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AK Press is organized as a collective, akin to a [[workers' co-operative]]. The press is [[Collective ownership|owned by all members of the collective]], works without bosses or [[Flat organization|hierarchy]], and uses [[group decision-making|collective decision-making]] processes, following [[collectivist anarchism|anarchist principles]].<ref name="auto">{{citation |url=https://www.akpress.org/about.html|title=About – AK Press|publisher=akpress.org |access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref>   
AK Press is organized as a collective, akin to a [[workers' co-operative]]. The press is [[Collective ownership|owned by all members of the collective]], works without bosses or [[Flat organization|hierarchy]], and uses [[group decision-making|collective decision-making]] processes, following [[collectivist anarchism|anarchist principles]].<ref name="auto">{{citation |url=https://www.akpress.org/about.html|title=About – AK Press|publisher=akpress.org |access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref>   


Works published by AK Press include [[History of anarchism|classic anarchist]] texts by [[Peter Kropotkin]], [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]], [[Errico Malatesta]], [[Emma Goldman]], [[Alexander Berkman]], and [[Voltairine de Cleyre]], as well books on the [[history of anarchism]] and of anarchist struggles like the [[Spanish Revolution of 1936|Spanish Revolution]] and the [[Makhnovshchina]]. They also publish on topics related to ongoing [[anti-fascism]] and [[contemporary anarchism]], such as [[prison abolition]], the [[environmental movement]], [[anti-capitalism]], [[feminism]], and [[anti-racism]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Published by AK Press |url=https://www.akpress.org/published-by-ak.html |access-date=20 November 2023 |publisher=akpress.org}}</ref> Noted authors include [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Murray Bookchin]], [[David Graeber]], and [[Harsha Walia]].{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}
Works published by AK Press include [[History of anarchism|classic anarchist]] texts by [[Peter Kropotkin]], [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]], [[Errico Malatesta]], [[Emma Goldman]], [[Alexander Berkman]], and [[Voltairine de Cleyre]], as well books on the [[history of anarchism]] and of anarchist struggles like the [[Spanish Revolution of 1936|Spanish Revolution]], [[Nestor Makhno]] and the [[Makhnovshchina]]. They also publish on topics related to ongoing [[anti-fascism]] and [[contemporary anarchism]], such as [[prison abolition]], the [[environmental movement]], [[anti-capitalism]], [[feminism]], and [[anti-racism]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Published by AK Press |url=https://www.akpress.org/published-by-ak.html |access-date=20 November 2023 |publisher=akpress.org}}</ref> Noted authors include [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Murray Bookchin]], [[David Graeber]], and [[Harsha Walia]].{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}


AK Press regularly publishes in collaboration with the [[Institute for Anarchist Studies]], the [[Kate Sharpley Library]], and [[World War 3 Illustrated]]. They also publish the Emergent Strategy Series, edited by [[Adrienne Maree Brown|adrienne maree brown]] and inspired by her book of the same name, including books by [[African-American LGBT community|queer]] [[Black feminism|Black feminists]] [[Alexis Pauline Gumbs]] and [[Alexis De Veaux|Alexis de Veaux]]. Their Black Dawn series is noted for releasing [[speculative fiction]] with anarchist and political themes, including books by [[Margaret Killjoy]] and adrienne maree brown, among others.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eds |date=2024-06-09 |title=Interview: Radon and the new wave of anarchist sci-fi |url=https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/06/09/interview-radon-and-the-new-wave-of-anarchist-sci-fi/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Freedom News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
AK Press regularly publishes in collaboration with the [[Institute for Anarchist Studies]], the [[Kate Sharpley Library]], and [[World War 3 Illustrated]]. They also publish the Emergent Strategy Series, edited by [[Adrienne Maree Brown|adrienne maree brown]] and inspired by her book of the same name, including books by [[African-American LGBT community|queer]] [[Black feminism|Black feminists]] [[Alexis Pauline Gumbs]] and [[Alexis De Veaux|Alexis de Veaux]]. Their Black Dawn series is noted for releasing [[speculative fiction]] with anarchist and political themes, including books by [[Margaret Killjoy]] and adrienne maree brown, among others.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eds |date=2024-06-09 |title=Interview: Radon and the new wave of anarchist sci-fi |url=https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/06/09/interview-radon-and-the-new-wave-of-anarchist-sci-fi/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Freedom News |language=en-GB}}</ref>


In both the US and UK, the business tables at [[anarchist bookfairs]], conferences, activist gatherings, and [[Literary festival|literary festivals]]. The company also sells clothing, [[Campaign button|buttons]], stickers, and various other related items.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}
In both the US and UK, the business tables at [[anarchist bookfairs]], conferences, activist gatherings, and [[Literary festival|literary festivals]]. The company also sells clothing, [[Campaign button|buttons]], stickers, and various other related items.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Torres |first=Bob |title=Making A Killing: The Political Economy of Animal Rights |date=2007 |publisher=AK Press |isbn=978-1-904859-67-3 |location=Oakland |pages=2}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 06:10, 14 June 2025

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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, United States, with a branch in Edinburgh, Scotland, the company is collectively owned.

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 later opening a US base of operations in Oakland, California. The press was named for Kanaan's mother, Ann Kanaan.[1] Kanaan and several other members of AK Press left in 2007 to form PM Press.[2][3]

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's warehouse and prompted the press to relocate to their present base in Chico.[4][5]

In 2020, AK Press joined as a founding member of the Radical Publishers' Alliance, a group of politically oriented book publishers and magazines around the world.[6]

Operations

AK Press is organized as a collective, akin to 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.[7]

Works published by AK Press include classic anarchist texts by Peter Kropotkin, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Errico Malatesta, Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, and Voltairine de Cleyre, as well books on the history of anarchism and of anarchist struggles like the Spanish Revolution, Nestor Makhno and the Makhnovshchina. They also publish on topics related to ongoing anti-fascism and contemporary anarchism, such as prison abolition, the environmental movement, anti-capitalism, feminism, and anti-racism.[8] Noted authors include Noam Chomsky, Murray Bookchin, David Graeber, and Harsha Walia.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

AK Press regularly publishes in collaboration with the Institute for Anarchist Studies, the Kate Sharpley Library, and World War 3 Illustrated. They also publish the Emergent Strategy Series, edited by adrienne maree brown and inspired by her book of the same name, including books by queer Black feminists Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Alexis de Veaux. Their Black Dawn series is noted for releasing speculative fiction with anarchist and political themes, including books by Margaret Killjoy and adrienne maree brown, among others.[9]

In both the US and UK, the business tables at anarchist bookfairs, conferences, activist gatherings, and literary festivals. The company also sells clothing, buttons, stickers, and various other related items.[10]

See also

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Further reading

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