AK Press [Oakland, CA: "AK Press is a worker-run collective that publishes and distributes radical books, visual and audio media, and other mind-altering material. We're small: a dozen people who work long hours for short money, because we believe in what we do. We're anarchists, which is reflected both in the books we provide and in the way we organize our business. Decisions at AK Press are made collectively, from what we publish, to what we distribute and how we structure our labor. All the work, from sweeping floors to answering phones, is shared. When the telemarketers call and ask, "who's in charge?" the answer is: everyone. Our goal isn't profit (although we do have to pay the rent). Our goal is supplying radical words and images to as many people as possible. The books and other media we distribute are published by independent presses, not the corporate giants. We make them widely available to help you make positive (or, hell, revolutionary) changes in the world. As you probably know, the stuff we carry is less and less available from the corporate publishers and their chain stores."]
Anderson, C. W.
"Print Culture 101: A Cheat Sheet and Syllabus." The Atlantic (August 18, 2010)
"Arts Education." To the Best of Our Knowledge (June 14, 2009)
Dominus, Susan.
"Suzanne Collins’s War Stories for Kids." The New York Times (April 8, 2011)
"Girls, Violence and Dragon Tatoos." Skepchick (January 14, 2011)
Gourevitch, Philip.
"Reporting the Story of a Genocide." Conversations with History (February 11, 2000)
Haymarket Books ("Haymarket Books is a nonprofit, progressive book distributor and publisher, a project of the Center for Economic Research and Social Change. We believe that activists need to take ideas, history, and politics into the many struggles for social justice today. Learning the lessons of past victories, as well as defeats, can arm a new generation of fighters for a better world. As Karl Marx said, “The philosophers have merely interpreted the world; the point however is to change it.” We take inspiration and courage from our namesakes, the Haymarket Martyrs, who gave their lives fighting for a better world. Their 1886 struggle for the eight-hour day, which gave us May Day, the international workers’ holiday, reminds workers around the world that ordinary people can organize and struggle for their own liberation. These struggles continue today across the globe—struggles against oppression, exploitation, hunger, and poverty.")
Maharidge, Dale.
"Someplace Like America." University of California Press Blog (May 9, 2011)
Schiffrin, Andre.
"On Independent Publishing in America." Media Matters (December 12, 2010)
Striphas, Ted.
The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Control to Consumerism. (Columbia University Press, 2009: Available for free download online)
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