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Line 1: {{short description\|American Chicago-based non-profit publisher of books about socialism}} ~~{{multiple issues\|~~ ~~{{notability\|Companies\|date=April 2014}}~~ ~~{{refimprove\|date=August 2014}}~~ ~~{{COI\|date=May 2015}}~~ }} {{use mdy dates\|date=February 2019}}{{distinguish\|Haymarket Media Group}} {{Infobox publisher▼ \|image =▼ ▲{{~~Infobox~~infobox publisher \|parent = Center for Economic Research and Social Change<ref>http://www.cersc.org</ref>▼ \|~~status~~ image = Haymarket Books<!-- logo-->.svg ▲ \| parent = [[Center for Economic Research and Social Change]]<ref>~~http://www.cersc.org</ref>~~{{cite web \|founded = 2001▼ \| url = ~~{{URL\|https~~http://~~www.haymarketbooks~~cersc.org~~/}}~~▼ ~~\|founder = Anthony Arnove, Ahmed Shawki~~ \|~~successor~~ title = CERSC \|~~country~~ first = ~~United~~ ~~States~~ = Partisan ▲\|~~image~~ last = Pixel \|headquarters = Chicago and New York▼ \| website = cersc.org}}</ref> \|distribution = [[Consortium Book Sales & Distribution\|Consortium Books]]▼ \|~~keypeople~~ status = operating ▲ \| founded = 2001 \|publications = Books ▼ \| country = United States \|topics = Crime & Punishment, Culture & Media, Economics, Education, En Español, Environment & Science, Globalization & Imperialism, Kids & Parents, Labor movement, Latin America, Literature & Fiction, Marxism & Socialism, Middle East, Palestine, Poetry, Racism & Civil Rights, U.S. History & Politics, Women's rights, World history ▲ \| headquarters = Chicago ~~and New York~~ ~~\|genre = Non-fiction~~ ▲ \| distribution = [[Consortium Book Sales & Distribution\|Consortium Books]] ~~\|imprints =~~ \| keypeople = * Anthony Arnove \|revenue = In April of 2012 ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' wrote that [Haymarket Books] reports $1.2 million in gross revenues this fiscal year of [2012], with book sales generating 60% and the remaining coming from grants and contributions. About 50% of Haymarket’s book sales come from [[Amazon.com\|Amazon]] and bricks-and-mortar retailers; the balance is generated by special sales, sales to individuals, and sales at events.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/51741-haymarket-books-rises-up.html\|title=Haymarket Books Rises Up\|magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]]\|date=27 April 2012\|accessdate=30 July 2014}}</ref> * Ahmed Shawki ~~\|numemployees =~~ * Julie Fain ~~\|nasdaq =~~ ▲ \| publications = Books ▲\|url = {{URL\|https://www.haymarketbooks.org/}} \| topics = socialism \| url = {{official website}} }} '''Haymarket Books''' is a [[Left-wing politics\|left-wing]] [[non-profit]], independent book publisher based in [[Chicago]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/71769-current-affairs-drive-the-mission-and-revenue-at-haymarket-books.html\|title=Current Affairs Drive the Mission (and Revenue) at Haymarket Books\|work=PublishersWeekly.com\|access-date=May 4, 2018\|language=en}}</ref> '''Haymarket Books''' is a self-described [[non-profit]], [[Far-left politics\|radical]] book publisher and distributor. Haymarket is a project of the Center for Economic Research and Social Change (CERSC). The name of the publishing house is a reference to the 1886 [[Haymarket affair]], an incident that began with police killing four striking workers and injuring many more, culminating in a show of working-class solidarity the next day where workers gathered to protest the police brutality against striking workers. A bomb was thrown into the crowd, injuring 67 police; in response, police open-fired into the crowd killing and injuring masses of civilians as well as police. == History == Haymarket Books was founded in 2001 by Anthony Arnove, Ahmed Shawki and Julie Fain, all of whom had previously worked at the ''[[International Socialist Review (1956)\|International Socialist Review]]''.