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.
Action Letter [Five issues]
Los Angeles: Committees of Correspondence, 1944. Newsletter. Five issues of the mimeographed newsletter edited by Annette Cimring and Susan Wright; two pages each, 8.5x14 inches, very good. Issues present are July 5 and 20, August 5 and 20, and September 8. Updates on progressive issues for activists to write letters..... More
Cat.No: 308604
Action Now! A special letter from American People's Mobilization to...
Washington DC: American People's Mobilization, 1941. Newsletter. 3p., 8.5x11 inch two-color mimeographed sheets stapled at corner, very good. The American Peace Mobilization (APM) was established in 1940 from the remains of the Communist Party-affiliated American League for Peace and Democracy, which had been dissolved in 1939 after the signing of..... More
Cat.No: 310988
Action Resource Guide (ARG); catalog 93, issue 3
Chicago: Soapbox Junc, nd. Magazine. 35p., 8.5x11 inch magazine wraps; illus., cartoons, evenly toned, some minor foxing, otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 313925
Action: a fortnightly newsletter for defense and democracy [four issues]
New York: Council for Democracy, 1941. Newsletter. Four issues of the four-page, 8.5x11 inch newsletter, very good condition. Issues present are numbers 1-3 and 5 (with the subtitle changed from "fortnightly newsletter" to "your newsletter." "In this bulletin, we shall try to tell alert intelligent Americans what they can do..... More
Cat.No: 312500
Activism, Ideology and Radical Philosophy - The Fifth Biannual RPA...
Providence RI: Brown University, 2002. Pamphlet. Program, about thirty pages, densely printed and densely annotated by an attendee, softbound in 8.5x5.5 inch wraps in "zine" format (untrimmed fore-edge), cover and most pages covered in barely legible red-ink pen holograph. The comments are activist-oriented and smart. Laid in are a plat-map..... More
Cat.No: 307012
The Activist: a student journal of politics and opinion [9...
Oberlin, OH: The Activist Publishing Co., 1970-1975. Magazine. Nine issues of the magazine-format journal, spanning the period from summer 1970 to spring 1975. Issues present are Vol. 10 No. 2, Vol. 11 No. 1, Vol. 12 Nos. 1 and 2, Vol. 13 Nos. 1 and 2, Vol. 14 Nos. 1..... More
Cat.No: 305959
Activist: The Newsletter and Discussion Journal of the New York...
New York: W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of New York, 1967. Newsletter. [16]p., 8.5 x 11 sheets stapled at upper left, very good condition. Also included is a three-sheet packet announcing an East Coast outing and conference, and a three-page newsletter of the NYC Area Council. Cover story on the DuBois Clubs'..... More
Cat.No: 306602
The Activist: Vol. II No. 1 (July 26, 1970)
Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Youth Against War and Fascism, 1970. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid format newspaper, some toning, otherwise very good condition. Includes an interview with Kevin Blackford of the National Committee to Combat fascism, an organizing branch of the Black Panther Party. Cover celebrates the 17th anniversary of the storming..... More
Cat.No: 302961
Admission ticket to the Ukrainian Drama Beztalanna in five acts...
[Muskegon, MI?]: [Ukrainian Dramatic Circle?], 1921. Ephemera. 3.5x2.25 inch ticket; in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 315038
Adopt a miner; the coal miner memorial statue fund
Frostburg, MD: The Foundation for Frostburg/CMMSF, nd. Pamphlet. Eight panel brochure; photos., map, in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 312293
Advance [six issues]
Gary, Indiana; Birmingham, Alabama: Trade Union Action League National Organizing Committee, 1979-1984. Six issues of the newspaper, fold crease, earlier issues on newsprint are toned else generally good condition. Issues present are vol. 1 nos. 1-3, vol. 2 no. 1 and 2, and vol. 5 no. 5. More
Cat.No: 244484
[Advertising brochure for the anarchist journal Black Rose]
Boston, MA: [Black Rose Lectures and Learning], [1979. Pamphlet. Four panel brochure, 5.5x7 inches, illus., very good condition. Celebrates the first year of publishing and asks readers to renew their subscriptions. Not to be confused with the journal of the same name published by the Black Rose Collective in Somerville..... More
Cat.No: 270751
[Advertising card for Ideal Tooth Powder, with photographic portrait of...
