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.
Block Bork [pinback button]
n.p. [1987]. 2.25 inch diameter pin depicting Robert Bork, nominated by Reagan for the Supreme Court, with a red bar across his face. More
Cat.No: 247901
Boa; Bevy of anarchists [Bande d'anarchistes/feministes]
npl: Boa, nd. Pamphlet. 50p., 8.5x11 inch wraps; b&w zine style illustrations throughout, wraps a bit soiled and worn, stain along bottom edge, else very good. Anarchist feminist zine. Includes an article on the Ottawa Tenant Council. More
Cat.No: 306626
Bob Avakian For the Liberation of Black People and the...
npl: [Revolutionary Communist Party], 2020. Pamphlet. 28p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 271226
Bobby Seale in conversation
Cambridge, MA: Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, c2017. Handbill. 5.5x8.5 inch double-sided handbill; photo., in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 312381
Boby Seale Brigade, Mass Meeting [handbill]
[Milwaukee, WI]: Bobby Seale Brigade, [c1970]. Handbill. 2.5x8.5 inch slip by the Bobby Seale Brigade for a meeting at Tripp Commons, photocopy transfer is somewhat weak; overall very good. More
Cat.No: 317970
Bolivia: Communiqué from the E.L.N
Montreal: Center for Information on Latin America, 30 Sept. 1971. Newsletter. 3p., 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at upper left, two fold-creases else very good condition. Reaffirmation of armed struggle in the wake of a defeat at the hands of government forces. More
Cat.No: 163637
Bolivia: The Revolution, The "Fourth International" betrayed
New York: League for the Revolutionary Party (USA), n.d. 21p., very good in staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches. 1980s reprint of articles from the 1950s by the Vern-Ryan Tendency of the SWP. A Proletarian Revolution pamphlet. More
Cat.No: 134408
The Bond: The servicemen's newspaper. [15 issues]
New York: American Servicemen's Union, 1968-1972. Newspaper. Fifteen issues of the tabloid-format anti-war GI newspaper, 4 to 8p. apiece, all with horizontal fold, paper evenly toned, otherwise generally very good. Issues present are Vol. 2 no. 1; vol. 5 nos. 1-11; and vol. 6 nos. 1, 3, and 4. Much..... More
Cat.No: 313790
The Bond: The servicemen's newspaper. [30 issues]
New York: American Servicemen's Union, 1968-1974. Newspaper. Thirty issues of the tabloid-format anti-war GI newspaper, 4 to 8p. apiece, all with horizontal fold, paper evenly toned, otherwise generally very good. Issues present are Vol. 2 nos. 1-3; vol. 3 no. 8; vol. 4 nos. 3-5, 9, 10, 12; vol. 5..... More
Cat.No: 304200
Book Center - Headquarters for Marxist Literature, October 1969
San Francisco: [Communist Party USA?], 1969. Ephemera. [2p]., 8.5x11 inches single-stapled; toned, corners a bit dog-eared, else very good. More
Cat.No: 308761
Books - Periodicals - Pamphlets on Socialism and the Labor...
New York: Bulletin Publications, 1969. Pamphlet. [12]p., stapled wraps, 5.75x10 inches, evenly toned, pencil notation on front wrap, else very good on newsprint. Catalog of the Trotskyist publisher. More
Cat.No: 286771
Boston Occupier, issue 5 (February 2012)
Boston, MA: Boston Occupier, 2012. Newsletter. 8p., folded tabloid style student newsletter; b&w photos., slight wear along top edge, otherwise in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 314575
The Boston Occupier: Issue No. 11, November 2012; The Politics...
Boston: The Boston Occupier, 2012. Newspaper. 15p., folded tabloid newspaper format, lightly and evenly toned, else very good condition. 1/9/2024. More
Cat.No: 315064
The Boston Political Collective (ML) and the primacy of theory...
