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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![The Ad Hoc bulletin (Marxist-Leninist) [13 issues of the newsletter produced by the FBI-financed pseudo-faction in the Communist Party, USA]](http://www.bolerium.com/pictures/thumb/201089.jpg?v=1536714665)
Blazing Star: vol. 2, #1, July 1976: Blazing Star returns
Chicago: Blazing Star/NAM, 1976. [14p] 8.5x11 inch newsletter, illustrated with drawings and cartoons, features, opinion, ads, resources, lightly-toned on covers, sheets stapled top-left corner. Blazing Star was a lesbian/feminist chapter of the New American Movement established in Chicago. Stories on Gay Rights legislation, Lavender & Red Book review, lesbian mothers..... More
Cat.No: 211564
Blazing Star: vol. 4, #2, March 1978: Exclusive - Noble: I'm running for the Senate
Chicago: Blazing Star/NAM, 1978. Newspaper. 12p. folded tabloid newspaper, photos, features, opinion, ads, resources, heavily-toned on cover above the fold otherwise good on newsprint. Blazing Star was a lesbian/feminist chapter of the New American Movement established in Chicago. Above the fold story on Elaine Noble's bid for the Senate. Centerfold..... More
Cat.No: 208818
![Bobby Sands 1954-81 / We remember [pinback button]](/pictures/thumb/221513.jpg?v=1536714668)
Bobby Sands 1954-81 / We remember [pinback button]
n.p. [198-]. 2.25 inch diameter pin, slightly amateur production using a Badge-a-minit backing. Sands went on a prison hunger strike on March 1, 1981 and died of starvation on May 5. More
Cat.No: 221513
Bolivia: the revolution the "Fourth International" betrayed
New York: League for the Revolutionary Party (USA), n.d. 21p., very good in staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches. 1980s reprint of articles from the 1950s by the Vern-Ryan Tendency of the SWP. A Proletarian Revolution pamphlet. More
Cat.No: 134408
Bolshevik revolution. No. 5 (August 1980)
New York: Bolshevik League of the United States, 1980. Single issue of the journal, 16p., very good in wraps, 8.5x11 inches. Includes a report on the Black United Front congress, a report on two "traitors" on the BL central committee being discovered and purged, and more. More
Cat.No: 177110
The Boneyard Examiner, Vol. 1, No. 12, December 13,1971
Urbana, IL: n.p., 1971. 8p., folded tabloid, a few spots on front wraps, light toning at spine. An underground newspaper published in the home of the University of Illinois. Cover has a large photo of Vietnamese guerillas with the headline "Happy Anniversary NLF." Articles on a Graduate Assistants' Union, Angela... More
Cat.No: 162049
Borderthink: a survival guide for the Bush era
San Diego: Borderlands Education Committee, 1989. 39p., wraps, 8.5x11 inches, very good. A joint project of New Indicator, We The People, and The Whole Damn Pie Shop. Sections on women's issues, skinheads, Operation Rescue, ecology, and more. More
Cat.No: 152940
![Boston Tea Party - 1970 [handbill]](/pictures/thumb/221977.jpg?v=1517459532)
Boston Tea Party - 1970 [handbill]
New York: Vietnam Peace Parade Committee; Vietnam Moratorium Committee, 1970. 8.5x11 inch handbill, faintly creased from having been folded to fit into an envelope for mailing, otherwise very good. Announces a rally at Battery Park in New York, featuring Paul Krassner, Burning City Theater (a guerrilla street theater troupe), Women... More
Cat.No: 221977
![Bowditch Review [nos. 1 and 2]](/pictures/thumb/199508.jpg?v=1501556909)
Bowditch Review [nos. 1 and 2]
Berkeley: Unitas, the Interseminary Council and the Campus Ministery Association, 1967. First two issues of the journal, missing the third and last issue; lightly worn staplebound wraps; 73 and 75 pages respectively. Anti-war radical Christian journal, with articles on going to prison for draft refusal, antiwar activism, the Vietnam Tribunal, etc. More
Cat.No: 199508
![Bowl Nica-II [four items related to a bowling fundraiser for Sandinista construction]](/pictures/thumb/210495.jpg?v=1484090207)
Bowl Nica-II [four items related to a bowling fundraiser for Sandinista construction]
New York: NY/Nicaragua Construction Brigade, [1986]. Four 8.5x11 inch handbills, including a two-sided announcement letter explaining the purpose of the fundraiser, a blank pledge sheet, a blank reply form, and a certificate with name filled in to commemorate participation, though the number of points is left blank. More
Cat.No: 210495
![Boycott Coors. Coors workers are on strike! Which side are you on? [poster]](/pictures/thumb/151827.jpg?v=1527916274)
Boycott Coors. Coors workers are on strike! Which side are you on? [poster]
n.p. [1977-?]. 17x22 inch poster, printed in red and black on white background, depicting defiant male and female workers connected to a lie detector machine while a malevolent-looking boss prepares to plug it in. The use of the lie detector for screening employees was one of the points of contention..... More
