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Ardent Press

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Ardent Press is a publishing project committed to publishing original anarchist and anti-political works.

There are many existing anarchist publishing efforts. We strongly believe in the anarchist principles of decentralization and diversity, and in this spirit we enter with books for children and adults, books on philosophy, nihilism, sexuality and body image, race, history, and psychology, all from an anarchist and anti-political perspective.

While there are almost as many definitions of anarchist as there are anarchists, ours is one based on a rejection of representation, on a radical practice that eschews the political role of the activist, militant, or leftist. It means stealing back the power that we have been dispossessed of: the power to create our lives, not the politics of petitioning the state to act in our name or waiting on the power of “the people” to rise up on our behalf.

Our books will reflect this spirit.

Bulk Freedom My Dream (5)

CODE: SKU17882

$30.00

Out of stock

Disruptive Elements

CODE: SKU18038

$20.00

Enemies of Society

CODE: SKU17540

$18.00

Insurrection Omnibus

CODE: SKU1952

$18.00

The Impossible, Patience

CODE: SKU18057

$16.00

A Full and Fighting Heart

CODE: SKU19271

$16.00

philosopher of chaos

Hakim Bey: The Philosopher of Chaos

CODE: SKU2067

$16.00

Novatore

CODE: SKU17913

$15.00

Willful Disobedience

CODE: SKU17519

$15.00

Anarcho-Pessimism

CODE: SKU18079

$15.00

Cracks in a Grey Sky

CODE: SKU19178

$15.00

Out of stock

The Unique and Its Property

CODE: SKU19250

$15.00

The Totality is Incomplete

CODE: SKU19294

$15.00

The Spectacle of Society

CODE: SKU1953

$15.00

Anarchy Works

CODE: SKU17537

$14.00

Nihilist Communism

CODE: SKU17542

$14.00

Out of stock

the Spiritual Pack

CODE: SKU18098

$14.00

Out of stock

Freedom: My Dream

CODE: SKU17859

$12.00

Creating Anarchy

CODE: SKU17953

$12.00

Anarchist Speculations

CODE: SKU19196

$12.00

Not on Any Map

CODE: SKU2026

$12.00

Where the Absence Is

CODE: SKU2047

$12.00

Queer Ultraviolence: Abridged Bash Back! Anthology

CODE: SKU18016

$10.00

Manual for Revolutionary Leaders

CODE: SKU1977

$9.00

Out of stock

Egoism

CODE: SKU18026

$8.00

The BASTARD Chronicles 2014: social war

CODE: SKU18060

$8.00

species being and other stories

CODE: SKU17518

$8.00

Spiritual Journeys of an Anarchist

CODE: SKU18100

$8.00

Spiritual Destinations of an Anarchist

CODE: SKU18099

$8.00

Anarchist Ephemera

CODE: SKU19155

$8.00

Nietzsche and Anarchy

CODE: SKU19195

$8.00

Brethren of the Coast

CODE: SKU19231

$8.00

Opposing Torture

CODE: SKU2046

$8.00

Anarchy 101

CODE: SKU17892

$6.00

Out of stock

Canenero

CODE: SKU18036

$6.00

the BASTARD Chronicles 2017

CODE: SKU19242

$6.00

Breaking the Alphabet

CODE: SKU2043

$6.00

cop-out: the signifigance of Aufhebengate

CODE: SKU17939

$5.00

Out of stock

The BASTARD Chronicles 2015

CODE: SKU18904

$5.00

Out of stock

Is Space the Place? Yes/No

CODE: SKU19149

$5.00

The 2016 Ardent Coloring Book

CODE: SKU19171

$5.00

Civil or Subversive: A Dark Matter Production

CODE: SKU19172

$5.00

The BASTARD Chronicles 2016

CODE: SKU19173

$5.00

Desert

CODE: SKU17650

$5.00

The Wandering of Humanity

CODE: SKU19200

$5.00

Last Act of the Circus Animals

CODE: SKU19230

$5.00

In Search of the Masterless Men of Newfoundland

CODE: SKU19241

$5.00

Desert

CODE: SKU19293

$5.00

Smert za Smert

CODE: SKU19175

$4.00

Child Sexuality

CODE: SKU17538

$3.00

Jane

CODE: SKU17784

$3.00

Relations without End

CODE: SKU19253

$3.00

Out of stock

Nuances

CODE: sku19182

$3.00

Nihilism as Egoism

CODE: SKU19265

$3.00

Complicated Relationships

CODE: SKU17539

$2.00

Out of stock

The Spartacist Movement, excerpts from Freedom, My Dream, frank brand

CODE: SKU18005

$2.00

What Have We Done for Us Lately?

CODE: SKU17552

$2.00

Untold Delight

CODE: SKU17985

$2.00

The Anarchist Tension

CODE: SKU17605

$2.00

be realists!

CODE: SKU17834

$2.00

Wild Carrot Seed 101

CODE: SKU19211

$2.00

Thoughts on Possible Community Responses to Intimate Violence (redux)

CODE: SKU17989

$1.00