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 Ad Hoc bulletin (Marxist-Leninist) [13 issues of the newsletter produced by the FBI-financed pseudo-faction in the Communist Party, USA]](http://www.bolerium.com/pictures/thumb/201089.jpg?v=1536714665)
CALA Newsletter. Vol. 5 no. 3, March 1976
Madison: Community Action on Latin America, 1976. 12p., 8.5x11 inch newsletter, wraps mildly worn and smudged. This issue mostly on Cuba, with cover story on Fidel Castro at Cuba's first Party congress. More
Cat.No: 181840
California at a crossroads: social strife or social unity?
Berkeley, CA: Campus Coalitions for Human Rights and Social Justice, 1995. 14p., very good in wraps. On Propositions 184 and 187. More
Cat.No: 129574
![California State Federation of Labor - A.F. of L. ; 47th annual convention. Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles; August 29 to September 2, 1949 [group photograph of delegates]](/pictures/thumb/134650.jpg?v=1532747432)
California State Federation of Labor - A.F. of L. ; 47th annual convention. Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles; August 29 to September 2, 1949 [group photograph of delegates]
Los Angeles: California State Federation of Labor, 1949. Black and white photograph, 28x10 inches, depicting some 300 people standing in rows outside the auditorium, facing the photographer. Photographer's name, Weaver, written at bottom right on the negative, appearing as white lettering on a gentleman's pants. Margin tear and minor discoloring... More
Cat.No: 134650
The California tomorrow plan: a first sketch
San Francisco: California Tomorrow, 1971. 37p., tabloid newspaper format folded to make 8.5x11 inch brochure; one edge moderately worn, otherwise good. "A plan for the future of California- its land, its cities and its people. A challenge, both to those who now wield power and to those who are critical... More
Cat.No: 142881
California women: a report of the Advisory Commission on the Status of Women 1969
Sacramento: Advisory Commission on the Status of Women, 1969. Paperback. 91p., 8.5x11 inches, appendix of tables, mildly-worn government report in stapled blue printed covers. More
Cat.No: 206769
The Call / El Clarín. Vol. 2 no. 10 (July, 1974)
Chicago: October League / The Call, 1974. Single issue of the Marxist-Leninist tabloid-format paper, evenly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 217435
The Call / El Clarín. Vol. 4 no. 6 (March, 1976)
Chicago: October League / The Call, 1976. Single issue of the Marxist-Leninist tabloid-format paper, evenly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 213291
The Call / El Clarín. Vol. 6 no. 13 (April 7, 1977)
Chicago: October League / The Call, 1977. Single issue of the Marxist-Leninist tabloid-format paper, evenly toned, otherwise very good; color illustration on cover of rebellious workers joyfully clamoring for a red flag. Includes the draft program of the Communist Party (M-L). More
Cat.No: 210805
Call to a strategy action conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin June 27-28
Washington, DC: Strategy Action Conference Office, [1970]. Single 8.5x14 inch sheet, printed both sides, creases from folding for an envelope, rubberstamp of the Longshoremen's union library; images of Bobby Seale shacked to a chair from the iconic courtroom scene in Chicago, and an American soldier with face in hands. Calls... More
Cat.No: 164684
Cambridge and nuclear weapons: Is there a place to hide?
