Goodbye Prompt Press!

It’s with great sadness, that we say goodbye to Camden’s Prompt Press, the place where we for the last decade printed the defenestrator. Having Prompt as our printer meant we were in good company amongst others struggling for a better world. Prompt workers were regularly spotted at protests against the war, in support of Mumia Abu Jamal and other political prisoners and were generally active in social struggles around Philly. It meant a lot to have this paper printed by unionized workers who share the work we at the defenestrator collective are also doing.

Prompt closed its doors September 30th after a steady increase in costs of energy, ink and paper and a round of layoffs in 2007. According to an email sent out by Prompt, “waiting any longer to close would probably just lead us further in financial debt and make it even harder for us to pay our union workers any outstanding vacation pay and the proper severance pay.”

In the meantime, we’ve decided to go with Linco Press in Queens, NYC who print NYs Indypendent. Prompt Press, we already miss you! <3