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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Bring Yanks Home / Yank the Cops from Harlem / Vote Socialist Workers [pinback button]
Richmond Hill, NY: SWP; mfg. by Columbia Advertising, [196-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, black and white, very good. More
Cat.No: 207323
Broadway Local West Side Community Newspaper, No. 13, Sept. 4-20, 1971
New York: Broadway Local, 1971. Newspaper. 12p., folded tabloid, illus., toned, lightly frayed, tiny chips at spine quarterfold, else good. Implictly lefty Upper West Side Manhattan community newspaper with news on Morningside squatters evictions, tenant groups, local Haitian community, local black activist Jeannette Washington, food coops, events calendar, and a...... More
Cat.No: 244503
Broken Bridges: information on Darren Thurston's cooperation in the Greenscare & implications for current struggles
[Vancouver]: [20--]. [8p.], photocopied zine format. Thurston was an animal rights activist who cooperated with the police after his arrest. More
Cat.No: 248599
Brooklyn metro times. No. 8 (Winter 1996)
Brooklyn: the newsletter, 1996. 43p., staplebound in wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches. Phone number penned on back cover, otherwise very good. Articles in this issue include coverage of a garment worker strike, dispute over living wage, potential rebirth of the labor movement, and more. More
Cat.No: 194468
Brother: a forum for men against sexism; #4, April 1972,
Berkeley: Brother, 1972. Newspaper. 16p. folded tabloid newspaper, illustrated with photos, drawings, cartoons, articles, poems, essays, resources, ads etc. light wear and toning otherwise very good on newsprint. Combining radical politics with sexual liberation, including gay liberation. More
Cat.No: 83277
Brother: a male liberation newspaper; #2, Summer 1971
Berkeley: Brother, 1971. Newspaper. 24p. folded tabloid combining radical politics with sexual liberation, including gay liberation. Horizontal fold, paper toned. On this issue "Stop Playboying" has been added above the Brother logo on the front page. A mix of articles, some reprinted from feminist publications, perhaps the most notable contents..... More
Cat.No: 109062
Buffalo Workers Movement Newsletter, August 1978
Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Workers Movement, 1978. 13p,plus Labor Round-Up, 14p, on 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left, articles on affirmative action, the Equal RIghts Amendment, and Coalition for Abortion Rights and against Sterilization Abuse, California's Proposition 13. More
Cat.No: 165864
Buffalo Workers Movement Newsletter, December 1977
Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Workers Movement, 1977. 14p, plus special issue on health and safety 17p, all on 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left, articles on abortion rights and the Hyde Amendment, the KKK in Buffalo, a history of Puerto Rico, and a number of articles on workers' health and..... More
Cat.No: 165836
Buffalo Workers Movement Newsletter, May 1978
Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Workers Movement, 1978. 15p,plus Labor Round-Up, 10p, on 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left, articles on redbaiting, cancer in the nuclear industry, Puerto Rican electrical workers, and a follow-up article on workers' health and safety. More
Cat.No: 165853
Bulletin Farabundo Marti del FMLN: Voice of the Salvadoran people in struggle. No. 1 (March 1985)
n.p. Farabundo Marti Communication System, 1985. 11p., staplebound booklet format, very good. English translations of articles for an audience of American supporters. More
Cat.No: 235511
Bulletin in defense of Marxism [107 issues]
New York: Buletin IDOM, 1983-1998. Magazine. One-hundred and seven issues of the bulletin, spanning the period from December 1983 to August 1998, all 8.5x11 inches in wraps, front wrap of Number 37 worn and unevenly toned else generally very good condition. Issues present are Numbers 1, 3, 6-11, 21, 22..... More
Cat.No: 238502
Bulletin in defense of Marxism, no. 1, December, 1983 to no. 131, March-April 1996 Lacking four issues
New York: Buletin IDOM, 1983-1994. Magazine. An almost complete run of the first 131 issues of IDOM, lacking issues 6,14,18 and 117, all 8.5x11 inches in wraps and in very good condition. Issued by expelled members of the Socialist Workers Party in the U.S. The first editor was Frank Lovell..... More
