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There’s no way to sugarcoat it: we’re in for ugly times. The right is on the rise and Donald Trump presents an immediate threat to our very survival. If there’s a silver lining, it’s that complacency isn’t an option (as it might have been for many people under the slow death Clinton offered). As individuals, we’ll be with you in the streets. As a publisher, we’ll double our efforts to print and distribute books and other materials that help destroy the system that seeks to destroy us. We’ve been doing it for almost twenty-seven years now. Thanks for reading. Thanks for fighting.

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No More HeroesGrassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality

JORDAN FLAHERTY; foreword by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

9781849352666 | 248 pp. | $15.00e-book also available

“In this marvelous, enormously instructive book, Jordan Flaherty explores how we too often allow the struggle for change to be undermined by would-be saviors—and how today’s grassroots social movements…are charting a far more powerful path forward.” —Naomi KleinWhy do so many people with privilege make things worse when they try to help? It’s called the savior mentality, and Jordan Flaherty finds it in FBI informants, anti-sex-work crusaders, Teach For America corps members, and out-of-touch journalists. No More Heroes celebrates challenges to these saviors and highlights movements focused on real, systemic change from the Arab Spring to Black Lives Matter.

Nonviolence Ain’t What It Used to BeUnarmed Insurrection and the Rhetoric of Resistance

SHON MECKFESSEL9781849352291 | 232 pp. | $18.00

e-book also available US social movements face many challenges. One is the question of nonviolence. Civil disobedience and symbolic protest have characterized many struggles in the US since the Civil Rights era, but conditions have changed. Corporate media has consolidated, the police have militarized, dissent has been co-opted and institutionalized, but the strategic tools radicals employ haven’t kept pace. Our narratives, borrowed from movements of the past, are falling short.Nonviolence Ain’t What It Used to Be maps emerging, more militant approaches that are developing to fill the gap. It offers new angles on a seemingly intractable debate, carving out a middle-ground between camps to chart an effective path forward.

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Home from the Dark Side of UtopiaA Journey Through American RevolutionsCLIFTON ROSS9781849352505 | 378 pp. | $17.95e-book also available A riveting memoir that shares hard-earned political insights. Ross’s journey begins on Air Force bases and in small towns in the American South. We follow his political and spiritual development from an Anabaptist peace community in the 1970s, through various forms of radical and countercultural politics, to the present-day failures of “revolutions” throughout Latin America, with a particular focus on the Bolivarian process in Venezuela. The book charts a path through good intentions, projects gone awry, and the shadow side of utopian dreams—ultimately locating hope in the social movements of ordinary people who resist the imposition of states and other actors that claim to represent them.

Rebellion in PatagoniaOSVALDO BAYER; translated by Paul Sharkey & Joshua Neuhouserco-published with the kate sharpley library9781849352215 | 506 pp. | $21.95e-book also available At the end of Rebellion in Patagonia, Osvaldo Bayer writes: “Time always tears down the curtain that tries to hide the truth. A crime can never be covered up forever.” He demonstrates that principle in this mov-ing and nuanced study of strikes led by the anarcho- syndicalist labor union, the FORA, against the land-owners and industrialists of Argentina’s Patagonia region in 1921–22. The tale ends tragically, but Bayer’s detailed descriptions and first- person testimonies cap-ture the beauty and heroism of the struggle. Banned and publicly burned in the 1970s, this is the book’s first English translation—with a new introduction by Scott Nicholas Nappalos and Joshua Neuhouser.


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Len, A Lawyer in HistoryA Graphic Biography of Radical

Attorney Leonard WeinglassSETH TOBOCMAN; edited by Paul Buhle &

Michael Steven Smith9781849352406 | 200 pp. | $19.00

For half a century, criminal defense lawyer Leonard Weinglass defended a who’s who of the twentieth-century left in some of America’s most spectacular trials. “The typical call I get is one that starts by saying, ‘You’re the fifth attorney we’ve called,’” he once said. “Then I get interested.” Those calls came from the likes of the SDS, the Chicago Seven, Daniel Ellsberg, Abbie Hoffman, and Mumia Abu-Jamal, among many others. Weinglass was known for his humility, his common touch, his ability to work collectively, his kindness, and his attention to detail. This long-overdue (graphic) biography captures the life and inspiring legacy of an American iconoclast.

The Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre

Poems, Essays, Sketches and Stories, 1885–1911VOLTAIRINE DE CLEYRE;

edited by Alexander Berkman9781849352567 | 472 pp. | $16.95

Voltairine de Cleyre was undeniably one of the most important anarchist thinkers in the US or anywhere else. Historian Paul Avrich called her “a greater literary talent than any other American anarchist.” Admired by her contemporaries, including many political enemies, she was one of the foremost advocates of an inclusive “anarchism without adjectives,” while at the same time advancing an uncompromising direct-action approach to political and economic struggle. After her premature death, Alexander Berkman edited a selection of her work. In this facsimile edition of that 1914 volume, de Cleyre’s words ring just as true and clear today as they did a century ago.


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Learning Good ConsentOn Healthy Relationships and Survivor SupportEdited by CINDY CRABB9781849352468 | 162 pp. | $13.95e-book also available Cindy Crabb provides a DIY tour of the promise and perils of sexual relationships in Learning Good Consent. Building ethical relationships is one of the most important things we can do, but sex, consent, abuse, and support can get complicated. This collection is an indispensable guide to both preventing sexual violence and helping its survivors to heal. From good communication practices to confronting rape culture, Learning Good Consent provides practical advice based on the experiences, good and bad, of dozens of contributors. Includes checklists, illustrations, resource guides, and more.

The Revolution Starts at HomeConfronting Intimate Violence Within Activist CommunitiesEdited by CHING-IN CHEN, JAI DULANI, & LEAH LAKSHMI PIEPZNA-SAMARASINHA9781849352628 | 325 pp. | $16.00 “For anyone who believes that the personal is deeply political in social justice circles, The Revolution Starts at Home is a must-read.” —Ms. magazine This watershed collection breaks the dangerous silence surrounding the “secret” of intimate vio-lence within social justice circles. Just as impor-tantly, it provides practical strategies for dealing with abuse and creating safety without relying on the coercive power of the state. It offers life- saving alternatives for survivors, while building a movement where no one is left behind.


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Prison Memoirs of an AnarchistALEXANDER BERKMAN; annotated and

introduced by Jessica Moran & Barry Patemanco-published with the kate sharpley library

9781849352529 | 550 pp. | $24.00e-book also available

“Alexander Berkman’s book is vivid, candid, honest.” —New York TimesAlexander Berkman spent fourteen years in prison for the attempted assassination of Henry Clay Frick. Upon release, he wrote what became a classic of prison literature, and a testament to human courage in the face of oppression. This annotated edition is the definitive version of Berkman’s tale of his transformation within prison, his growing sympathy for those he’d considered social parasites, and the intimate relationships he developed with them. Also includes newly published images and the complete transcription of the diary Berkman kept while he wrote this book.

The Complete Works of Malatesta, Vol. III

A Long and Patient Work: The Anarchist Socialism of L’Agitazione, 1897–1898

ERRICO MALATESTA; edited by Davide Turcato9781849352581 | 500 pp. | $24.95

e-book also available The first in AK Press’s ten-volume Complete Works of Malatesta, this book (volume three chronologically) focuses on the crucial years when Malatesta returned to Italy from his London exile to elaborate his ideas in the columns of L’Agitazione. Responding to what he saw as the unrealistic insurrectionism and isolation into which anarchism had fallen, Malatesta advocated “a long and patient work to prepare and organize the people,” through which anarchism would operate in broad daylight to entrench itself in the workers’ movement.



