Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company

Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company Subversive literature for the whole family since 1886. Buy Kerr books at www.akpress.org.

Great work by Kerr author Peter Cole - with thanks to the Illinois Labor History Society  for the link!
05/04/2026

Great work by Kerr author Peter Cole - with thanks to the Illinois Labor History Society for the link!

On October 4, 1970, Chicago’s Haymarket Police Monument – quite possibly the first statue in the United States dedicated to police – was attacked for the third time in three years. Two years prior, on the anniversary of the Haymarket Affair, May 4, antiwar protesters poured black paint on it a...

Thank you, Martin Sostre Solidarity House.
05/01/2026

Thank you, Martin Sostre Solidarity House.

"El libro de los abrazos"

Eduardo Galeano

La desmemoria

Chicago está llena de fábricas. Hay fábricas hasta en pleno centro de la ciudad, en torno al edificio más alto del mundo.

Chicago está llena de fábricas, Chicago está llena de obreros.

Al llegar al barrio de Heymarket, pido a mis amigos que me muestren el lugar donde fueron ahorcados, en 1886, aquellos obreros que el mundo entero saluda cada primero de mayo.

- Ha de ser por aquí -me dicen. Pero nadie sabe.

Ninguna estatua le ha erigido en memoria de los mártires de Chicago en la ciudad de Chicago. Ni estatua, ni monolito, ni placa de bronce, ni nada.

El primero de mayo es el único día verdaderamente universal de la humanidad entera, el único día donde coinciden todas las historias y todas las geografías, todas las lenguas y las religiones y las culturas del mundo; pero en los Estados Unidos, el primero de mayo es un día cualquiera.

Ese día, la gente trabaja normalmente, y nadie, o casi nadie, recuerda que los derechos de la clase obrera no han brotado de la oreja de una cabra, ni de la mano de Dios o del amo.

Tras la inútil exploración de Heymarket, mis amigos me llevan a conocer la mejor librería de la ciudad. Y allí, por pura curiosidad, por pura casualidad, descubro un viejo cartel que está como esperándome, metido entre muchos otros carteles de cine y música rock.

El cartel reproduce un proverbio del África: Hasta que los leones tengan sus propios historiadores, las historias de cacería seguirán glorificando al cazador.


Thank you, Martin Sostre Solidarity House .
05/01/2026

Thank you, Martin Sostre Solidarity House .

Thank you, Illinois Labor History Society.
05/01/2026

Thank you, Illinois Labor History Society.

Email from Friday's Labor Folklore View and share as a webpage Friday's Labor Folklore Celebrate May Day! Eight Hour Song (1878) We mean to make things over, We’re tired of toil for naught. But bare e

May Day in Chicago, home of the Haymarket martyrs!
05/01/2026

May Day in Chicago, home of the Haymarket martyrs!

New York friends! Kerr books will be available at the Upstate Anarchist Book Fair this weekend - check it out!
04/30/2026

New York friends! Kerr books will be available at the Upstate Anarchist Book Fair this weekend - check it out!

Our friends at Long-Haul magazine and Haymarket Books are putting on a panel discussion on Strike Power in the Universit...
04/24/2026

Our friends at Long-Haul magazine and Haymarket Books are putting on a panel discussion on Strike Power in the University next Tuesday! Online and free (but donations are always welcome). https://events.haymarketbooks.org/events/haymarketbooks/2181933

Long-Haul Presents: Strike Power in the University – YouTube, Tue Apr 28, 2026 - This upcoming Tuesday join Long-Haul for its inaugural digital panel, where 5 unionists will sort through the lessons learned about academic labor, organizing, and leverage accumulated in the six strikes they've helpe...

Kudos to our friends at Long-Haul magazine for another great issue - subscribe if you can!
02/04/2026

Kudos to our friends at Long-Haul magazine for another great issue - subscribe if you can!

Presenting Issue 5 of Long-Haul Magazine.

Chicago friends: Check out this screening of the documentary Eugene Debs, the Revolutionist, Friday 6-9pm at 11141 S. Co...
02/02/2026

Chicago friends: Check out this screening of the documentary Eugene Debs, the Revolutionist, Friday 6-9pm at 11141 S. Cottage Grove Ave. Brought to to by our friends at the Historic Pullman Foundation!

Dive into the fiery world of Eugene Debs at Pullman Exhibit Hall featuring the Emmy Award-winning documentary, The Revolutionist.

For your visual pleasure to start the new year, check out the new website of long-time friend of Charles H. Kerr Publish...
01/03/2026

For your visual pleasure to start the new year, check out the new website of long-time friend of Charles H. Kerr Publishing and Black Swan Press, Robert Green

Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings, Cartoons, Constructions The left hand deals a hard deck red Mahogany  5.5' Office of Volcanic Delusion Oil and acrylic. 39"X50" Concert in Red 1985 The Wandering Laugh 1979 The Force of Medevial Candor 1975 The Force of Medeival Candor Avarice Infant 1977 Grave Digge...

Address

Chicago, IL
60617

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company:

Share

Category