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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Black Eye (insurrection) no. 9
New York: the zine, [1990s]. [40]p., staplebound zine, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, illus., very good condition. Anarchist zine with articles Poll Tax riots in the UK, bike messengers, Tianamen Square, a comic by Jay Kinney, and more. More
Cat.No: 251775
Black history and the class struggle
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1990. 16p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, very good. Later printing of 1983 original. Black history and the class struggle 1. More
Cat.No: 139866
Black history and the class struggle
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1990. Pamphlet. 16p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, very good. Later printing of 1983 original. Black history and the class struggle 1. More
Cat.No: 238516
Black Liberation Month News. February '82
Chicago: Peoples College, 1982. 4p. tabloid newspaper format, horizontal fold, evenly toned, minor edgewear. The radical Panafricanist Peoples College, headed by Abdul Alkalimat, emphasized principles of unity among revolutionary forces in the US as well as in Africa. More
Cat.No: 239770
Black majority rule! End Apartheid! [pinback button]
[San Francisco]: Socialist Action, n.d. 2.25 inch diameter pin, very good. More
Cat.No: 268307
Black Raven, vol. 1 no. 6 (July 24, 1973). [cover title: Anarchy]
Stockton, CA: Woodstock Anarchist Party, 1973. Four-panel newsletter, very good, 8.5x11 inches. This issue mostly consists of the "Black Raven declaration of principles (or non-principles)." More
Cat.No: 214318
Black Rose: Journal of Contemporary Anarchism; No. 2, Spring 1975
Somerville, MA: Black Rose Collective, 1975. Paperback. The second and final issue of the short-lived anarchist journal, 120p., wraps, 5.25x8.75 inches, very good condition. Not to be confused with the journal of the same name published by Black Rose Lectures and Learning. Includes an interview with Esther and Sam Dolgoff..... More
Cat.No: 261230
Black Rose: Vol. 2 No. 5 (Spring 1980)
Boston, MA: Black Rose Lectures and Learning, 1980. Paperback. Single issue of the Anarchist journal of social critique, 56p., 7.5x6 inches, wraps lightly worn, staples rusted else very good condition. Not to be confused with the journal of the same name published by the Black Rose Collective in Somerville. This..... More
Cat.No: 266269
Black Rose; No. 5 (Spring 1980)
Boston, MA: Black Rose Lectures and Learning, 1980. Single issue of the Anarchist journal of social critique, 56p., 7.5x6 inches, very good condition. Not to be confused with the journal of the same name published by the Black Rose Collective in Somerville. This issue includes Richard Mandel's "Politics of disease..... More
Cat.No: 264833
Black Rose; No. 6 (Summer 1980)
Boston, MA: Black Rose Lectures and Learning, 1980. Single issue of the Anarchist journal of social critique, [56p.], 7.5x6 inches, very good condition. Not to be confused with the journal of the same name published by the Black Rose Collective in Somerville. This issue largely devoted to poetry and artwork..... More
Cat.No: 266296
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Black Rose; [No. 1 & No. 2] Journal of Contemporary Anarchism
Somerville, MA: Black Rose Collective, 1974-75. Paperback. Two issues, constituting a full run of the short-lived Anarchist journal. 96p., 120p., wraps, No. 2 lightly water damaged else generally good condition. Not to be confused with the journal of the same name published by Black Rose Lectures and Learning. Authors include..... More
Cat.No: 257095
The Black Scholar, volume 5 number 3 (Nov. 1973)
Sausalito, CA: The Black World Foundation, 1973. 64p. staplebound magazine, 7x10 inches, wraps worn and creased, 1/4 inch tear on rear wrap else very good condition. Includes Ron Karenga's "Strategy for Struggle," articles by Shirley Graham DuBois on the Middle East, Robert Allen on China after the Cultural Revolution, and..... More
Cat.No: 257726
Black Seed: A Green Anarchist Journal; Issue 2, Fall 2014
