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Spark
Binding: Case Laminate Hardcover
ISBN: 979-8-3483-5976-8
Size: 7" x 10"
Page Count: 138 pages
Publication Date: 12 February 2025

Spark is the first in what will be an annual retrospective from Iskra Books—functioning as a catalog, a record of our work, our vision, and the larger role of radical publishing in political struggle. This beautifully crafted hardcover brings together our complete catalog alongside a curated selection of essays, artwork, and reflections, capturing the breadth of what we’ve built and where we’re headed.

 

This volume isn’t just about listing books—it’s about contextualizing them. Spark highlights the ideas, debates, and movements that have shaped our publishing efforts, offering a snapshot of a press committed to rigorous scholarship, revolutionary politics, and aesthetic integrity. Alongside a complete catalog of our titles, the book features critical, never-before-in-print essays and a full-color gallery of the art and design that define Iskra’s visual approach.

 

For readers, organizers, and comrades who’ve followed our work, Spark serves as both an archive and a snapshot of where we're at: a chance to look back at what we’ve accomplished while sharpening our focus on the struggles ahead. We see publishing as more than just a means of distributing ideas—we see it as a political act, a form of organizing, a contribution to movements that refuse to accept the limits, exploitation, and alienation of the present capitalist system.

 

Spark is for those who’ve been with us from the beginning and for those just discovering what we do. It’s a reflection of Iskra’s past, present, and future—a document of the work, the thought, and the collective effort that goes into making books that matter.

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An Iskra Retrospective and Catalog, Volume 1 (2025)
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