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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[Five different imperfect posters from the Political Poster Workshop at...
[Berkeley]: [the Workshop], [1970]. Poster. Five different posters, generally around 14x22 inches and silkscreened on the back of two conjoined sheets of computer printout paper, as usual for the products of this workshop at Berkeley. One (a child's drawing, "Lets have peace," signed Lisa), is on a single sheet. The..... More
Cat.No: 301002
The "Protocols," Bolshevism and the Jews, an address to their...
New York: The American Jewish Committee, 1921. Pamphlet. 16p. staplebound pamphlet, 4x8.25 inches, rubberstamps on cover indicating it was held in two different libraries. A decent reading copy, internally clean. Issued at a time when the role of Jews in the Russian revolution was a heated topic in anti-Semitic conspiracy..... More
Cat.No: 299300
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
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
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 1980-81 San Francisco City and County Budget
San Francisco: Institute for the Study of Labor and Economic Crisis, 1980. Newsletter. viii, 22p. staplebound pamphlet, 8.5x11 inches, covers mildly toned and edgeworn. The Institute was closely associated with the Democratic Workers Party. Occasional Papers #2. More
Cat.No: 300713
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
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
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
325. Issue 3
n.p. 325 Collective, 2006. Single issue of the annual magazine, 59 pages, 8.5x11 inches, very good. Anarchist journal with special focus on prisons and technological social control. More
Cat.No: 244571
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
![Cat.No: 259155 4th International [1960-61, Winter, No. 12] Workers of the World](/pictures/medium/259155.jpg?v=1605152160)
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
A 60th anniversary of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, 1936-1996, commemorative...
Oakland: Bay Area Post, VALB, 1996. 16p. program, numerous photos, 7x8.5 inches, wraps with the Post's original membership list. More
Cat.No: 102990
6th Annual North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference: March 20-22...
San Francisco: North American Anarchist Studies Network, 2015. Pamphlet. 36p., wraps secured by folding, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good program for the conference. More
Cat.No: 283686
7th Annual Berkeley Anarchist Students of Theory and Research &...
Berkeley: Berkeley Anarchist Students of Theory and Research & Design, 2007. Pamphlet. 6p., wraps secured by folding, 5.5x8.5 inches, small stain on rear wrap else very good condition. Program for the conference. Speakers included Wolfi Landstreicher and Ashanti Alston. More
Cat.No: 258773
The 83rd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh [handbill]
Los Angeles: Union of Vietnamese in the US, 1973. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill announcing an event at the Fritchman Auditorium. Minor foxing, otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 299175
Red neck
Coleman, McAlister and Stephen Raushenbush
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