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AK PRESS | Recent & Recommended

The Anarchist ExpropriatorsBuenaventura Durruti and Argentina’s Working-Class Robin HoodsOSVALDO BAYER; translated by Paul Sharkey

co-published with the kate sharpley library9781849352239 | 150 pp. | $12.00 | e-book also availableIn early-twentieth-century Argentina, anarchist expropriators em-ployed direct, violent means to bankroll the production of books and newspapers; to help spring their comrades from prison; and to support the families of those behind bars or in early graves. This is the story of “crimes” committed in the name of revolutionary justice.

Angels with Dirty FacesThree Stories of Crime, Prison, and RedemptionWALIDAH IMARISHA

co-published with the institute for anarchist studies9781849351744 | 244 pp. | $16.00 | e-book also availableNo romanticized tale of crime and punishment, Angels with Dirty Faces doesn’t flinch as it introduces us to the difficulties and contradictions of people causing, and experiencing, actual harm—sometimes horrif-ic violence. The result is a nuanced and deeply personal look at lives caught within, and often destroyed by, our criminal justice system.

Keywords for RadicalsThe Contested Vocabulary of Late-Capitalist StruggleEdited by KELLY FRITSCH, CLARE O’CONNOR, & AK THOMPSON

9781849352420 | 567 pp. | $22.95 | e-book also availableKeywords for Radicals explores the words that shape our political land-scape. Each entry highlights a term’s contested variations, traces its evolving usage, and speculates about what its historical mutations can tell us. More than a glossary, this is a crucial study of the power of language and the social contradictions hidden within it.

Left of the LeftMy Memories of Sam DolgoffANATOLE DOLGOFF

9781849352482 | 390 pp. | $22.00 | e-book also availableThis is the story of Sam Dolgoff, house painter by trade, member of the IWW, and at the center of American anarchism for seventy years. Written with passion and humor by his son, it conjures images of the past power of immigrant and working-class neighborhoods and the blurred lines dividing proletarian and intellectual culture.


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The Albert MemorialThe Anarchist Life and Times of Albert Meltzer

(7 January 1920–7 May 1996)Edited by PHIL RUFF

co-published with the kate sharpley library9781849352802 | 103 pp. | $11.00

Albert Meltzer was one of the most notable and influential figures in the British anarchist movement of the second half of the twentieth century. From a schoolboy supporter of the Spanish Revolution, he was a committed anarchist militant for the rest of his days. This is a commemorative appreciation of Albert’s life and work.

Octavia’s BroodScience Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements

Edited by ADRIENNE MAREE BROWN & WALIDAH IMARISHA

co-published with the institute for anarchist studies9781849352093 | 296 pp. | $18.00 | e-book also available

Imagining a world without war, without prisons, without capital-ism is a form of speculative fiction. Organizers and activists en-vision, and try to create, such worlds all the time. Octavia’s Brood brings twenty of them together in the first anthology of short sto-ries to explore the connections between radical speculative fiction and movements for social change.

Goals and MeansAnarchism, Syndicalism, and Internationalism in the

Origins of the Federación Anarquista IbéricaJASON GARNER

9781849352253 | 372 pp. | $19.00 | e-book also availableGoals and Means investigates the relationship between revolutionary syndicalism and anarchism in Spain from the founding of the CNT in 1910 to the Second Republic in 1931. This history, the development of anarcho-syndicalism, and the tensions it spawned within the larger socialist movement have plenty to teach us today.

Living AnarchismJosé Peirats and the Spanish Anarcho-Syndicalist Movement

CHRIS EALHAM

9781849352383 | 316 pp. | $20.00 | e-book also availableA study of one man and a collective biography of the militant work-ing class into which he was born. The story of José Peirats shows the human foundations of Spanish anarchism, the ties of friendship and community that cemented the largest anti-authoritarian movement in the world.


