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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Arm the Spirit. [four issues]
Hamilton; Toronto: the journal, 1991-2000. Four issues of the autonomist/anti-imperialist journal, very good, 8.5x11 inches. Issues present are 10, 11, 12 and 17, the latter much thicker and spiralbound. Coverage of the LA riots/uprising, the end of the Red Army Fraction, ETA's resumption of armed struggle, and more. More
Cat.No: 194884
ARM. No. 2
Berkeley: Committee for the American Revolutionary Movement, [197-]. 12p. tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. Edited by Al Bari and Elizabeth Bloch, with artwork by Skira. Cover story imagines Batman as a wino, having fallen into despondence after disillusionment with the criminal justice system. Includes the..... More
Cat.No: 213402
Art for humanity [Issues 3 and 4]
Denver: Renaissance Artists and Writers Association, [1977]. Two issues of the staplebound magazine, 32 pages each, some foxing and light handling wear. Progressive arts magazine, including interviews with Holly Near, Mimi Farina, Oh Shinnah and Jose Arguelles, plus poetry, articles and reviews. Issue number four notes that the journal was..... More
Cat.No: 202091
Art for humanity. Number 4
Denver: Renaissance Artists and Writers Association, [1977]. Single issue of the staplebound magazine, 32 pages, very good. Progressive arts magazine, including interviews with Holly Near and Jose Arguelles, plus poetry, articles and reviews. More
Cat.No: 216878
Asian Labour Update Issue 6 (January 1992)
Hong Kong: Asia Monitor Resource Center, 1992. 24p., wraps, 8.5x11 nches, vertical fold crease. Articles on labor issues across Asia, with some discussion of US labor connections. More
Cat.No: 182636
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
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
Cat.No: 207493
Atlanta Draft Notes. Winter 1984
Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Committee Against Registration and the Draft, 1984. Four-page newsletter, 8.5x11 inches, address label on rear cover, folded for mailing. Includes an overview of the Atlanta Peace Alliance's past year of activities. More
Cat.No: 244674
The Attica Brigade / GIs, Black, Brown & White - Unite & Fight! [broadsheet]
[New York]: Attica Brigade, [1972]. 10x14 inch broadsheet, English on one side and Spanish on the other, horizontal fold, minor toning. Argues that the struggles at the Attica Prison and in Vietnam were part of the same fight; calls on the reader to join the April 22 demonstrations against the..... More
Cat.No: 247106
Attica Is / Free the Brothers Now [pinback button]
n.p. [197-]. 2.25 inch pin, very good. More
Cat.No: 247902
An Auction of Literary and Artistic Materials for the benefit of antiwar Congressional candidates. Thursday, 8 October 1970, at 7:00 p.m., The Gotham Book Mart Gallery, 41 West 47th Street, New York. Public exhibitoin on date of sale from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sponsored by Publishers for Peace.
New York: The Gotham Book Mart Gallery, 1970. 126 lots in 24p., including covers, stapled wraps, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 249349
AWOL magazine; Revolutionary artists workshop volume one, spring 2001
Philadelphia: Central Committee of Conscienous Objectors, 2001. 52p., profusely illustrated magazine, very good, but missing the CD that was originally included. With an interview with Michael Franti and other music articles, the Navy's war on Vieques, a critique of Spike Lee, and more. More
Cat.No: 244665
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
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
Cat.No: 183558
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
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
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
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
Cat.No: 205183
Bankers off our bodies [pinback button]
n.p. n.d. 2.25 inch diameter pin, very good. The "s" of Bankers has been replaced by a dollar sign, and the "o" of Bodies by a Venus symbol. More
Cat.No: 244479
Baragua [eleven issues]
Washington DC: DC "Hands off Cuba" Coalition; later the National Network on Cuba, 1991-95. Eleven issues of the newsletter, with updates on efforts to normalize relations and favorable coverage of Cuban current events. Issues present are Vol. 1, no. 3, Vol. 2, no. 2, 3/4, 6; vol. 3 no. 1..... More
Cat.No: 244658
Base conversion news. Vol. 1 no. 1 (Summer, 1990)
Mountain View, CA: Center for Economic Conversion, 1990. 8p. newsletter, 8.5x11 inches, very good. Issued by an organization that favored the shift of military spending to civilian purposes, in the context of post-Cold War base closings. More
Cat.No: 244654
Basta! National journal of the Chicago Religious Task Force on Central America (October 1987)
Chicago: the Task Force, 1987. 39p., staplebound magazine, covers toned. Much of this issue is devoted to the Sanctuary movement. More
Cat.No: 244656
Bay Area Coalition to Bust the Union Busters. Vol. 1 no. 4 (April 1981)
Oakland: the Coalition, 1981. 8p., 8.5x11 inch newsletter, folded for mailing. News from Bay Area unions, including strikers at Blue Shield. More
Cat.No: 249929
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
Cat.No: 162546
Bay Area Grapevine: Issue 36 (May 1981) publication of the Collective, Communal and Cooperative Network.
Berkeley, CA: Collective, Communal and Cooperative Network, 1981. Single issue of the Bay Area newsletter for intentional communities, 8.5x11 inches, 23p., wraps creased, general soiling and wear. Tearing to front cover at staples. More
Cat.No: 246358