Ramsey Kanaan is a Lebanese-Scottish publisher and distributor of anarchist literature. In 1987, he founded AK Press[1] (named after his mother, Ann Kanaan[2]), and later in 2007, of the anarchist publisher PM Press,[2][3] where he remains the publisher.[4]
Kanaan is one of the founders of the Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair[5] and is a member of Bound Together Books in San Francisco, a collectively run anarchist bookstore.[6]
In the 1980s he was the singer of the Scottish anarcho-punk band Political Asylum.[7]
References
- ↑ Ramsey Kanaan, "What's Wrong with the American Anarchist Movement?" Jura Books, Sydney, 2005. Archived April 27, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 Rachel Swan, "Beyond Anarchy at PM Press" East Bay Express, February 18, 2009. Retrieved 19.01.2015.
- ↑ Tobias Carroll, "I’ve Got a Name: Music, Radical Politics, and AK Press" The Experience Music Project Pop Conference, April 2008
- ↑ "About - Page 2 of 2". PM Press. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ↑ Channel Zero, "Interview with Ramsey Kanaan on the San Francisco Anarchist Book Fair" March, 2007
- ↑ Jerome Gold, Obscure in the Shade of Giants Black Heron Press June, 2001
- ↑ Glasper, Ian (June 1, 2014). The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980–1984. PM Press. p. 441–. ISBN 978-1-60486-516-5.
Further reading
- Biel, Joe (2012). "Ramsey Kanaan". Beyond The Music: How Punks are Saving the World with DIY Ethics, Skills, and Values. Portland, Oregon: Cantankerous Titles. pp. 70–77. ISBN 978-1-62106-472-5. OCLC 793573868.
- Glasper, Ian (June 1, 2014). The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980–1984. PM Press. p. 441–. ISBN 978-1-60486-516-5.
- Kinna, Ruth; Gordon, Uri, eds. (2019). "Anarchist Publishing: An Interview with Ramsey Kanaan". Routledge Handbook of Radical Politics. New York: Routledge. pp. 359–369. ISBN 978-1-138-66542-2.
- Prelinger, Megan Shaw. "An Interview with Ramsey Kanaan of AK Press." The Anti-Capitalism Reader: Imagining a Geography of Opposition Ed. Joel Schalit. Akashic Books, 2002.
- "Interview with Ramsey Kanaan on San Francisco Anarchist Book Fair"
- Solnit, David. "Poll Tax Rebellion – How One Small Scottish Anarchist Group Toppled the Thatcher Government: An Interview by David Solnit with Ramsey Kanaan." Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World Ed. David Solnit. City Lights Publishers, 2003.
- Swan, Rachel (February 18, 2009). "Beyond Anarchy at PM Press". East Bay Express. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- "Interview with Ramsey Kanaan on A Radical Guide" February 14, 2018
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