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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![The Ad Hoc bulletin (Marxist-Leninist) [13 issues of the newsletter produced by the FBI-financed pseudo-faction in the Communist Party, USA]](http://www.bolerium.com/pictures/thumb/201089.jpg?v=1536714665)
![Cat Free Press, [vol. 1, no. 1, 1970?].](/pictures/thumb/232188.jpg?v=1544674029)
Cat Free Press, [vol. 1, no. 1, 1970?].
[Oakland? CA]: n.pub. [1970?]. Four page shop paper, 8.5x11 inches, mimeographed - poorly, edge wear, stapled in the upper left hand corner. Leftist shop paper for a Caterpillar Tractor factory in the East Bay, with members from three unions involved (IAM, UAW and IBEW). The longest article (page and a.... More
Cat.No: 232188
Catalyst. No. 3 (Summer 1967)
Buffalo, NY: State University of New York at Buffalo; Sociology Department, 1967. 123p., pictorial cover, mild edgewear and soil. Includes James E. Hansen's "Dialectical critique of empiricism" and Arthur Efron's "Anarchist thought and the theory of meaning-genesis." Other authors include Andre Gunder Frank, Bill J. Harrell, Stephen Crafts and Paul Piccone. More
Cat.No: 215428
![Catalyst: a socialist journal of the social sciences. [Nearly complete run, missing one issue]](/pictures/thumb/193707.jpg?v=1502683916)
Catalyst: a socialist journal of the social sciences. [Nearly complete run, missing one issue]
New York: Institute for Social Service Alternatives, 1978-1988. Nos. 1-22, missing only number 5; generally very good condition, minor wear and handling soil. Nos. 9/10 and 17/18 are double issues. Many issues have special themes. Topics range from radical perspectives on ghetto organizing to a psychotherapist's examination of the impact... More
Cat.No: 193707
The Catholic agitator; Vol. 1 no. 4 (April-May 1971)
Los Angeles: Ammon Hennacy House of Hospitality and Berrigan Resistance Center, 1971. 11p., tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, otherwise very good. Radical Catholic anti-war newspaper published by L.A. Catholic Worker house. Cover story is on the Winter Soldier investigation. More
Cat.No: 181329
Cease Fire Special. An Indochina Peace Campaign Report
Cambridge, MA: Indochina Peace Campaign, [1973]. 4p., tabloid newspaper format brochure, evenly toned. Issued in the wake of the Paris Peace Accords. More
Cat.No: 200266
![Cease Fire [pinback button]](/pictures/thumb/207573.jpg?v=1535937040)
Cease Fire [pinback button]
n.p. [196-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, US flag on green field. More
Cat.No: 207573
![Celebrate Freedom [pinback button]](/pictures/thumb/202340.jpg?v=1535937040)
Celebrate Freedom [pinback button]
n.p. n.d. 1.25 inch diameter pin, text emerging in a gap between stylized prison bars. More
Cat.No: 202340
![Celebrate International Women's Day [handbill]](/pictures/thumb/205407.jpg?v=1508047780)
Celebrate International Women's Day [handbill]
Toronto: Toronto Women's Caucus; U. of T. Women's Caucus, [1971]. 11x8.5 inch mimeographed handbill with depiction of woman at right, minor creasing and handling wear. Announcement of events to be held at 188 Adelaide St. West. More
Cat.No: 205407
Celebrating - 27th anniversary: The People's World
Los Angeles: Southern California Committee for The People's World, 1965. Yellow single-sheet invitation to an anniversary celebration on Feb. 7, 8.5 x 3.5 inches. "Program dedicated to Negro History Week featuring: Earldon Scales - baritone; Clevanson Penn - international dances; Frank Hamilton - folk singer." More
Cat.No: 123458
![Celebrating 50 years of Gerald Holtom's symbol / '58-'08 [pinback button with peace symbol]](/pictures/thumb/202144.jpg?v=1536005464)
Celebrating 50 years of Gerald Holtom's symbol / '58-'08 [pinback button with peace symbol]
n.p. Donnelly Colt, 2008. 1.25 inch diameter pin with four-color peace symbol to celebrate the anniversary of its creation, very good. More
Cat.No: 202144
Celebration in honor of community peace activists. May 1, 1983. Sponsored by Mid-Peninsula Peace Center and Peace Committee of the First Congregational Church
[Palo Alto, CA]: Mid-Peninsula Peace Center, 1983. [16p.], wraps, certificate laid in honoring Isobel and Ed Cerney. Program for the celebration, with short biographies of the fifty senior activists being honored. Most were relatively unknown grassroots organizers, though the roster includes Linus Pauling. More
Cat.No: 138007
Central America: the solidarity movement in the Akron area
Akron, OH: Central America Solidarity Association, 1989. Four-panel pamphlet, 7x8.5 inches, apparently a 1989 update of a pre-existing item, as the timeline on the back has the 1989 invasion of Panama cut and pasted in. Creased from having been folded. More
Cat.No: 197519
Central Valley Voice. vol. 1 no. 3 (April 1-15, 1972)
