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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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
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 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
British terror in Ireland
Cockeysville, MD: Irish Northern Aid Committee, [197-]. Four-panel brochure, very good, 8.5x11 inches. Undated, but mentions the August 1971 Special Powers Act. Includes a section on methods of torture, defense of the IRA against British propaganda. More
Cat.No: 244744
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
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
Buffalo Workers Movement Newsletter, August 1978
Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Workers Movement, 1978. 13p,plus Labor Round-Up, 14p, on 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left, articles on affirmative action, the Equal RIghts Amendment, and Coalition for Abortion Rights and against Sterilization Abuse, California's Proposition 13. More
Cat.No: 165864
Buffalo Workers Movement Newsletter, December 1977
Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Workers Movement, 1977. 14p, plus special issue on health and safety 17p, all on 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left, articles on abortion rights and the Hyde Amendment, the KKK in Buffalo, a history of Puerto Rico, and a number of articles on workers' health and..... More
Cat.No: 165836
Buffalo Workers Movement Newsletter, May 1978
Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Workers Movement, 1978. 15p,plus Labor Round-Up, 10p, on 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left, articles on redbaiting, cancer in the nuclear industry, Puerto Rican electrical workers, and a follow-up article on workers' health and safety. More
Cat.No: 165853
Bulletin Farabundo Marti del FMLN: Voice of the Salvadoran people in struggle. No. 1 (March 1985)
n.p. Farabundo Marti Communication System, 1985. 11p., staplebound booklet format, very good. English translations of articles for an audience of American supporters. More
Cat.No: 235511
Bulletin in defense of Marxism [107 issues]
New York: Buletin IDOM, 1983-1998. Magazine. One-hundred and seven issues of the bulletin, spanning the period from December 1983 to August 1998, all 8.5x11 inches in wraps, front wrap of Number 37 worn and unevenly toned else generally very good condition. Issues present are Numbers 1, 3, 6-11, 21, 22..... More
Cat.No: 238502
Bulletin in defense of Marxism, no. 1, December, 1983 to no. 131, March-April 1996 Lacking four issues
New York: Buletin IDOM, 1983-1994. Magazine. An almost complete run of the first 131 issues of IDOM, lacking issues 6,14,18 and 117, all 8.5x11 inches in wraps and in very good condition. Issued by expelled members of the Socialist Workers Party in the U.S. The first editor was Frank Lovell..... More
Cat.No: 30433
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The Bulletin [later The Communist Bulletin]. (seven issues: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10)
Aberdeen; Edinburgh: Communist Bulletin Group, 1982-85. Seven issues of the staplebound journal published by ex-members of the International Communist Current. 8x11.5 inches, good to very good condition, earier issues more worn with foxing. Some issues include contributions from the US and other countries. More
Cat.No: 216940
Bulletin: weekly organ of the Workers League. Volume 6, nos. 21 and 23 (two issues)
Boston: Workers League, 1970. Two issues of the tabloid-format newspaper, 12p. each, mild edgewear and toning. Headlines are "Nixon uses racism to split workers" and "Pathet Lao shows the way!" Additional items on "Stalinism and the CP youth," "The method of IS and SDS labor," "French police raid Trotskyist youth..... More
Cat.No: 190892
Bulletins of the Federal Board for Vocational Education
Washington, DC: Federal Board for Vocational Education, 1919-1920. Bulletins 35 through 54 inclusive, issued October 1919 through June 1920, custom bound in attractive black half-morocco boards lettered gilt, all edges handsomely marbled with marbled endpapers. External letterpress ownership mark of one "R.T. Fisher." Total around 1,100 pages. Fine condition. Each..... More
Cat.No: 123516
The Burning spear: Voice of the International Black Revolution; February 1985, vol. 11, no. 11
Oakland: African People's Socialist Party, 1985. 24p. tabloid newspaper, folded and slightly browned else very good condition. Cover headline is "White ruling class and U.S. government still haunted by the Black Revolution of the 60's", with photos of Huey P. Newton, Malcom X., Geronimo Pratt, and George Jackson. Also includes..... More
Cat.No: 241372
The Burning spear; volume 12, number 6 (September 1985)
Oakland: African People's Socialist Party, 1985. 24p. tabloid newspaper, folded, paper toned. Cover story on Oakland mayor Lionel Wilson's duty to "Feed and house your people!" More
Cat.No: 243036