
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.
Anarchos, no. 3, Spring, 1969
New York: Eastside Anarchist Group, 1969. Third issue of the anarchist journal in pictorial wraps, 67p., 7x8.5 inches, very good. Includes Murray Bookchin on post-scarcity anarchism, a piece on guerrilla theater, and more. More
Cat.No: 132245
Anarchy (second series). [seven issues]
London: Freedom Press, 1971-73. Seven issues of the magazine, the larger-format continuation of the smaller Anarchy series from the 1960s. Size fluctuates slightly but in the range of 8.5x11 inches, length generally 16-32 pages each. Generally very good, one with old price penned in corner. Issues present are 2, 4..... More
Cat.No: 229644
Anarchy (second series). [six issues]
London: Freedom Press, 1971-83. Six issues of the magazine, the larger-format continuation of the smaller Anarchy series from the 1960s. Size fluctuates slightly but in the range of 8.5x11 inches, length ranges from 30-40 pages each. Some creases, toning and other handling wear. Issues present are 2, 4, 5, 7..... More
Cat.No: 242335
Anarchy is the only final solution benefitting worker, farmer, manager, student. / You learn, what does it prove? You lie, what does it matter? / Discernment, the bitter port of vassals! / Vote no! Vote anarchist / There is no shame, there is no guilt, the Whole of the Law is do what thou wilt - Aleister Crowley, the Beast, 666 [handbill]
n.p. [1969]. 11x8.5 inch leaflet, reproduced from handwritten text with two photos; faint vertical crease. Date 12/5/69 penciled in corner. More
Cat.No: 262517
Anarchy, Activism and Insurrection: A Conversation with A Murder of Crows
Vancouver: Liberation Publications, 2011. Pamphlet. [24]p., stapled wraps, 4.25x5.5 inches, old price sticker on rear wrap else very good zine. "A Murder of Crows was an anarchist magazine published in Seattle in 2006 and 2007 [which] was focused on critically analyzing the institutions of social domination and exploitation"-introduction. More
Cat.No: 257270
Anarchy: a journal of desire armed [7 issues]
New York; Berkeley: Columbia Anarchist League, 2006-[c2015]. Seven issues of the magazine, various pagination, glossy wraps, first two issues 8.25x 10.75 inches, all other issues 8.25x10.25 inches, some light wear else very good condition. Issues present are whole numbers 62, 67, 70/71 [double issue], 72/73 [double issue], 74, 75, and..... More
Cat.No: 258900
Anarchy: a journal of desire armed. Issue No. 17, Fall/Winter 1988-89
Columbia, MO: Columbia Anarchist League, 1988. 31p., stapled wraps, 10.5x14.25 inches, fold-creased, small stain on front wrap, pages evenly toned else very good condition on newsprint. Contents include coverage of Earth First! activities, an article on Luddism by John Zerzan, discussion of anarchy and religion, and more. More
Cat.No: 258936
Anarchy: a journal of desire armed. Issue No. 27, Winter '90-91: Free the Kids!
Columbia, MO: C.A.L. Press, 1990. 36p., stapled wraps, 10.5x14.25 inches, fold-creased, pages lightly toned else very good condition on newsprint. Special issue on children and anarchy, with articles on ageism, self-determination for children, child/adult sex (ie pedophilia) and more. More
Cat.No: 258937
Anarchy: a journal of desire armed. Issue No. 77
Berkeley: C.A.L. Press, [c2015]. 77p., wraps, 8.25x10.5 inches, illus., very good condition. Not dated, but lead editorial is on the primaries for the 2016 elections (editor writes "the campaigns of Sanders and Trump will surely be remembered as footnotes."). More
Cat.No: 258977
"And the truth shall make you free..." A collection of useful quotations from the King James version of the Holy Bible
New York: Textile Workers Union of America, Education Department, [195-]. 17p., staplebound wraps, very good, 8.5x11 inches. Quotations relevant to the labor movement... "Blessed are ye that hunger now, for ye shall be fulfilled." More
Cat.No: 210985
Ang Katipunan special. Target: KDP
Oakland: Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), [1982]. Four-panel brochure, 8.5x11 inches, outlining US government spying against the KDP. Revised version of an article by Venny Villapando originally published in Ang Katipunan. More
Cat.No: 208282
Angola and Southern Africa [handbill]
