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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Azania will be free! Down with South Africa! Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pan African Congress of Azania [poster]
San Francisco: [John Nyata Pokela Tour], n.d. 17x22 inch poster featuring a crowd of demonstrators with fists raised, small golden outline of the African continent; edgeworn. Issued to promote the national tour of John Nyata Pokela; lengthy sponsorship list at bottom. More
Cat.No: 183558
Back in the Streets: A documentary film about the April 20, 1985, Spring Mobilization for Peace, Jobs, and Justice in San Francisco
San Francisco: Black Swan / Avalanche Films, 1985. Six-panel brochure, several small black and white photos, very good. Seeks funds to produce the film about the months of preparations and coalition-building that went into the large demonstration. The Mobilization was supported by the Bay Area Labor Councils, area churches, as..... More
Cat.No: 204460
Background of the Berlin Crisis: A speakers' guide
New York: National Education Department, Communist Party, [1948-?]. 23p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, faint vertical crease, staples rusted else good condition. Discussion points defending the East German government and the USSR. More
Cat.No: 136626
Background to the Middle East Conflict
Nyack, NY: Committee on New Alternatives in the Middle East [CONAME], 1974. 35p., very good in staplebound wraps. Three versions, in varying formats, all published in the same year, reprinted from "Search for Peace in the Middle East," an AFSC publication from 1970. More
Cat.No: 205183
Bankers off our bodies [pinback button]
n.p. n.d. 2.25 inch diameter pin, very good. The "s" of Bankers has been replaced by a dollar sign, and the "o" of Bodies by a Venus symbol. More
Cat.No: 244479
Baragua [eleven issues]
Washington DC: DC "Hands off Cuba" Coalition; later the National Network on Cuba, 1991-95. Eleven issues of the newsletter, with updates on efforts to normalize relations and favorable coverage of Cuban current events. Issues present are Vol. 1, no. 3, Vol. 2, no. 2, 3/4, 6; vol. 3 no. 1..... More
Cat.No: 244658
Base Conversion News: Vol. 1 no. 1 (Summer, 1990)
Mountain View, CA: Center for Economic Conversion, 1990. 8p. newsletter, 8.5x11 inches, very good. Issued by an organization that favored the shift of military spending to civilian purposes, in the context of post-Cold War base closings. More
Cat.No: 244654
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Basis for Affiliation and the Intenal [sic] Organization of the Anarchist Communist Federation of North America
Ann Arbor: Anarchist Communist Federation of North America, 1978. 16p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps worn and soiled, a few small stains on front wrap, "of North America" underlined in pen on front wrap, pen underlining on a few pages, small stain on p11 else good condition. More
Cat.No: 257277
Bay Area Coalition to Bust the Union Busters. Vol. 1 no. 2 (October 1980)
Oakland: the Coalition, 1980. 8p., 8.5x11 inch newsletter, folded for mailing, mild soiling. News from Bay Area unions. More
Cat.No: 254156
Bay Area cultural workers celebrate Labor Day and the 20th anniversary of the historic March on Washington
[San Francisco?]: n. pub. [1983]. 8.5x11 inch printed sheet with quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and a list of participants, including Angela Davis, Decca Truehaft (Jessica Mitford), Nina Serrano, Teatro Latino and many others. More
Cat.No: 162546
Bay Area Grapevine: Issue 36 (May 1981) publication of the Collective, Communal and Cooperative Network.
Berkeley, CA: Collective, Communal and Cooperative Network, 1981. Single issue of the Bay Area newsletter for intentional communities, 8.5x11 inches, 23p., wraps creased, general soiling and wear. Tearing to front cover at staples. More
Cat.No: 246358
Bay Area Grapevine: Issue 38 (July 1981) publication of the Collective, Communal and Cooperative Network.
