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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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 about Celebration in honor of community peace activists. May 1, 1983. Sponsored by Mid-Peninsula Peace...
Cat.No: 138007
Central America alert: bulletin #6, November 1983
San Francisco: USOCA, 1983. Single sheet folded to create a 9x11.5 inch gazette or tabloid-style paper, newsprint. Includes a map of US Troops in the Caribbean, photos from the massacre at Pantasma. Primary story is "Exposé: Reagan's Lies about Granada." Published by the U.S. Out of Central America organization. More about Central America alert: bulletin #6, November 1983
Cat.No: 80557
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 about Central Valley Voice. vol. 1 no. 3 (April 1-15, 1972
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 about The Challenge May 1958, Volume 8, Number 3
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 about Challenge. official publication of the Young People's Socialist League. (four issues
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 about Challenge: a libertarian weekly. Vol. 1, no. 35 (December 31, 1938
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 about Change: a working woman's newspaper. Volume 2, No. 7, Oct-Nov 1972, "Gay at work"
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 about Changes: no. 3, spring 1974
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 about Changing Role of S.E. Asian Women: the global assembly line and the social manipulation of women...
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 about Channeling
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 about Channeling; this is an unedited, official Selective Service System memorandum
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 about Channeling; this is an unedited, official Selective Service System memorandum
Cat.No: 129060
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 about Chengren Zhongguo [pinback button with Chinese slogan, meaning "Recognize China"
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 about Chicago Police Annual Report 1967
Cat.No: 224788
The Child Labor Amendment
New York: National Child Labor Committee, [193-]. Six-panel brochure, very good, with rubberstamp on front panel updating the list of states that had ratified the Amendment, the last being Kansas on February 25th. More about The Child Labor Amendment
Cat.No: 228339
China and Us [four issues]
New York: US-China People's Friendship Association, New York, 1974. Four issues of the well-produced newsleter with black and white photos, all in wraps, 8.5x11 inches, very good; issues present are vol. 3, nos. 2-5. Articles on Chinese economic and cultural achievements, reports from visitors, a piece by Rewi Alley written... More about China and Us [four issues
Cat.No: 187320
China and Us [three issues]
New York: US-China People's Friendship Association, New York, 1974. Three issues of the well-produced newsleter with black and white photos, all in wraps, 8.5x11 inches, very good; issues present are vol. 3, nos. 2, 4 and 5. Articles on Chinese economic and cultural achievements, reports from visitors, a piece by... More about China and Us [three issues
Cat.No: 187321
China and Us [two issues]
New York: US-China People's Friendship Association, New York, 1974. Two issues of the well-produced newsleter with black and white photos, all in wraps, 8.5x11 inches, very good; issues present are vol. 3, nos. 4 and 5. Articles on Chinese economic and cultural achievements, reports from visitors, a piece by Rewi... More about China and Us [two issues
Cat.No: 187322
China: ¡Por la revolución política proletaria!
New York: Spartacus Youth Publishing Co., 1989. 18p., 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left corner, very good. Spanish-language pamphlet gathering several articles from Spartacist groups, criticizing the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. More about China: ¡Por la revolución política proletaria!
Cat.No: 158076
Chispas: vol. 9, nos. 1, 2 & 3 [Three numbers in two fastenings: - 2 & 3 combined issue]
Berkeley: Chispas & Chicano Agenda, UC Berkeley, 1990. Magazine. Three issues of the 8.5x11 inch periodical in two magazines, 23p. & 40p., poetry, art, prose, very good magazines in stapled pictorial wraps. More about Chispas: vol. 9, nos. 1, 2 & 3 [Three numbers in two fastenings: - 2 & 3 combined issue
Cat.No: 199075
Chutzpah, a Jewish liberation anthology. This book was edited by Steven Lubet, Jeffry (Shaye) Mallow, Adar Rossman, Susan Schechter, robbie (Sholem) skeist, [and] Miriam Socoloff
San Francisco: New Glide Publications, 1977. ix, 191p., wraps slightly shelfworn, previous owner's small address label inside front cover. More about Chutzpah, a Jewish liberation anthology. This book was edited by Steven Lubet, Jeffry (Shaye)...
Cat.No: 36621
Cigar makers' official journal [seven issues]
New York: Cigar Makers' International Union of America, 1879-1880. Seven issues of the newspaper, disbound at left edge with thread and paper chips still adhering; some edge chipping but text is lost only at one corner of one page. Horizontal fold. Issues present are vol. V numbers 2-8. Updates on... More about Cigar makers' official journal [seven issues
Cat.No: 223882
Cinéaste: vol. XI, no. 4, 1982; Homosexuals, bandits, and gangsters; gay images in La Cage aux Folles by Ed Sikov
New York: Cinema Guild, 1982. 60p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with film stills and photos, very good film magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Also Budd Schulnerg interview and Film Censorship and the New Right by Edward Benson. More about Cinéaste: vol. XI, no. 4, 1982; Homosexuals, bandits, and gangsters; gay images in La Cage aux...
Cat.No: 105874
Cinéaste; vol. V no. 3; political situation of Quebec cinema, cinema in Africa
New York: Cineaste Publishers, 1972. 68p., 8.25x10.75 inches, photos, stills, very good film magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Leftist film magazine. Features a survey on African film by Hannes Kamphausen, Quebec film politics. More about Cinéaste; vol. V no. 3; political situation of Quebec cinema, cinema in Africa
Cat.No: 166653
Cinéaste; vol. VI no. 1; Costa-Garvis on "State of Siege"
New York: Cineaste Publishers, 1973. 52p., 8.25x10.75 inches, photos, stills, very good film magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Radical American film questionaire part II, Male Chauvinist Musical by Robert patrick. More about Cinéaste; vol. VI no. 1; Costa-Garvis on "State of Siege"
Cat.No: 166139