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.
Bill Marcy and Old Man Utilities team up again: "But...
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, evenly browned else very good condition. Date 1935 penned at edge of cover. Not found in OCLC as of 4/2021. Accuses Republican Assembly campaign of being..... More
Cat.No: 145262
Bingham: not guilty / The Full Story [screenprint poster]
Palo Alto, CA: Friends of Stephen Bingham, [1986]. Poster. 17x22.5 inch poster, tiny pinholes at corners, otherwise very good. Bingham, a civil rights attorney, was tried in 1986 on charges of having smuggled a pistol inside a tape recorder to aid in George Jackson's attempted escape from San Quentin in..... More
Cat.No: 278462
Black & Red no. 4 (Christmas 1968)
Kalamazoo: Black & Red, 1968. Pamphlet. 56p., staplebound booklet format, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. Includes "It is not enough for thought to seek its realisation in practice: practice must seek its theory" by the Situationist International. More
Cat.No: 318376
Black history and the class struggle
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1990. 16p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, evenly toned else very good on newsprint. Later printing of 1983 original. Black history and the class struggle 1. More
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
Cat.No: 238516
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
Cat.No: 239770
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. 2, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1968. Newspaper. 24p. tabloid format newspaper; horizontal fold, paper toned, otherwise very good. Christmas themed issue with Emory Douglas artwork depicting Black youths capturing Pig Santa at gunpoint in their fireplace, captioned "Pig Xmas sham ending. Back cover depicts "Black Revolutionary Xmas Wishes" (armaments). Page 15..... More
Cat.No: 281615
Black Panther Party for Self Defense, Ministry of Information Black...
Oakland, CA: Black Panther Party for Self Defense, [1968]. Pamphlet. Four panel brochure, front panel has some spotty staining, 8.5x5.5 inches. Opens with a favorable quote from "The case for an independent Black Political Party" in the Trotskyist International Socialist Review. Rejects the notion of running as Democrats, and argues..... More
Cat.No: 284292
Black Rose. Nos. 1-12 [complete run]
Boston, MA: Black Rose Lectures and Learning, 1979-1987. Magazine. All twelve issues of the Anarchist journal of social critique; 7.5x6 inches, very good. Not to be confused with the journal of the same name published by the Black Rose Collective in Somerville. More
Cat.No: 318531
Black Rose: Journal of Contemporary Anarchism; No. 2, Spring 1975
Somerville, MA: Black Rose Collective, 1975. Paperback. The second and final issue of the short-lived anarchist journal, 120p., wraps, 5.25x8.75 inches, very good condition. Not to be confused with the journal of the same name published by Black Rose Lectures and Learning. Includes an interview with Esther and Sam Dolgoff..... More
Cat.No: 261230
Black Rose: Journal of Contemporary Anarchism; No. 2, Spring 1975
Somerville, MA: Black Rose Collective, 1975. Paperback. The second and final issue of the short-lived anarchist journal, 120p., wraps, 5.25x8.75 inches, wraps worn, top edge of textblock foxed, rear wrap lightly silverfished. Not to be confused with the journal of the same name published by Black Rose Lectures and Learning..... More
Cat.No: 285097
Black Rose: vol. 2 No. 5 (Spring 1980)
Boston, MA: Black Rose Lectures and Learning, 1980. Paperback. Single issue of the Anarchist journal of social critique, 56p., 7.5x6 inches, illustratins, wraps lightly worn, staples rusted else very good condition. Not to be confused with the journal of the same name published by the Black Rose Collective in Somerville..... More
Cat.No: 266269
Black Rose; No. 5 (Spring 1980)
Boston, MA: Black Rose Lectures and Learning, 1980. Magazine. Single issue of the Anarchist journal of social critique, 56p., 7.5x6 inches; illustrations, very good condition. Not to be confused with the journal of the same name published by the Black Rose Collective in Somerville. This issue includes Richard Mandel's "Politics..... More
Cat.No: 264833
Black Rose; No. 5 (Spring 1980)
Boston, MA: Black Rose Lectures and Learning, 1980. Magazine. Single issue of the Anarchist journal of social critique, 56p., 7.5x6 inches; illustrations, slight sticker residue on front wrap, else in very good condition. Not to be confused with the journal of the same name published by the Black Rose Collective..... More
Cat.No: 293241
The Black Scholar, volume 5 number 3 (Nov. 1973)
Sausalito, CA: The Black World Foundation, 1973. Magazine. 64p. staplebound magazine, 7x10 inches, wraps worn and creased, 1/4 inch tear on rear wrap else very good condition. Includes Ron Karenga's "Strategy for Struggle," articles by Shirley Graham DuBois on the Middle East, Robert Allen on China after the Cultural Revolution..... More
Cat.No: 257726
The Black Scholar: volume 5 number 6; March 1974
Sausalito, CA: The Black World Foundation, 1974. Magazine. 64p. staplebound magazine, 7x10 inches, wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Special issue on Black Science. Contributors include Shirley Graham Du Bois and Fania Davis Jordan. More
Cat.No: 257727
The Black Scholar: volume 5 number 9, June 1974; The...
Sausalito, CA: The Black World Foundation, 1974. Magazine. 64p. staplebound magazine, 7x10 inches, date penned on front wrap, address label on rear wrap, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 292861
Black Seed: A Green Anarchist Journal; Issue 2, Fall 2014
Grand Rapids, MI: Black Seed, 2014. Newspaper. 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
Cat.No: 242111
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
Cat.No: 230394
Black Workers Matter: A know your rights guide
[Los Angeles]: Legal Aid at Work / The Los Angeles Black Worker Center, 2020. Pamphlet. [16]p., stapled wraps, illus., very good condition. More
Cat.No: 301278
The Blast, volumes 1-2, 1916-1917. With an introduction by Richard...
New York: Greenwood Reprint Corp. 1968. Hardcover. 2 volumes in one, various pagination, cloth-covered boards, illus., corners bumped else very good condition. Reprint of the San Francisco anarchist magazine edited by Alexander Berkman. Radical periodicals in the United States, 1890-1960, first series. More
Cat.No: 34929
The Blast: an anarchist agitational from Turtle Island: Vol. 1...
Bay Area, CA: The Blast, 2016. Newspaper. 7p., folded tabloid newspaper format, lightly worn else very good condition. Mostly in English with one page in Spanish. Place of publication is identified only as "Bay Area." Anarchist newspaper named after the short-lived newspaper published by Alexander Berkman from 1916-1917. Articles on..... More
Cat.No: 261821
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
Cat.No: 211564
Blazing Star: vol. 4, #2, March 1978: Exclusive - Noble...
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
Cat.No: 208818
Block Bork [pinback button]
n.p. [1987]. 2.25 inch diameter pin depicting Robert Bork, nominated by Reagan for the Supreme Court, with a red bar across his face. More
Cat.No: 247901
Red neck
Coleman, McAlister and Stephen Raushenbush
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