# Columbia Alternative Library

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{{Short description|American publishing house}}
The '''Columbia Alternative Library''' ('''CAL''') is an American publishing house established in 1980 and based in [Columbia, Missouri](/source/Columbia%2C_Missouri).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |volume=1 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781592376520/ |place=Amenia, NY |title=Publishers, Distributors and Wholesalers in the US |year=2010 |publisher=[Grey House Publishing](/source/Grey_House_Publishing) |isbn=978-1-59237-652-0 |language=en |page=659}}</ref> Self-described as a "publishing collective dedicated to the utter destruction of the dominant society", its first published book was ''Anarchy after Leftism'' (1997) by [Bob Black](/source/Bob_Black_(anarchist)).<ref>{{Cite magazine |date= |year=1998 |title=Anarchy after Leftism |magazine=Do Or Die |page=145 |issue=7 |issn=1462-5989}}</ref> CAL's [imprints](/source/Imprint_(trade_name)) include '''C. A. L. Press''', '''Paleo Editions''', and '''Publishing Alternatives'''.<ref name=":0" /> Since 1980, the CAL has published '''''Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed''''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anarchy: Alternative Press Center |url=https://www.altpress.org/directory/anarchy |access-date=2026-02-25 |website=www.altpress.org}}</ref> an [anarchist quarterly](/source/List_of_anarchist_periodicals) which consists of theory, [alternative media](/source/alternative_media) reviews, and [readers' letters](/source/readers'_letters).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Atton |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Atton |url=https://archive.org/details/alternativeliter0000atto/ |title=Alternative Literature: A Practical Guide for Librarians |year=1996 |place=Brookfield, VT |publisher=Gower |isbn=978-0-566-07665-7 |language=en |page=48}}</ref>

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