Worshiping Power

An Anarchist View of Early State FormationPETER GELDERLOOS

9781849352642 286 pp. | $16.00

january 2017

Hegemony How-To

A Roadmap for Radicals

JONATHAN MATTHEW SMUCKER

9781849352543 290 pp. | $16.95

january 2017

Against the Fascist Creep

ALEXANDER REID ROSS

9781849352444225 pp. | $16.95february 2017

Emergent Strategy

Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

ADRIENNE MAREE BROWN

9781849352604 210 pp. | $16.00february 2017

We Will Not Be Silenced

The Academic Repression of Israel’s Critics

Edited by WILLIAM ROBINSON & MARYAM GRIFFIN

9781849352765 280 pp. | $19.95

april 2017

Rupturing the Dialectic

The Struggle Against Work, Money, and

FinancializationHARRY CLEAVER

9781849352703 380 pp. | $19.95

may 2017

AK PRESS | Winter–Spring 2017 Titles


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Miximum Ca’ Canny The Sabotage Manuals

IDA BÖRJEL9781934639207 / 70 pp. / $16.00

Sourced from political pam-phlets and factory workers’ diaries, this profound poem allows for the most expan-sive (and explosive) sense of

sabotage. A how-to for the de-struction of the present order.

Still DirtyPoems 2009–2015

DAVID LAU9781934639184 / 80 pp. / $16.00A rigorous criticism of the toxicity of the economic system, this collection

of experimental, socially conscious poetry reflects a

world in crisis. These poems are as damaged as life.

Poetry born within, and contributing to, our era’s revolutionary insurgencies.

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That Winter the Wolf Came

JULIANA SPAHR

9781934639177 85 pp. | $16.00

We Are Nothing and So Can YouJASPER BERNES

9781934639153 82 pp. | $16.00

Red EpicJOSHUA CLOVER

9781934639160 75 pp. | $16.00

NEW FROM

A Series of Un/Natural/DisastersCHEENA MARIE LO

9781934639191 65 pp. | $16.00

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We Want Freedom: A Life in the Black Panther PartyMUMIA ABU-JAMAL

common notions | 9781942173045 | $20.00A new edition of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal’s essential autobiography.A World to Win: Contemporary Social Movements and Counter-HegemonyWILLIAM K. CARROLL

arp books | 9781894037730 | $24.95 A look at today’s social movement landscape, bridging the conceptual and the practical.The Aesthetic of Our Anger: Anarcho-Punk, Politics and MusicEd. MIKE DINES & MATTHEW WORLEY

minor compositions | 9781570273186 | $25.00An examination of the politics and culture of the anarcho-punk scene in the late 1970s.Extraction! Comix Reportage [2nd Ed.]Ed. FRÉDÉRIC DUBOIS et al.

ad astra comix | 9780994050700 | $18.00 Artists and journalists team up in this comic anthology about mining and resource extraction.Struggles for Autonomy in KurdistanELIZA EGRET & TOM ANDERSON

corporate watch | 9781907738210 | $16.00First-hand accounts of the struggles for a new society taking place in Bakur and Rojava.Anarchy Works: Examples of Anarchist Ideas in PracticePETER GELDERLOOS

active distribution | 9781909798052 | $14.00A point-by-point introduction showing how anarchist ideas can and have actually worked.Breaking Free: The Adventures of TintinJ. DANIELS

attack intl. / freedom press | 9781904491170 | $14.00Tintin’s back with his pals, battling against the State and bringing the old world to its knees.Night ShiftRON KOLM

autonomedia | 9781570273117 | $13.00Short, gritty stories of life lived in the margins, where the real action has always been.

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Zapantera Negra: An Artistic Encounter Between Black Panthers and ZapatistasEd. MARC JAMES LÉGER & DAVID TOMAS

common notions | 9781942173052 | $20.00Movement artists come together in this look at revolutionary art in times of distress.

Aminullah: More Tales of MigrationCARRIE MACKINNON

active distribution | 9781909798205 | $8.00 The story of a young Afghan migrant, with reflections on borders and migrant solidarity.Marx & Engels: On Colonies, Industrial Monopoly, & the Working Class Movement

KARL MARX & FRIEDRICH ENGELS

kersplebedeb | 9781894946797 | $10.00A collection showing the evolution of Marx and Engels’s ideas on labor and colonialism.

Soñamos Sentirnos Libres: Under ConstructionMOBILE PRINT POWER

interference archive | no isbn | $12.00This bilingual exhibition catalog includes essays and images from activist mobile screenprinters.

