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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
Another day another stall layout, every cover cleansed of yesterday's dust. This stall ran from 9am till midnight yesterday not sure I can manage the same again today but I'll try. At the best Balkan punk fest known to us. www.sickasweare.com
A quick scan of the Active delights available at SAWA festival today and tomorrow SAWA Fest 2026 - Balkan Hardcore Punk Gathering share.google/q7Z7XvJkjbNp...
Active will be sweating it out at the balmy Balkan SAWA festival in 10 days time. Its the coolest DIY festival we know of and are chuffed to be a small part of it. www.sickasweare.com
One of the smallest Active stalls for a long time is at the Booksa in the Park event in Zagreb for the next 3 days . Come and see!
Coming out soon we have a pocket book version of Brian Morris's Basic Kropotkin. It features a wicked new cover by our fave Scottish artist Angus Quinn. For anyone daunted by reading Kropotkin's lengthy texts this could be considered as a "study notes" for his thinking.
Tomorrow Active will be at the Prague Anarchist Bookfair. We have a few AK and PM Press titles too. This year it’s just the one day - Saturday- so don’t miss it! anarchistbookfair.cz/en
Black Mosquito have almost all our titles available on their website including this new one; Ten Questions on Anarchism. If you are looking for a mailorder outlet that covers Europe you could try them. black-mosquito.org/de/ten-quest...
Tonight only! The Active stall is at Podrum in Rijeka for the start of a weekend celebration of its 18 years existence
There's a new alternative space in Cluj, Romania with a bookshop run by the Pisica Neagră (Black Cat) crew. We suggest you check it out if you can. telegra.ph/Pisica-Neagr...
Tonight Tomar Control and the Active booklet stall are gracing (?!?) the legendary ACU venue in Utrecht.
Super cool poster for the months gigs at the Lune Froide in Nantes where the Active booklets battle with Tomar Control merch over limited stall space tonight. Come see which wins!
Tonight the Active pocketbook stall is in the north of France on the Tomar Control tour courtesy of the wonderful l’Ouie Pleure crew www.facebook.com/events/21641...
A rare sighting of an Active bookstall in Cardiff Wales tonight for the Tomar Control gig at Fuel! Fuel for revolution that is still cheap despite the cost of living crisis! Come on down!
The Catharsis tour isn't happening in March after all but they promise to be back later in the year instead You have been warned!
There's this guy called Gabriel who writes books about everything from pirates to proletarian sports you may have heard of him. He also does a blog and recently reviewed our publications about Rojava, it's well worth a look. lefttwothree.org/active-on-ro...
One of those noisy crusty bands from the US are touring Europe next month, the really good news is that they will have a some of our books with them - the Crimethinc ones which we turn from zines to pocketbooks! crimethinc.com
Here are four more posters from the 56A Infoshop archive that reveal both its longevity and internationalist nature. 56a.org.uk Viva the Sandinistas! Ha! another lefty revolution that went wrong.
For those of you who like thoughtful in-depth reviews - even from Commmies! - here’s one that just landed about our recent book Their Wars Our Dead. www.leftcom.org/en/articles/...
Many stalls were done at the 1 in 12 Club back in the day by earlier incarnations of Active. It was/is an inspiration to us all. Now there is a podcast about it! homeofmetal.com/news/
Another BBC interpretation of a text many have found inspirational. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
SOUNDS 1980'S BOOK. A compilation of bits from the UK music papers of 1980 - some from NME, some Zigzag but mostly from SOUNDS, is the latest labour of love from our friend at Amorphous Pieces. Essential for all old punx who lived through that era, & others too! www.amorphouspieces.bigcartel.com
Here's a screenshot of the anarchist bookfairs we know about in 2026 so far. More info anarchistbookfairs.blogspot.com
More posters from the 56a Infoshop archive. If you want to see more let me know! 56a.org.uk
Active has a new outlet for our books in the little country of Switzerland. (Did someone say sliding scale prices?). Check out Der InfoLaden an online shop and a distro that does stalls all over the country. der-infoladen.ch
The 56a Infoshop is known for its amazing archive of literature but it also has a load of posters too. Here are a few I photographed recently. 56a.org.uk
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
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...