{"id":1386,"date":"2026-01-21T19:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activedistribution.org\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:54:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:54:44","slug":"what-we-did-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/activedistribution.org\/?p=1386","title":{"rendered":"What we did last year."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Boy do I suck at this &#8220;keeping social media up to date&#8221; lark! Anyway here&#8217;s a quick resume of what we published in the second half of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We started what hopefully will be a whole bunch of books looking at the black anarchist experience with two pocket books featuring Ashanti Alston and William C.Anderson in <strong>Bla<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/black-anarchist-futures-a6\/\" target=\"_blank\">ck Anarchist Futures<\/a><\/strong> and Lorenzo Kom\u2019boa Ervin, JoNina Abron-Ervin and Modibo Kadalie in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/black-anarchist-legacies-a6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Black Anarchist Legacies<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We copied another <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/detritusbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Detritus<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/detritusbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a>title which was itself a copy of an old booklet called <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/kropotkin-escapes-a6-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kropotkin Escape<\/a>s<\/strong> . We made it a tad less fancy but did it as a benefit for the Lisbon anarchist space called <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/disgraca.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disgraca.<\/a><\/strong> It&#8217;s a smashing little booklet with great artwork by Julian Watson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our position as publishers of anti-speciest and vegan thought and progaganda took another boost from our relase of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/straying-with-the-street-dogs-a6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Straying With Street Dogs<\/a><\/strong>, A Dialogue On Animal Tainted Politics by Aron Nor and Eva Meijer. With a striking cover and gorgeous layout (laid out as ever nowadays by comrade Grecu) it&#8217;s another title that we had to repress almost immediately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We started what we hope will be a long partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/radicalpostercollective.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Radical Poster Collective<\/strong> <\/a>in the North of England by co-publishing two pocketbooks of posters. The first was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/spain-1936-39-revolution-and-civil-war-vol-1-poster-pocketbook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spain 1936-39<\/a><\/strong>, Revolution and Civil War Vol 1, the second tells the graphic story of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/paris-may-68-worker-and-student-uprising-posters-pocketbook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paris May &#8217;68<\/a><\/strong>, Worker and Student Uprising. Both are beautiful little parcels of revolutionary inspiration in poster form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continuining our project to bring Crimethinc zines and booklets to Europe in a more pocket friendly manner we  published <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/mutual-aid-the-commons-and-the-revolutionary-abolition-of-capitalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mutual Aid, The Commons, and the Revolutionary Abolition of Capitalism<\/a><\/strong> which according to them &#8220;revisits the difference between mutual aid and charity, and explores what mutual aid has to do with revolution.&#8221; And we also A6&#8217;d their In a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/in-a-world-of-climate-disasters-lets-talk-about-real-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World of Climate Disasters, Let\u2019s Talk About Real Solutions<\/a><\/strong> by Peter Gederloos that was first printed in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freedomnews.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Freedom<\/a><\/strong>. Late in the year we published <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/gaza-my-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gaza, My Love: Ya Ghazze habibti<\/a>,<\/strong> a Crimethinc booklet about Palestine from an anarchist perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The anarcho historian and translator Iain Mckay continues to supply us with more texts to publish and so we knocked out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/the-1848-revolutions-an-anarchist-perspective-by-iain-mckay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The 1848 Revolutions: An Anarchist Perspective<\/strong> <\/a>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/on-anarchist-organisation-by-iain-mckay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On (Anarchist) Organisation<\/a><\/strong> which thoroughly destroys the idea that anarchism is inherently contrary to organisation with plenty of examples and political philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a chance encounter at a bookfair in Italy another well known anarchist historian started to help us with our texts. Ruth Kinna wrote a fab intro to our new version of Emma Goldman&#8217;s two texts in one booklet; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/jealousy-causes-and-a-possible-cure-marriage-and-love-by-emma-goldman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jealousy, Causes and a Possible Cure and Marriage and Love<\/a>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/their-wars-our-dead-anarchist-reflections-on-anti-militarism-since-the-invasion-of-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Their Wars &#8211; Our Dead<\/strong>,<\/a> Anarchist Reflections on Anti-Militarism since the invasion of Ukraine was one of the full sized books we published. A collection of texts that clarify the classic anarchist critique of fighting in statist wars. Also in A5 size was the long overdue reprint of the very popular <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/feeding-the-masses-3rd-ed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Feeding the Masses<\/a><\/strong>: a guide to vegan mass catering (4th Edition). It is an updated version with significant changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our co-publishing proect with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupturepress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rupture Press<\/a><\/strong> continued with the release of both books and pocketbooks. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/ecological-authorian-manoevres\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ecological Authoritarian Maneuvers<\/a><\/strong>, Leninist delusions, co-optation, &amp; anarchist love by Alexander Dunlap, critiques the work of Andreas Malm et al in a pocketbook form. <strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/the-savage-road-rage-revolt-on-the-ecuadorian-oil-frontier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Savage Road<\/a><\/strong>: Rage &amp; Revolt on the Ecuadorian Oil Frontier by Japhy Wilson is a full size book that examines the resistance to fossil-fuel industries. Another A5 book is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/subversive-hope-and-radical-conviviality-the-life-and-work-of-gustavo-esteva-168-pages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subversive Hope and Radical Conviviality<\/a><\/strong>, The life and Work of Gustavo Esteva\u00a0which is pretty self explanatory. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activedistributionshop.org\/product\/conviviality-and-resistance-from-below\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Conviviality and Resistance From Below<\/a><\/strong>, Ivan Illich\u2019s legacy in Mexico, is by Elias Gonzalez Gomez. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pmpress.org.uk\/product\/a-we-without-a-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A We Without a State<\/a><\/strong> by Y\u00e1snaya Elena Aguilar Gil is a pocket book of essays that help make the idea of a future without the state real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning of 2026 we will be releasing the long awaited reissues of the Spectacuar Times booklets along with other pocketbooks and a few books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boy do I suck at this &#8220;keeping social media up to date&#8221; lark! Anyway here&#8217;s a quick resume of what we published in the second half of 2025. We started what hopefully will be a whole bunch of books looking at the black anarchist experience with two pocket books featuring Ashanti Alston and William C.Anderson &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/activedistribution.org\/?p=1386\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What we did last year.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/activedistribution.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/activedistribution.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/activedistribution.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activedistribution.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activedistribution.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1386"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/activedistribution.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1395,"href":"https:\/\/activedistribution.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386\/revisions\/1395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/activedistribution.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activedistribution.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activedistribution.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}