AK Press Up Date.

      An up date from AK Press, looks quite horrendous, apparently two people died in an adjoining building. Loss of stock and trading is one thing but loss of life is something else.

From AK Press:

     AK Press is currently dealing with the aftermath of a major fire. You are in the right place if you want to help. 

A lot of people have been asking what is the best way to help us recover. We still aren't sure the exact amount of stock that is ruined, or how long we will be unable to enter our warehouse building. But we do know that we've lost a lot, and that we're effectively shut down for business so we're not able to sustain ourselves without your help.

If you are able to make a financial contribution to our Fire Relief Fund, please do so. We'll see that any donated funds are divided up between AK Press, our neighbors at 1984 Printing, and building residents who have lost their homes and belongings.

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AK Press Destroyed.

    Fire seems to have destroyed AK Press in Oakland, here is an appeal from them for help. Please support if you can and spread this around.

 Dear Friends,

        In the early morning of March 21, the building behind ours caught fire. Two people lost their lives. The fire spread to the mixed-use warehouse building we share with 1984 Printing and 30+ residents. Everyone in our building got out safely, but several units were completely destroyed. There was extensive water and smoke damage to other units, including the ones occupied by AK Press and our neighbors at 1984 Printing.
      Yesterday, we got more bad news when the City of Oakland red-tagged our building, which prohibits us from occupying it. We don't know how long this will last, but it obviously means we can't conduct business as usual. We are hopeful that we can recover from this tragedy but we will need your help to get through it, and to support our neighbors who have also suffered major losses.
       If you can, please consider a donation to our Fire Relief Fund. If you're not in the position to donate, please help us by sharing the campaign. We will split all contributions to this fund with 1984 Printing and our neighbors affected by the fire, and we will all be very grateful for whatever you can give.
      We'll keep you all posted as we struggle through this awful mess. Thank you all, so much, for your support thus far—we can't tell you how much it means.

—The AK Press Collective  Make a Donation

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