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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Can't jail the spirit; political prisoners in the U.S. A collection of biographies. Third edition
Chicago: Editorial El Coqui, 1992. 207p., preface, testimonial, foreword, introduction, illustrations, very good third edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. The prisoners include African Americans, Hispanic Americans,Native Americans, European Americans, Japanese nationals etc. More about Can't jail the spirit; political prisoners in the U.S. A collection of biographies. Third edition
Cat.No: 68602
Can't jail the spirit; political prisoners in the U.S. A collection of biographies
Chicago: Committee to end the Marion Lockdown, 2002. Paperback. 234p., introduction, illustrations, very good fifth edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. The prisoners include African Americans, Hispanic Americans,Native Americans, European Americans, Japanese nationals etc. Each edition contains new information while released prisoners are not included; we are proud to note... More about Can't jail the spirit; political prisoners in the U.S. A collection of biographies
Cat.No: 92455
Can't survive on $3.35 [pinback button]
San Francisco: Coalition for a Fair Minimum Wage, [198-]. 1.75 inch diameter pin, tiny bump in field. The minimum wage remained at $3.35 throughout the 1980s. More about Can't survive on $3.35 [pinback button
Cat.No: 235714
Canada Post Corporation: it can deliver / Postes Canada le service avant tout
Ottowa: Canadian Labour Congress, 1986. 28p. each in English and French. More about Canada Post Corporation: it can deliver / Postes Canada le service avant tout
Cat.No: 173677
Canadian Revolution: an independent journal of Marxism-Leninism. Vol. 1 no. 2 (August/Sept. 1975)
Toronto: Canadian Workers Press, 1975. 60p., 8.5x11 inches, staplebound pictorial wraps; ex-library with rubberstamp on cover, interior clean. Includes a heated rebuttal to the CPC(M-L)'s call for unity. More about Canadian Revolution: an independent journal of Marxism-Leninism. Vol. 1 no. 2 (August/Sept. 1975
Cat.No: 221950
Capitalism stinks. Vol. 1 no. 11 (June 1, 1969)
Berkeley: New World Vision Action Committee, 1969. 4p., tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned with some edgewear; cover story on People's Park. More about Capitalism stinks. Vol. 1 no. 11 (June 1, 1969
Cat.No: 208349
Caribbean correspondence. June 1975
Kingston, Jamaica ; New York, NY: Caribbean Correspondence, 1975. 37p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. Front cover decorated with a Leroy Foster drawing originally done for Gwendolyn Brooks' "Aloneness." Discussion of self management in the Caribbean context, with a brief article on the Lip Occupation reprinted from Point Blank. More about Caribbean correspondence. June 1975
Cat.No: 146238
Carmel-Presidio Walk: Will you join us? ... Support the twenty-seven Presidio "Mutineers" [handbill]
n.p. [1969]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, very good. From context it appears that it was issued in the Mid-Peninsula area, perhaps around Stanford. On a walk to show solidarity with the Presidio 27, outlining the events that followed the killing of Richard Bunch by a guard in the Army stockade. More about Carmel-Presidio Walk: Will you join us? ... Support the twenty-seven Presidio...
Cat.No: 233173
Carnales Unidos [pinback button]
[East Bay, CA]: [Robert Rush], [197-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, clasping hands on yellow field, very good. Produced by California pinmaker Robert Rush, who also produced UFW pins, for sale by Chicano activists. More about Carnales Unidos [pinback button
Cat.No: 204534
The case against the New York State Security Risk Law
New York: New York Civil Liberties Union, 1957. 11p., wraps, 4x9 inches. On an anticommunist law passed during the Korean War, due to expire in 1957. More about The case against the New York State Security Risk Law
Cat.No: 135808
The case of Puerto Rico; memorandum to the United Nations
New York: New Century Publishers, 1953. 16p., staplebound pamphlet, some foxing. Communist Party position. More about The case of Puerto Rico; memorandum to the United Nations
Cat.No: 20683
The case of Puerto Rico; memorandum to the United Nations
New York: New Century Publishers, 1953. 16p., staplebound pamphlet, wraps worn and soiled, else good condition. Communist Party position. More about The case of Puerto Rico; memorandum to the United Nations
Cat.No: 237763
Cast me not off: testimony of Walter P. Reuther in support of the Forand Bill
Detroit: UAW Education Dept. 1960. 48p., staplebound pamphlet, light toning along spine, otherwise very good. More about Cast me not off: testimony of Walter P. Reuther in support of the Forand Bill
Cat.No: 210606
Cat Free Press, [vol. 1, no. 1, 1970?].
