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AK Press @akpress.org · Sep 11

📢 Introducing: the AK Press Fall 2025 season! These titles will all be releasing between now and the end of March. We've been hard at work on this season and can't wait for you to read these books. You can find them & preorder at: www.akpress.org/forthcoming-...

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 2h

Tomorrow!!

We're delighted to welcome @akpress.org author Matt Broomfield for the first ARG 'webinar' of the semester.

Matt will be speaking on 15th October 2025 between 15:00-16:00 GMT. All welcome and can join using this link --> bit.ly/42misZL

See below for details of his presentation.

Text says: "Drawing on three years living and working in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan), journalist Matt Broomfield explores the ways the revolutionary Kurdish movement sheds light on struggle, strategy, and endurance—how and why to fight for revolution in the face of nearly impossible odds.

Hope Without Hope carries on the long tradition of history, absurdist philosophy, and radical thought that has studied how anti-fascist and anti-colonial movements answer defeat and repression with a revolutionary faith in transformation. Only by understanding this history can we pursue the steadfast work of organizing for longterm revolutionary change in our seemingly hopeless age.

Matt Broomfield is a British journalist, poet, and organizer. From 2018 to 2020, he spent three years living and working in Rojava (North and East Syria), where he co-founded the Rojava Information Centre, the top independent, English-language news source connecting the Kurdish-led autonomous regions with the international press. His writing has appeared in the Independent, New Statesman, VICE, The Nation, and Jacobin, among others.

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AK Press @akpress.org · 1d

This week’s Distro Highlight:
We Are Still Here: An Anthology of Resilience, Grief, and Unshattered Hope from Gaza’s University Students edited by Zahid Pranjol & Jacob Norris

We Are Still Here is an anthology of these voices—raw, unfiltered, and courageous.

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 3d

A timely book to preorder from @akpress.org - Policing the Progressive City:
Portland, Oregon, From Settlement to Uprising by @kristianwilliams.com.web.brid.gy

www.akpress.org/policing-the...

Policing the Progressive City (Preorder)

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Ryan H. @ryan.blacksky.app · 2d

Was lucky enough to win an ARC from @akpress.org , and have already found what I've read to be tremendous and timely. A gift of light, to ward off the darkness, and a reservoir of strength that we'll be able to tap into when we need reminding of our collective love and liberatory lineages.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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Charles Louis Richter, in my Crypt Keeper SCARE-a! @richterscale.bsky.social · 3d

"Mark Bray was teaching courses on the early modern witch craze. Turning Point USA accused him of being a witch, which he denies."

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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CAW @caw-shinythings.bsky.social · 3d

🐦‍⬛ @danisavestheworld.bsky.social will be at the Sacramento Anarchist Bookfair tomorrow to talk about her fabulous book, Red Flag Warning: Mutual Aid and Survival in Northern California’s Fire Country, published by @akpress.org - AND she'll have a table for CAW! 🐦‍⬛ Be sure to say hey if you're there!

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

A timely excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis, written by my friend Aaron Goggans, who has supported many frontline activists struggling with their mental health during moments of mass protest and upheaval. Thank you, @pempem.bsky.social for uplifting.

A Letter from an Organizer on How to Fight While Feeling Broken

An excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart.

mentalhellth.xyz

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NorCal Resist @norcalresist.bsky.social · 4d

Join us at the Sac Anarchist Book Fair this Saturday and hear From some movement elders- we have 200 copies of JoNina’s book for attendees!

Sac ABF at flower fist 1819 E St 10am to 7pm this Saturday! Free, kids area, masking, food and coffee trucks, lots of fun for all

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AK Press @akpress.org · 5d

"How can we take care of our mental health while either refusing—or being just plain unable—to adjust ourselves to injustice?"

mentalhellth.xyz/p/a-letter-f...

So again, if you find yourself wondering, after weeks or perhaps months of constant stress, maybe some panic attacks or lashing out at your comrades, or perhaps even waking up in the middle of the night terrified of jackboots at your door, if you are going crazy, I’d offer that maybe that’s the wrong question. The better question is, how can we take care of our mental health while either refusing—or being just plain unable—to adjust ourselves to injustice?

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AK Press @akpress.org · 5d

The first excerpt from our forthcoming book edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, Read This When Things Fall Apart, is a letter by Aaron Goggans about how fascism warps consensus reality—and how organizers can learn how to live well outside of it, without letting conflict and trauma rip them apart.

A Letter from an Organizer on How to Fight While Feeling Broken

An excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart.

mentalhellth.xyz

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Truthout @truthout.org · 6d

The U.S. has spent over $30 billion supporting the Israeli military and conducting war across the Middle East over the first two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza — a genocide only made possible by the U.S.’s financial support, a new report concludes.

