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Line 1: {{short description\|American Chicago-based non-profit publisher of books about socialism}} ~~{{refimprove\|date=August 2014}}~~ {{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>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cersc.org\|title=CERSC\|first=Partisan\|last=Pixel\|website=www.cersc.org}}</ref>▼ \|~~status~~ image = Haymarket Books<!-- logo-->.svg ▲ \| parent = [[Center for Economic Research and Social Change]]<ref>{{cite web~~\|url=http://www.cersc.org\|title=CERSC\|first=Partisan\|last=Pixel\|website=www.cersc.org}}</ref>~~ ~~\|founded = 2001~~ \|~~successor~~ url = http://cersc.org \|~~country~~ title = ~~United~~ ~~States~~ = CERSC \| first = Partisan \|headquarters = Chicago▼ ▲\|~~image~~ last = Pixel \|distribution = [[Consortium Book Sales & Distribution\|Consortium Books]] (US)<br>Turnaround Publisher Services (UK)<ref>{{Cite web \|title= Publishers Representatives {{!}} Publishers Distributors \|publisher= Turnaround Publisher Services \|accessdate = 2018-01-12 \|url= https://www.turnaround-uk.com/publisher.html}}</ref> \| website = cersc.org}}</ref> \|keypeople = ▼ \| status = operating \|publications = Books ▼ \|~~topics~~ founded = 2001 \|~~imprints~~ country = United States ▲ \| headquarters = Chicago ~~\|numemployees =~~ \| distribution = [[Consortium Book Sales & Distribution\|Consortium Books]] ~~\|nasdaq =~~ ▲ \| keypeople = * Anthony Arnove ~~\|url = {{URL\|https://www.haymarketbooks.org/}}~~ * Ahmed Shawki * Julie Fain ▲ \| publications = Books \| topics = socialism \| url = {{official website}} }} '''Haymarket Books''' is a [[~~non~~Left-~~profit~~wing politics\|left-wing]], [[~~Far~~non-~~left politics\|radical~~profit]], independent book publisher based in [[Chicago]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://~~www.~~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~~-05-04~~\|language=en}}</ref> == 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 ~~is a reference~~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~~-05-04~~\|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~~-05-04~~\|language=en}}</ref> {{asof\|2019\|post=,}} Haymarket publishes 40 to 50 books each season.<ref name=stoner/>▼ == Publications == ▲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=2018-05-04\|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=2018-05-04\|language=en}}</ref> 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~~-05-04~~\|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/> ▲The name of the publishing house is a reference 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. Eight [[anarchists]] uninvolved in the bombing were subsequently convicted of [[conspiracy (crime)\|conspiracy]], of whom seven were sentenced to death. == References == 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> {{~~Reflist~~reflist\|30em}}▼ ~~==Footnotes==~~ ▲{{Reflist\|30em}} == External links ==▼ ~~==Further reading==~~ {{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=}} Rebecca Stoner, [https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/haymarket-books-publishes-reading-material-for-radicals "Haymarket Books publishes reading material for radicals,"] ''Chicago Reader,'' Feb. 21, 2019. * {{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]]