Grand Rapids, MI: Black Seed, 2014. 30p., folded tabloid format, illus., lightly worn else very good condition on newsprint. Includes an interview with Klee Benally, an indigenous anarchist and activist for the protection of Indigenous sacred lands. More
Cat.No: 242111
Black Seed: A Green Anarchist Journal; Issue 3, Spring 2015
Grand Rapids, MI: Black Seed, 2015. 31p., folded tabloid format, illus., very good condition on newsprint. Includes an interview with Corina Gould, a Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone woman from Oakland who started the yearly Shellmound Walk, which brings attention to the history of shellmounds in the Bay Area, and the..... More
Cat.No: 242108
Black Star. Spring 1986
Tucson, AZ: J. Gallagher, 1986. One issue of the tabloid format anarchist newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned. Vol. 4 No. 1. Includes a centerfold article about the Vatican and fascism. More
Cat.No: 230394
The Blast, volumes 1-2, 1916-1917. With an introduction by Richard Drinnon
New York: Greenwood Reprint Corp. 1968. Hardcover. 2 volumes in one, various pagination, cloth-covered boards, illus., corners bumped else very good condition. Reprint of the San Francisco anarchist magazine edited by Alexander Berkman. Radical periodicals in the United States, 1890-1960, first series. More
Cat.No: 34929
Blazing Star: vol. 2, #1, July 1976: Blazing Star returns
Chicago: Blazing Star/NAM, 1976. [14p] 8.5x11 inch newsletter, illustrated with drawings and cartoons, features, opinion, ads, resources, lightly-toned on covers, sheets stapled top-left corner. Blazing Star was a lesbian/feminist chapter of the New American Movement established in Chicago. Stories on Gay Rights legislation, Lavender & Red Book review, lesbian mothers..... More
Cat.No: 211564
Blazing Star: vol. 4, #2, March 1978: Exclusive - Noble: I'm running for the Senate
Chicago: Blazing Star/NAM, 1978. Newspaper. 12p. folded tabloid newspaper, photos, features, opinion, ads, resources, heavily-toned on cover above the fold otherwise good on newsprint. Blazing Star was a lesbian/feminist chapter of the New American Movement established in Chicago. Above the fold story on Elaine Noble's bid for the Senate. Centerfold..... More
Cat.No: 208818
Block Bork [pinback button]
n.p. [1987]. 2.25 inch diameter pin depicting Robert Bork, nominated by Reagan for the Supreme Court, with a red bar across his face. More
Cat.No: 247901
Bob Avakian For the Liberation of Black People and the Emanicipation of All Humanity
npl: [Revolutionary Communist Party], 2020. Pamphlet. 28p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 271226
Bolivia: Communiqué from the E.L.N
Montreal: Center for Information on Latin America, 30 Sept. 1971. 3p., 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at upper left. Reaffirmation of armed struggle in the wake of a defeat at the hands of government forces. More
Cat.No: 163637
Bolivia: The Revolution, The "Fourth International" betrayed
New York: League for the Revolutionary Party (USA), n.d. 21p., very good in staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches. 1980s reprint of articles from the 1950s by the Vern-Ryan Tendency of the SWP. A Proletarian Revolution pamphlet. More
Cat.No: 134408
Book Union Bulletin [38 issues, plus two related items]
New York: Book Union, Inc., 1935-1939. Thirty-eight issues of the monthly bulletin, mostly four pages, size varying slightly but generally around 8.5x11 inches; most with creases from having been folded for mailing. This group, which belonged to Henry Hart (who was on the board of the Book Union, and who..... More
Cat.No: 243322
The boreal crown and the downfall of civilization
Sheboygan, WI: Enemy Combatant Publications, [201-]. 24p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. Places of publication given in Enemy Combatant productions are fictional. Essays on Charles Fourier by Hakim Bey, Don LaCoss, and others. More
Cat.No: 233679
Boston - Chicago / Stop Racist Attacks [pinback button]
n.p. SCAR [Student Conference Against Racism], n.d. 1.5 inch pin, black text on orange. More
Cat.No: 269207