ABOUT
Why Arambala Press?
Arambala Press exists because an important story, about one of the most significant grass roots movements in Cleveland history was ignored by mainstream and academic publishers. It is that simple. I got mad, said to myself “The hell with them. I will do it myself.” Then I proceeded to do just that. I did it myself.
The rejection by mainstream publishers was a blessing. I turned a book on Cleveland, into a 100% Cleveland project. It was researched at the kitchen tables of the Cleveland area, vetted by Clevelanders, copy edited by Clevelanders, funded by Clevelanders, and designed and printed by Clevelanders. I learned a ton in the process and had a lot of fun doing it.
Arambala Press, however, will hopefully represent something more than my determination to realize the dream of publishing Democratizing Cleveland: The Rise and fall of Community Organizing in Cleveland, Ohio 1975-1985. I hope it will become a vehicle for publishing grass roots books about grass roots movements for democracy, justice and environmental sanity.
So, welcome to Arambala Press – a press that got started by not taking “no” for an answer.
- Randy Cunningham
About the Publisher
Randy Cunningham has worked in the housing advocacy field for over twenty five years in Cleveland, Ohio. He has also been an activist in issues ranging from peace to the environment. He lives on the west side of Cleveland, with his wife Tristine.
Cunningham is an essayist who has been published in both on line and print literary journals, most recently in Under the Sun. He has also been published in paddling magazines such as Canoe & Kayak, and Paddler. His letters to the editor have been renowned for years in Cleveland as a form of warfare carried on by literary means.
What is Arambala?
Arambala is a town in the Department of Morazon, in El Salvador. The publisher visited the town in 1991 as part of a delegation that was in El Salvador to study the peace process as it was developing between the government and the rebels of the FMLN. |
