Logo of publishing house PM Press – Public Domain

I’ve read dozens of books published by PM Press since its inception a couple decades ago. I’ve reviewed a good number of the ones I’ve read. In that time, I’ve grown to respect their continuity, their politics, their books, and their approach to publishing. Consistently radical and non-sectarian, the books they have published represent the wide spectrum of viewpoints present in the contemporary anarchist and leftist milieu. Naturally, not every viewpoint on the Left is represented on the PM bookshelf, but those that are represented are treated seriously. In fact, some of those viewpoints aren’t found in other publishers’ catalogs.

According to the publisher’s website, PM (which might stand for “printed matter”, according to those who work there) operated out of people’s living spaces when it first began. As it grew, it searched for affordable quarters to house its stock and perform its daily operations. This constant search for space is part of its move a few years ago to Binghamton, NY from California. Financially able to get a loan, PM put its money down on a warehouse space in this old once-upon-a-time industrial city in central New York State, moving its entire operation east. It also joined in to purchase a book store in the college town of Ithaca, NY—home of Cornell University and the considerably smaller Ithaca College. Ithaca itself has a bit of a cultural and political history that’s somewhat unique in the open and lightly populated part of New York........

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