A key component of AK's work is the sharing of knowledge, history, and information. Through its publishing and distribution efforts, the AK collective see itself as part of a long tradition of getting the word out by any means necessary. In many historical periods, books, pamphlets, and other forms of written communication were clandestine, relying on networks of individuals keeping revolutionary ideas alive with secret printing presses, tattered facsimiles, and underground distribution systems. The mission at AK Press is to keep circulating these important texts, while producing new analyses and documenting the history of struggle as it unfolds.

Autonomedia is an autonomous zone for arts radicals in both old and new media. We publish books on radical media, politics, and the arts that seek to transcend party lines, bottom lines, and straight lines. We also maintain the Interactivist Info Exchange, an online forum for discourse and debate on themes relevant to the books we publish.