Malcolm Archibald: 50 years of Black Cat Press
In this interview (conducted by Sean Patterson) the founder of Edmonton’s anarchist publishing house, Malcolm Archibald, looks back on its legacy.
In this interview (conducted by Sean Patterson) the founder of Edmonton’s anarchist publishing house, Malcolm Archibald, looks back on its legacy.
From Active Distribution Publishing
Ok so I’m slipping a bit with the website updates! So far this year we’ve released 14 new titles, 6 new versions of anarchist classics and reprinted a bunch of our better selling titles. The new titles include; The Romanian Right by Hirtsui Parai-Pana a look at the misery of Romanian politics. This inspired us to doa new version of Fredy Perlman’s The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism for which we came up with a classic looking new cover, featuring some Romanian fascist clerics.
From Athens Indymedia
The anarchist publisher, bookseller, and translator of "Free Press" publications, Giorgos Garbis, passed away on Wednesday, June 25th, in the afternoon. The death of George Garbis, founder of the anarchist publisher "Free Press," marks the end of the historical era of a generation of Greek anarchists who had an enormous contribution. George Garbis, born in 1947, joined the anarchist movement in May 1968, influenced by the events in France.
From Rupture Press
Editorial Note: Continuing in the trajectory of interviewing legends from last week, we turn to “Jon Active.” Jon started Active Distribution, as discussed below, in the late 1980s and with collaborators continues into the present. Based in the UK, Active Distribution has remained a staple in distributing anarchist zines, pamphlets and books and has done well to make English language material available in Europe.
From International Center for Research on Anarchism (CIRA) & Éditions la Digitale
Jean-Jacques Cellier passed away on August 30, 2024 at the age of 78. For 40 years, he was a publisher, printer, typographer and bookbinder. In 1978, he founded Editions La Digitale in his Quimper workshop. Some fifty titles were published. All are printed the old-fashioned way: lead typography, on an old press.
From Freedom News by Sean Patterson
In this interview, the founder of Edmonton’s anarchist publishing house looks back on its legacy
Via Freedom News UK
from Pikara Magazine.
The participation of women in anarchist print culture on an international scale was essential for the extraordinary dissemination of the libertarian movement’s press and editorial production from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th.
From Freedom News UK
On Wednesday, a meeting about antifascism in Stockholm was attacked by a group of Nazis. The Green and Left parties organised the meeting, and Mattias Wåg, publisher of the anarchist magazine Brand and veteran antifascist, was one of the participants. The Nazi attackers singled him out.
From Fundación Anselmo Lorenzo
Parallel to the congress Editors and translators beyond borders: women in the transnational anarchist culture (1890-1939), which will take place at the UC3M Campus in Puerta de Toledo (Madrid) between 19 and 21 March, at the Madrid headquarters of the FAL you can visit the exhibition Molders of the idea: women in the anarchist printed culture (visitable from 19 March to 26 April).
From Open Distro
Open Distro is a full-service stop (ok, not really; we're not selling anything) for helping you with your new or on-going anarchist publishing project.