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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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 "thought police." Record of the Un-American Activities Committee. With a foreword by Henry A. Wallace.
New York: Civil Rights Congress, 1947. 46p., staplebound pamphlet, minor wear. *Seidman C179. More
Cat.No: 33555
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, 5x7.5 inches, wraps worn and soiled else very good condition. Planning Pamphlets Nos. 37-38. More
Cat.No: 255280
The American anti-socialist. A monthly magazine published at Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, editor and publisher [Nos. 1-6, complete run]
Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, 1912-14. All six issues of the slender journal, formerly bound in a larger volume, now disbound but the six issues still sewn and glued together at spine. Later subtitle is "An organ of Jeffersonian democracy." The individualist anarchist editor adopts a more classically conservative perspective..... More
Cat.No: 257206
The American anti-socialist. A monthly magazine published at Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, editor and publisher. No. 1
Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, 1912. First issue of the slender journal, 16p., blank margins of front and back pages have silverfish holes, but text complete; a reading copy. This issue contains essays reprinted from other authors including A.J. Balfour, former British Prime Minister, alleging fallacies and self-defeating weaknesses of..... More
Cat.No: 257440
The American anti-socialist. An organ of Jeffersonian democracy published at Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, editor and publisher. No. 6
Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, 1914. Last issue of the slender journal, 16p., crinkled with a piece torn out of the margin on the front cover (no text loss), staple rusted, a reading copy. The individualist anarchist editor adopts a more classically conservative perspective on such issues as inheritance taxes..... More
Cat.No: 257207
American appeal, volumes 1-2, 1920 - 1921 to volumes 7-8, 1926-1927. Introduction to the Greenwood reprint by James Gilbert
New York: Greenwood Reprint Corporation, 1968. Four volumes, in uniform blue cloth. three volumes are 8.5x11 inches, the fourth is 18.5x23 inches. Very good hardcover reprint set of the complete run. Original title of the magazine was The Socialist World. Radical periodicals in the United States, 1890-1960. First series. Socialist..... More
Cat.No: 119553
American Child, vol. 45, no. 1, January 1963: Growing up Negro
New York: National Committee on Employment of Youth, 1963. Pamphlet. 20p., 6x9 inches, stapled wraps, ink stamp on rear wrap else very good condition. With contributions by Otis E. Finley, Jr., Kenneth B. Clark and others. More
Cat.No: 96896
American Civil Liberties Union News, 1952-1961, 90 issues
San Francisco: ACLU, 1952-1961. Newspaper. Ninety issues, 4p. tabloid format newspaper, creased from folding, paper toned, much edge and shelf wear, a few issues have subscription and library stamps on cover wraps, else in readable condition. Issues included are: Vol. 17 No. 1, Vol. 18 Nos. 8, 10, 12, Vol..... More
Cat.No: 264839
An American Inroads special event: John Adams' opera Nixon in China, program, concert preview performances Thursday & Friday May 21 & 22 8pm at Herbst Theatre
San Francisco: American Inroads, 1987. [8p] includes covers, 7x8.5 inches, special thanks card laid-in, light wear and tioning, program for the special event, booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 225036
American labor history: Race and ethnicity in the working class
Somerville: New England Free Press, [1973]. Pamphlet. 48p., wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps lightly worn and soiled else very good condition. Short book reviews and bibliography. A Radical American Pamphlet. More
Cat.No: 59935
The American labor legislation review. Vol. 10, no. 1, March,1920 to vol. 10, no. 4, December, 1920
New York: American Association for Labor Legislation, 1920. Various pagination, complete run for the year of the quarterly, hinges starting, index, issues bound in without the original wraps, ex library with the usual markings. More
Cat.No: 85243
The American labor year book, 1923-1924 by the Labor Research Department of the Rand School of Social Science.
New York: Rand School Press, 1924. 548p. [+ ads], original red cloth binding slightly soiled and with minor staining. Vol. 5. More
Cat.No: 84439
The American labor year book, 1923-1924 by the Labor Research Department of the Rand School of Social Science.
New York: Rand School Press, 1924. 548p. [+ ads], original red cloth binding partly stained, hinges weak, ownership signature of Richard Revere. Vol. 5. More
Cat.No: 143280
The American labor year book, 1927, by the Labor Research Department of the Rand School of Social Science.
New York: Rand Book Store, 1927. [vi], 252, [24p. ads], ex library, original red cloth binding slightly edge worn. Vol. 8. More
Cat.No: 3747
The American labor year book, 1928; political issues facing American labor, by the Labor Research Department of the Rand School of Social Science.
New York: Rand School of Social Science, 1928. Hardcover. [viii], 265p., original red cloth binding with a faded spine and faded edges of front and rear panel, internally very good condition. Vol. 9. More
Cat.No: 3748
The American labor year book, 1929. By the Labor Research Department of the Rand School of Social Science.
New York: Rand School of Social Science, 1929. 302p., original red cloth slightly rubbed, edge worn dj. Vol. 10. More
Cat.No: 83474
The American labor year book, 1930, by the Labor Research Department of the Rand School of Social Science.
New York: Rand School Press, 1930. Hardcover. 283p. [+ ads], original red cloth binding slightly edge worn, spine faded. Vol. 11. More
Cat.No: 102330
American Militarism Launches A New Campaign - Operation High School. Claiming to "Help Boys Prepare," New Films Really Start Military Indoctrination of Youth
Washington DC: The National Council Against Conscription, [1955]. Pamphlet. Six-panel brochure, 3.25x5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 268557
American Peace Mobilization
New York: American Peace Mobilization, [1940-?]. Six-panel brochure, folded to 3.75x8.5 inches, very good. Introduction to the APM and its program, which coincided with the Soviet shift from anti-fascism to maintenance of "peace" after the Molotov-Ribbentropp pact. Program calls for the US to avoid involvement in the European war. The..... More
Cat.No: 181795
An American People's Program to End Poverty and Unemployment in the US: Economic Program of the Communist Party, USA
New York: Communist Party, USA, 1964. 8p., 8.5x11 inch pamphlet, minor foxing else very good condition. A response to Johnson's "War on poverty." More
Cat.No: 233466