Printing Costs: Support Arts of the Working Class

Dear reader,
Art practices are transformative only when they reach everyone – when the excluded get to see themselves represented in languages that do not replicate oppression, but are, instead, a bridge of their experiences and imagination. For almost five years, Arts of the Working Class empowers marginalized people beyond the idealism of the so-called art system by redistributing wealth and dignity on a material level. Circulating on the streets of Europe, AWC brings messages of social, aesthetic, and political change. 

Due to the doubling costs for printing and growing demand from vendors, the circumstances of our production are changing into an uncertain future. With around 73,000 copies now passing from hand to hand on the streets (an increase from 55,000 at the beginning of the year), Arts of the Working Class is not spared from inflation.  
That’s why we’re appealing to our community in order to continue our not-for-profit ambitions and fundraise the sum of €14,500. This will help us to cover the printing costs of our latest issues. Every donation that a reader like you makes will keep our newspaper on the street. 
Thank you!


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Some numbers for you:
Current circulation of over 70,000 copies, five issues per year.
Street distribution takes place in Berlin and Frankfurt in cooperation with local art initiatives and social organisations.

More than five hundred authors and artists from all over the world have contributed to the 24 Issues released from 2018 until now. An international network of institutions, festivals, and grassroots organizations have supported AWC’s growth and vendors.

AWC is distributed by the following book stores for those who missed it on the streets: ARK Books, Buchhandlung Walther König GmbH & Co.KG, Bruno, Bücherbogen am Savignyplatz GmbH, CV books, funk magazine, Kiosk, Orinoco_books, Print it black, Pro qm, ROTORBOOKS and via subscription.