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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Bibliography on the Communist problem in the United States
New York: The Fund for the Republic, 1955. Hardcover. xiii, 474p., 8.5x11.25 inches, very good condition. More about Bibliography on the Communist problem in the United States
Cat.No: 33339
Big Brother is watching YOU so do something [poster]
[Berkeley]: [Political Poster Workshop at the University of California, Berkeley], [1970]. 11x14.75 inch poster silkscreened on the back of a sheet of computer printout paper. Perforated sprocket edge strips intact. Very good. Portrait of Spiro Agnew with text. In the Maggs Bros book "4973: Berkeley Protest Posters 1970," this poster... More about Big Brother is watching YOU so do something [poster
Cat.No: 215018
The Big Lie revealed: What is really behind the shouting about "Anti-Semitism" in the Socialist countries? [handbill]
Los Angeles: Morning Freiheit, n.d. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet, printed one side, light edgewear. More about The Big Lie revealed: What is really behind the shouting about "Anti-Semitism" in the...
Cat.No: 136168
Biko Plaza News [10 issues]
Berkeley: Biko Plaza News, 1985. Ten issues of the newsletter published by campus anti-apartheid activists at UC Berkeley. Format varied dramatically; most are 5.5x8.5 or 7x8.5 inch 4-panel brochures, but the issues of volume 2 are in tabloid newspaper format. Produced by cut-and-paste photocopying, with some errors in numbering. Generally... More about Biko Plaza News [10 issues
Cat.No: 217452
Bill 33 is Vicious! It threatens the freedom and securty of every worker in this province! It will not work, it must be defeated [four-panel brochure]
Vancouver: n.pub. [1968]. 8.5x11 inch brochure, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. Opposes the bill as a threat to unions and the right to strike. More about Bill 33 is Vicious! It threatens the freedom and securty of every worker in this province! It...
Cat.No: 202331
Bill 42 aims to "muzzle" labor
Vancouver: Communist Party of Canada, BC Provincial Committee, [1961]. Four-panel brochure, 6x9.5 inches, very good. More about Bill 42 aims to "muzzle" labor
Cat.No: 201908
Bill Marcy and Old Man Utilities team up again. "But he's my Bill" - Song of the Utilities
Buffalo, NY: [Democratic Party, Erie County], [1935]. Single sheet folded to make 4-panel brochure, approx. 5x7 inches, with cartoon by George Diestel on cover. Date 1935 penned at edge of cover. Not found in OCLC. Accuses Republican Assembly campaign of being in the pocket of the utility companies. Cartoon depicts... More about Bill Marcy and Old Man Utilities team up again. "But he's my Bill" - Song of the Utilities
Cat.No: 145262
Black history and the class struggle
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1990. 16p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, very good. Later printing of 1983 original. Black history and the class struggle 1. More about Black history and the class struggle
Cat.No: 139866
Black history and the class struggle
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1990. Pamphlet. 16p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, very good. Later printing of 1983 original. Black history and the class struggle 1. More about Black history and the class struggle
Cat.No: 238516
Black history and the class struggle [Nos. 1-21]
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1983-2011. Twenty-one pamphlets in the series, a number of them official reprints of 1980s originals, all 8.25x11 inches, very good in wraps. Topics range from Black leadership in the revolutionary movement, The Mumia case, Black Panther history, and prison issues, to Obama as "CEO of... More about Black history and the class struggle [Nos. 1-21
Cat.No: 157989
Black Liberation Month News. February '80
Chicago: Peoples College, 1980. 4p. tabloid newspaper format, horizontal fold, evenly toned, otherwise very good. The radical Panafricanist Peoples College, headed by Abdul Alkalimat, emphasized principles of unity among revolutionary forces in the US as well as in Africa. More about Black Liberation Month News. February '80
Cat.No: 239766
Black Liberation Month News. February '82
Chicago: Peoples College, 1982. 4p. tabloid newspaper format, horizontal fold, evenly toned, minor edgewear. The radical Panafricanist Peoples College, headed by Abdul Alkalimat, emphasized principles of unity among revolutionary forces in the US as well as in Africa. More about Black Liberation Month News. February '82
Cat.No: 239770
The Black Panther Black Community News Service vol. 5, no. 22, Saturday, November 28, 1970
