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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All out to stop the KKK! [poster]
Philadelphia: November 5 Mobilization to Stop the KKK in Philadelphia, [1988]. 20x26 inch poster, very good, stylized image of klansmen with burning cross. The Spartacist League played a behind-the-scenes leadership role in the Mobilization. More
Cat.No: 185389
All the way with LBJ [pinback button]
n.p. [196-]. 1.25-inch diameter button, very good, pairing the sarcastic slogan with a mushroom cloud. This pin was recently included in an exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California and the consignor's original loan tag is still attached. More
Cat.No: 255654
All's Fare
San Francisco: Auto-Graphics, [197-]. Pamphlet. [8p., including covers], very good in staplebound wraps. Pro-Situ tract. Only two copies found in OCLC as of 4/2021. More
Cat.No: 207062
The Alliance. Campus Worker-Student Newspaper. Vol. 1 no. 1 (May 1970)
[San Francisco]: 1970. 5p., 8.5x14 inch mimeographed sheets stapled together at corner, fold crease, corner wear, red pen used to highlight parts of the masthead. From contents, it is apparent that this was issued by the PL incarnation of SDS at SF State University. Includes critique of treatment of campus..... More
Cat.No: 249900
The Alliance. Newsletter of the San Francisco Taxicab Drivers Alliance. Vol. 1 issue 2 (May 10, 1984)
San Francisco: the Alliance, 1984. 4p., 8.5x11 inches, light handling wear, very good. Main story is on efforts to restrict the number of cabs permitted in San Francisco. "We believe that the taxi-using public is behind us in our fight to stop the new permits..." More
Cat.No: 221993
Allowable Area of Thought for the Naturalized Citizen
New York: American Comittee for Protection of Foreign Born, 1943. Pamphlet. Reprinted from Lawyers Guild Review, Volume 3 No. 4, July-August, 1943. Single sheet folded to make 4 pages, musty, creased in middle from folding, rear wrap slightly soiled, a reading copy only. On the case of William Schneiderman, whose..... More
Cat.No: 228913
Almanacco della Rivoluzione, 1908
Paterson, NJ: Libreria Sociologica, 1907. 62, [ii, 4 p. catalog of other anarchist works from the same publisher], rear cover missing. Apparently the only issue published under this title. Includes articles about contemporary events, a calendar of historical anarchist events arranged by date, and selections of poetry and prose by..... More
Cat.No: 262601
Almanacco della Rivoluzione, 1908
Paterson, NJ: Libreria Sociologica, 1907. 62, [ii], rear cover missing, and lacking the 4 p. catalog of other anarchist works from the same publisher that we have seen at the end of other examples. Apparently the only issue published under this title. Includes articles about contemporary events, a calendar of..... More
Cat.No: 262602
Almanacco sovversivo. 1906-07
Barre, VT: Biblioteca Circolo Studi Sociali, [1906]. 107, [iv]p., staplebound booklet, 4.5x9 inches; wraps worn, chipped, and beginning to split along spine, rust at the staples, otherwise very good. Text in Italian. Cover art depicts a man fending off a vulture. Includes articles both on and by many of the..... More
Cat.No: 257149
Almanacco sovversivo. 1916
New York: Nicoletti Bros. Press, [1916]. 94p., staplebound booklet, lacks wraps and last page (pp95/96), title page toned and stained, staples rusted, 2.5 inch closed tear through pp89-94. Italian-language "Subversive almanac," with articles about the war and other contemporary events, tributes to the Haymarket martyrs and to Joe Hill, a...... More
Cat.No: 261786
Alternative Education 1973 - Rivendell
Palo Alto, CA: Rivendell, 1973. [13p.], 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at left, silkscreened pictorial cover in black and blue inks on yellow paperstock, lightly worn, rear wrap soiled else very good condition with addendum sheet laid in. Program for an education symposium at the parent-cooperative alternative school. More
Cat.No: 184002
The Alternative in brief: a summary of Forging Peace, the Challenge of Central America
Washington DC: PACCA/Policy Alternatives for the Caribbean and Central America, 1987. 12p., staplebound pamphlet, staples rusted else very good condition. A summarized version of Richard Fagen's critique of US policy toward Latin America. More
Cat.No: 238719
An alternative media brochure.