<ref name=Messinger>{{cite news\|last1=Messinger\|first1=Jonathan\|title=Haymarket Books\|url=https://www.timeout.com/chicago/books/haymarket-books\|access-date=May 12, 2015\|publisher=timeout.com\|date=November 15, 2011}}</ref><ref name=stoner>{{cite web\|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/haymarket-books-publishes-reading-material-for-radicals/Content?oid=68185743\|title=Haymarket Books publishes reading material for radicals\|date=February 21, 2019\|access-date=February 28, 2019\|work=[[Chicago Reader]]\|first=Rebecca\|last=Stoner}}</ref> Its first title was ''The Struggle for Palestine'', a collection of essays by pro-Palestinian activists including [[Edward Said]].<ref name=Messinger/><ref name=stoner/> Haymarket aims, in Fain's words, "to be a socialist workplace in a capitalist world".<ref name=stoner/> The name of the publishing house refers to the 1886 [[Haymarket affair]], in which an explosion and ensuing gunfire at a labor demonstration in [[Chicago]] resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and at least four civilians.<ref name=Messinger/><ref name=stoner/> Eight [[anarchists]] uninvolved in the bombing were subsequently convicted of [[conspiracy (crime)\|conspiracy]], of whom seven were sentenced to death. Haymarket was cited by ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' on their list of fast-growing independent publishers in 2017<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/73281-fast-growing-independent-publishers-2017.html\|title=Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2017\|work=PublishersWeekly.com\|access-date=May 4, 2018\|language=en}}</ref> and 2018.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/76544-fast-growing-independent-publishers-2018.html\|title=Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2018\|work=PublishersWeekly.com\|access-date=May 4, 2018\|language=en}}</ref> {{asof\|2019\|post=,}} Haymarket publishes 40 to 50 books each season.<ref name=stoner/> == Publications == Notable Haymarket authors include [[Michael Bennett (defensive lineman, born 1985)\|Michael Bennett]], [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Angela Davis]], [[Eve Ewing]], [[Naomi Klein]],<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/74031-how-a-small-press-landed-a-big-fish-in-naomi-klein.html\|title=How a Small Press Landed a Big Fish in Naomi Klein\|work=PublishersWeekly.com\|access-date=May 4, 2018\|language=en}}</ref> [[Arundhati Roy]], [[Rebecca Solnit]], [[Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor]], [[Howard Zinn]], and [[Dave Zirin]]. In 2005 Haymarket published the sportswriter [[Dave Zirin]]'s ''What's My Name, Fool?'', a collection of essays on the relationship between sports and politics.<ref name=Messinger/> In 2018 Haymarket published [[José Olivarez]]'s poetry collection ''Citizen Illegal'', which won the ''[[Chicago Review of Books]]'' award for best poetry and was shortlisted for the [[PEN/Jean Stein Book Award]].<ref name=stoner/> Haymarket is known for publishing "provocative books from the left end of the political spectrum."<ref name=Messinger/> == References ==▼ {{reflist\|30em}} Haymarket is known for publishing, "provocative books from the left end of the political spectrum."<ref name=Messinger/> Founding editors Anthony Arnove and Julie Fain previously worked on the ''International Socialist Review.''<ref name=Messinger>{{cite news\|last1=Messinger\|first1=Jonathan\|title=Haymarket Books\|url=https://www.timeout.com/chicago/books/haymarket-books\|accessdate=12 May 2015\|publisher=www.timeout.com\|date=15 November 2011}}</ref> == External links ==▼ ▲==References== ~~{{Reflist}}~~ {{cite book\|last=Smith\|first= Sharon\|authorlink=Sharon Smith (writer)\|title=Subterranean Fire: A History of Working-Class Radicalism in the United States and Women and Socialism: Essays on Women's Liberation\|isbn=}} {{official website}} ▲==External links== *{{official\|https://www.haymarketbooks.org/ }} {{~~Authority~~authority control}} [[~~Category~~category:~~Publishing~~book publishing companies ~~established~~based in ~~2001~~Illinois]] [[~~Category~~category:~~Book publishing~~ companies based in ~~Illinois~~Chicago]] [[~~Category~~category:~~Political~~political book publishing companies]]▼ ~~[[Category:Companies based in Chicago]]~~ [[~~Category~~category:~~Small press~~ publishing companies established in 2001]] [[category:small press publishing companies]] ~~[[Category:Socialism]]~~ [[category:socialism in Illinois]] ▲[[Category:Political book publishing companies]]