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 19p. illus. tabloid with Emory Douglas poster on back, toned, worn along the horizontal fold, tear at top of front cover, marginal closed tears, minor wrinkling from damp. Front cover - Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention. Howard University, Washington D.C., November 27, 28 & 29... More about The Black Panther Black Community News Service vol. 5, no. 22, Saturday, November 28, 1970
Cat.No: 235618
The Black Panther black community news service vol. III, no. 29, Saturday, November 15, 1969
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1969. Newspaper. 20p. illus. tabloid newspaper, horizontal fold, light browning, minor staining along left margin. "Inside this Issue: Message to All Progressive Forces," "U.S. Pilots Captured in Vietnam." Rear poster reads "Progressive Journalists of the five continents, powerful revolutionary pen and sternly condemn U.S. Imperialism." Artist..... More about The Black Panther black community news service vol. III, no. 29, Saturday, November 15, 1969
Cat.No: 200036
The Black Panther Black Community News Service vol. III, no. 8 (Saturday, June 14, 1969)
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1969. 24p. illus. folded tabloid, lightly toned, small closed tears at top and bottom of cover spine, a small bit of foxing, else very good. Cover headline: "Capitalism plus Racism breeds FASCISM," with photo of police-guarded Huey Newton handcuffed to a hospital gurney. Back cover is... More about The Black Panther Black Community News Service vol. III, no. 8 (Saturday, June 14, 1969
Cat.No: 239702
The Black Panther Black Community News Service vol. III, no. 9 (Saturday, June 21, 1969)
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1969. 24p. illus. tabloid, paper toned with horizontal fold, edgeworn, faint musty scent. Cover story is on then-Governor Reagan's attack on Sacramento Panther headquarters. Includes a substantial piece on Wesley Robert Wells. More about The Black Panther Black Community News Service vol. III, no. 9 (Saturday, June 21, 1969
Cat.No: 230389
Black prison movements USA; the NOBO journal of AfricanAmerican dialogue, volume II, number 1
Trenton: Africa World Press, 1995. xii, 184p., illustrations, lightly worn wraps. More about Black prison movements USA; the NOBO journal of AfricanAmerican dialogue, volume II, number 1
Cat.No: 68468
Black Raven, vol. 1 no. 6 (July 24, 1973). [cover title: Anarchy]
Stockton, CA: Woodstock Anarchist Party, 1973. Four-panel newsletter, very good, 8.5x11 inches. This issue mostly consists of the "Black Raven declaration of principles (or non-principles)." More about Black Raven, vol. 1 no. 6 (July 24, 1973). [cover title: Anarchy
Cat.No: 214318
Black Seed: A Green Anarchist Journal; Issue 2, Fall 2014
Grand Rapids, MI: Black Seed, 2014. 30p., folded tabloid format, illus., lightly worn else very good condition on newsprint. Includes an interview with Klee Benally, an indigenous anarchist and activist for the protection of Indigenous sacred lands. More about Black Seed: A Green Anarchist Journal; Issue 2, Fall 2014
Cat.No: 242111
Black Seed: A Green Anarchist Journal; Issue 3, Spring 2015
Grand Rapids, MI: Black Seed, 2015. 31p., folded tabloid format, illus., very good condition on newsprint. Includes an interview with Corina Gould, a Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone woman from Oakland who started the yearly Shellmound Walk, which brings attention to the history of shellmounds in the Bay Area, and the... More about Black Seed: A Green Anarchist Journal; Issue 3, Spring 2015
Cat.No: 242108
Black Star. Spring 1986
Tucson, AZ: J. Gallagher, 1986. One issue of the tabloid format anarchist newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned. Vol. 4 No. 1. Includes a centerfold article about the Vatican and fascism. More about Black Star. Spring 1986
Cat.No: 230394
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 about Blazing Star: vol. 2, #1, July 1976: Blazing Star returns
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 about Blazing Star: vol. 4, #2, March 1978: Exclusive - Noble: I'm running for the Senate
Cat.No: 208818
Bolivia: Communiqué from the E.L.N
Montreal: Center for Information on Latin America, 30 Sept. 1971. 3p., 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at upper left. Reaffirmation of armed struggle in the wake of a defeat at the hands of government forces. More about Bolivia: Communiqué from the E.L.N
Cat.No: 163637
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 about Bolivia: the revolution the "Fourth International" betrayed
Cat.No: 134408