute for Anarchist Studies]], the [[Kate Sharpley Library]], and [[World War 3 Illustrated]]. In addition, AK Press publishes the Emergent Strategy Series edited by [[Adrienne Maree Brown|adrienne maree brown]] and inspired by her book of the same name, and the Black Dawn series of [[speculative fiction]] with political themes.
AK Press regularly publishes in collaboration with the [[Institute for Anarchist Studies]], the [[Kate Sharpley Library]], and [[World War 3 Illustrated]]. In addition, AK Press publishes the Emergent Strategy Series edited by [[Adrienne Maree Brown|adrienne maree brown]] and inspired by her book of the same name, and the Black Dawn series of [[speculative fiction]] with political themes.

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AK Press
Founded1987
FounderRamsey Kanaan
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationChico, California
DistributionConsortium Book Sales & Distribution (US)[1]
Turnaround Publisher Services (UK)[2]
Publication typesBooks
Nonfiction topicsRadical left and anarchist literature
Official websitewww.akpress.org and www.akuk.com
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    AK Press is a worker-managed, independent publisher and book distributor that specializes in publishing books about anarchism and the radical left. Operated out of Chico, California, the company is collectively owned.

    They describe their mission as:

    A key component of our struggle is the sharing of knowledge, history, and information. Through our publishing and distribution efforts, we see ourselves as part of a long tradition of getting the word out by any means necessary. In many historical periods, books, pamphlets, and other forms of written communication were clandestine, relying on networks of individuals keeping revolutionary ideas alive with secret printing presses, tattered facsimiles, and underground distribution systems. Our mission is to keep circulating these important texts, while producing new analyses and documenting the history of our struggle as it unfolds. We’re proud to call ourselves propagandists and hope that the materials we provide both agitate and provoke.[3]

    History

    AK was founded in Stirling, Scotland by Ramsey Kanaan in 1987 as a small mail-order distribution outlet, eventually expanding into independent publishing and moving the Scotland base of operations to Edinburgh, Scotland and opening a US base of operations in Oakland, California. The press was named for Kanaan's mother, Ann Kanaan.[4] Kanaan and several other members of AK Press left in 2007 to form PM Press.[5]

    After operating out of the Bay Area for decades, in March 2015, a deadly fire at a warehouse complex in West Oakland, California, damaged AK Press' warehouse and prompted the press to relocate to their present base in Chico.[6] [7]

    In 2020, AK Press joined as a founding member of the Radical Publishers' Alliance, a group of politically oriented book and magazine publishers around the world.[8]

    Operations

    AK Press is organized as a workers' co-operative. The press is owned by all members of the collective, works without bosses or hierarchy, and uses collective decision-making processes, following anarchist principles.[9]

    Works published by AK Press include classic anarchist texts like works by Peter Kropotkin, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Errico Malatesta, Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, and Voltairine de Cleyre as well as about the history of anarchism, and topics related to anti-fascism and contemporary anarchism, such as prison abolition, the environmental movement, anti-capitalism, feminism, and anti-racism.[10][9] Noted authors include Noam Chomsky, Murray Bookchin, David Graeber, and Harsha Walia.

    AK Press regularly publishes in collaboration with the Institute for Anarchist Studies, the Kate Sharpley Library, and World War 3 Illustrated. In addition, AK Press publishes the Emergent Strategy Series edited by adrienne maree brown and inspired by her book of the same name, and the Black Dawn series of speculative fiction with political themes.

    In both the US and UK, the business sells books in person at anarchist bookfairs, conferences, activist gatherings, and literary festivals. The company also sells clothing, buttons, stickers, and various other related items.

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "Consortium Book Sales & Distribution | Our Publishers". Retrieved 2 December 2017.
    2. ^ "Publishers Representatives | Publishers Distributors". Turnaround Publisher Services. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
    3. ^ "About – AK Press". akpress.org. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
    4. ^ Kanaan, Ramsey. "Part 1: What's Wrong With the American Anarchist Movement?". Melbourne Indymedia. Archived from the original on 27 April 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
    5. ^ Carroll, Tobias (26 August 2008). "I've Got a Name: Music, Radical Politics, and AK Press". yourbestguess.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
    6. ^ "Oakland's AK Press sustains fire damage". Los Angeles Times. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
    7. ^ BondGraham, Darwin (13 December 2016). "Former AK Press Warehouse Sold to 'Tech Co-Op' Developer Who Demolished 1919 Market". East Bay Express. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
    8. ^ Milliot, Jim (29 April 2020). "Left-Wing Indie Publishers Form Coalition". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
    9. ^ a b "About – AK Press". akpress.org. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
    10. ^ . akpress.org – Published by AK Press – AK Press https://www.akpress.org/published-by-ak.html – Published by AK Press – AK Press. Retrieved 17 January 2017. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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