Media & Publishing

Worker-owned radical bookstore, cafe and community space in Baltimore MD since 2004. Online bookshop. Strong politics, history, social theory selection.

NYC Lower East Side queer feminist bookstore founded 1999, worker-owned since 2021. Online shop via bookshop.org.

West Philadelphia nonprofit worker co-op bookstore. Online store available. Abolition and liberation focused.

San Francisco Mission District volunteer worker co-op since 2013. Beloved community institution. Bookshop.org storefront: bookshop.org/shop/adobebooks.

Ships: verify online availability

Oakland CA worker co-op since 1990. Publishes and distributes radical, anarchist, and leftist books. Ships worldwide.

Ships: worldwide

Online storefront via Bookshop.org. Ships nationally. Alternative URL if main site down.

Bookshop.org storefront for national ordering. NYC Lower East Side.

Bookshop.org storefront. West Philadelphia. Abolition, autonomy, Black/Brown/Indigenous liberation focus.

Lawrence KS. Employee-owned 2022. Known for How to Resist Amazon and Why author Danny Caine. Online ordering available.

Publishers Weekly Fastest Growing Publisher 2022-2024. DIY, punk, witchcraft, bicycling, gender, self-care, social justice. US-printed.

Ships: worldwide

Worker-owned sports and culture site launched in 2020 by the former Deadspin staff who walked out together. Reader-supported, no outside investors, workers own 100%.

Worker-owned investigative tech and cybersecurity outlet founded 2023 by four journalists. Exposes hacking, privacy vulnerabilities, and digital exploitation. Reader-supported.

Reader-funded worker-owned video game and internet culture site keeping the spirit of old-school independent games journalism alive. Founded by veteran games journalists.

Sharp, fiercely independent local news outlet covering New York City politics and neighborhood culture. Worker-owned, reader-supported, unapologetically NYC.

Collaborative daily cooperative newsletter delivering unmediated essays, criticism, and art from over 65 creators. Each contributor owns an equal share.

Worker-owned music journalism platform built by veteran editors to critique and celebrate music without corporate oversight. Reader-supported.

Subscriber-backed alternative source for local arts, news, and food culture across the Minneapolis–St. Paul Twin Cities. Worker-owned, independent.

Pioneering listener-supported independent podcast network that converted to employee ownership in 2023. Home to My Brother, My Brother and Me; Judge John Hodgman; and dozens more.

Public-benefit, journalist-owned newsroom delivering rigorous investigative and statewide reporting across Colorado. Member-supported, founded 2018 by Denver Post journalists.

Reader-supported, worker-owned journalism outlet dedicated exclusively to covering the tabletop RPG and board game industry. The only co-op in the games press.

Worker-owned cooperative streaming service. $7.99/month. Films, documentaries, scripted shows, daily news. Available on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV.

Ships: US / worldwide (digital)

Black-led, worker-owned, union print shop and publisher in Brooklyn, NY. Publishes titles from marginalized community voices. Online bookstore at radix.coop/shop.

Oldest and largest employee-owned book publisher in the US, wholly owned by employees since the early 1960s. Known for the Norton Anthologies and thousands of trade and academic titles.

Ships: US / worldwide

Worker co-op publishing house founded 1970 in London, with offices in Brooklyn NY. Largest independent radical publishing house in the English-speaking world. 750+ titles in print covering politics, history, philosophy, and culture.

Oakland CA worker co-op independent publisher founded 2007. Focuses on labor, anarchist, feminist, and social movement literature. Publishes books, e-books, DVDs, and music. Ships worldwide.