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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Asians in Struggle
Brooklyn: Forward Motion, 1994. 16p., tabloid newspaper format, horizontal fold, paper evenly toned, otherwise very good. Issued as a stand-alone supplement to Forward Motion magazine, founded by the Proletarian Unity League but now the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. More about Asians in Struggle
Cat.No: 227601
Asociacion de Trabajadores Inmigrantes de California / CIWA [pinback button]
n.p. CIWA, n.d. 1.755 inch diameter pin, very good. CIWA was created after the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. More about Asociacion de Trabajadores Inmigrantes de California / CIWA [pinback button
Cat.No: 207493
At Daggers Drawn Translated from the Italian by Jean Weir, in collaboration with John Moore and Leigh Sstracross
Portland, OR: Eberhardt Press, 2013. Pamphlet. 30p., wraps, very good condition, 5x7.5 inches, dj. Later printing. Originally published as "Ai ferri corti con l'existente, i suoi difensori e i suoi falsi." in Italian. More about At Daggers Drawn Translated from the Italian by Jean Weir, in collaboration with John Moore and...
Cat.No: 226090
Attention customers: Head Ski on strike. Please don't buy Head rackets or skis sold here [handbill]
n.p. Midwest Regional Joint Board - Local Union 1156, Amalgamated Clothing Workers, AFL-CIO, [1975]. 8.5x11 inch handbill with a large tennis racket depicted, very good with minor edgewear. Notes that the boycott, which also includes the Arthur Ashe label, "does not imply personal criticism of Arthur Ashe, who is not... More about Attention customers: Head Ski on strike. Please don't buy Head rackets or skis sold here [handbill
Cat.No: 195148
August Twenty-Ninth Movement presents Anti-Revisionism Forum [poster]
Oakland: ATM, 1975. 17.5x23 inch silkscreened poster, very good. Depicts Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao. Announces a forum in Oakland; childcare provided. More about August Twenty-Ninth Movement presents Anti-Revisionism Forum [poster
Cat.No: 232525
AWOL: Youth for Peace and Revolution. No. 3
Philadelphia: Student Coalition Resisting Enlistment and Militarism, [1997-?]. 23p., staplebound zine, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. More about AWOL: Youth for Peace and Revolution. No. 3
Cat.No: 235678
Azania will be free! Down with South Africa! Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pan African Congress of Azania [poster]
San Francisco: [John Nyata Pokela Tour], n.d. 17x22 inch poster featuring a crowd of demonstrators with fists raised, small golden outline of the African continent; edgeworn. Issued to promote the national tour of John Nyata Pokela; lengthy sponsorship list at bottom. More about Azania will be free! Down with South Africa! Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pan African...
Cat.No: 183558
Aztlan: international journal of Chicano studies research. Volume 9 (double issue)
Los Angeles: Atzlán Publications, Chicano Studies Center, University of California, 1978. 231p., paperback; very good. Articles on Chicano labor, oral history, and more. More about Aztlan: international journal of Chicano studies research. Volume 9 (double issue
Cat.No: 225677
Bach Mai Hospital
Cambridge, MA: Bach Mai Hospital Emergency Relief Fund, [197-]. 4p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated brochure seeking funds for the hospital. In 1972, the Bach Mai hospital in Hanoi was destroyed by US bombs, leading to a movement by anti-war activists to help rebuild it. More about Bach Mai Hospital
Cat.No: 207729
Back in the Streets: A documentary film about the April 20, 1985, Spring Mobilization for Peace, Jobs, and Justice in San Francisco
San Francisco: Black Swan / Avalanche Films, 1985. Six-panel brochure, several small black and white photos, very good. Seeks funds to produce the film about the months of preparations and coalition-building that went into the large demonstration. The Mobilization was supported by the Bay Area Labor Councils, area churches, as... More about Back in the Streets: A documentary film about the April 20, 1985, Spring Mobilization for Peace,...
Cat.No: 204460
Background of the Berlin Crisis. A speakers' guide
New York: National Education Department, Communist Party, [1948-?]. 23p., wraps, 8.5x11 inches, faint vertical crease. Discussion points defending the East German government and the USSR. More about Background of the Berlin Crisis. A speakers' guide
Cat.No: 136626
Background to the Middle East Conflict
Nyack, NY: Committee on New Alternatives in the Middle East [CONAME], 1974. 35p., very good in staplebound wraps. Three versions, in varying formats, all published in the same year, reprinted from "Search for Peace in the Middle East," an AFSC publication from 1970. More about Background to the Middle East Conflict
Cat.No: 205183
Bay Area cultural workers celebrate Labor Day and the 20th anniversary of the historic March on Washington
[San Francisco?]: n. pub. [1983]. 8.5x11 inch printed sheet with quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and a list of participants, including Angela Davis, Decca Truehaft (Jessica Mitford), Nina Serrano, Teatro Latino and many others. More about Bay Area cultural workers celebrate Labor Day and the 20th anniversary of the historic March on...
