New Hogtown Press
New Hogtown Press was a Canadian left-wing publisher active during the 1970s and 1980s. History The press originated as the literature service of the Canadian Union of Students (CUS), producing and distributing pamphlets on education, Canadian political economy, and other issues during the late 1960s. When the Canadian Union of Students dissolved in 1969, a group of Toronto CUS activists decided that the literature service should be kept going as an independent organization. They formed Hogtown Press, continued distributing the CUS pamphlets, and began producing and distributing new titles as well. After a period of time, the original collective moved on, and in 1972 a new group, initially funded by the University of Toronto Students’ Administrative Council, took over the operation. The new collective shifted the project's focus away from the campus to a broader range of issues, and changed the name to New Hogtown Press. Subsequently, the press became an independent non-profit corporation. The all-volunteer collective began to publish a substantial number of new pamphlets, with particular emphasis on Canadian working class and radical history, women's liberation, and social history. New Hogtown Press also became a distributor for pamphlets produced by a broad range of other small left-wing publishers