Atwater, CA: Peoples Park Collective, 1972. 4p., broadsheet format newspaper, folded into quarters, evenly toned with areas of mild discoloration. Marxist-Leninist paper, evasive about the group actually publishing it. Cover stories are a piece on the "Kangeroo Courts" (sic) in the case of the Soledad brothers, "From pot to politics,"... More
Cat.No: 181954
The Challenge May 1958, Volume 8, Number 3
Chicago: Young People's Socialist League, 1958. 1 sheet printed on both sides, 11x17 inches, faint yellowing with mildly worn edges. Produced after the merger of the SP and Socialist Party-Social Democratic Federation. Also wishes readers a happy May Day. More
Cat.No: 184830
Challenge. official publication of the Young People's Socialist League. (four issues)
New York: Young People's Socialist League. 1958-1959. Four issues of the newspaper, perhaps all published; vol. 1 nos. 1 and 2 and vol. 2 nos. 1 and 2; 4 pages each, tabloid format on toned newsprint. Much coverage of civil rights: Volume one, number 1 has an approximately 19 column... More
Cat.No: 178863
Challenge: a libertarian weekly. Vol. 1, no. 35 (December 31, 1938)
New York: Challenge Publishing Association, 1938. 4p., tabloid format newspaper, paper toned with mild edgewear, generally good. Articles include critique of the Communist-dominated furriers union, a piece on successes in the textile industry, accusations against "Stalinist" painter's unionists, local update on anarchist activities in Los Angeles, much critique of Hitler... More
Cat.No: 155568
Change: a working woman's newspaper. Volume 2, No. 7, Oct-Nov 1972, "Gay at work"
San Francisco, CA: Change, 1972. Newspaper. 8p., folded tabloid newspaper, features, photos, comic strip, stamped Received on cover, toned and worn, newsprint. More
Cat.No: 187706
Changes: no. 3, spring 1974
Simpsonville, MD: Changes/PEER Collective, 1974. Newspaper. 44p. folded tabloid newspaper in two sections, comix, political cartoons, radical columns, news, services, very good on newsprint. Underground radical political newspaper. Articles on the murder of George Jackson in prison, Racism in Hopward County, LGBT and Women's Rights, Black Panthers, the US still... More
Cat.No: 186520
Changing Role of S.E. Asian Women: the global assembly line and the social manipulation of women on the job. Southeast Asia Chronicle, No. 66 (Jan-Feb. 1979)
Berkeley, CA: Southeast Asia Resource Center, 1979. 28p., wraps, 8.5x11 inches, thoroughly illustrated with B&W photos. Special joint issue with Pacific Research. Includes articles on women working at electronics assembly plants and Manila brothels. More
Cat.No: 181839
Channeling
Palo Alto: Palo Alto Resistance, [1967 or later]. [8p.], staplebound pamphlet, 5.5x8.5 inches. "this is an unedited, official Selective Service System memorandum." Per textual note, "'Channeling' was one of 10 documents in an 'orientation kit' put out July, 1965, by the SSS. It was withdrawn, perhaps because of the outrage... More
Cat.No: 229744
Channeling; this is an unedited, official Selective Service System memorandum
[San Francisco?]: The Resistance, [1967 or later]. [8p.], wraps, 7x8.5 inches. Cover image is a George Tooker swipe depicting young people in box-like cubicles. Per textual note, "'Channeling' was one of 10 documents in an 'orientation kit' but out July, 1965, by the SSS. It was withdrawn, perhaps because of... More
Cat.No: 125462
Channeling; this is an unedited, official Selective Service System memorandum
[San Francisco?]: The Peace & Liberation Commune Press, [196-?]. [7p.], wraps, 7x8.5 inches. Brief blurb on first page explains the context of the memorandum, which "was withdrawn, perhaps because of the outrage it engendered" More
Cat.No: 129060
![Chengren Zhongguo [pinback button with Chinese slogan, meaning "Recognize China"]](/pictures/thumb/209792.jpg?v=1535915440)
Chengren Zhongguo [pinback button with Chinese slogan, meaning "Recognize China"]
San Francisco: Star Engraving, [197-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, black text on yellow field field. Undated, but issued prior to the 1978 diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China. More
Cat.No: 209792
Chicago Police Annual Report 1967
Chicago: Chicago Police dept. 1968. 32p., includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, introductory message from superintendent James B. Conlisk Jr., extensive tables, graphs and figures, very good booklet in stapled green wraps with shield photo on cover. Would love to see the 1968 report! More
Cat.No: 224788
Chicago Seed; vol. 4 no. 9
Chicago: Chicago Seed, [1969]. [32p. including covers] 11.5x16 inches, fold crease, minor edgewear. Iconic cover by Wanderoo featuring design of a marijuana leaf over a revolutionary star. "We are a People standing together under the banner of a gentle weed on a revolutionary field..." Includes poetry by John Sinclair, cartoons... More
Cat.No: 194296
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