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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Anarchism... a solution to world problems. A presentation of ten essays
Los Angeles: Man! 1940. Pamphlet. 24p., staplebound pamphlet, very good condition, 4.5x8 inches. Short essays by Melchior Seele, Ray Randall, Samuel Polinow, Edward Cunningham, Ammon A. Hennacy, Hippolyte Havel, M.B. Resin, Edna Larkin, Marcus Graham, and Richard Wagner. More
Cat.No: 42532
Anarchist Black Cross Bulletin [3 issues]
Chicago: Chicago Anarchist Black Cross, 1972-1974. Three issues of the bulletin, spanning the period between July 1972 and January 1974. Issues present are Nos. 1, 5, and 7. 13, [12], and 16p. respectively, stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, No. 1 fold-creased and with sticker shadow and address stamp on rear wrap..... More
Cat.No: 258898
Anarchist Black Cross Bulletin [3 issues]
Chicago: Chicago Anarchist Black Cross, 1972-1974. Three issues of the bulletin, spanning the period between July 1972 and January 1974. Issues present are Nos. 1, 5, and 7. 13, [12], and 16p. respectively, stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, No. 1 with pen mark on front wrap, address penned on rear wrap..... More
Cat.No: 261428
Anarchist Black Cross Network Newsletter. Issue #1, December 2002
Homewood, IL: South Chicago ABC Zine Distro, 2002. 57p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good zine-format newsletter, Updates on anarchist prisoners, prison abolition activism, and related topics. Includes a statement by former Black Panther Lorenzo Komboa Ervin regarding the newly formed network. More
Cat.No: 256779
Anarchist Black Cross Network Newsletter. Winter/Spring 2004
Chicago: the Network, 2004. 8p. tabloid format newspaper, paper mildly toned, small closed tear on front wrap else very good condition. Updates on anarchist prisoners, prison abolition activism, and related topics. More
Cat.No: 243338
Anarchist Black Cross: An Introduction
npl: Anarchist Black Cross, nd. Pamphlet. Single sheet folded to make a four-panel pamphlet, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. Outline of the group's goals alongside contact information for various ABC Collectives. More
Cat.No: 256780
The Anarchist Library Presents a Series of Classes on Worker Cooperatives / Collectives
[San Francisco]: The Anarchist Library, [2008]. Single sheet, printed one side only, 4.25x5.5 inches, very good condition. Flier advertising the Library's classes, held at the City College of San Francisco. More
Cat.No: 262330
Anarchist Organization and the Insurrectional Project: for the creation of moments of mass destruction where creativity and anger combine in unpredictable collusion
New Orleans: Tension Collective, nd. [16]p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, bound upside down else very good photocopied zine. More
Cat.No: 256778
Anarchist Organization and the Insurrectional Project: for the creation of moments of mass destruction where creativity and anger combine in unpredictable collusion
New Orleans: Tension Collective, nd. [16]p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good photocopied zine. More
Cat.No: 257011
The anarchist response to war and labor violence in 1914: Rebecca Edelsohn, Alexander Berkman, anti-militarism, free speech and hunger strikes
London; Berkeley: Kate Sharpley Library, 2003. Pamphlet. 25p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. More
Cat.No: 245452
The Anarchist Solution to the Problem of Crime
Mouintain View, CA: SRAF, [197-?]. [7p.], wraps secured by folding, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. A SRAF new directions series pamphlet. More
Cat.No: 182375
The Anarchist Solution to the Problem of Crime
Mouintain View, CA: SRAF, [197-?]. [7p.], wraps secured by folding, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. A SRAF new directions series pamphlet. More
Cat.No: 256775
The Anarchist Solution to the Problem of Crime
Chicago: SRAF, [1970s]. Pamphlet. [7p.], wraps secured by folding, 5.5x8.5 inches, faint horizontal crease, wraps lightly soiled, front wrap unevenly toned else very good condition. A SRAF new directions series pamphlet. More
Cat.No: 48644
Anarchistnews.org: more than the anarchy that's fit to print
npl: Anarchistnews.org, nd. Six-panel brochure, 3.75x8.5 inches, very good condition. Brochure introducing the website, which was founded in 2004. More
Cat.No: 263039
Anarchists are going to eat your children and other myths, misinformation and misunderstanding. Question and answer guide about anarchy, the Eugene community, and everything
Eugene: Mayhap, 2000. [20p.], very good photocopied booklet in staplebound wraps; published as issue 10 of the zine Mayhap. More
Cat.No: 195373
Anarchos [all four issues]
New York: Eastside Anarchist Group, 1968-1973. All four issues of the journal, varying formats, No. 3 with penciled checkmarks in margin throughout, else generally good condition. Vol. 4 (a variant with the cover printed on black paper instead of multicolor) has the original leaflet bound in, stating that those without..... More
Cat.No: 260568
Anarchos [all four issues]
New York: Eastside Anarchist Group, 1968-1973. All four issues of the journal, varying formats, all in very good condition. Vol. 4 has the original leaflet bound in, stating that those without money could have it for free. Includes Murray Bookchin on post-scarcity anarchism and other topics (at first he uses..... More
Cat.No: 260571
Anarchos [all four issues]
New York: Eastside Anarchist Group, 1968-1973. All four issues of the journal, varying formats, all in very good condition, occasional mild toning or handling. Includes Murray Bookchin on post-scarcity anarchism and other topics (at first he uses his pen name, Robert Keller); a piece on guerrilla theater, liberatory technology, and..... More
Cat.No: 260573
Anarchos, no. 1, Feb., 1968
New York: Eastside Anarchist Group, 1968. First issue of the anarchist journal in original wraps, 7 x 8.5 inches, very good. Murray Bookchin and others wrote for this journal. More
Cat.No: 153226
Anarchos, no. 2, Spring, 1968
New York: Eastside Anarchist Group, 1968. Second issue of the anarchist journal in pictorial wraps, 67p., 7x8.5 inches, some staining to the cover. Includes Murray Bookchin (writing under the name Lewis Herber) on liberatory technology. More
Cat.No: 263192
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