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We work a minimum of forty mind-altering material. We’re small: a dozen people who work invariably become calcied and abandon the struggle for human hours per week, plus additional nights and weekends. We have long hours for short money, because we believe in what we freedom. regularly scheduled meetings to share information about the do. We’re anarchists, which is reected both in the books we This is why we identify with the liberatory strains within different aspects of our business so we can make collective provide and in the way we organize our business. Decisions at the history of socialism—the unbroken thread of impassioned decisions on a wide range of issues: the items we publish and AK Press are made collectively, from what we publish, to what resistance against both the terrors of capitalism and the tyranny distribute, our overall nancial health, our political direction, we distribute and how we structure our labor. All the work, of government. the events we host and attend, the mutual aid we offer to other from sweeping oors to answering phones, is shared. When Anarchism doesn’t tell people what to do. It tells them groups, and whatever else comes across our desks. However, the telemarketers call and ask “who’s in charge?” the answer is: that they have the ability to make decisions about the issues we’re not a singularly focused or homogenous group. Right now, everyone. that affect them. Anarchism, and the anarchist movement, is we’re very different individuals working together on a common Our goal isn’t prot (although we do have to pay the rent). about emancipation, empowerment, and agency. Ask yourself project. That project thrives as much on our differences as on Our goal is supplying radical words and images to as many this: what would your ideal transportation system, agricultural our similarities, as well as on the spirit of constant reection and people as possible. The books and other media we distribute system, neighborhood, school, or workplace look like? Now ask engagement with which we face each new challenge. are published by independent presses, not the corporate giants. yourself how much inuence you and the people around you We make them widely available to help you make positive (or, have over these issues? Can we afford to leave these decisions to So what makes AK Press anarchist? hell, revolutionary) changes in the world. As you probably know, the same people who have been screwing up our lives thus far? We operate without a corporate structure. No boss, no the stuff we carry is less and less available from the corporate For us, anarchism is a practical framework for working out managers, no bullshit. We’ve replaced hierarchy with publishers and chains. cooperation, accountability, and responsibility of The items in this catalog are available to bookstores, our individual members. New ideas aren’t generated infoshops, rogue tablers, and individuals. While we try by specialists in air-conditioned ofces, but in open to keep all the items listed in stock, occasionally things meetings—where ideas are discussed freely and a course go in and out of print or are temporarily unavailable— of action is decided democratically by everyone directly we apologize in advance for any inconvenience. All affected by the decision. How many sick days can we prices were correct when we went to print, but are take? Should we carry the new South End Press book? subject to change. For the most current product info What out-of-print anarchist classic should we make and to see the newest items (we update the website with available again? Who will table at the New Orleans new products weekly), check us out at www.akpress.org. Bookfair? How can we increase the diversity of our While you’re there, check out the Bookmobile to see if collective and publishing list? We answer questions AK Press will be in your neck of the woods soon, to sign up for our mailing lists for updates on new products and Soundlike this tedious? every day—dozens Sound empowering? a week, hundreds Sound aexciting? month. events, or to learn about Friends of AK Press. It’s all that…and more. It’s our way of developing the What Do You Mean By Anarchism?” skills necessary to administer our own work lives. It’s our way of creating the better world we carry in our hearts, “Like all really good ideas,” writes Clifford Harper, and trying to live it in some small way while carrying “Anarchy