Mouvement Communiste
The aspiration of workers' autonomy is to create a different working class. One that can intervene in events at workplaces and in society as a distinct power, independent of the form and interests of the state, the motives of employers, the logic of capital, and the limits of trade unions.
We have concrete experience that when workers rely on their own strength and intelligence, they can achieve many things: better salaries, working conditions, dignity. And also, above all, a more accurate and competent political view of their collective position and interests.
We are convinced, and historical evidence suggests, that this path can overcome the society of capital and the state.
In this direction, we try to combine practical efforts with theoretical ones, based on Marx's categories.
We are not looking for a different, more "accommodating" state. With all humility and acceptance of the minority "path against the stream," we seek the freedom that only a "different" working class can bring.
https://mouvement-communiste.com/
Nevim (Dunno)
Nevim (Dunno) publishing is yet another project of a social cooperative Tři Ocásci. We would like to publish literature, or pseudoliterature for that matters, that will embrace radical imagination and antisystem sense of humor.
Name of the publishing house refers not only to Socrates and his famous shrugging over the meaningless effort to know everything, but also to the flow we, as Ocásci, have for a neverending progressing and regressing. Last but not least it‘s the reference to Zapatista movement and it‘s way of moving forward through questions rather than answers. And walking they ask questions.
Centrala
We publish comics, graphic novels and picture books for all generations. For us, comics means beautifully published, well written, and exceptionally drawn literature. A picture of life in a solid frame.
Utopia libri
The cooperative publishing house UTOPIA LIBRI was founded in 2021. Our books form a thematic mosaic that connects politics, visual arts, philosophy, queer feminism, sociology, fiction, ecology, and generally transdisciplinary and anarchist perspectives.
Alarm
The Alarm publishing house has been operating since 2022, and its first published title was the book Piko. Since then, the number of publications has gradually expanded. Since 2024, translated titles have been added, bringing progressive thinking from around the world to the Czech environment.
ArtMap
The publishing house ArtMap focuses on publishing art books, original texts by Czech artists, and contemporary reflections on visual culture with an overlap into current intellectual trends such as ecology and environmentalism. Recently published titles include Where Them Stray Dogs At, offering a multi-layered view of the liminal territory between development and decline, past and present, and belonging and alienation—with a particular focus on the Balkans and Belgrade—and Notebook from the Sixties by Jonas Mekas, a key figure in experimental cinema, which captivatingly portrays the emergence of avant-garde culture, new art forms, and provocative social ideas.
ArtMap also has two bookshops, one in Prague and the other in Brno in the TIC Gallery.
INN
Iniciativa nájemníků a nájemnic/ Tenants' initiative was founded in the autumn of 2022 and, as of today, operates in Brno, Prague, Moravian-Silesian region, České Budějovice and Olomouc. It was founded by renters dissatisfied by the current housing situation.
Neklid
Neklid publishes books that would not otherwise be published here. It focuses on left-wing theory and practice, publishing environmental, feminist, political, economic and related literature in translation and by Czech authors. Neklid is not a classical publishing house, but is based on voluntary work, in which anyone willing can get involved.
Risko print partia
We come from Trnava, specifically Kubik and we just had out 5th birthday. In Risko we draw and print on old riso printer. We have fun and do politics - hand in hand. We like to drink coffee and watch water.
Broken Books
Broken Books is an independent publishing house that publishes books inspired by critical thinking and a desire to understand the world around us. We focus primarily on the social sciences—sociology, political science, philosophy—and on texts that force us to think, question, and explore topics that often remain outside the mainstream. Our goal is to publish books that are not just another voice in the crowd, but bring new perspectives. We strive to select authors whose work has not only professional quality, but also a moral and social dimension. We believe that a book can not only inform, but also transform, inspire to action, or help us see the world better.
Intifarma
We are a new e-shop selling products from Palestine. We want to be a drop in the sea of help and improve the economical situation of West Bank Palestinians, suffering long-term injustice through occupation, by selling their local products. All the products are vegan. Part of our profits are given back to the West Bank and Gaza.
https://intifarma.cz/
Plusko+
Plusko+ Collective is a Brno–Prague based queer group that emerged from the urgent need for a safe space for regular gatherings — not only for trans*, intersex, lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual people, but also for everyone who falls under the “plus,” for those who are still searching, and for true allies. Plusko+ strives to actively expand and strengthen the Czech queer community scene through weekly educational and caring activities, organized according to the principles of D.I.Y. and free culture.
Priama akcia/Direct Action
Priama akcia/Direct Action is a solidarity union of workers that focuses on addressing problems in the workplace and in community, and on organizing solidarity actions for the rights and demands of workers in Slovakia and abroad. Since 2000, it has been a section of the International Workers’ Association (IWA), which currently brings together unions and groups from 21 countries worldwide.
Salé / R2
In 2012, an open library was founded in the Žižkov infocafé Salé, offering titles from Czech and international (not only anarchist) publishers and collectives. During the existence of Salé, a distribution network expanded, selling thousands of books at numerous festivals, concerts, and on the streets that our members visited. The group around Salé still takes part in organizing the Anarchist Bookfair in Prague and attends its' branches across Europe.
Some of us went on to co-build the cooperative project Roleta2, where the entire distribution eventually moved and continued to grow. On our e-shop, in addition to literature, you can also find prints, graphics, music, and other goods.
https://saledistro.org/
https://roleta2.cz/
Pocket edition
The Pocket Edition publishes mainly texts with the perspective of revolutionary anarchism, anarchist communism, proletarian class struggle, internationalism and antimilitarism. All publications are just the right size to fit in your pocket. You can get them for free, and if anyone drops any donation into the cash box, it all goes to reprint more titles.