Philadelphia: Vail Brothers, [188-]. Stiff card, slightly larger than 4x6.25 inches, with Powderly's portrait (a sepia photograph from the negative) on one side and text about Ideal Tooth Powder and Ideal Quinine and Sulphur Toilet Soap on the other. Plate measures 3.5x5 inches; his moustache about 1.3 inches from left..... More
Cat.No: 212110
The Advocate of Peace and Universal Brotherhood. Vol. 1 no...
Worcester, MA: Elihu Burritt, 1846. pp. 153-176, wraps bound with thread, pages remain uncut at the top; front cover has a faded area, otherwise mild handling wear and foxing. When Burritt, the "Learned Blacksmith," took over The Advocate of Peace, the publication of the American Peace Society, he renamed it..... More
Cat.No: 255963
AFC Spotlight: Vol. 1, Book 3, Spring Edition
Pasadena: American Friends Service Committee, [c1979]. 7p. 8.5x11 inches, wraps secured by folding, creased from being folded in half for mailing, address label on rear wrap else very good newsletter printed on cream stiff stock. Cover story on Iran and Afghanistan. More
Cat.No: 251220
Affirmative action and discrimination: Asian and Pacific Americans in Higher...
San Francisco: APAHE, 1996. 156p., paperback, very good. Keynote address by Dana Takagi. More
Cat.No: 260194
AFL - CIO proposed merger agreement. A merger committee of...
[Seattle, WA]: the Committee, 1957. Pamphlet. 35p., wraps toned on the edges, previous owner's stamp on front wrap else good condition, 6x9 inches. Proposed merger of the Washington State Federation of Labor and the Washington State CIO Council. More
Cat.No: 301403
AFL-CIO / Solidarity Day / September 19, 1981 [pinback button...
n.p. (1981). 2.25 inch diameter pin, somewhat scuffed, together with an orange press pass in a plastic holder with metal clip on reverse. More
Cat.No: 259800
AFL-CIO Convention. October 23-26, 1995. New York City
New York: AFL-CIO, 1995. Cardboard Covers. Double cardstock folder with facing pockets, 11x9 inches folded, one pocket containing an oversize paperbound of 227p with color vignette chapter heads, the opposite pocket holding an 8.5x5.5 inch booklet labelled "1995 Resolutions, Book One", and a flyer (described below). The folder is wrinkled..... More
Cat.No: 257562
The AFL-CIO Platform Proposals. Presented to the Democratic and Republican...
Washington DC: AFL-CIO, 1976. Pamphlet. 62p., stapled wraps, 8.25x11 inches, vertically creased, rear wrap unevenly toned, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 283396
Afrikan liberation day '80; Saturday May 24, 10 A M....
Oakland: Black United Front, 1980. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch leaflet for the event, light handling wear else very good condition. "Hail the people's victory of Zimbabwe, continue the struggle." Cartoon showing Apartheid being overcome. More
Cat.No: 42749
AFSCME Officers Manual: Information for local union officers
Washington DC: American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, [1972-1981]. Pamphlet. 27p., stapled wraps, 8.5x9 inches, staples rusted else very good condition. Dated from the union's leadership at the time (Jerry Wurf, International President and William Lucy, International Secretary-Treasurer). More
Cat.No: 259202
After the revolution: who rules? A socialist critique of the...
Palo Alto, CA: New York Labor News, 1978. Pamphlet. 39p., staplebound booklet, covers scuffed with minor stains. More
Cat.No: 276359
Aftermath of Jarvis-Gann: What's it all about?
[Bay Area, CA]: California Labor-Community Coalition, [197-]. Four-panel brochure, 7x8.5 inches, very good. On the effects of Prop. 13 on working people. More
Cat.No: 204815
Against education: the abolition of school
n.p. 1999. [11p], 5.5x8.5 inches, very good first edition booklet of folded sheets in plain white wraps printed with black text. Anonymous anarchist anti-organized education pamphlet. Argues that education is a tool of mind control, and that the public library is a far more effective learning resource than a university..... More
Cat.No: 130515
Red neck
Coleman, McAlister and Stephen Raushenbush
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