Cat.No: 162546
Bay Area directory of collectives; listings, map and articles
Berkeley, CA: Collective Directory Group, 1980. Pamphlet. iv, 60p., wraps, folded map of collective locations in the Bay Area laid in rear pocket (listing these by numeric, categoric, and alphabetic). Includes an essay with current and historical information on each collective. Includes two short chapters on food related collectives -... More about Bay Area directory of collectives; listings, map and articles
Cat.No: 61510
The Benjamin Rush Bulletin [nos. 2, 3 and 4]
New York: Benjamin Rush Society, 1949-1950. Three issues of the staplebound journal, 31, 30 and 50 pages respectively, no. 2 somewhat toned and smudged, otherwise good. "Devoted to the fullest consideration of basic questions in the field of Psychiatry, Psychology and Social Work, in the light of scientific materialism." Affiliated with the Communist Party. More about The Benjamin Rush Bulletin [nos. 2, 3 and 4
Cat.No: 221963
Berkeley Barb vol 7 no 17, issue 166 (Oct. 18-24, 1968)
Berkeley: the tabloid, 1968. 24p., tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, otherwise very good. Updates on student protest at UC Berkeley, Trashman comix, a melange of Berkeley sixties culture. Cover art depicts nude woman chained to a wheel. More about Berkeley Barb vol 7 no 17, issue 166 (Oct. 18-24, 1968
Cat.No: 183338
Better Times. Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 7, 1971)
[Marin County, CA]: 1971. 7p., 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled together at upper left corner, very good. Student protest newsletter from the College of Marin. Includes an article on a demonstration against the draft in San Rafael at which 37 were arrested. More about Better Times. Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 7, 1971
Cat.No: 237982
The Beverly Stash presents: On Guard. Issue no. 10
[Beverly Hills, CA]: the underground newsletter, 1970. Single issue of the underground high school paper, mimeographed in wraps, staplebound, 7x8.5 inches, very good. Cover depict Nixon removing his mask to reveal Hitler. Discussion of school administration and events; text indicates that the group publishing it broke into the high school... More about The Beverly Stash presents: On Guard. Issue no. 10
Cat.No: 195029
Beyond socialist feminism; where do we go from here?
Detroit: Alternatives, 1976. 27p., wraps toned, soiled, and stained. Rubberstamp of Committee for Political and Human Development on back cover. More about Beyond socialist feminism; where do we go from here?
Cat.No: 234106
Bibliography on the Communist problem in the United States
New York: The Fund for the Republic, 1955. xiii, 474p., massive 11x8.5 inch blue boards with spots and other damage at top of spine and outside of hinges, insect damage to flyleaf. Herbert Aptheker's copy, with a page of handwritten bibliographical notes at the end and a review of the... More about Bibliography on the Communist problem in the United States
Cat.No: 3794
Bibliography on the Communist problem in the United States
New York: The Fund for the Republic, 1955. Hardcover. xiii, 474p., 8.5x11.25 inches, very good condition. More about Bibliography on the Communist problem in the United States
Cat.No: 33339
Big Brother is watching YOU so do something [poster]
[Berkeley]: [Political Poster Workshop at the University of California, Berkeley], [1970]. 11x14.75 inch poster silkscreened on the back of a sheet of computer printout paper. Perforated sprocket edge strips intact. Very good. Portrait of Spiro Agnew with text. In the Maggs Bros book "4973: Berkeley Protest Posters 1970," this poster... More about Big Brother is watching YOU so do something [poster
Cat.No: 215018
The Big Lie revealed: What is really behind the shouting about "Anti-Semitism" in the Socialist countries? [handbill]
Los Angeles: Morning Freiheit, n.d. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet, printed one side, light edgewear. More about The Big Lie revealed: What is really behind the shouting about "Anti-Semitism" in the...
Cat.No: 136168
Big Rock Candy Mountain. Resources for Our Education (February 1971)
Menlo Park, CA: Portola Institute, 1971. 47p., 10.75x14.5 inches, newsprint toned, minor wear. Periodical for those interested in alternative education for both kids and adults, with reviews about recommended books, ads for educational products, and for other home-made stuff like woodburning stoves for the alternate classroom. More about Big Rock Candy Mountain. Resources for Our Education (February 1971
Cat.No: 176886
Biko Plaza News [10 issues]
Berkeley: Biko Plaza News, 1985. Ten issues of the newsletter published by campus anti-apartheid activists at UC Berkeley. Format varied dramatically; most are 5.5x8.5 or 7x8.5 inch 4-panel brochures, but the issues of volume 2 are in tabloid newspaper format. Produced by cut-and-paste photocopying, with some errors in numbering. Generally... More about Biko Plaza News [10 issues
Cat.No: 217452