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 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
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 Now It's Called - Universal Military Training and Service - but it still means a militarized America!
Washington DC: The National Council Against Conscription, [1951]. Pamphlet. EIght-panel brochure, 3.25x5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 268559
"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
Announcing for October Nineteen-Sixty-Two, an exhibit of published works of Havelock Ellis, including miscellanea from Joseph Ishill's collection [at] Berkeley Heights Public Library, New Jersey
[Berkeley Heights, NJ]: [Oriole Press], 1962. Single sheet, printed one side only, 4.5x6.25 inches, very good condition. A four-panel brochure version was also printed, featuring a long quote from Ellis. More
Cat.No: 269050
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 soiled stapled cream wraps, staples rusted with a little migration, first page lightly foxed, a good-only copy. Anarchist work, promoting underground collectives. More
Cat.No: 64576