Cambridge, MA: Cambridge City Council, 1982. 9p., horizontal fold crease, back cover has the penned name of a contact in the Native American Support Group. More
Cat.No: 188398
Camejo meeting in New York August 7, 1983
n.p. n.pub. 1983. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet, photocopied from typewritten report. A "third-hand report" for Socialist Workers Party members summarizing the points made by Peter Camejo at a meeting after his split with the SWP. Notes that "party members could not attend without risking expulsion." At the end the anonymous..... More
Cat.No: 145606
Camouflage: the myth of "labor monopoly"
Washington: American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations. Industrial Union Department, [1960]. 24p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. Publication no. 33. Argues that unions are the main force preventing corporate monopolization. More
Cat.No: 124100
Campaign for Amnesty
San Francisco: Campaign for Amnesty, [1973]. Four-panel brochure, 7x8.5 inches, very good. Introduction to the SF-based group for the aid of war resisters, composed of members of VVAW, the National Lawyers Guild and other groups. More
Cat.No: 217774
Can't jail the spirit; political prisoners in the U.S. A collection of biographies. Third edition
Chicago: Editorial El Coqui, 1992. 207p., preface, testimonial, foreword, introduction, illustrations, very good third edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. The prisoners include African Americans, Hispanic Americans,Native Americans, European Americans, Japanese nationals etc. More
Cat.No: 68602
Can't jail the spirit; political prisoners in the U.S. A collection of biographies
Chicago: Committee to end the Marion Lockdown, 2002. Paperback. 234p., introduction, illustrations, very good fifth edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. The prisoners include African Americans, Hispanic Americans,Native Americans, European Americans, Japanese nationals etc. Each edition contains new information while released prisoners are not included; we are proud to note... More
Cat.No: 92455
Canada Post Corporation: it can deliver / Postes Canada le service avant tout
Ottowa: Canadian Labour Congress, 1986. 28p. each in English and French. More
Cat.No: 173677
![Canadian Dimension [three issues]](/pictures/thumb/219854.jpg?v=1510202169)
Canadian Dimension [three issues]
Winnipeg: the periodical, 1970-72. Three issues of the magazine in pictorial wraps, edgeworn, pages toned. Numbers present are vol. 7 no. 5/6 (double issue on Quebec), vol. 8 no. 3 and vol. 8 no. 6. More
Cat.No: 219854
Canadian Revolution: an independent journal of Marxism-Leninism. Vol. 1 no. 2 (August/Sept. 1975)
Toronto: Canadian Workers Press, 1975. 60p., 8.5x11 inches, staplebound pictorial wraps; ex-library with rubberstamp on cover, interior clean. Includes a heated rebuttal to the CPC(M-L)'s call for unity. More
Cat.No: 221950
Capitalism stinks. Vol. 1 no. 11 (June 1, 1969)
Berkeley: New World Vision Action Committee, 1969. 4p., tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned with some edgewear; cover story on People's Park. More
Cat.No: 208349
Caribbean correspondence. June 1975
Kingston, Jamaica ; New York, NY: Caribbean Correspondence, 1975. 37p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. Front cover decorated with a Leroy Foster drawing originally done for Gwendolyn Brooks' "Aloneness." Discussion of self management in the Caribbean context, with a brief article on the Lip Occupation reprinted from Point Blank. More
Cat.No: 146238
![Carmel-Presidio Walk: Will you join us? ... Support the twenty-seven Presidio "Mutineers" [handbill]](/pictures/thumb/233173.jpg?v=1547091469)
Carmel-Presidio Walk: Will you join us? ... Support the twenty-seven Presidio "Mutineers" [handbill]
n.p. [1969]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, very good. From context it appears that it was issued in the Mid-Peninsula area, perhaps around Stanford. On a walk to show solidarity with the Presidio 27, outlining the events that followed the killing of Richard Bunch by a guard in the Army stockade. More
Cat.No: 233173
![Carnales Unidos [pinback button]](/pictures/thumb/204534.jpg?v=1535926246)
Carnales Unidos [pinback button]
[East Bay, CA]: [Robert Rush], [197-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, clasping hands on yellow field, very good. Produced by California pinmaker Robert Rush, who also produced UFW pins, for sale by Chicano activists. More
Cat.No: 204534
The case against the New York State Security Risk Law
New York: New York Civil Liberties Union, 1957. 11p., wraps, 4x9 inches. On an anticommunist law passed during the Korean War, due to expire in 1957. More
Cat.No: 135808
Cast me not off: testimony of Walter P. Reuther in support of the Forand Bill
Detroit: UAW Education Dept. 1960. 48p., staplebound pamphlet, light toning along spine, otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 210606
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