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 Art Bulletin: A Quartely Published by The College Art Association of America; September 1985; Volume LXVII Number 3; The Textile Motifs of Two Netherlandish Painters, The World View of Two American Artists, and other themes.
New York: College Art Association of America, 1985. pp485-500, stapled once at upper left, 9x11.5 inches, illus., very good condition. Includes the article "Adolf Wolff: Poet, Sculptor and Revolutionist, but Mostly Revolutionist" by Paul Avrich and Francis F. Nauman. Wolff was an anarchist sculptor who taught at the Modern School..... More
Cat.No: 261552
Art for humanity [Issues 3 and 4]
Denver: Renaissance Artists and Writers Association, [1977]. Two issues of the staplebound magazine, 32 pages each, some foxing and light handling wear. Progressive arts magazine, including interviews with Holly Near, Mimi Farina, Oh Shinnah and Jose Arguelles, plus poetry, articles and reviews. Issue number four notes that the journal was..... More
Cat.No: 202091
Art for humanity. Number 4
Denver: Renaissance Artists and Writers Association, [1977]. Single issue of the staplebound magazine, 32 pages, very good. Progressive arts magazine, including interviews with Holly Near and Jose Arguelles, plus poetry, articles and reviews. Also includes an article on John Cassavetes. More
Cat.No: 216878
Artest: Youth arts activism paper [two issues: no. 5 and 8]
Vancouver, BC: North Shore Youth Council, 1992. Two issues of the publication, the earlier one in magazine format, the latter a tabloid. Evenly toned, otherwise very good. Includes coverage of issues ranging from violence against women to indigenous struggle on the Columbus quincentenary. More
Cat.No: 251132
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As of yet, [unnamed], issue #1, April 2009
[Long Island, NY]: [Long Island Food Not Bombs], 2009. Pamphlet. Four sheets folded to make a 16 page zine, minor handling wear else very good condition, 5.5x8.5 inches folded size. "AS OF YET, UNNAMED is an off-shoot of the Long Island Food Not Bombs community." - front page. More
Cat.No: 261593
Asians in Struggle
Brooklyn: Forward Motion, 1994. Newspaper. 16p., tabloid newspaper format, horizontal fold, paper evenly toned, otherwise very good. Issued as a stand-alone supplement to Forward Motion magazine, founded by the Proletarian Unity League later the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. More
Cat.No: 227601
Asociacion de Trabajadores Inmigrantes de California / CIWA [pinback button]
n.p. CIWA, n.d. 1.755 inch diameter pin, very good. CIWA was created after the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. More
Cat.No: 207493
Attack Hitler now! A May Day call
New York: Communist Party. New York State Committee. [1942]. Pamphlet. 13, [ii]p., wraps and text block evenly toned, very good. Cover cartoon by William Gropper. Calls for the opening of a second front in Europe. More
Cat.No: 229378
Attend the First International Military Rights and Antiwar Convention [handbill]
San Francisco: Bay Area Concerned Military, 1971. 8.5x14 inch sheet, folded horizontally, date penned at top. Announces an event coinciding with a GI march against the war. More
Cat.No: 251365
Attica is all of us [pinback button]
[East Bay, CA]: [197-]. 1.5 inch pin, black text on red field, East Bay union bug on edge. More
Cat.No: 267201
Attica… did not start here nor will it end here! No. 1 (November 1971)
Buffalo, NY: National Lawyers Guild, Buffalo Chapter, 1971. 4p. newsletter in tabloid newspaper format, evenly toned, horizontal fold, very good. “The National Lawyers Guild, Buffalo Chapter, is publishing this newsletter in an effort to provide a link between community and prison. A link that can add strength to movements inside..... More
Cat.No: 270386
August 8, 1978: story of the MOVE 9
Cambridge: Revolution Books, [1996?]. [16]p., stapled wraps, photos in text, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good photocopied zine. More
Cat.No: 121226
Austin Peace and Justice News. March 1992
Austin, TX: Peace and Justice Education Fund, 1992. 16p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches, paper evenly toned. Women's History Month issue. More
Cat.No: 251049
AWOL Magazine: Revolutionary artists workshop volume one, spring 2001
Philadelphia: Central Committee of Conscienous Objectors, 2001. 52p., profusely illustrated magazine, very good, but missing the CD that was originally included. With an interview with Michael Franti and other music articles, the Navy's war on Vieques, a critique of Spike Lee, and more. More
Cat.No: 244665
AWOL: Youth for Peace and Revolution. No. 2
San Francisco: Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, [1997-?]. Pamphlet. [12]p., staplebound zine, 5.5x8.25 inches, wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Articles include "An Animal Liberationist Case for Peace", "The Military-Furthering the Struggle for Womyn's Equality?", and "Queers in the Military Under 'Don't Ask. Don't Tell'" More
Cat.No: 259180
AWOL: Youth for Peace and Revolution. No. 3
Philadelphia: Student Coalition Resisting Enlistment and Militarism, [1997-?]. 23p., staplebound zine, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. More
Cat.No: 235678
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, and..... More
Cat.No: 204460
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
Bad Egg Books presents infoshop: What the @#$%& is an infoshop? -or- infoshop...what is an infoshop?
Eugene: Bad Egg Books, nd. Pamphlet. [8]p. including covers, stapled wraps, 5.5x8.75 inches, horizontally creased, wraps worn else good condition. Definition of an infoshop, plus lists of infoshops, alternative libraries and archives, and radical history collections in university libraries. More
Cat.No: 271077
Ballots are bullets: make yours count. Your vote for victory [Fall election bulletin no. 1]
New York: State Education Department, New York Young Communist League, 1942. 13p., plus a "Flash" sheet added at the last moment urging support for a senate bill that would draft 18 and 19-year-olds. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at corner, very good. Outlines Communist positions on electoral questions, and includes..... More
Cat.No: 267265
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
Barry Goldwater: Why young Americans are for GOLDWATER for President in 1964
Washington DC: Youth for Goldwater, [1964]. Pamphlet. Six-panel brochure, 4x9 inches, illus., date in blue pencil on rear else very good condition. Also included is an 8.5x11 cover letter, fold-creased with date in blue pencil, and the orginal envelope. More
Cat.No: 266818
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