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.
Building a community of resistance, a Bay Area conference, April...
Berkeley: [Building a Community of Resistance], 1997. Poster. 8.5x14 inch poster; some minor crimping and some wear. Good. More
Cat.No: 313704
Building Free Life: Dialogues with Ocalan
Oakland: PM Press, 2020. Paperback. 282p., 6x9 inches, trade paperback, New. A plethora of radical thinkers engage with the thought of Kurdish revolutionary leader Abdullah Ocalan, including Andrej Grubacic, Antonio Negri, Immanuel Wallerstein and Peter Lamborn Wilson among many others. More
Cat.No: 247647
Bulletin in defense of Marxism, no. 1, December, 1983 to...
New York: Bulletin IDOM, 1983-1994. Magazine. An almost complete run of the first one hundred twenty seven issues of BIDOM, lacking issues 6,14,18, 33-36 and 117, all 8.5x11 inches in wraps and in very good condition. Title on issue no. 131 - In Defense of Marxism, information, education, discussion bulletin..... More
Cat.No: 30433
Bulletin of international socialism: Vol. 2, No. 19, November 15...
New York: American Committee for the Fourth International, 1965. 15p., 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left, lightly worn, two fold-creases, staple rusted else good condition. Cover story is "Vietnam Policy Debate Rages", on conflicts between the SWP, SANE, and the Committe over anti-war strategy. More
Cat.No: 262690
Bulletin of the Committee on Education, National Council of American-Soviet...
New York: National Council of American-Soviet Friendship. 1946. Pamphlet. Two staplebound 8.5x11 inch mimeographed bulletins, paper toned and brittle, minor edge chipping to the earlier issue; last page loose but present. Favorable coverage of Soviet education, "The Promise of Soviet Culture," and more. More
Cat.No: 251095
Bulletin of the External Tendency of the iSt. [Nos. 1-4]...
Oakland: External Tendency of the International Spartacist Tendency, 1983-1985. Staplebound. Four issues of the 8.5x11 inch staplebound publication, 38-72 pages per issue, minor handling wear else good condition. First issue is a photoreproduced replacement made after the initial run had been distributed. The ET later became the Bolshevik Tendency. More
Cat.No: 312244
Bulletin of the Fourth National Convention, National Student League. December...
[St. Louis?]: National Student League, 1935. Newsletter. 13p., mimeographed 8.5x12.75 inch sheets stapled at left; last page loose but present; some uneven cover toning, "53" written in color pencil on cover. Report on the convention of the Communist Party-controlled student organization. More
Cat.No: 275986
Bulletin of the Industrial Vanguard. October 1935
New York: Industrial Vanguard, 1935. Pamphlet. [6p.], 5x7.25 inches, staplebound booklet format, minor foxing to front cover, some rust at the staples. "In the advancement of international socialist construction and defense of the Soviet Union." Includes a full-page piece by the muralist and comic book artist Louis G. Ferstadt (often..... More
Cat.No: 289018
Bulletin of the Nicaragua Information Center (June / July 1986)
Berkeley: Nicaragua Information Center, 1986. Newsletter. 7p., 7x8.5 inches, pages browned, else in very good condition. Newsletter from pro-Sandinista students at UC Berkeley. More
Cat.No: 279940
The Bulletin of The People's Council of America. Vol. 1...
New York: the Council, 1917. Newspaper. 4-page newspaper, horizontal fold, brittle at the crease. The Council was a coalition of Socialist Party, pacifist and anti-war activists. Includes greeting to the All-Russian Council of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies in Petrograd, and a message of congratulations to the Chicago Federation of Labor..... More
Cat.No: 305171
Bulletin [seven issues, plus two related items]
New York: American Committee for Cultural Freedom, 1951-1955. Newsletter. Seven issues of the four-page, 8.5x11 inch newsletter published by the CIA-backed group, some with uneven toning, one with a closed tear. Issues present are an unnumbered one from March 1951, followed by vol. 2 nos. 1-3, vol. 3 nos. 1..... More
Cat.No: 313788
Bulletin [three issues]
New York: American Committee for Cultural Freedom, 1952-1954. Newsletter. Three issues of the four-page, 8.5x11 inch newsletter published by the CIA-backed group, very good. Issues present are vol. 2 no. 3 and vol. 3 nos. 1 and 2. Although CIA-funded, many contributors came from the Left (but as critics of..... More
Cat.No: 313789
Bulletin, AWPRA delegation New York State Conference for Social Work...
