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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Bolshevik Revolution: No. 5 (August 1980)
New York: Bolshevik League of the United States, 1980. Single issue of the journal, 16p., very good in wraps, 8.5x11 inches. Includes a report on the Black United Front congress, a report on two "traitors" on the BL central committee being discovered and purged, and more. More
Cat.No: 177110
Bolshevik Revolution: No. 8 (Summer 1981)
New York: Bolshevik League of the United States, 1980. Paperback. Single issue of the journal, 269p., 5.5x8 inches, wraps, spine is beginning to deteriorate on the inside of cover wrap, cover wrap is smudged and soiled, price inked on inside title page, edge and shelf worn . Issued by "The..... More
Cat.No: 257491
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
Bound Together Newsletter #9
San Francisco, CA: Employee Theft Press, [1986]. Single issue of the zine-style journal published by employees of San Francisco's anarchist bookstore, Bound Together Books, [16]p., stapled wraps, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, very good condition. Articles on the California chapter of Earth First!, the Contras, and more. The penultimate issue of..... More
Cat.No: 256062
Bowditch Review [nos. 1 and 2]
Berkeley: Unitas, the Interseminary Council and the Campus Ministery Association, 1967. First two issues of the journal, missing the third and last issue; lightly worn staplebound wraps; 73 and 75 pages respectively. Anti-war radical Christian journal, with articles on going to prison for draft refusal, antiwar activism, the Vietnam Tribunal..... More
Cat.No: 199508
Bowditch Review. Summer-Fall 1967, No. 1
Berkeley: Unitas, the Interseminary Council and the Campus Ministry Association, 1967. Magazine. 73p., yellow staplebound wraps with some toning at edges, illus., second printing - revised edition, some toning to newsprint pages inside, bit of rust to staples, else very good. Anti-war radical student journal, nominally Christian, with articles on..... More
Cat.No: 239711
Bowl Nica-II [four items related to a bowling fundraiser for Sandinista construction]
New York: NY/Nicaragua Construction Brigade, [1986]. Four 8.5x11 inch handbills, including a two-sided announcement letter explaining the purpose of the fundraiser, a blank pledge sheet, a blank reply form, and a certificate with name filled in to commemorate participation, though the number of points is left blank. More
Cat.No: 210495
Boycott Campbell's condemned cream of exploitation soup; in support of Ohio Farm Workers [handbill]
Toledo, OH: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, [198-]. 8.5x11 inch leaflet with red, white and black graphic of Campbell's can, very good, printed both sides. Undated, but text on reverse refers to the soup as "Cream of Reaganomics." Invites the reader to an event featuring Jesse Jackson. More
Cat.No: 37385
Boycott Coors. Coors workers are on strike! Which side are you on? [poster]
n.p. [1977-?]. 17x22 inch poster, printed in red and black on white background, depicting defiant male and female workers connected to a lie detector machine while a malevolent-looking boss prepares to plug it in. The use of the lie detector for screening employees was one of the points of contention..... More
Cat.No: 151827
Boycott Eastern and Continental [handbill]
San Francisco: International Association of Machinists and Aerosace Workers, 1990. 8.5x11 inch handbill, printed both sides. Issued during the Machinists' strike against the airlines, asking the reader to join a picket line at San Francisco International Airport. More
Cat.No: 251408
Boycott Farah pants / A fresh wind blows across Texas [pinback button]
n.p. n.p., [197-]. 2.25 inch diameter pin, Chicano man and woman, very good. More
Cat.No: 259312
Boycott Farah pants / Viva la huelga [pinback button]
[California]: n.p., [1973-?]. 1.25 inch diameter pin, woman with raised fist, black text on yellow background. Very good. More
Cat.No: 200142
Boycott Farah pants / Viva la huelga [pinback button]
[California]: n.p., [1973-?]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, woman with raised fist, black text on yellow background. Very good. More
Cat.No: 204476
Boycott Farah pants / Viva la huelga [pinback button]
[California]: n.p., [1973-?]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, woman with raised fist, black text on mustard background. Very good. More
Cat.No: 229763
Boycott Gallo (pinback button)
n.p. [UFW], n.d. 1.5 inch diameter pin with UFW eagle and purple outline of wine bottle; union bug on edge indicates manufacture in East Bay. Very good. More
Cat.No: 132283
Boycott grapes [pinback button]
Hempstead, NY: Larry Fox, [197-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin with UFW eagle on orange field. More
Cat.No: 224149
Boycott Lucky's. Lucky's is Unfair! Please DO NOT Shop Lucky Stores
Oakland: 1992. Leafet printed on one side, 8.5 x 10 inches, mild wear at corners, leaflet prints a headline from 19 August 1992 Oakland Tribune newspaper announcing that Lucky Markets guilty of "widespread sex discrimination", union bug at bottom. The early 1990s were a rough time for Lucky Markets. There..... More
Cat.No: 172039
Boycott Morton: maker of nuclear weapons
Baltimore: Campaign for a Nuclear Free America, 1988. Six-panel brochure, with cover image a parody of a Morton salt advertisement (the girl is carrying a warhead). Receipt date penciled on an interior corner. Asks consumers to boycott Morton salt to protest the company's production of solid rocket boosters for missiles..... More
Cat.No: 250179
Boycott scab soda! (The real thing) [handbill]
San Francisco: Workers Action Movement, [1972]. 8.5x14 inch handbill, horizontal fold crease, printed one side, date penned in corner. Progressive Labor Party was the main group active in the Workers Action Movement. Asks the reader to support striking Teamster soft drink bottlers and drivers. More
Cat.No: 251364
Boycott War Toys [pinback button, together with "Don't buy war toys"]
New York: Stop War Toys Campaign; distributed by Donnelly/Colt, [199-]. 2.25 inch diameter pin, motif of breaking gun with a flower, very good. The smaller pin is made by Donnelly/Colt, without mention of the Campaign. More
Cat.No: 241441
Boycott, Baby, Boycott! [pinback button]
n.p. n.d. 1.5 inch diameter pin, metal reverse somewhat oxidized. This chant was used by supporters of the UFW grape boycott, but may also have had other applications. More
Cat.No: 235719
Brazilian Information Bulletin [3 issues]
Berkeley: American Friends of Brazil, 1972-1973. Three issues of the bulletin from 1972 to 1973. Issues present are Numbers 7, 9, and 11. 8.5 x 11 inches, 11, 19, and 19 p. respectively, illus., all with worn wraps, some soiling, Numbers 7 and 9 with rusted staples and 3 holes..... More
Cat.No: 242469
Bread & Puppet 2007 Museum Calendar
St. Johnsbury, VT: Silver Mountain Graphics, 2007. [24]p., stapled wraps, 8.25 x 10.75 inches, very good wall calendar illustrated with photos of puppets made by the Bread & Puppet theater. More
Cat.No: 255492
Bread and Roses Theatre presents 2 Chicago premieres: Performances by Little Flags Theatre from Boston in Fanshen by David Hare... Tania by Maxine Klein... [poster]
Chicago: Bread and Roses Theatre, [1977]. 11x17 inch poster, very good. More
Cat.No: 255535