Chicago Tribune, “Now from the Newberry Library: Old books at the fair, new ideas at the Bughouse”
From roughly the 1880s into the 1930s people came to the park and stood on soapboxes or crates and spouted their passions, theories, lunacies and philosophies to anyone who would listen. Some were famous and smart (Carl Sandburg, Emma Goldman, Eugene V. Debs). Many others were anonymous anarchists, dreamers, poets and preachers. Some of them […]
Ithaca Times, “Local writer pens dense critique on modern man”
James Thomas Lukasavage, a local author and avowed pacifist anarchist, takes the reader through a deeply-sourced meditation on the world today, what has gone wrong and how it can be saved. It’s the type of book that, when described as it just was, sounds completely unappealing and aggressively disinteresting unless coming from someone with an […]
Vice, “8-Ball Loves Zines, Hates Capitalism”
As we’ve moved along I’ve done more research and found out about other organizations before us doing similar things. There are so many great ones, like anarchist groups like Black Mask, who were producing a lot of work in the 60s in the Lower East Side that were similar to what we do. Paper Tiger […]
The Stranger, “What Americans Can Learn from Badass Russian Dissident Reporter Victoria Lomasko”
Several years ago, Lomasko says, she and other writers were looking for a venue to launch an anarchist newspaper called Volya, which means “Will” in Russian. A bookstore owner offered up his store for the event. The very next day, the police showed up: “Do you want to have a bookstore or do you want […]
Rolling Stone, “See Green Day’s Manic, Surprise Return to 924 Gilman,” May 18, 2015
See Green Day’s Manic, Surprise Return to 924 Gilman by Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, May 18, 2015 Green Day returned to 924 Gilman Street, one of the Bay Area punk venues where they played in their salad days, for a special benefit concert on Sunday. They played the secret show to help raise money for […]
KROQ, “Green Day Get Back To Punk Roots, Play Surprise Show at Small Berkeley Venue,” May 18, 2015
Green Day Get Back To Punk Roots, Play Surprise Show at Small Berkeley Venue by Alyssa Pereira, KROQ/CBS San Francisco, May 18, 2015 The show was a benefit for AK Press, an anarchist publishing house in Oakland that recently lost its warehouse in a large fire. READ MORE
SF Gate, “Anarchists turn to capitalism at Oakland book fair,” April 25, 2015
Anarchists turn to capitalism at Oakland book fair by Nanette Asimov, SF Gate, April 25, 2015 Rejecting authority, thinking for oneself and being kind to others were the messages reverberating through the Seventh Street warehouse called the Crucible. READ MORE
East Bay Express, “AK Press Defies Expectations — Again,” April 22, 2015
AK Press Defies Expectations — Again Sam Lefebvre, East Bay Express, April 22, 2015 Radical politics and roaring infernos are well acquainted. Countless insurrectionary screeds invoke flames as harbingers of necessary cataclysm, while such fiery fixations are reflected in the titles of avowed anarchist publications such as The Match and, locally, Fireworks. The literature published […]
SF Gate, “AK Press damaged in deadly Oakland fire,” March 24, 2015
AK Press damaged in deadly Oakland fire By John McMurtrie, SF Gate, March 24, 2015 AK Press, now in its 25th year, employs a dozen workers. “We’re anarchists,” says its website, “which is reflected both in the books we provide and in the way we organize our business. Decisions at AK Press are made collectively, […]