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.
1-2-3-4 / WDWYFW [pinback button]
n.p. n.d. Pinback Button. 3-inch diameter pin, very good, minor foxing on edge. The acronym stands for "We don't want your fu@#ing war." More
Cat.No: 282632
100 Flowers Re-view: vol. 1, #2, January-February 1975
Cambridge: 100 Flowers Bookstore, 1975. Magazine. 16p. includes covers, 8.25x10.25 inches, articles, reviews, photos, news, very good newsletter in pastebound wraps. Bookshop review of books. Cover story on Tillie Olsen's "Yonnondio" Also articles on a meeting of collectives, open marriage and Burt Alpert's "Inversions" NOTE: This is not the Maoist..... More
Cat.No: 221843
1500 found National United Workers Organization
Chicago: NUWO, [1976]. Four-page tabloid newspaper format publication issued after the founding convention of the NUWO (a front group of the RCP). Horizontal fold, some toning; text in English and Spanish. More
Cat.No: 221684
1500 found National United Workers Organization
Chicago: NUWO, [1976]. Four-page tabloid newspaper format publication issued after the founding convention of the NUWO (a front group of the RCP). Horizontal fold, uneven toning, an apparent footprint at the top; text in English and Spanish. More
Cat.No: 221685
The 153 year struggle for the American Labor Party, with...
San Francisco: Labor News Pamphlets, 1980. 32p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps slightly worn else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 78755
1920's, the roaring twenties // 2020's the dystopian twenties [poster]
Poisoned Candy Press, [c2020s]. Poster. 8.5x14 inch poster, photos., in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 312710
1937-1957: The Remarkable Twenty Year History of the Amalgamated Laundry...
New York: Amalgamated Laundry Workers Joint Board, [1957]. Pamphlet. [12]p., stapled wraps, 7x10 inches, illus., wraps lightly worn and soiled, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 282931
1953 Election Campaign Handbook
New York: American Labor Party, 1953. Pamphlet. [17p.], 8.5x14 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at corner, horizontal fold crease. "ALP" penciled in red at top. Not found in OCLC as of May 2023. "This important but short-lived party was founded in 1936 by an amalgam of hitherto Socialist Party-related trade unions..... More
Cat.No: 302990
1958-60 agreement between Capital Airlines, Inc. and the International Association...
n.p. International Association of Machinists, Airline Division, 1958. 64p. booklet in staplebound wraps, light handling wear, owner's name penned at top edge of front cover, staples rusted, front wrap lightly foxed. More
Cat.No: 200022
The 1984 elections and the movement against intervention in Central...
Chicago: Anti-Imperialist Group, 1984. Pamphlet. 21p. staplebound pamphlet, very good. Includes contributions by Mike James, the US Anti-Imperialist League (in support of Jesse Jackson), and Earl Silbar. More
Cat.No: 268389
2, 3, many... A quarterly publication of the Committee of...
Chicago: Committee of Returned Volunteers, 1970. Magazine. 30p. staplebound journal, 8.5x11 inches; address penned on rear cover, remnant of paper label used to keep covers closed for mailing. Articles on Palestine, Indochina, Mozambique, and more. The Committee included former volunteers with the Peace Corps and similar organizations, who were opposed..... More
Cat.No: 160728
21st CPUSA Convention / Chicago 1975 [pinback button]
Chicago: CPUSA, 1975. 2.25 inch diameter pin, very good, dark shade of blue. More
Cat.No: 247898
21st CPUSA Convention / Chicago 1975 [pinback button]
Chicago: CPUSA, 1975. 2.25 inch diameter pin, very good, light shade of blue. More
Cat.No: 247899
25 Questions and Answers: about wages - prices - profits
Washington DC: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1957. Pamphlet. [16]p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8 inches, illus., bottom corner of rear wrap dog-eared else very good condition. Publication No. 58, October 1958. More
Cat.No: 266403
25th Annual Conference of the Communal Studies Association. "Change and...
Columbus, OH: Ohio Historical Society; National Historic Communal Societies Association, 1998. 12p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, staples rusted, address label on rear wrap, remains of tape used to hold shut for mailing on both wraps else good condition. Program for the conference, with two photos of the Zoar community in..... More
Cat.No: 160732
27 GI's desperately need your support, charged with mutiny at...
n.p. [1969]. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill, together with a two-page "Background sheet on mutiny charge against 27 soldiers at San Francisco Presidio Stockade" and a single page reprint of the "Official recommendation from Hearing Officer at Pretrial Investigation to Lt. General Stanley Larsen." These other items are in similar format..... More
Cat.No: 307941
[3 handbills on the Memorial Union Labor Organization (M.U.L.O.) 1972...
Madison, WI: Memorial Union Labor Organization (M.U.L.O.), 1972. Handbill. Three half-sheet handbills, 5.5x8.5 inches; a bit handled, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 317933
30 Day Notice (Spring 1994)
Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Tenants Union, 1994. Newspaper. [4p.], 11x9 inch newsprint tabloid; slight toning around the edges, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 293716
The 424 Carrier. Vol. 5 no. 2 (December, 1952)
Buffalo, NY: Chevrolet Local 424, UAW-CIO, 1952. Newsletter. Two mimeographed 8.5x14 inch sheets stapled at corner, pen note on the blank verso stating that it was from the Chevrolet plant on Delevan Avenue in Buffalo; horizontal fold crease, paper toned. Local union news, including a note that the plant's cafeteria..... More
Cat.No: 308607
49 Ungovernable Projects & Hustles; February 24 & 25, 2017...
Los Angeles: n.pub. 2017. Handbill. Double sided handbill, 6x5.5 inches; event hosting anarchists, feminist journals, communization theorists, the Los Angeles Tenant Union, zine distros, and many more. More
Cat.No: 293140
4th International [1960-61, Winter, No. 12] Workers of the World...
Rome: International Executive Committee of the Fourth International, 1960-61. Magazine. One issue, 7.5x10 inches, 64pp., 4 half inch cuts on spine of the magazine (may been string bound and then removed) cover coming undone from spine, heavy toning along the edges of most pages, else in good condition. The magazine..... More
Cat.No: 259155
50 years ago: WPA/AAA
New York: Washburn Gallery, 1986. Pamphlet. 39p., staplebound, wraps a tad rubbed from shelfwear, artists' names are penciled in next to each illustration, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 299678
The 50th anniversary of the Communist Party of the Soviet...
New York: New Century Publishers, 1953. 31p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. More
Cat.No: 218885
The 55 Gazette. Vol. 1 no. 8 (November 17, 1942)
Buffalo, NY: Local 55, UAW-CIO, 1942. 6p. mimeographed 8.5x11 inch newsletter, mild handling wear, fold crease. Discusses organizing efforts at the Sterling Engine Co. More
Cat.No: 308695
[6 Eugene McCarthy for President items]
San Francisco :: Washington DC: npub, c1976-1968. Handbill. Five 8.5x11 handbills and one pamphlet, some minor toning, else in very good condition. A Presidential Nomination sign up sheet, 2 inch vertical tear along bottom edge, else very good; two campaign letters from Northern California, post-election letter from State Senator Anthony..... More
Cat.No: 305762
Red neck
Coleman, McAlister and Stephen Raushenbush
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