The Archaeologists: A NovelHAL NIEDZVIECKI

arp books | 9781894037792 | $18.95With humor and insight, this novel examines and challenges our views of identity and home.

Nomad of Salt and Hard WaterCYNTHIA DEWI OKA

thread makes blanket | 9780989747400 | $15.95 A response to conventions and commodifica-tions of poetry; a search for a more resilient text. Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism

RUDOLF ROCKER

freedom press | 9781904491224 | $10.00 A new edition of Rocker’s abridged version of his major work, Anarcho-Syndicalism.

Capitalism: What Is It and How Can We Destroy It?

SHAHIN

corporate watch | 9781907738197 | $12.95An accessible introduction to capitalism, which also examines resistance and rebellion.


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Critical Thought in the Face of the Capitalist Hydra ISIXTH COMMISSION OF THE EZLN

paperboat press | 9780979799327 | $20.00Writings on the crisis that began over five- hundred years ago and still looms on our horizon.The Truth of Revolution, Brother: An Exploration of Punk PhilosophyLISA SOFIANOS, ROBIN RYDE, & CHARLIE WATERHOUSE

situation press | 9780993019012 | $20.00Unique testament mixed with analysis and original art to create a true punk one-off.Threads: Feminist Health, Politics and ExperiencesTHREADS

active distribution | 9781909798083 | $14.00A critical look at how western medicine defines women’s bodies and experiences.War in the NeighborhoodSETH TOBOCMAN

ad astra comix | 9780994050724 | $30.00The classic graphic account of struggles in the Lower East Side in the 80s, now back in print!Class Struggle and Mental HealthVARIOUS

freedom press | 9781904491248 | $10.00Anarchists around the globe write about what it means to suffer from mental illness. Wages for StudentsWAGES FOR STUDENTS

common notions | 9781942173021 | $13.95A new trilingual edition of the 1975 pamphlet released anonymously by student strikers.Heresies: Anarchist Memoirs, Anarchist ArtPETER LAMBORN WILSON

autonomedia | 9781570273001 | $19.95 Reminiscences, rants, anarchist (in)activism in New York, and theories of everything.World War 3 Illustrated: #47WORLD WAR 3 ILLUSTRATED

ww3 illustrated | 9781939202253 | $10.00New issue of the groundbreaking comics jour-nal, exploring climate crisis and systemic racism.


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“All the Real Indians Died Off” And 20 Other Myths

About Native Americans

ROXANNE DUNBAR- ORTIZ & DINA

GILIO-WHITAKERbeacon press

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What a City Is ForRemaking the

Politics of DisplacementMATT HERN

mit press9780262034883

$27.95

The Doulas Radical Care for Pregnant People

MARY MAHONEY & LAUREN MITCHELL

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Beginners JAMES BRAXTON

PETERSONfor beginners9781939994318

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Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair

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$18.95

Blood in the Water

The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and

Its LegacyHEATHER ANN

THOMPSONpantheon

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Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?

Police Violence and Resistance in the

United StatesEd. TRUTHOUT

haymarket books9781608466122

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One of a Kind, Like Me /

Único como yoLAURIN MAYENO

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My Night in the Planetarium

INNOSANTO NAGARAseven stories press

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V is for Vegan The ABCs of Being Kind

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Palestine: Land and PeopleRESISTANCE ART

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Rad Women Worldwide

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Choose Your DaysPAULA S. WALLACE

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Animal Talk Mexican Folk Art Animal Sounds in

English and SpanishCYNTHIA WEILL

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Words Are My Matter

Writings About Life and Books,

2000–2016URSULA K. LEGUIN

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$24.00

The Outlaw Bible of American Art

Ed. ALAN KAUFMANlast gasp

9780867198218$39.95

The Homemade Vegan Pantry

The Art of Making Your Own Staples

MIYOKO SCHINNERten speed press9781607746775

$22.99

Avie’s DreamsAn Afro-Feminist

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