American Labor & Radicalism
This section includes books (both nonfiction and fiction) as well as ephemera related to labor unions and activism, grassroots political organization in fields such as environmentalism and free speech, and the underground press. Our holdings range from academic historical works and labor-themed novels to original leaflets and pamphlets.
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Boycott Lucky's Lucky's is Unfair! Please DO NOT Shop Lucky Stores
Oakland: 1992. Leafet printed on one side, 8.5 x 10 inches, mild wear at corners, leaflet prints a headline from 19 August 1992 Oakland Tribune newspaper announcing that Lucky Markets guilty of "widespread sex discrimination", union bug at bottom. The early 1990s were a rough time for Lucky Markets. There..... More
Cat.No: 172039
Boycott Morton: maker of nuclear weapons
Baltimore: Campaign for a Nuclear Free America, 1988. Six-panel brochure, with cover image a parody of a Morton salt advertisement (the girl is carrying a warhead). Receipt date penciled on an interior corner. Asks consumers to boycott Morton salt to protest the company's production of solid rocket boosters for missiles..... More
Cat.No: 250179
Boycott Shell [pinback button]
Philadelphia: Horn Co., [197-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, shell motif. More
Cat.No: 208031
Boycott War Toys [pinback button, together with "Don't buy war toys"]
New York: Stop War Toys Campaign; distributed by Donnelly/Colt, [199-]. 2.25 inch diameter pin, motif of breaking gun with a flower, very good. The smaller pin is made by Donnelly/Colt, without mention of the Campaign. More
Cat.No: 241441
Boycott, Baby, Boycott! [pinback button]
n.p. n.d. 1.5 inch diameter pin, metal reverse somewhat oxidized. This chant was used by supporters of the UFW grape boycott, but may also have had other applications. More
Cat.No: 235719
Brazilian Information Bulletin [3 issues]
Berkeley: American Friends of Brazil, 1972-1973. Three issues of the bulletin from 1972 to 1973. Issues present are Numbers 7, 9, and 11. 8.5 x 11 inches, 11, 19, and 19 p. respectively, illus., all with worn wraps, some soiling, Numbers 7 and 9 with rusted staples and 3 holes..... More
Cat.No: 242469
The bread is rising. No. 3
New York: Emmaus House, 1968. 55p., staplebound magazine; two pages have a yellow stain, otherwise very good. Radical religious journal, along the lines of liberation theology. Includes Stokely Carmichael's "What we want." More
Cat.No: 243728
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Brick [magazine]: Art is a Weapon, No. 4, Fall 1989
New York: Brick, 1989. unpaginated (approx 60p.), wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, stapled binding, art tipped onto front cover, photocopied original. More or less anarchist mix of art, essays, poetry, reviews, collages, fiction, etc. More
Cat.No: 150604
Bridge Over the Border/Puente: cross-border bulletin/boletino informativo transfronterizo; vol. 1, #2, May, June, July/1985
Chula Vista & Tijuana: Bridge over the border/Puente, 1985. [10p] 8.5x11 inches, texts in English and Spanish bound dos-a-dos, photos, news, resources, very good newsletter in unbound wraps. Newsletter/bulletin for Latino workers on both sides of the border. Articles on the Hollywood-based Film Processing Co,, Superior Industries in Van Nuys..... More
Cat.No: 204324
The Bridge: Roman Catholic-Episcopal Social Justice Newsletter [five issues]
San Francisco: the newsletter, 1970-73. Five issues of the 8.5x11 inch newsletter, six to eight pages per issue, folded with address label on rear panel. Numbers present are vol. 2 nos. 3, 4; vol. 3 no. 3, vol. 4 no. 7, and vol. 5 no. 1. Includes discussion of organizing..... More
Cat.No: 249762
The Bridge: Roman Catholic-Episcopal Social Justice Newsletter. vol. 2 nos. 3 (Nov.-Dec. 1970)
San Francisco: the newsletter, 1970. Single issue of the 8.5x11 inch newsletter, six pages, folded with address label on rear panel. Includes discussion of organizing a Catholic Worker House, draft counseling for clergy, affiliated local groups such as Amigos of La Raza, and more. More
Cat.No: 249763
Bring the troops home now newsletter. Vol. 1, no. 10 (May 23, 1966)
Cambridge, MA: The Newsletter, 1966. 23p., staplebound wraps; 8.5x11 inches. Very good. The Newsletter was an early and important anti-war effort by many associated with the Socialist Workers Party and others. More
Cat.No: 223515
Bring the troops home now newsletter. Vol. 1, no. 15 (October 17, 1966)
