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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CALA Newsletter. March 1972
Madison: Community Action on Latin America, 1972. 6p., 8.5x11 inches, self-wraps secured by folding, very good condition. Cover story on Ecuador. More
Cat.No: 242604
CALA Newsletter. May 1972
Madison: Community Action on Latin America, 1972. 6p., 8.5x11 inches, self-wraps secured by folding, pages 4 and 5 stained at bottom corners else good condition. Cover story on ITT's influence in Chile. The company's attempts to prevent Allende from coming to power had recently come to light. More
Cat.No: 242603
CALA Newsletter. October 1972
Madison: Community Action on Latin America, 1972. 6p., 8.5x11 inches, self-wraps secured by folding, vertically creased, address label on rear wrap else good condition. Cover story on ITT's influence in Chile, Vietnam, and South Africa. More
Cat.No: 242602
CALA Newsletter. Vol. 2 No. 2, November 1972
Madison: Community Action on Latin America, 1972. 6p., 8.5x11 inches, self-wraps secured by folding, vertically creased, pencil notation on front wrap, address label, postage stamp, and small stain on rear wrap else good condition. Letter to Frank R. Millikien, President of the Kennecott Copper Corporation, with blank space below for..... More
Cat.No: 242828
CALA Newsletter. Vol. 3 No. 4, Dec. 1973-Jan. 1974
Madison: Community Action on Latin America, 1973. 4p. plus [2]p. photo spread inset, 8.5x11 inches, self-wraps secured by folding, vertically creased, address stamp and remains of sticker used to hold shut for mailing on rear wrap else good condition. List of literature available from CALA laid in. Cover story on..... More
Cat.No: 242829
CALA Newsletter. Vol. 5 no. 3, March 1976
Madison: Community Action on Latin America, 1976. 12p., 8.5x11 inch newsletter, wraps mildly worn and smudged. This issue mostly on Cuba, with cover story on Fidel Castro at Cuba's first Party congress. More
Cat.No: 181840
CALA Newsletter. Vol. 6 No. 2, February 1977
Madison: Community Action on Latin America, 1977. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, self-wraps secured by folding, wraps worn, horizontally creased, address label on rear wrap, two small holes on top and bottom from being stapled shut for mailing else good condition. Cover story is "Sterilization: U.S. Alternative to Liberation in Third World"..... More
Cat.No: 242835
California at a crossroads: social strife or social unity?
Berkeley, CA: Campus Coalitions for Human Rights and Social Justice, 1995. 14p., very good in wraps. On Propositions 184 and 187. More
Cat.No: 129574
California State Federation of Labor - A.F. of L. ; 47th annual convention. Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles; August 29 to September 2, 1949 [group photograph of delegates]
Los Angeles: California State Federation of Labor, 1949. Black and white photograph, 28x10 inches, depicting some 300 people standing in rows outside the auditorium, facing the photographer. Photographer's name, Weaver, written at bottom right on the negative, appearing as white lettering on a gentleman's pants. Margin tear and minor discoloring..... More
Cat.No: 134650
The California tomorrow plan: a first sketch
San Francisco: California Tomorrow, 1971. 37p., tabloid newspaper format folded to make 8.5x11 inch brochure; one edge moderately worn, otherwise good. "A plan for the future of California- its land, its cities and its people. A challenge, both to those who now wield power and to those who are critical..... More
Cat.No: 142881
California women: a report of the Advisory Commission on the Status of Women 1969
Sacramento: Advisory Commission on the Status of Women, 1969. Paperback. 91p., 8.5x11 inches, appendix of tables, mildly-worn government report in stapled blue printed covers. More
Cat.No: 206769
The Call / El Clarín. Vol. 1 no. 2 (November 1972)
Chicago: October League / The Call, 1972. Second issue of the Marxist-Leninist tabloid-format paper, evenly toned, mild handling wear. More
Cat.No: 239423
The Call / El Clarín. Vol. 2 no. 10 (July, 1974)
Chicago: October League / The Call, 1974. Single issue of the Marxist-Leninist tabloid-format paper, evenly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 217435
The Call / El Clarín. Vol. 4 no. 6 (March, 1976)
Chicago: October League / The Call, 1976. Single issue of the Marxist-Leninist tabloid-format paper, evenly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 213291
The Call / El Clarín. Vol. 6 no. 13 (April 7, 1977)
Chicago: October League / The Call, 1977. Single issue of the Marxist-Leninist tabloid-format paper, evenly toned, otherwise very good; color illustration on cover of rebellious workers joyfully clamoring for a red flag. Includes the draft program of the Communist Party (M-L). More
Cat.No: 210805
A call to a founding conference for a National Defense Organization Against Racist and Political Repression
Chicago: the Organization, 1973. Tall accordion-fold brochure, 5x17 inches when folded, unfolding to about 38 inches long. English on one side, Spanish on the other. Sponsors include a who's-who of the left, from Angela Davis to Noam Chomsky, Corky Gonzales to Pete Seeger. The National Alliance Against Racist and Political..... More
Cat.No: 243910
Call to a strategy action conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin June 27-28
Washington, DC: Strategy Action Conference Office, [1970]. Single 8.5x14 inch sheet, printed both sides, creases from folding for an envelope, rubberstamp of the Longshoremen's union library; images of Bobby Seale shacked to a chair from the iconic courtroom scene in Chicago, and an American soldier with face in hands. Calls..... More
Cat.No: 164684
Cambridge and nuclear weapons: Is there a place to hide?
Cambridge, MA: Cambridge City Council, 1982. 9p., horizontal fold crease, back cover has the penned name of a contact in the Native American Support Group. More
Cat.No: 188398
Camejo meeting in New York August 7, 1983
n.p. n.pub. 1983. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet, photocopied from typewritten report. A "third-hand report" for Socialist Workers Party members summarizing the points made by Peter Camejo at a meeting after his split with the SWP. Notes that "party members could not attend without risking expulsion." At the end the anonymous..... More
Cat.No: 145606
Camouflage: the myth of "labor monopoly"
Washington: American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations. Industrial Union Department, [1960]. 24p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. Publication no. 33. Argues that unions are the main force preventing corporate monopolization. More
Cat.No: 124100
Camp News. Vol. III, no. 12 (Dec. 15, 1972)
Chicago: the newspaper, 1972. Single issue of the underground GI movement publication, tabloid format newspaper, 15p., edgeworn, evenly toned, front wrap creased else good condition. Masthead emblem is a raised fist punching through the top of a tent. Includes a section on African Americans and racism in the Navy... More
Cat.No: 242634
Camp News. Vol. IV, no. 1 (January 15, 1973)
Chicago: the newspaper, 1973. Single issue of the underground GI movement publication, tabloid format newspaper. Edgeworn, beginning to split at the fold; a reference copy only. Masthead emblem is a raised fist punching through the top of a tent. More
Cat.No: 240892
Camp News. Vol. IV, no. 5 (May 15, 1973)
Chicago: the newspaper, 1973. Single issue of the underground GI movement publication, tabloid format newspaper, 15p., edgeworn, evenly toned, else good condition. Masthead emblem is a raised fist punching through the top of a tent. Includes an article on a racist attack on African American GIs at Camp Lejeune... More
Cat.No: 242635
Camp News: News of the GI Movement; Vol. IV, no. 8 (August 15, 1973)
Chicago: the newspaper, 1973. Single issue of the underground GI movement publication, tabloid format newspaper, 16p., worn, evenly toned, address label on front wrap, small tear on page 6 with no loss of text else good condition. Masthead emblem is a raised fist punching through the top of a tent..... More
Cat.No: 242820