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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.

philosopher of chaos

Hakim Bey: The Philosopher of Chaos

CODE: SKU2067

$16.00

Where the Absence Is

CODE: SKU2047

$12.00

Opposing Torture

CODE: SKU2046

$8.00

Breaking the Alphabet

CODE: SKU2043

$6.00

Not on Any Map

CODE: SKU2026

$12.00

Manual for Revolutionary Leaders

CODE: SKU1977

$9.00

Out of stock

The Spectacle of Society

CODE: SKU1953

$15.00

Insurrection Omnibus

CODE: SKU1952

$18.00

The Totality is Incomplete

CODE: SKU19294

$15.00

Desert

CODE: SKU19293

$5.00

A Full and Fighting Heart

CODE: SKU19271

$16.00

Nihilism as Egoism

CODE: SKU19265

$3.00

Relations without End

CODE: SKU19253

$3.00

Out of stock

The Unique and Its Property

CODE: SKU19250

$15.00

In Search of the Masterless Men of Newfoundland

CODE: SKU19241

$5.00

the BASTARD Chronicles 2017

CODE: SKU19242

$6.00

Last Act of the Circus Animals

CODE: SKU19230

$5.00

Brethren of the Coast

CODE: SKU19231

$8.00

Wild Carrot Seed 101

CODE: SKU19211

$2.00

The Wandering of Humanity

CODE: SKU19200

$5.00

Nietzsche and Anarchy

CODE: SKU19195

$8.00

Anarchist Speculations

CODE: SKU19196

$12.00

Desert

CODE: SKU17650

$5.00

Nuances

CODE: sku19182

$3.00

Cracks in a Grey Sky

CODE: SKU19178

$15.00

Out of stock

Smert za Smert

CODE: SKU19175

$4.00

The BASTARD Chronicles 2016

CODE: SKU19173

$5.00

The 2016 Ardent Coloring Book

CODE: SKU19171

$5.00

Civil or Subversive: A Dark Matter Production

CODE: SKU19172

$5.00

Anarchist Ephemera

CODE: SKU19155

$8.00

Is Space the Place? Yes/No

CODE: SKU19149

$5.00

The BASTARD Chronicles 2015

CODE: SKU18904

$5.00

Out of stock

the Spiritual Pack

CODE: SKU18098

$14.00

Out of stock

Spiritual Destinations of an Anarchist

CODE: SKU18099

$8.00

Jane

CODE: SKU17784

$3.00

be realists!

CODE: SKU17834

$2.00

Nihilist Communism

CODE: SKU17542

$14.00

Out of stock

Spiritual Journeys of an Anarchist

CODE: SKU18100

$8.00

Anarcho-Pessimism

CODE: SKU18079

$15.00

The BASTARD Chronicles 2014: social war

CODE: SKU18060

$8.00

The Impossible, Patience

CODE: SKU18057

$16.00

Disruptive Elements

CODE: SKU18038

$20.00

Canenero

CODE: SKU18036

$6.00

Egoism

CODE: SKU18026

$8.00

Queer Ultraviolence: Abridged Bash Back! Anthology

CODE: SKU18016

$10.00

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

CODE: SKU18005

$2.00

Untold Delight

CODE: SKU17985

$2.00

Thoughts on Possible Community Responses to Intimate Violence (redux)

CODE: SKU17989

$1.00

Creating Anarchy

CODE: SKU17953

$12.00

cop-out: the signifigance of Aufhebengate

CODE: SKU17939

$5.00

Out of stock

Novatore

CODE: SKU17913

$15.00

Anarchy 101

CODE: SKU17892

$6.00

Out of stock

Bulk Freedom My Dream (5)

CODE: SKU17882

$30.00

Out of stock

Freedom: My Dream

CODE: SKU17859

$12.00

The Anarchist Tension

CODE: SKU17605

$2.00

What Have We Done for Us Lately?

CODE: SKU17552

$2.00

Complicated Relationships

CODE: SKU17539

$2.00

Out of stock

Anarchy Works

CODE: SKU17537

$14.00

Child Sexuality

CODE: SKU17538

$3.00

Enemies of Society

CODE: SKU17540

$18.00

Willful Disobedience

CODE: SKU17519

$15.00

species being and other stories

CODE: SKU17518

$8.00