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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CAR-Madison newsletter [four issues]
Middleton, WI: Committee Against Racism, 1974. Four issues of the mimeographed newsletter, for April 1, May, June, and July 15, 1974. Address on rear covers, formerly folded and stapled together for mailing, some closed edge tears. Group affiliated with Progressive Labor. Much of its work was campus-centered. More about CAR-Madison newsletter [four issues
Cat.No: 239421
Carmel-Presidio Walk: Will you join us? ... Support the twenty-seven Presidio "Mutineers" [handbill]
n.p. [1969]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, very good. From context it appears that it was issued in the Mid-Peninsula area, perhaps around Stanford. On a walk to show solidarity with the Presidio 27, outlining the events that followed the killing of Richard Bunch by a guard in the Army stockade. More about Carmel-Presidio Walk: Will you join us? ... Support the twenty-seven Presidio...
Cat.No: 233173
The case against the New York State Security Risk Law
New York: New York Civil Liberties Union, 1957. 11p., wraps, 4x9 inches. On an anticommunist law passed during the Korean War, due to expire in 1957. More about The case against the New York State Security Risk Law
Cat.No: 135808
The case of Puerto Rico; memorandum to the United Nations
New York: New Century Publishers, 1953. 16p., staplebound pamphlet, some foxing. Communist Party position. More about The case of Puerto Rico; memorandum to the United Nations
Cat.No: 20683
The case of Puerto Rico; memorandum to the United Nations
New York: New Century Publishers, 1953. 16p., staplebound pamphlet, wraps worn and soiled, else good condition. Communist Party position. More about The case of Puerto Rico; memorandum to the United Nations
Cat.No: 237763
The case of Puerto Rico; memorandum to the United Nations
New York: New Century Publishers, 1953. Pamphlet. 16p., previous owner's name on front wrap, minor creasing else good condition, 5x7.5 inches. Communist Party position. More about The case of Puerto Rico; memorandum to the United Nations
Cat.No: 239523
Cast me not off: testimony of Walter P. Reuther in support of the Forand Bill
Detroit: UAW Education Dept. 1960. 48p., staplebound pamphlet, light toning along spine, otherwise very good. More about Cast me not off: testimony of Walter P. Reuther in support of the Forand Bill
Cat.No: 210606
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 about Cat Free Press, [vol. 1, no. 1, 1970?
Cat.No: 232188
The catalyst volume I, number 5, February 1969
[Hayward, CA]: Southern Alameda County Econlomic Opportunity Agency, 1969. 8p. newspaper aimed at the low-income residents of southern Alameda County, central horizontal fold. More about The catalyst volume I, number 5, February 1969
Cat.No: 168971
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 about Catalyst. No. 3 (Summer 1967
Cat.No: 215428
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 about Catalyst: a socialist journal of the social sciences. [Nearly complete run, missing one issue
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 about The Catholic agitator; Vol. 1 no. 4 (April-May 1971
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 about Cease Fire Special. An Indochina Peace Campaign Report
Cat.No: 200266
Celebrate Freedom [pinback button]
n.p. n.d. 1.25 inch diameter pin, text emerging in a gap between stylized prison bars. More about Celebrate Freedom [pinback button
Cat.No: 202340
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 about Celebrate International Women's Day [handbill
Cat.No: 205407
Celebrate International Women's Day [handbill]
Oakland: Women's Day Committee, [1979]. 8.5x14 inch handbill, text in English one side, Spanish on the other, very good. More about Celebrate International Women's Day [handbill
Cat.No: 237304
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 about Celebrating - 27th anniversary: The People's World
Cat.No: 123458
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 about Celebrating 50 years of Gerald Holtom's symbol / '58-'08 [pinback button with peace symbol
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 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
A certain shepherd oppressed the sheep with cruel laws... [poster]
Chicago: Solidarity Bookshop c/o IWW, printed by Blake Graphics in Yellow Springs, [197-?]. 11x17 inch poster, pinholes at corners, some toning; depicts how a rewording of the rules placates gullible sheep (for example, "Sheep will be shorn and wool confiscated" is changed to "Citizens have the right to be free..... More about A certain shepherd oppressed the sheep with cruel laws... [poster
Cat.No: 241812
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
Change: a working woman's newspaper. Volume 1, No. 5, June 1971: Working Women Are Everywhere
San Francisco, CA: Change, 1971. Newspaper. 8p., folded tabloid newspaper, 8.75 x 11.75 inches, features, photos, comic strip, toned and worn, front wrap stained else good condition on newsprint. Articles on worker organizing at Standard Oil, welfare mothers, and more. More about Change: a working woman's newspaper. Volume 1, No. 5, June 1971: Working Women Are Everywhere
Cat.No: 240751