Active Distribution Publishing

We have now done the bright thing of publishing two different texts with effectively the same title; Veganarchism! A genius move, I’m sure it won’t cause any confusion when it comes to ordering! The book version has the full title Veganarchism, Making Veganism and Anarchism Dangerous Again. The pocketbook version is called Veganarchism; Against all oppression, everywhere, all the time. As you can guess its a subject close to our hearts! We have also finally gotten around to reprinting Shariah Don’t Like It..? Punk and Religion in Indonesia and The Punk Ananrchisms of Class Was and Crimethinc both now in cute pocketbook formats. Eat Like it Matters has been reprinted after a 3 year hiatus and Warp and Weft is available again too.

We have renewed our collaboration with the venerable Freedom Press and co-published a new version of Physical Resistance: A Hundred Years of Anti-Fascism by Dave Hann and updated by Lousie Purbrick. This will be launched by Freedom Press in Feburary, check their website for details.

I’ve been a bit slack with this site of late and also had trouble sorting out ‘back end’ issues with it. But I hope to get back on track soon. There are a load of new books and reprints to tell you about. I have also started a Bluesky page and will open a Telegram channel for Active Distribution Publishing soon.

We teamed up with Crimethinc to release a small collection of works by the Russian anarchist Dmitry Petrov and his biography. Seen and approved by his friends and family we offer this booklet not as a statement of belief in any particular anarchist arguements that surround fighting in inter-state conflicts but because we recognise a comrade, even one we never met, when we see one. Dmitry Petrov: A Life in Combat is a 100 page A6 pocket book with a £2 cover price

A website dedicated to Dmitry is now up and running.

Also just released is the second in our co-publications with Pagini Libere of Romania. This is ‘A Brief History of Anarchism in Romania’ by Vlad Brătuleanu, a new text based on older ones that have not been available before in English.

June saw the release of two new books from Active both of which we are chuffed to be doing. Well Worth Fighting For is an inspiring book by two women who spent time in Rojava. My 83 year old Dad thought it was really good! The Over Privileged Human is also written by two women, this time discussing the relationship we have with the non human species on this planet, tis interesting stuff.

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We converted a couple of classics into our fave A6 pocket book format, these include Chaz Buffe’s wonderful and timeless 20 Reasons to Abandon Christianity and Albert Meltzer’s Arguements for and Against Anarchism. Both oldies but goldies! We pocketsized the infamous Paris 68 text On the Poverty of Student Life how better to look cool on the bus than by taking a copy of this out on your way to attend a strike action! Our Punk and Anarchist Squats in Poland booklet got shrunk too and we reprinted the ever popular God and the State by Bakunin with a slightly rejigged cover. All are now availbale from the best radical outlets in Europe and from PM Press in the US too (or will be soon!)