Arbeiter Ring Publishing

Arbeiter Ring Publishing is a worker-owned and operated independent book publisher and distributor that specializes in progressive, radical and anarchist literature (both fiction and non-fiction). Founded by Todd Scarth and John K. Samson in Winnipeg in 1996, the publishing company was originally based in The Old Market Autonomous Zone (or A-Zone), which also houses Mondragon Bookstore and Coffee House, and other radical and worker-run organizations. Named after Arbeiter Ring (meaning "Workers' Circle"), a radical Jewish workers' organization (which had a strong presence in Winnipeg at the outset of the 20th century and helped promote Emma Goldman's early visits to the city), Arbeiter Ring also shares a commitment to workers' self-management. One aspect of this is the organization's promotion of participatory economics (or parecon), an alternative economic model first articulated by Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel.

Notable books

• Paula Sherman - Dishonour of the Crown: The Ontario Resource Regime in the Valley of the Kiji Sibi (2008)
• Michael Albert - Thought Dreams (2004)
• Ward Churchill - Struggle for the Land (1999 edition)
• Ward Churchill - Pacifism as Pathology: Notes on an American Pseudopraxis (1998)
• Alissa York - Any Given Power (1999)
• David McNally - Another World is Possible (2005)

External links

• Arbeiter Ring Publishing
• Old Market Autonomous Zone