[Oakland? CA]: n.pub. [1970?]. Four page shop paper, 8.5x11 inches, mimeographed - poorly, edge wear, stapled in the upper left hand corner. Leftist shop paper for a Caterpillar Tractor factory in the East Bay, with members from three unions involved (IAM, UAW and IBEW). The longest article (page and a.... More about Cat Free Press, [vol. 1, no. 1, 1970?
Cat.No: 232188
The catalyst volume I, number 5, February 1969
[Hayward, CA]: Southern Alameda County Econlomic Opportunity Agency, 1969. 8p. newspaper aimed at the low-income residents of southern Alameda County, central horizontal fold. More about The catalyst volume I, number 5, February 1969
Cat.No: 168971
Catalyst. No. 3 (Summer 1967)
Buffalo, NY: State University of New York at Buffalo; Sociology Department, 1967. 123p., pictorial cover, mild edgewear and soil. Includes James E. Hansen's "Dialectical critique of empiricism" and Arthur Efron's "Anarchist thought and the theory of meaning-genesis." Other authors include Andre Gunder Frank, Bill J. Harrell, Stephen Crafts and Paul Piccone. More about Catalyst. No. 3 (Summer 1967
Cat.No: 215428
Catalyst: a socialist journal of the social sciences. [Nearly complete run, missing one issue]
New York: Institute for Social Service Alternatives, 1978-1988. Nos. 1-22, missing only number 5; generally very good condition, minor wear and handling soil. Nos. 9/10 and 17/18 are double issues. Many issues have special themes. Topics range from radical perspectives on ghetto organizing to a psychotherapist's examination of the impact... More about Catalyst: a socialist journal of the social sciences. [Nearly complete run, missing one issue
Cat.No: 193707
The Catholic agitator; Vol. 1 no. 4 (April-May 1971)
Los Angeles: Ammon Hennacy House of Hospitality and Berrigan Resistance Center, 1971. 11p., tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, otherwise very good. Radical Catholic anti-war newspaper published by L.A. Catholic Worker house. Cover story is on the Winter Soldier investigation. More about The Catholic agitator; Vol. 1 no. 4 (April-May 1971
Cat.No: 181329
Cease Fire Special. An Indochina Peace Campaign Report
Cambridge, MA: Indochina Peace Campaign, [1973]. 4p., tabloid newspaper format brochure, evenly toned. Issued in the wake of the Paris Peace Accords. More about Cease Fire Special. An Indochina Peace Campaign Report
Cat.No: 200266
Cease Fire [pinback button]
n.p. [196-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, US flag on green field. More about Cease Fire [pinback button
Cat.No: 207573
Celebrate Freedom [pinback button]
n.p. n.d. 1.25 inch diameter pin, text emerging in a gap between stylized prison bars. More about Celebrate Freedom [pinback button
Cat.No: 202340
Celebrate International Women's Day [handbill]
Toronto: Toronto Women's Caucus; U. of T. Women's Caucus, [1971]. 11x8.5 inch mimeographed handbill with depiction of woman at right, minor creasing and handling wear. Announcement of events to be held at 188 Adelaide St. West. More about Celebrate International Women's Day [handbill
Cat.No: 205407
Celebrate International Women's Day [handbill]
Oakland: Women's Day Committee, [1979]. 8.5x14 inch handbill, text in English one side, Spanish on the other, very good. More about Celebrate International Women's Day [handbill
Cat.No: 237304
Celebrating - 27th anniversary: The People's World
Los Angeles: Southern California Committee for The People's World, 1965. Yellow single-sheet invitation to an anniversary celebration on Feb. 7, 8.5 x 3.5 inches. "Program dedicated to Negro History Week featuring: Earldon Scales - baritone; Clevanson Penn - international dances; Frank Hamilton - folk singer." More about Celebrating - 27th anniversary: The People's World
Cat.No: 123458
Celebrating 50 years of Gerald Holtom's symbol / '58-'08 [pinback button with peace symbol]
n.p. Donnelly Colt, 2008. 1.25 inch diameter pin with four-color peace symbol to celebrate the anniversary of its creation, very good. More about Celebrating 50 years of Gerald Holtom's symbol / '58-'08 [pinback button with peace symbol
Cat.No: 202144