[Oakland]: Angola Solidarity Coalition, [1976]. 8.5x14 inch handbill, horizontal fold, date penned in corner. Announcement of a program featuring Steve Talbot as a speaker. More
Cat.No: 251446
Announcement: We invite you to visit the Comrades Lunch Room upstairs in Machinists Hall, 531 Eleventh St. A good home cooked meal 25c [invitation card]
Oakland, CA: [International Association of Machinists], [192-?]. 2.5x4 inch card, very good, printed one side. Socialist notables including James P. Cannon spoke at the Hall in the early 1920s. More
Cat.No: 180894
Another UPS'er for the Hoffa slate! [pinback button]
Philadelphia: 1996. 2.25 inch diameter pin, very good, on a card signed by the designer, Don Howell, Jr., certifying that "This button is from the original run of 250 buttons printed in the city of Philadelphia" for the 1996 campaign for Teamster international officers. More
Cat.No: 231078
The Anti draft [eight issues]
Washington DC: Committee Against Registration and the Draft, 1980-1988. Eight issues of the newsletter, 8.5x11 inches, folded for mailing, otherwise very good. Issues present are Vol. 1 no. 9 and 10 (the latter issue with four blank pages due to printing error), vol. 2 nos. 2-4, 7, and vol. 3..... More
Cat.No: 244911
Anti-Apartheid Action! 1985, Oct No. 4
Oakland: Bay Area Free South Africa Movement, 1985. One issue of the 8.5x11 inch newsletter, 4p., generally very good,condition. More
Cat.No: 263830
Anti-Apartheid Action! [five issues]
Oakland: Bay Area Free South Africa Movement, 1985-1986. Five issues of the 8.5x11 inch newsletter, 4 to 8 pages per issue, generally very good, one with a penned name. Issues present are June/July, August, and October 1985, Dec. 1985/Jan. 1986, and April-May 1986. More
Cat.No: 239785
The anti-mass: methods of organization for collectives
[New Haven, CT]: Anti-mass Collective, 1970. 56p., 4x5 inches, illustrated, first edition booklet in slightly soiled stapled cream wraps, staples rusted with a little migration, good-only copy. Anarchist work, promoting underground collectives. More
Cat.No: 64576
Anti-mass: methods of organization for collectives
Montreal: Kersplebedeb, n.d. 19p., stapled wraps. Zine-style photocopied version of a classic Anarchist work, promoting underground collectives. More
Cat.No: 131048
Anti-Monopoly Movement. Who runs the war machine? [handbill]
Niagara Falls, NY: Anti-Monopoly Committee, [197-]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, fold-creased, lightly worn else good condition. The Committee appears to have centered around George W. Robbins, an instructor in the Social Sciences College of the State University of New York at Buffalo. More
Cat.No: 243156
Anti-Nuclear War Conference. March 5, 6 & 7 at the Grinning Duck Club
Detroit: [1982]. Four-panel brochure, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. Announcement of a conference near the Wayne State campus. Includes schedule for the event and a statement, "Protest and survive: time is running out." More
Cat.No: 250675
Anti-racist news. December 1998
Columbus, OH: Institute for Contemporary Journalism, 1998. 23p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches, light handling wear. Cover story on anti-racist skinheads murdered by a nazi in Las Vegas. More
Cat.No: 242352
The ANTI-WARrior: a newsletter of military dissension and resistance [Nos. 1-3]
Berkeley: the newspaper, 1991-1992. Three issues of the tabloid-format newspaper, pages toned, otherwise only light handling wear. All three separately published issues of the publication produced by military resisters to the Persian Gulf war. A final "issue" was published as a section of StormWarning!, no. 23 (July 1992). More
Cat.No: 242334
Antipode: a radical journal of geography [vol. 2, nos. 2 and 3]
Worcester, MA: Antipode, 1979. Two issues of the journal, 90 pages each, 8.5x11 inches; mild toning, otherwise very good. The themes of the two issues are Human-Environment Relations and The Urban Problematic. More
Cat.No: 217298
Antiwar reformists, Labor bureaucrats and the Democratic party - the Syphilitic Chain
Oakland: Spartacist League / Spartacus Youth Club, 2009. 3p., 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at corner, very good. A polemic against Jeff Mackler of Socialist Action. More
Cat.No: 252318