Oakland: Vocations for Social Change, [1973-?]. [16p] brochure in folded tabloid newspaper format, illus., toned, otherwise very good. "The alternative culture is getting it together! Plug into the Movement! Read this rag!" Compendium of full-page ads for fourteen alternative media sources, such as Off Our Backs, Issues in Radical Therapy..... More
Cat.No: 180890
Alternative Natural Foods Cooperative [handbill]
n.p. the Cooperative, [ca. 1969]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, date penned in corner. Outlines the goals and function of a proposed organic co-op. More
Cat.No: 242715
The Alternative newspaper vol. 1, no. 10, week of May 10-16: May Day at BFI
Santa Barbara: Associated Students and Press Council, UC Santa Barbara, 1976. Newspaper. 12p. folded tabloid newspaper illustrated with b&w photos, evenly toned otherwise very good. Report on the strike against BFI and accompanying rally, march and protests. Photos of police actions and marchers. Cesar Chavez article. Jane Fonda article and..... More
Cat.No: 176836
The Alternative Orange: an alternative student newspaper [three issues]
Syracuse, NY: 1993-94. Three issues of the radical tabloid put out by students at Syracuse University, printed on high-quality paper, all with horizontal fold, number 2 with a crinkled cover. Numbers present are vol. 3 nos. 1-3. Topics range from campus activism to polemics on Marxism and queer liberation. More
Cat.No: 239439
Alternative to Alienation. No. 7 (March-April 1976)
Toronto: 1976. 23p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, paper toned, minor wear. Includes a piece on "Mysticism, fascism, and the need for transcendence," Bob Dylan's music as a tool for getting back in touch with men's alienated feminine sides, and a three-page piece on fighting homophobia. More
Cat.No: 239436
Alternative, Journal of the Peace and Freedom Party. Vol. 1 no. 2 (Nov. 1972)
San Louis Obispo, CA: Peace and Freedom Party, 1972. Newspaper. 4p., tabloid newspaper format, horizontal fold crease, toned, especially at spine, slightly misfolded else good condition. Second issue of the newspaper, with articles on the presidential campaign of Benjamin Spock ("Spock Charges Nixon Opportunist"), report on Women's Conference, La Raza..... More
Cat.No: 206731
Alternative. "The news you won't read anywhere else." (three issues)
Alpine, CA: 1993-1994. Three issues of the progressive community newspaper from the San Diego area, vol. 1 nos. 2 and 6, and volume 2 no. 4. Friendly coverage of the Peace and Freedom Party; the editor (Jeff Archer) was a local officer in P&F. Includes articles critical of the invasion..... More
Cat.No: 239447
Alternative. "The news you won't read anywhere else." Vol. 1 no. 6 (July 30, 1993)
Alpine, CA: 1993. 20p., single issue of the progressive community newspaper from the San Diego area. Horizontal fold, mild toning. Friendly coverage of the Peace and Freedom Party; the editor (Jeff Archer) was a local officer in P&F. Includes an Arabic-language section. More
Cat.No: 239448
Alternative. Journal of the Peace and Freedom Party. Vol. 1 no. 1 (October 1972)
San Louis Obispo, CA: Peace and Freedom Party, 1972. 4p., tabloid newspaper format, some damp staining at lower right. First issue of the newspaper, with articles on the presidential campaign of Benjamin Spock, the trial of Gary Lawton, the Union of Vietnamese in the United States, and more. More
Cat.No: 199563
America -Love it enough to change it
Philadelphia: National Organization for an American Revolution, [1984]. Pamphlet. Four-panel brochure, 8.5x11 inches, contact info for the San Francisco branch of NOAR rubberstamped at the end. By James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs' organization. Beginning with a portion of Langston Hughes' poem "Make America America Again," laments the results of..... More
Cat.No: 260317
America is a Democracy Only as Long as it Represents the Will of the People [poster]
Berkeley: Kamakazi Design Group, [1970]. 17.5x22.5 inch poster, very good, Design is adapted from an iconic photo of a Jewish family being rounded up in Nazi Germany. Text below lists thirteen "things YOU can do" to resist the Vietnam War. More
Cat.No: 237122
America's Aging Workforce, A Travelers Symposium. A Monograph of Proceedings from a Leadership Symposium, Houston, Texas February 26-28, 1986
Hartford CT: The Travelers Company, 1986. Paperback. 86p., softbound, 9x5.5 inch paperback printed on alkaline glazed paperstock, chapter heads and captions rubricated throughout, an expensive production in very good condition: sound, clean, unmarked. Laid in is a two-page News Release on Travelers letterhead announcing the release of this very booklet..... More
Cat.No: 233306
America's New Opportunities in World Trade: Report of The Committee on International Policy of the National Planning Association
Washington DC: National Planning Association, 1944. iv, 79p., stapled wraps, 5 x 7.5 inches, wraps worn and soiled else very good condition. Planning Pamphlets Nos. 37-38. More
Cat.No: 255280