Cat.No: 151827
![Boycott Farah pants / Viva la huelga [pinback button]](/pictures/thumb/200142.jpg?v=1528521047)
Boycott Farah pants / Viva la huelga [pinback button]
[California]: n.p., [1973-?]. 1.25 inch diameter pin, woman with raised fist, black text on yellow background. Very good. More
Cat.No: 200142
![Boycott Farah pants / Viva la huelga [pinback button]](/pictures/thumb/204476.jpg?v=1535944238)
Boycott Farah pants / Viva la huelga [pinback button]
[California]: n.p., [1973-?]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, woman with raised fist, black text on yellow background. Very good. More
Cat.No: 204476
![Boycott Farah pants / Viva la huelga [pinback button]](/pictures/thumb/229763.jpg?v=1538622695)
Boycott Farah pants / Viva la huelga [pinback button]
[California]: n.p., [1973-?]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, woman with raised fist, black text on mustard background. Very good. More
Cat.No: 229763
Boycott Gallo (pinback button)
n.p. [UFW], n.d. 1.5 inch diameter pin with UFW eagle and purple outline of wine bottle; union bug on edge indicates manufacture in East Bay. Very good. More
Cat.No: 132283
![Boycott grapes [pinback button]](/pictures/thumb/224149.jpg?v=1536523875)
Boycott grapes [pinback button]
Hempstead, NY: Larry Fox, [197-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin with UFW eagle on orange field. More
Cat.No: 224149
![Boycott J.P. Stevens [pinback button]](/pictures/thumb/188944.jpg?v=1535836254)
Boycott J.P. Stevens [pinback button]
n.p. n.pub. [197-]. 1.5 inch pin depicting a female symbol with a loom, very good. A contribution from the women's movement to the boycott over the anti-union textile manufacturer's discriminatory practices and health and safety violations. More
Cat.No: 188944
Boycott Lucky's Lucky's is Unfair! Please DO NOT Shop Lucky Stores
Oakland: 1992. leafet printed on one side, 8.5 x 10 inches, mild wear at corners, leaflet prints a headline from 19 August 1992 Oakland Tribune newspaper announcing that Lucky Markets guilty of "widespread sex discrimination", union bug at bottom. The early 1990s were a rough time for Lucky Markets. There... More
Cat.No: 172039
![Boycott Shell [pinback button]](/pictures/thumb/208031.jpg?v=1535994667)
Boycott Shell [pinback button]
Philadelphia: Horn Co., [197-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, shell motif. More
Cat.No: 208031
![Bread Not Bombs [pinback button]](/pictures/thumb/193783.jpg?v=1535944238)
Bread Not Bombs [pinback button]
New Vernon, NJ: Donnelly / Colt, 1981. 1.5 inch diameter pin with flower motif, very good. More
Cat.No: 193783
![Brick [magazine]: Art is a Weapon, No. 4, Fall 1989](/pictures/thumb/150604.jpg?v=1518149345)
Brick [magazine]: Art is a Weapon, No. 4, Fall 1989
New York: Brick, 1989. unpaginated (approx 60p.), wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, stapled binding, art tipped onto front cover, photocopied original. More or less anarchist mix of art, essays, poetry, reviews, collages, fiction, etc. More
Cat.No: 150604
Bridge Over the Border/Puente: cross-border bulletin/boletino informativo transfronterizo; vol. 1, #2, May, June, July/1985
Chula Vista & Tijuana: Bridge over the border/Puente, 1985. [10p] 8.5x11 inches, texts in English and Spanish bound dos-a-dos, photos, news, resources, very good newsletter in unbound wraps. Newsletter/bulletin for Latino workers on both sides of the border. Articles on the Hollywood-based Film Processing Co,, Superior Industries in Van Nuys..... More
Cat.No: 204324
The Bridge. Spring 1961. Youth in revolt
Stanford: Institute of International Relations, Stanford University, 1961. 43p., wraps, small stain on cover penetrating to title page. Issue of the magazine focusing on worldwide protest movements, with selections on the Congo, Cuba, Japan, New Orleans, and the American student movement. More
Cat.No: 135853
![Bring peace to Vietnam / Support the National Liberation Front [pinback button]](/pictures/thumb/226786.jpg?v=1536520274)
Bring peace to Vietnam / Support the National Liberation Front [pinback button]
n.p. [196-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, blue and red text on white background, with waving banner of the NLF ("Viet Cong"); minor scratches to plastic. More
Cat.No: 226786
Bring the troops home now newsletter. Vol. 1, no. 10 (May 23, 1966)
Cambridge, MA: The Newsletter, 1966. 23p., staplebound wraps; 8.5x11 inches. Very good. The Newsletter was an early and important anti-war effort by many associated with the Socialist Workers Party and others. More
Cat.No: 223515
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