Cat.No: 30433
Bulletin of the Committee on Education, National Council of American-Soviet Friendship (two issues: Vol. 2 nos. 1 and 2)
New York: National Council of American-Soviet Friendship. 1946. Pamphlet. Two staplebound 8.5x11 inch mimeographed bulletins, paper toned and brittle, minor edge chipping to the earlier issue; last page loose but present. Favorable coverage of Soviet education, "The Promise of Soviet Culture," and more. More
Cat.No: 251095
Bulletin: weekly organ of the Workers League. Volume 6, nos. 21 and 23 (two issues)
Boston: Workers League, 1970. Two issues of the tabloid-format newspaper, 12p. each, mild edgewear and toning. Headlines are "Nixon uses racism to split workers" and "Pathet Lao shows the way!" Additional items on "Stalinism and the CP youth," "The method of IS and SDS labor," "French police raid Trotskyist youth..... More
Cat.No: 190892
Bulletins of the Federal Board for Vocational Education
Washington, DC: Federal Board for Vocational Education, 1919-1920. Bulletins 35 through 54 inclusive, issued October 1919 through June 1920, custom bound in attractive black half-morocco boards lettered gilt, all edges handsomely marbled with marbled endpapers. External letterpress ownership mark of one "R.T. Fisher." Total around 1,100 pages. Fine condition. Each..... More
Cat.No: 123516
Bulls Eye [two issues]
New Haven, CT: New Haven Communist Party, 1976, 1977. Two issues of the 8.5x11 inch newsletter, each comprised of two sheets stapled together. Numbers present are vol. 4 no. 4 and vol. 5 no. 4. Local labor news including a rubber workers' strike and strife at the Olin Corportation. More
Cat.No: 251085
Bulls Eye. Vol. 4 no. 4 (May 1976)
New Haven, CT: New Haven Communist Party, 1976. 8.5x11 inch newsletter comprised of two sheets stapled together. Local labor news including a rubber workers' strike. More
Cat.No: 251086
The Burning world review. Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1967)
Albuquerque: the newspaper, 1967. Four page tabloid format newspaper, paper evenly toned, folded horizontally, otherwise very good. OCLC lists only one holding at the University of New Mexico; unknown whether any later issues were published. Underground newspaper with much coverage of an incident in which students at Albuquerque High School..... More
Cat.No: 165937
Butcher Shop Issue 4
Minneapolis: npub, [1993-1994]. 17p., stapled wraps, 8.5 x 11 inches, illus., very good condition. Not dated, but from somewhere beween September 1993 and February 1994 based on content. Anarchist zine with an article on Leonard Peltier, an interview with Propagandhi, a guide protesting for students, a list of upcoming rallies..... More
Cat.No: 242118
The Butcher Workman [five issues]
Chicago: malgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, 1955-1967. Five issues of the slender staplebound magazine, generally very good. Issues present are Jan., April, May 1955, Feb. 1962, and March-April 1967. The earliest issue here includes an article about the absorbtion of the Fur and Leather Workers, noting..... More
Cat.No: 251087
Butte Barbers' Union No. 635, J.B.H.C. & P.I.U. of A. Scale of Prices
Butte, MT: Butte Barbers' Union, [1960s-?]. Undated stiff board, very good, 8.5x11 inches, listing prices for 24 different procedures, the most expensive being haircut and shave for $3.25. More
Cat.No: 137388
Butte Barbers' Union No. 635, J.B.H.C. & P.I.U. of A. Scale of Prices
Butte, MT: Butte Barbers' Union, [1960s-?]. Undated stiff board, very good, 8.5x11 inches, listing prices for 24 different procedures, the most expensive being a razor cut for $3.50. More
Cat.No: 137390
Butte Beauticians' Union No. 635, J.B.H.C. & P. Int. U. of A. Scale of Prices
Butte, MT: Butte Beauticians' Union, [1960s-?]. Undated stiff board, very good, 8.5x11 inches, listing prices for 30 different procedures; a shampoo and set is $2.50 and the priciest items is a wig cut and set for $25. More
Cat.No: 137392
By-laws of Subordinate Lodge 39, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Welders, Riggers and Helpers of America
Oakland: the Brotherhood, 1941. 7p., staplebound booklet, bottom of front cover lightly creased. More
Cat.No: 219788
Cahiers du Communisme. Nouvelle serie, No. 6 (April 1945)
Paris: Comite Central, Parti Communiste Francais, 1945. 96p., paperback journal; pages toned, otherwise very good. Text in French. Includes Jacques Duclos on the dissolution of the American Communist Party. More
Cat.No: 252218