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.
Boycott Gallo (pinback button)
n.p. [UFW], n.d. 1.5 inch diameter pin with UFW eagle and purple outline of wine bottle; union bug on edge indicates manufacture in East Bay. Very good. More
Cat.No: 132283
Boycott Lucky's. Lucky's is Unfair! Please DO NOT Shop Lucky...
Oakland: 1992. Leafet printed on one side, 8.5 x 10 inches, mild wear at corners, leaflet prints a headline from 19 August 1992 Oakland Tribune newspaper announcing that Lucky Markets guilty of "widespread sex discrimination", union bug at bottom. The early 1990s were a rough time for Lucky Markets. There..... More
Cat.No: 172039
Boycott scab soda! (The real thing) [handbill]
San Francisco: Workers Action Movement, [1972]. 8.5x14 inch handbill, horizontal fold crease, printed one side, date penned in corner. Progressive Labor Party was the main group active in the Workers Action Movement. Asks the reader to support striking Teamster soft drink bottlers and drivers. More
Cat.No: 251364
Boycott War Toys [pinback button, together with "Don't buy war...
New York: Stop War Toys Campaign; distributed by Donnelly/Colt, [199-]. 2.25 inch diameter pin, motif of breaking gun with a flower, very good. The smaller pin is made by Donnelly/Colt, without mention of the Campaign. More
Cat.No: 241441
Bread and Roses Theatre presents 2 Chicago premieres: Performances by...
Chicago: Bread and Roses Theatre, [1977]. 11x17 inch poster, very good. More
Cat.No: 255535
Break the Bank! [handbill]
[California]: [1970-?]. Handbill. 8.5x14 inch mimeographed handbill, very good. Issued by student activists at an unspecified college, describes the Bank of America as a malevolent influence on the national and world stage, and urges students to attend an upcoming appearance by a BofA representative "and ask this ruling class agent..... More
Cat.No: 282014
Break with Maoism! Build the vanguard party!
New York: Spartacist League, 1975. Pamphlet. 3p., 8.5x14 inch sheets stapled at upper left, corners creased. Polemic against the Revolutionary Communist Party. "After many years of counseling against its ‘premature’ formation, the Revolutionary Union has suddenly discovered the building of the vanguard party to be the central task of Leninists..... More
Cat.No: 291968
Break with SDS reformism! For a class struggle program to...
New York: Revolutionary Communist Youth, 1973. Pamphlet. 8.5x14 inch packet issued by the youth section of the Spartacist League; it consists of a cover sheet from 1973 explaining the context of the document, followed by an 8-page document put forward at the March 30-April 2 convention of SDS, "Out of..... More
Cat.No: 234558
The breakdown of a relationship
Chicago: Chicago Branch of the Imaginary Party, nd. Pamphlet. [4]p., single sheet folded to 5.5x8.5 inches, reprint article in zine format from the journal Endnotes; in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 312615
Breaking the war habit. Vol. 5 no. 6 (February 15...
New York: Committee on Militarism in Education, 1937. Newsletter. 4p., 8.5x11 inch newsletter, neatly fold-creased, otherwise very good. Also included is a two-page mimeographed announcement from October 16, 1940 that the CME was disbanding; there is a piece of old paper reinforcement tape at the staple and a penciled note..... More
Cat.No: 308306
Brick by brick; an abolitionist newsletter, issue #00 (May 2022)
New York: 2022. Newsletter. [8]p., 8.5x11 inch staplebound newsletter style zine, illus., in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 316956
Bridge Over the Border/Puente: cross-border bulletin/boletino informativo transfronterizo; vol. 1...
Chula Vista & Tijuana: Bridge over the border/Puente, 1985. Newsletter. [10p] 8.5x11 inches, texts in English and Spanish bound dos-a-dos, photos, news, resources, very good newsletter in unbound wraps. Newsletter/bulletin for Latino workers on both sides of the border. Articles on the Hollywood-based Film Processing Co,, Superior Industries in Van..... More
Cat.No: 204324
The Bridge: Roman Catholic-Episcopal Social Justice Newsletter [five issues]
San Francisco: the newsletter, 1970-73. Five issues of the 8.5x11 inch newsletter, six to eight pages per issue, folded with address label on rear panel. Numbers present are vol. 2 nos. 3, 4; vol. 3 no. 3, vol. 4 no. 7, and vol. 5 no. 1. Includes discussion of organizing..... More
Cat.No: 249762
The Bridge: Roman Catholic-Episcopal Social Justice Newsletter. vol. 2 nos...