Berkeley, CA: Collective, Communal and Cooperative Network, 1981. Magazine. Single issue of the Bay Area newsletter for intentional communities, 8.5x11 inches, 23p., wraps creased, closed tear in upper margin of all pages. Includes a defense of the San Francisco-based Kerista polyfidelity commune, written by an ex-member; reports on the first..... More
Cat.No: 144785
Bay Area Institute Newsletter
San Francisco: the Institute, 1970. 8.5x14 inch sheet printed both sides, address label and postal markings, staple hole where the two sides were folded together. Originally published during the US invasion of Cambodia, the newsletter then came out sporadically to discuss later developments. This undated issue critiques Nixon's cease-fire proposal..... More
Cat.No: 249899
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[Bay Area] Grapevine: Issue 29, October 1980 publication of the Collective, Communal and Cooperative Network.
Berkeley, CA: Collective, Communal and Cooperative Network, 1981. Magazine. Single issue of the Bay Area newsletter for intentional communities, 8.5x11 inches, 14p., wraps lightly creased, staples begining to rust else good conditon. More
Cat.No: 246265
Behind the Korean plane affair: Should we trust what Reagan says? [handbill]
New York: People's Anti-War Mobilization, [1983]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, very good. Suggests that flight KAL 700, a passenger plane shot down by the Soviet Union, had been involved in espionage. More
Cat.No: 243438
The Benjamin Rush Bulletin [nos. 2, 3 and 4]
New York: Benjamin Rush Society, 1949-1950. Three issues of the staplebound journal, 31, 30 and 50 pages respectively, no. 2 somewhat toned and smudged, otherwise good. "Devoted to the fullest consideration of basic questions in the field of Psychiatry, Psychology and Social Work, in the light of scientific materialism." Affiliated..... More
Cat.No: 221963
The Benjamin Rush Bulletin [Vol 1 Nos. 3 and 4]
New York: Benjamin Rush Society, 1949-1950. Two issues of the staplebound journal, 30 and 50 pages respectively, No. 3 with front wrap lightly toned along edges, No. 4 with pp3-10 evenly toned else very good condition. "Devoted to the fullest consideration of basic questions in the field of Psychiatry, Psychology..... More
Cat.No: 251985
The Berkeley Anarchist Students of Theory and Research & Design present the 8th Annual BASTARD Conference. Sunday March 23rd, 10 am-6 pm.
Berkeley: Berkeley Anarchist Students of Theory and Research & Design, [2008]. [6]p., wraps secured by folding, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. Program for the conference. Talks included "Anarchy & BDSM," "Atheism vs Rationalism," and "Dialectics, The Situationist International And the Revolutionary Power of The Imagination." More
Cat.No: 258774
Berkeley Barb vol 7, #17, issue 166, Oct. 18-24, 1968
Berkeley: the tabloid, 1968. Newspaper. 24p., tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, otherwise very good. Updates on student protest at UC Berkeley, Trashman comix, a melange of Berkeley sixties culture. Cover art depicts nude woman chained to a wheel. More
Cat.No: 183338
Berkeley Day of Solidarity with Nicaragua. Sat. July 19th. CELEBRATE [handbill]
Berkeley: East Bay People Aiding Nicaragua, [1980]. 8.5x14 inch handbill, horizontal crease, date penned in corner. Speakers included mayor Gus Newport; music by Orquesta Sabrosita. More
Cat.No: 251449
Berkeley in the Sixties: a film by Mark Kitchell [poster]
San Francisco: Roxie Cinema, [1990]. inch poster for the showing of the documentary, very good. More
Cat.No: 248585
The Better Days Collective: Aims-Principles-Struggles
Richmond, VA: The Better Days Collective, [c2002]. Pamphlet. [20]p., stapled wraps, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, wraps lightly worn, sticker on rear wrap else good photocopied zine. More
Cat.No: 256007
The Beverly Stash presents: On Guard. Issue no. 10
[Beverly Hills, CA]: the underground newsletter, 1970. Single issue of the underground high school paper, mimeographed in wraps, staplebound, 7x8.5 inches, very good. Cover depict Nixon removing his mask to reveal Hitler. Discussion of school administration and events; text indicates that the group publishing it broke into the high school..... More
Cat.No: 195029
Bibliography on the Communist problem in the United States
New York: The Fund for the Republic, 1955. xiii, 474p., massive 11x8.5 inch blue boards with spots and other damage at top of spine and outside of hinges, insect damage to flyleaf. Herbert Aptheker's copy, with a page of handwritten bibliographical notes at the end and a review of the..... More
Cat.No: 3794