Report: US Spent Over $30B Backing Israel, Regional Wars in 2 Years of Genocide

This is just the “tip of the iceberg,” Costs of War noted, as many other other transfers haven’t been disclosed.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 6d

In this week's #Frontiers, 📚 A Good Read section, Professor Emily Grabham reviews Rasheedah Phillips’s new book, Dismantling the Master’s Clock: On Race, Space, and Time (AK Press, 2025).

📖 Read the full post here:

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Race, Time, and Quantum Physics - Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Emily Grabham reviews Rasheedah Phillips’s new book, Dismantling the Master’s Clock: On Race, Space, and Time (AK Press, 2025).

frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

The table of contents for Read This When Things Fall Apart is a crisis directory—“read this if…” [insert heartbreak, setback, disaster, or breaking point]. I wish I could gift a copy to every activist in Chicago. You can donate a copy to an activist in need here: www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...

The cover for the book, Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. The cover art features a person wading into a body of water in the woods at night.

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AK Press @akpress.org · 6d

Two years. Our hearts are heavy. #SolidarityWithPalestine

Art by Fuad Alymani from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦—the latest issue of @ww3illustrated.bsky.social

Artwork by Fuad Alymani depicts a young child planting a flower against a map of Palestine and a red background.

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Clare Follmann @clarefollmann.bsky.social · 9d

@akpress.org is publishing my book Scapegoat: What the Invasive Species Story Gets Wrong. It’s about the ways we are made to blame plants and animals (and people) for the horrors of capitalism, and invites us to reimagine our relationships with nature and each other. On shelves March 3, 2026!

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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson @biidaasamose.bsky.social · 6d

miigwech @mskellymhayes.bsky.social for this beautiful, vital, helpful commune. pre-order from @akpress.org

cover image of read this when things fall apart featuring a person partislly submerged in watercwiyh trees, waterlilies and a night sky full of constellations.

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 10d

Okie dokie everybody. I see we're gonna be doing some scapegoating on anarchists in the national narrative. So Imma help you out & get you into the fact, not fiction, about anarchism, with this selection of books from @akpress.org
www.akpress.org/books.html?f...

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Kite Line Radio @kitelineradio.bsky.social · 8d

Martin Sostre was a pioneer of prisoner organizing and Black anarchism. This week, Garrett Felber, author of the new biography A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre (@akpress.org), discusses Sostre’s work and connections to today’s struggles.

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October 3, 2025: The Prison Struggle of Martin Sostre - WFHB

After decades of neglect, Martin Sostre is finally receiving his due as a pioneer of prisoner organi

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AK Press @akpress.org · 8d

Distro highlight✨
From the Flag to the Cross: Fascism American Style
from @orbooks.bsky.social
Edited by Zachary Sklar & Michael Steven Smith

Order your copy and see what else is new today at AKPress.org!

A close up photo of the book with a wire mesh in the background

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11d

I talked with @mayaschenwar.bsky.social and @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social about immigration raids and the violent repression of protesters in Chicago, the administration’s war on free speech and the organized left, and lessons from our upcoming book, Read This When Things Fall Apart.

Holding the Line Through Tear Gas and Censorship

“There is no neutral ground in this moment. You’re either resisting or you’re complicit,” says Eman Abdelhadi.

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 11d

We're delighted to welcome @akpress.org author Matt Broomfield for the first ARG 'webinar' of this semester.

Matt will be speaking on 15th October 2025 between 15:00-16:00 GMT. All welcome and can join using this link --> bit.ly/42misZL

See below for details of his presentation.

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AK Press @akpress.org · 11d

Did you know that AK Press has audiobooks? You can buy and download them directly from our website, or you can find them on whatever platform you normally use (unless that's Spotify, sorry not sorry). Check out our audiobook releases here: www.akpress.org/audiobooks.h...

Six square audiobook covers (A Continuous Struggle, Dismantling the Master's Clock, We Will Not Cancel Us, Fables and Spells, Inversion, and Joyful Militancy) are presented against a black background. Above them are a white pair of headphones and white block text reading "Audiobooks Available Now!"

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AK Press @akpress.org · 15d

Distro Highlight ✨
Toward a Theory of Fascism for Anti-Fascist Life: A Process Vocabulary by Brian Massumi and from @minorcompositions.bsky.social

Available now at AKPress.org!

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 18d

Wrote a book about that dynamic btw @akpress.org

The Anarchist Inquisition

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 18d

When states repress resistance movements for alleged terrorism, they always make the case that the root problem is ideas.

We see that on full display here.

The end game is obvious: destroy the ideas.

Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence

NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

www.whitehouse.gov

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