Cambridge, MA: The Newsletter, 1966. 14p., very good in wraps; 8.5x11 inches. The Newsletter was an early and important anti-war effort by many associated with the Socialist Workers Party and others. Includes discussion of war crimes in Vietnam, the case of the Fort Hood Three, and more. More
Cat.No: 186841
Bring the troops home now newsletter. Vol. 1, no. 8 (April 11, 1966)
Cambridge, MA: The Newsletter, 1966. 19p., staplebound newsletter, 7x8.5 inches, unevenly toned. The Newsletter was an early and important anti-war effort by many associated with the Socialist Workers Party and others. More
Cat.No: 229290
Bring the troops home now! / Read the newsletter [pinback button]
[Cambridge, MA]: Bring the Troops Home Now Newsletter, [196-]. 1.5 inch pin advertising the Cambridge-based anti-war newsletter; green and white stripes. The Newsletter, established in 1965, was an early and important anti-war effort by many associated with the Socialist Workers Party and others. More
Cat.No: 186424
Bring the War Home! Vol. 1: Forgotten Heroes. The Black Liberation Army and the Weather Underground
Eugene, OR: Anarchist Action Collective, n.d. [20p.], staplebound zine, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. Booklet celebrating the BLA and WUO, including reprints of related texts. Undated, but inside the back cover is a piece on the Earth Liberation Front, citing events in 1997 and 1998. More
Cat.No: 213338
Bring us together [poster]
[Berkeley]: [Political Poster Workshop at the University of California, Berkeley], [1970]. 14.75x21.75 inch poster silkscreened on the back of conjoined sheets of computer printout paper, as usual for the products of this workshop at Berkeley. Very good. In the Maggs Bros book "4973: Berkeley Protest Posters 1970," this poster is..... More
Cat.No: 235049
Bring Yanks Home / Yank the Cops from Harlem / Vote Socialist Workers [pinback button]
Richmond Hill, NY: SWP; mfg. by Columbia Advertising, [196-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, black and white, very good. More
Cat.No: 207323
Broadway Local West Side Community Newspaper, No. 13, Sept. 4-20, 1971
New York: Broadway Local, 1971. Newspaper. 12p., folded tabloid, illus., toned, lightly frayed, tiny chips at spine quarterfold, else good. Implictly lefty Upper West Side Manhattan community newspaper with news on Morningside squatters evictions, tenant groups, local Haitian community, local black activist Jeannette Washington, food coops, events calendar, and a...... More
Cat.No: 244503
Broken Bridges: information on Darren Thurston's cooperation in the Greenscare & implications for current struggles
[Vancouver]: [20--]. [8p.], photocopied zine format. Thurston was an animal rights activist who cooperated with the police after his arrest. More
Cat.No: 248599
Brooklyn metro times. No. 8 (Winter 1996)
Brooklyn: the newsletter, 1996. 43p., staplebound in wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches. Phone number penned on back cover, otherwise very good. Articles in this issue include coverage of a garment worker strike, dispute over living wage, potential rebirth of the labor movement, and more. More
Cat.No: 194468
Brother: a forum for men against sexism, #14/15 [double issue]
Berkeley: Brother, 1976. Magazine. 48p., 8.x11 inches, staplebound wraps; paper toned, cover has a small corner chip, otherwise very good. Combines radical politics with sexual liberation, including gay liberation. More
Cat.No: 83386
Brother: a forum for men against sexism, #14/15 [double issue]
Berkeley: Brother, 1976. Magazine. 48p., 8.x11 inches, staplebound wraps; paper toned, cover has creases and edgewear; a decent reading copy. Combines radical politics with sexual liberation, including gay liberation. More
Cat.No: 237976
Brother: a forum for men against sexism; #4, April 1972,
Berkeley: Brother, 1972. Newspaper. 16p. folded tabloid newspaper, illustrated with photos, drawings, cartoons, articles, poems, essays, resources, ads etc. light wear and toning otherwise very good on newsprint. Combining radical politics with sexual liberation, including gay liberation. More
Cat.No: 83277
Brother: a male liberation newspaper; #2, Summer 1971
Berkeley: Brother, 1971. Newspaper. 24p. folded tabloid combining radical politics with sexual liberation, including gay liberation. Horizontal fold, paper toned. On this issue "Stop Playboying" has been added above the Brother logo on the front page. A mix of articles, some reprinted from feminist publications, perhaps the most notable contents..... More
Cat.No: 109062