Active Distribution Publishing
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Active Distribution has been distributing anarchist literature as cheaply as possible since the late 1980’s. We now publish books with the same not for profit spirit and for revolutionary anarchism. www.activedistribution.org
New and old classic pocketbooks on our stall today at the Amsterdam Anarchist Bookfair. We’ll be back tomorrow too!
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
New and old classic pocketbooks on our stall today at the Amsterdam Anarchist Bookfair. We’ll be back tomorrow too!
All the new Active titles and our back catalogue along with some special new anarcist jigsaw puzzles will be at the Amsterdam Anarchist Bookfair next weekend. anarchistbookfairamsterdam.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
All the new Active titles and our back catalogue along with some special new anarcist jigsaw puzzles will be at the Amsterdam Anarchist Bookfair next weekend. anarchistbookfairamsterdam.org
Ruth Kinna has written a wicked intro to our new edition of Jealousy: Causes and a Possible Cure & Marriage and Love by Emma Goldman. Two anarcha-feminist writers we are super happy to be publishing. And with a great cover by Angus too! www.activedistributionshop.org/product/jeal...
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ruth Kinna has written a wicked intro to our new edition of Jealousy: Causes and a Possible Cure & Marriage and Love by Emma Goldman. Two anarcha-feminist writers we are super happy to be publishing. And with a great cover by Angus too! www.activedistributionshop.org/product/jeal...
Their Wars, Our Dead! Anarchist reflections on anti-militarism since the invasion of Ukraine edited by Alex Alder and Bill Beech is fairly self explanatory. A clarification of the reasons why anarchists should not support 'state' wars. 156 pages for £5! www.activedistributionshop.org/product/thei...
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Their Wars, Our Dead! Anarchist reflections on anti-militarism since the invasion of Ukraine edited by Alex Alder and Bill Beech is fairly self explanatory. A clarification of the reasons why anarchists should not support 'state' wars. 156 pages for £5! www.activedistributionshop.org/product/thei...
Iain McKay is fast becoming our most prolific author with two new pocketbook hot off the press. On 'Anarchist' Organistaion and The 1848 Revolutions should appeal to anyone interested in the history and theory of anarchism and how it might come about. www.activedistributionshop.org/product/the-...
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Iain McKay is fast becoming our most prolific author with two new pocketbook hot off the press. On 'Anarchist' Organistaion and The 1848 Revolutions should appeal to anyone interested in the history and theory of anarchism and how it might come about. www.activedistributionshop.org/product/the-...
Available again and updated the 3rd edition of Feeding The Masses, a guide to making vegan food for lots of people by people who have done just that, is back! And stil only £4!! www.activedistributionshop.org/product/feed...
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Available again and updated the 3rd edition of Feeding The Masses, a guide to making vegan food for lots of people by people who have done just that, is back! And stil only £4!! www.activedistributionshop.org/product/feed...
Cashing in on the conflict or trying to come grips with what is happening there? You decide! We bring you a Crimethinc zine made into a pocketbook. Gaza my love by Ya Ghazze Habibti an anarchist from Palestine. www.activedistributionshop.org/product/gaza...
Gaza my love - Active Distribution
by Ya Ghazze Habibti. A6. Crimethinc/Active 2025
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November 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Cashing in on the conflict or trying to come grips with what is happening there? You decide! We bring you a Crimethinc zine made into a pocketbook. Gaza my love by Ya Ghazze Habibti an anarchist from Palestine. www.activedistributionshop.org/product/gaza...
Changing the World from Above, The Limits of Progressivism and other new titles from our co-publisher's Rupture Press are now available from our webshop. www.activedistributionshop.org/product/chan...
Changing the World from Above, The Limits of Progressivism. - Active Distribution
by Decio Machado & Raul Zibechi. Rupture and Active 2025
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November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Changing the World from Above, The Limits of Progressivism and other new titles from our co-publisher's Rupture Press are now available from our webshop. www.activedistributionshop.org/product/chan...
The UK Active crew will be in Manchester for the bookfair as will our comrades from the RPC and PM Press amongst others!
Tomorrow in the land of Joy Division and the Buzzcocks is the Manchester and Salford Anarchist Bookfair it’s usually the biggest such event in the UK outside of London. bookfair.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The UK Active crew will be in Manchester for the bookfair as will our comrades from the RPC and PM Press amongst others!
Active has a table at the ACAB B!
As of today the Berlin Anarchist Convergence is happening! acabb.noblogs.org/participation/
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Active has a table at the ACAB B!
After a successfull day at the Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair Active is heading "home" to the Bristol Anarchist Bookfair this weekend, be there or miss out! bristolanarchistbookfair.uk
Bristol Anarchist Bookfair
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October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
After a successfull day at the Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair Active is heading "home" to the Bristol Anarchist Bookfair this weekend, be there or miss out! bristolanarchistbookfair.uk
Sneak preview picture of some of our new titles soon to be available from your local disreputable distributor of anarchic texts!
October 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Sneak preview picture of some of our new titles soon to be available from your local disreputable distributor of anarchic texts!
The folks behind one of our recent titles Straying with the Street Dogs have produced a gorgeous and thought provoking film called Straying home. A film essay with urban animals. Watch it at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfIT...
Straying home. A film essay with urban animals
YouTube video by just wondering...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The folks behind one of our recent titles Straying with the Street Dogs have produced a gorgeous and thought provoking film called Straying home. A film essay with urban animals. Watch it at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfIT...