Dorchester, MA: BPC (ML), [c198-?]. Pamphlet. Double-sided 8.5x11 inch sheet; slightly toned on bottom edge, mild tear on left edge and mild edgewear, else very good. More
Cat.No: 298540
Both sides always have a story... Which side are you...
Berkeley: Labyris Employees Association, [1982]. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill using cartoons to illustrate the perspective of striking mechanics from the feminist auto repair shop Labyris, accusing the shop of exploiting workers and replacing them with scabs. Very good. The Employees Association gives a Berkeley PO box, but the shop was..... More
Cat.No: 319202
Bound Together Newsletter #9
San Francisco, CA: Employee Theft Press, [1986]. Single issue of the zine-style journal published by employees of San Francisco's anarchist bookstore, Bound Together Books, [16]p., stapled wraps, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, very good condition. Articles on the California chapter of Earth First!, the Contras, and more. The penultimate issue of..... More
Cat.No: 256062
Bound Together Newsletter, no. 3 (early spring 1986)
San Francisco: Bound Together Books, 1986. Pamphlet. [11p.], 5.5x8.5 inches; illus., wraps slightly handled and soiled, rear wrapper contains small burn mark, staples slightly rusted. Cover article titled "Feral Sex" discusses the popular lesbian magazine, On Our Backs, being defaced by a rogue (homophobic?) customer. More
Cat.No: 281730
Bounty Hunters & Child Predators: Inside the FBI Entrapment Strategy
npl: CrimethInc, [2012]. Pamphlet. [6]p., wraps secured by folding, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good zine. Dated from a reference to the upcoming 2012 Republican National Convention. A photocopied reprint (you can see evidence of the original stapling in the photocopy.). More
Cat.No: 260805
Bowditch Review. Summer-Fall 1967, No. 1
Berkeley: Unitas, the Interseminary Council and the Campus Ministry Association, 1967. Magazine. 73p., yellow staplebound wraps with some toning at edges, illus., second printing - revised edition, some toning to newsprint pages inside, bit of rust to staples, else very good. Anti-war radical student journal, nominally Christian, with articles on..... More
Cat.No: 239711
Bowl Nica-II [four items related to a bowling fundraiser for...
New York: NY/Nicaragua Construction Brigade, [1986]. Four 8.5x11 inch handbills, including a two-sided announcement letter explaining the purpose of the fundraiser, a blank pledge sheet, a blank reply form, and a certificate with name filled in to commemorate participation, though the number of points is left blank. More
Cat.No: 210495
Boycott Eastern and Continental [handbill]
San Francisco: International Association of Machinists and Aerosace Workers, 1990. 8.5x11 inch handbill, printed both sides. Issued during the Machinists' strike against the airlines, asking the reader to join a picket line at San Francisco International Airport. More
Cat.No: 251408
Boycott Farah pants / A fresh wind blows across Texas...
n.p. n.p., [197-]. 2.25 inch diameter pin, Chicano man and woman, very good. More
Cat.No: 259312
Boycott Farah pants / Viva la huelga [pinback button]
[California]: n.p., [1973-?]. Pinback Button. 1.25 inch diameter pin, woman with raised fist, black text on yellow background. Very good. More
Cat.No: 200142
Boycott Farah pants / Viva la huelga [pinback button]
[California]: n.p., [1973-?]. Pinback Button. 1.5 inch diameter pin, woman with raised fist, black text on yellow background. Very good. Urges the boycott of Farah pants, in solidarity with the largely Latina workforce striking in El Paso. More
Cat.No: 204476
Boycott Farah pants / Viva la huelga [pinback button]
[California]: n.p., [1973-?]. Pinback Button. 1.5 inch diameter pin, woman with raised fist, black text on mustard background. Very good. Urges the boycott of Farah pants, in solidarity with the largely Latina workforce striking in El Paso. More
Cat.No: 229763
Red neck
Coleman, McAlister and Stephen Raushenbush
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