San Francisco: the newsletter, 1970. Single issue of the 8.5x11 inch newsletter, six pages, folded with address label on rear panel. Includes discussion of organizing a Catholic Worker House, draft counseling for clergy, affiliated local groups such as Amigos of La Raza, and more. More
Cat.No: 249763
The Brigader. Vol. 1 no. 1
New York: Daily Workers Drive Commission, NY State Committee, Communist Party, [1941]. 4p., 8.5x11 inch newsletter for participants in a sales drive for the Daily Worker, the CP's newspaper. Receipt date of September 1941 rubberstamped on last page. Includes articles about getting the paper into union halls, as well as..... More
Cat.No: 308696
Bring me back alive! [pinback button]
n.p. n.pub. [196-?]. Pinback Button. 1.75 inch pin depicting a GI with the slogan on a sticker pasted on his helmet. This image was used in Fred Halstead's Socialist Workers Party presidential campaign in 1968. More
Cat.No: 186356
Bring the GIs home now! Vote Socialist Workers in 68...
[New York]: Socialist Workers Party, [1968]. 2.75x5 inch campaign sticker in red and purple, showing GI with gun slung over shoulder, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 272715
Bring the troops home now newsletter. Vol. 1, no. 8...
Cambridge, MA: The Newsletter, 1966. Newsletter. [20]p., staplebound newsletter in 7x8.5 inch self-wraps, unevenly toned covers, pencil note front cover [p]"5 -herbicides" plus a ballpoint bracket on this page, an else sound clean copy. The Newsletter was an early and important anti-war effort by many associated with the Socialist Workers..... More
Cat.No: 229290
Bring the Troops Home Now Newsletter: Vol. 1, no. 10...
Cambridge, MA: The Newsletter, 1966. 23p., staplebound wraps; 8.5x11 inches. Very good. The Newsletter was an early and important anti-war effort by many associated with the Socialist Workers Party and others. More
Cat.No: 223515
Bring the Troops Home Now Newsletter: Vol. 1, no. 13...
Cambridge, MA: The Newsletter, 1966. Newsletter. 15p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches. Very good. The Newsletter was an early and important anti-war effort by many associated with the Socialist Workers Party and others. More
Cat.No: 313739
Bring the Troops Home Now Newsletter: Vol. 1, no. 15...
Cambridge, MA: The Newsletter, 1966. 14p., very good in wraps; 8.5x11 inches. The Newsletter was an early and important anti-war effort by many associated with the Socialist Workers Party and others. Includes discussion of war crimes in Vietnam, the case of the Fort Hood Three, and more. More
Cat.No: 186841
Bring the Troops Home Now Newsletter: Vol. 1, no. 9...
Cambridge, MA: The Newsletter, 1966. Newsletter. 18p., staplebound wraps, 7x8.5 inches, faint spot on front, else very good. The Newsletter was an early and important anti-war effort by many associated with the Socialist Workers Party and others. More
Cat.No: 313737
Bring the troops home now! [pinback button]
n.p. n.d. 1.5 inch pin depicting a soldier sitting with his head resting despondently in his hands, blue text above and below. Vietnam War-era. More
Cat.No: 207188
Bring the war home! vol. 1, forgotten heroes. The Black...
npl: Last Word Press, nd. Pamphlet. [22]p., 5.5x8.5 inch zine wraps; b&w illus., in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 312280
Bring Yanks Home / Yank the Cops from Harlem /...
Richmond Hill, NY: SWP; mfg. by Columbia Advertising, [196-]. Pinback Button. 1.5 inch diameter pin, black and white, very good. More
Cat.No: 207323
Red neck
Coleman, McAlister and Stephen Raushenbush
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