Buffalo, NY: AWPRA (Association of Workers in Public Relief Agencies), 1935. Newsletter. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed bulletin, single sheet, very good. "Buffalo, 1935" penciled in lower right corner. The AWPRA was part of the rank and file movement among Social Workers in this period. This newsletter reprints an article from the..... More
Cat.No: 309783
Bulletins of the Federal Board for Vocational Education
Washington, DC: Federal Board for Vocational Education, 1919-1920. Hardcover. Bulletins 35 through 54 inclusive, issued October 1919 through June 1920, in two volumes, 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..... More
Cat.No: 123516
Bulls Eye. Vol. 4 no. 4 (May 1976)
New Haven, CT: New Haven Communist Party, 1976. 8.5x11 inch newsletter comprised of two sheets stapled together. Local labor news including a rubber workers' strike. More
Cat.No: 251086
Bullshit & Society, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 1969
Berkeley: Bullshit & Society, 1969. Pamphlet. 58p., 8.5x11 inches, mimeographed journal, stapled in upper left corner, some rust at the staple, otherwise very good condition. First and (apparently) only issue of a journal produced by the Radical Caucus of the UC Berkeley History Dept. It reprints Jerry Farber's "The Student..... More
Cat.No: 239462
Burning river news ; vol. 3, no. 6 (Feb. 6...
East Cleveland, OH: Burning River News, 1970. Newspaper. 24p., folded tabloid style newspaper, published monthly; cartoons, photos., illus., ads, evenly toned, some folds are cracked, chipping along edges, slight misfold, corners dogeared, small damp stain in corner. Good only. Content includes many articles on labor activism such as Harlan County..... More
Cat.No: 304156
The Burning Spear; voice of the international African revolution. Vol...
Oakland: African People's Socialist Party, 1991. Newspaper. 20p. folded tabloid newspaper, illustrated with photos and cartoons, evenly toned. Cover headline: "“Party-led struggle frees Kerano Hawkins from the State, after she defends her family by killing a white man who attacked her in Wilmington, Delaware. Party defeats the State's attempt to..... More
Cat.No: 304469
The Burning Spear; voice of the international African revolution. Vol...
Oakland: African People's Socialist Party, 1993. Newspaper. 27p. folded tabloid newspaper, illustrated with photos and cartoons, lightly toned. Cover story proclaims "Bring our African babies home! NPDUM leader exposes that foster care racket nets millions for white community." Includes a supplement on the 20th anniversary of the African People's Socialist..... More
Cat.No: 270267
Burning the Bridges They are Building: Anarchist Strategies Against the...
Puget Sound, WA: n.pub. 2011. Pamphlet. 50p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, front wrap faintly dampstained along bottom edge else very good zine. More
Cat.No: 256002
The Burning World Review: Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1967)
Albuquerque: the newspaper, 1967. Newspaper. Four page tabloid format newspaper, paper evenly toned, folded horizontally, otherwise very good. None found in OCLC as of 9/2020; unknown whether any later issues were published. Underground newspaper with much coverage of an incident in which students at Albuquerque High School passing out anti-draft..... More
Cat.No: 165937
But the war machine goes on, so will our protest...
[Madison, WI?]: npub, [1971]. Poster. 11x17 inch anti-war movement poster; slight crease from folding, some minor rubbing on back, ownership signature penned on blank verso of Bob Ocegueda, date penned on back, else very good. From the collection of J. Wesley Miller with his signature penned on blank verso. More
Cat.No: 319010
But, they mean to kill us all!
Putney, VT: n.pub. [1970]. Pamphlet. [24p.] illustrated publication in tabloid newspaper format; unknown if part of a series. We find no such publication in OCLC as of September 2022. Evenly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. Cover lists recent student protests around the world, and has a piece on guns..... More
Cat.No: 291458
Butte Barbers' Union No. 635, J.B.H.C. & P.I.U. of A....
Butte, MT: Butte Barbers' Union, [1960s-?]. Undated stiff board, very good, 8.5x11 inches, listing prices for 24 different procedures, the most expensive being haircut and shave for $3.25. More
Cat.No: 137388
Butte Barbers' Union No. 635, J.B.H.C. & P.I.U. of A....
Butte, MT: Butte Barbers' Union, [1960s-?]. Undated stiff board, very good, 8.5x11 inches, listing prices for 24 different procedures, the most expensive being a razor cut for $3.50. More
Cat.No: 137390
Red neck
Coleman, McAlister and Stephen Raushenbush
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