We will be at the Catharsis gig in Zagreb however with a bookstall. www.facebook.com/events/akc-a...
October 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We will be at the Catharsis gig in Zagreb however with a bookstall. www.facebook.com/events/akc-a...
Wish we could be in London this weekend for this; Colin Ward Festival of Anarchic Ideas, Tactics & Action. www.kairos.london/event/colin-...
Colin Ward Festival of Anarchic Ideas, Tactics & Action - Kairos
Saturday October 18th, 11.30am to 6pm To explore the work of author and social theorist Colin Ward, we're holding a day-long festival of anarchic thinking, strategising and making. Through short talks...
www.kairos.london
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Wish we could be in London this weekend for this; Colin Ward Festival of Anarchic Ideas, Tactics & Action. www.kairos.london/event/colin-...
Our comrades in Romania are thinking big but their bank accounts are small! If you can help them establish a centre of operations in the city of Cluj then both Emma G and Micky B will surely look down on you with beatific smiles from their anarchic afterlives! telegra.ph/Help-us-laun...
October 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Our comrades in Romania are thinking big but their bank accounts are small! If you can help them establish a centre of operations in the city of Cluj then both Emma G and Micky B will surely look down on you with beatific smiles from their anarchic afterlives! telegra.ph/Help-us-laun...
We've just reprinted new version of Kropotkin Escapes and have sent the benefit proceeds to the Disgraca's GoFund Me project page. We hope it helps make this thing happen, in the spirit of great anarchists past, for our future. gofund.me/ea867a436
Donate to Disgraça: help us buy our anarchist social centre, organized by a Disgraça
DISGRAÇA: HELP US BUY OUR ANARCHIST SOCIAL CENTRE IN LISBON / AJUDA-NOS A… a Disgraça needs your support for Disgraça: help us buy our anarchist social centre
gofund.me
October 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
We've just reprinted new version of Kropotkin Escapes and have sent the benefit proceeds to the Disgraca's GoFund Me project page. We hope it helps make this thing happen, in the spirit of great anarchists past, for our future. gofund.me/ea867a436
The ever efficient PM Press across the pond have recieved the palllet of our latest releases and so they are now available in the US mailorder and wholesale. pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
October 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The ever efficient PM Press across the pond have recieved the palllet of our latest releases and so they are now available in the US mailorder and wholesale. pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
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Discover the story of Poison Girls, radical punk visionaries who created something extraordinary. Support the new book and seven CD box set celebrating their music, art, and politics. Back the Kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ww3...
September 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Discover the story of Poison Girls, radical punk visionaries who created something extraordinary. Support the new book and seven CD box set celebrating their music, art, and politics. Back the Kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ww3...
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Our next outing - 26 October in Sheffield...
October 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Our next outing - 26 October in Sheffield...
One of our most active authors Jan Goodey is doing a series of talks about his booklet All Hands to the Deck. The next one is at Housmans in London if you can make it. housmans.com/events/
October 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
One of our most active authors Jan Goodey is doing a series of talks about his booklet All Hands to the Deck. The next one is at Housmans in London if you can make it. housmans.com/events/
Active has a new outlet, in Italy, our first for a long time! The Modo Infoshop in Bologna has a busy schedue of events and loads of books including a small but growing selection of English language titles including ours. Why not go and encourage them! www.modoinfoshop.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Active has a new outlet, in Italy, our first for a long time! The Modo Infoshop in Bologna has a busy schedue of events and loads of books including a small but growing selection of English language titles including ours. Why not go and encourage them! www.modoinfoshop.com
We now have two booklets in our new series of poster pocketbooks that are put together by the Radical Poster Collective bsky.app/profile/radi... get them from them or get them from us but get them! www.activedistributionshop.org/shop/?orderb...
September 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
We now have two booklets in our new series of poster pocketbooks that are put together by the Radical Poster Collective bsky.app/profile/radi... get them from them or get them from us but get them! www.activedistributionshop.org/shop/?orderb...
Active Distribution has listed all our new titles including these 4! Kropotkin Escaps is a benefit for the Disgraća project in Lisbon. Straying Dogs covers new ground in the anti-speciesist world. Black Anarchist's debate the history of black anarchism. www.activedistributionshop.org/shop/?orderb...
September 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Active Distribution has listed all our new titles including these 4! Kropotkin Escaps is a benefit for the Disgraća project in Lisbon. Straying Dogs covers new ground in the anti-speciesist world. Black Anarchist's debate the history of black anarchism. www.activedistributionshop.org/shop/?orderb...
The Disgraca project in Lisbon is like the Cowley Club in Brighton, The 1 in 12 in Bradford and the SUMAC centre in Nottingham only it'll be warmer when you are standing outside waiting to get in! Our new pocketbook title Kropotkin Escapes is a benefit towards it, gofund.me/484caf478
Donate to Disgraça: help us buy our anarchist social centre, organized by a Disgraça
DISGRAÇA: HELP US BUY OUR ANARCHIST SOCIAL CENTRE IN LISBON / AJUDA-NOS A… a Disgraça needs your support for Disgraça: help us buy our anarchist social centre
gofund.me
September 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Disgraca project in Lisbon is like the Cowley Club in Brighton, The 1 in 12 in Bradford and the SUMAC centre in Nottingham only it'll be warmer when you are standing outside waiting to get in! Our new pocketbook title Kropotkin Escapes is a benefit towards it, gofund.me/484caf478