PM Press is an independent

publisher Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

, founded in 2007, that specializes in radical,

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and

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literature, as well as crime fiction, graphic novels, music CDs, and political documentaries. It has offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and West Virginia.

History

PM Press was started in late 2007 by

AK Press AK Press is a worker-managed, independent publisher and book distributor that specialises in radical left and anarchist literature. Operated out of Chico, California, the company is collectively owned. History AK was founded in Stirling, Sc ...

founder Ramsey Kanaan and several other members of AK Press, including Craig O'Hara. In their first year, they published ''Wobblies & Zapatistas'', a synthesis of anarchism and Marxism by historian Staughton Lynd and Balkans dissident Andrej Grubacic;

Chumbawamba Chumbawamba () were a British rock band formed in 1982 and disbanded in 2012. They are best known for their 1997 single "Tubthumping", which was nominated for Best British Single at the 1998 Brit Awards. Other singles include "Amnesia", " Enou ...

’s four-part harmonizing of the history of British dissent in ''

English Rebel Songs 1381–1984 ''English Rebel Songs 1381–1984'' is the third studio album by English band Chumbawamba. It was originally released in 1988 with a slightly different track list under the title ''English Rebel Songs 1381–1914'', then re-recorded in 2003. Co ...

''; The Big Noise production team's video magazine ''Dispatches''; Lois Ahrens’ graphic depiction of the effects of mass incarceration in ''The Real Cost of Prisons Comix''; ''Teaching Rebellion'', the oral histories of the Oaxacan Uprising (also available in a Spanish-language edition); eco-philosopher

Derrick Jensen Derrick Jensen (born December 19, 1960) is an American ecophilosopher, writer, author, teacher and environmentalist in the anarcho-primitivist tradition, though he rejects the label "anarchist". ''Utne Reader'' named Jensen among "50 Visionari ...

(''How Shall I Live My Life?'' and ''Now This War Has Two Sides'' CD), and former Black Panther and freed member of the

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Robert King (''From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King''); the activism of Staughton Lynd and

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organizer Daniel Gross in '' Labor Law for the Rank and Filer'', and the last three decades of struggle to free political prisoners, ''Let Freedom Ring''.Book TV: Craig O'Hara - Co-founder, PM Press in West Virgini
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, a documentary on the 1970s British anarchist urban guerrillas

The Angry Brigade The Angry Brigade was a far-left British terrorist group responsible for a series of bomb attacks in England between 1970 and 1972. Using small bombs, they targeted banks, embassies, a BBC Outside Broadcast vehicle, and the homes of Conservativ ...

, a history of the struggles of

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written by

Victoria Law Victoria Law, familiarly known as Vikki Law, is an American anarchist activist, prison abolitionist, writer, freelance editor, and photographer. Her books are ''Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women'' (2009, 2012), ''Don't L ...

, and ''My Baby Rides the Short Bus'', an anthology of personal essays and stories about raising children with disabilities. 2010 saw an edition of Peter Marshall’s history of anarchism, ''

Demanding the Impossible ''Demanding the Impossible'' is a book on the history of anarchism The history of anarchism is as ambiguous as anarchism itself. Scholars find it hard to define or agree on what anarchism means, which makes outlining its history difficult. ...

'', a radical new examination of the politics of pirates by

Gabriel Kuhn Gabriel Kuhn (born 1972) is a political writer and translator based in Sweden. Biography Kuhn became straight edge and active in radical circles as a teenager. Following post-secondary studies in Austria and the United States, Kuhn lived in the ...

, the first English-language edition of writings by German agitator and theorist

Gustav Landauer Gustav Landauer (7 April 1870 – 2 May 1919) was one of the leading theorists on anarchism in Germany at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. He was an advocate of social anarchism and an avowed pacifist. In 1919, he ...

, and ''Tunnel People'' by photojournalist

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, as well as ''From Here to There: The Staughton Lynd Reader'' and anthologies of works by

Paul Goodman Paul Goodman (1911–1972) was an American writer and public intellectual best known for his 1960s works of social criticism. Goodman was prolific across numerous literary genres and non-fiction topics, including the arts, civil rights, decen ...

. PM has also launched a noir imprint, Switchblade; a "Spectacular Fiction" imprint for

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

; "Found in Translation", featuring translations of fiction by Japanese author Tomoyuki Hoshino, and ''Calling All Heroes'' by Mexican novelist

Paco Ignacio Taibo II Paco Ignacio Taibo II (born Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo; on January 11, 1949), also known as Paco Taibo II or informally as PIT is a Spanish- Mexican writer, novelist and political activist based in Mexico City. He is most widely known as the ...

; "Spectre", a political economy imprint, and "Tofuhound", an imprint founded by ''Vegan Freak'' authors

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and Jenna Torres. The "Outspoken Authors" imprint of pocketbooks feature fiction writers with conversations on their work, politics, writing, and engagement—science fiction

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Michael Moorcock Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English writer, best-known for science fiction and fantasy, who has published a number of well-received literary novels as well as comic thrillers, graphic novels and non-fiction. He has work ...

Kim Stanley Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American writer of science fiction. He has published twenty-two novels and numerous short stories and is best known for his ''Mars'' trilogy. His work has been translated into 24 languages. Many ...

and

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were among the authors featured; crime writer Gary Phillips was the only non-SF author to have an Outspoken Authors title. PM also published previously unpublished work on politics from Trinidadian revolutionary thinker

C. L. R. James Cyril Lionel Robert James (4 January 1901 – 31 May 1989),Fraser, C. Gerald, '' The New York Times'', 2 June 1989. who sometimes wrote under the pen-name J. R. Johnson, was a Trinidadian historian, journalist and Marxist. His works are i ...

, works by the London stencil artist

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, healthy cooking from ''

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'' founder

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; ''Arena'', a journal of anarchist arts and culture edited by

Stuart Christie Stuart Christie (10 July 1946 – 15 August 2020) was a Scottish anarchist writer and publisher. When aged 18, Christie was arrested while carrying explosives to assassinate the Spanish caudillo, General Francisco Franco. He was later alleged ...

; and a new imprint with DC's Busboys & Poets. In 2020, the publisher sold ebooks to

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in a way to make them available to the public.

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later

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that "They're a great press". In 2022, PM Press relocated from California to New York. https://blog.pmpress.org/2022/03/30/california-publisher-moves-headquarters-to-binghamton/ "California Publisher Moves Headquarters to Binghamton"

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External links

Official website
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History

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