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.
Berkeley Tribe: vol. 1, #8 (#8), Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 1969...
Berkeley, CA: Red Mountain Tribe, 1969. Newspaper. 28p. tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, lightly edgeworn, else very good condition. Early issue of the underground paper put out by the former staff of the Berkeley Barb. Reprints police strategy documents outlining plans for attacking Black Panther headquarters. More
Cat.No: 280763
Berkeley Tribe: vol. 5, #24 (#104), July 16-27, 1971
Berkeley, CA: Red Mountain Tribe, Inc., 1971. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, pages evenly toned. Cover story and centerfold on a strike by Pacific Bell workers. More
Cat.No: 277536
Bethlehem review; a bulletin for the employees of the Subsidiary...
Bethlehem, PA: Bethlehem Steel, 1940-1941. Newsletter. Two newsletters, 8.5x11 inches; photos., no. 39 spine is slightly rolled, light pink pencil notation on front wraps of both, otherwise the magazines are in very good condition. Present: No. 38 (August, 1940) and No. 39 (March, 1941). Before the U.S. entered World War..... More
Cat.No: 309541
The Beverly Stash presents: On Guard. Issue no. 10
[Beverly Hills, CA]: the underground newsletter, 1970. Single issue of the underground high school paper, mimeographed in wraps, staplebound, 7x8.5 inches, very good. Cover depict Nixon removing his mask to reveal Hitler. Discussion of school administration and events; text indicates that the group publishing it broke into the high school..... More
Cat.No: 195029
Beyond socialist feminism: where do we go from here?
Detroit: Alternatives, 1976. Pamphlet. 27p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps toned, soiled, and stained, rubberstamp of the Committee for Human Development on rear wrap. More
Cat.No: 234106
Bibliography on the Communist problem in the United States
New York: The Fund for the Republic, 1955. Hardcover. xiii, 474p., 8.5x11.25 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 33339
Biennial Report of the Railroad Brotherhoods State Legislative Board, 1921...
St. Paul: [Railroad Brotherhoods State Legislative Board], 1921. Pamphlet. 38p., stapled wraps, 4x7 inches, fold-out voting chart, wraps lightly worn, touch of rust to staples, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 286696
Biennial Report of the Railroad Brotherhoods State Legislative Board, 1923...
St. Paul: [Railroad Brotherhoods State Legislative Board], 1923. Pamphlet. 31p., stapled wraps, 4x7 inches, fold-out voting chart, wraps lightly worn, top corner dog-eared, touch of rust to staples, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 286697
Biennial Report of the Railroad Brotherhoods State Legislative Board, 1925...
St. Paul: [Railroad Brotherhoods State Legislative Board], 1925. Pamphlet. 32p., stapled wraps, 4x7 inches, fold-out voting chart, wraps lightly worn, bottom corner of rear wrap dog-eared, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 286698
Biennial Report of the Railroad Brotherhoods State Legislative Board, 1927...
St. Paul: The Minnesota Union Advocate, 1927. Pamphlet. 95p., stapled wraps, 4.5x7.5 inches, small ink stain on front wrap, pencil marks on one page else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 286693
Biennial Report of the Railroad Brotherhoods State Legislative Board, 1927...
St. Paul: The Minnesota Union Advocate, 1927. Pamphlet. 95p., stapled wraps, 4.5x7.5 inches, top corner dog-eared, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 286695
Big blue books catalog
Girard, KS: Little Blue Book Co., n.d. Pamphlet. 62p., staplebound booklet, paper toned, otherwise very good. Relatively late, perhaps 1950s. More
Cat.No: 243588
The big idea [two issues]
Pittsburgh, PA: The Big Idea Bookstore, 2021-2022. Newsletter. Issues 1 (December 2021) and 2 (March 2022) of the semi-monthly publication by a bookstore based in Pittsburgh; color illus., in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 316987
The Big Lie Revived: What is really behind the shouting...
Los Angeles: Morning Freiheit, [1952]. Handbill. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet, printed one side, light edgewear, creased from being folded in half else very good condition. None in OCLC as of 9/2020. Published in connection with the Slánský trial in Prague, arguing against accusations that it was an anti-Semitic show trial..... More
Cat.No: 136168
Big Muddy Gazette: vol. 4, #1-4 & 9,Sept.-Dec. 1971 &...
Carbondale: Big Muddy Gazette, 1971. Newspaper. five issues, various pagination, folded tabloid underground newspaper, heavy wear and chipping, handwritten address Red Eye Media and stamped Exchange, articles, opinion, poetry, events, good on newsprint. The death of George Jackson cover story on issue #1. Trial of the Carbondale 6. Gay Liberation..... More
Cat.No: 298288
"The biggest threat to the orderly conduct of business...is people-the...
Los Angeles: National Committee Against Repressive Legislation, [1970]. Pamphlet. [12]p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, date in blue pencil on front wrap, else very good condition. Lists repressive laws and which politicians voted for and against them. The committee was previously called the National Committee to Abolish HUAC/HISC. More
Cat.No: 288935
Bikes not Bombs campaign update [5 issues]
Washington DC: Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, 1987-1990. Five issues of the tabloid-format newspaper, horizontally folded, unevenly toned, with old address labels. Issues present are Summer/Fall and Winter 1987, 1988, 199, and 1990. The main focus of the group was to send bicycles to Nicaragua and encourage a self-sufficient..... More
Cat.No: 268362
Bill 33 is Vicious! It threatens the freedom and securty...
Vancouver: n.pub. [1968]. 8.5x11 inch brochure, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. Opposes the bill as a threat to unions and the right to strike. More
Cat.No: 202331
Bill 42 aims to "muzzle" labor
Vancouver: Communist Party of Canada, BC Provincial Committee, [1961]. Pamphlet. Four-panel brochure, 6x9.5 inches, front wrap lightly toned along top edge else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 201908
Bill Marcy and Old Man Utilities team up again: "But...
Buffalo, NY: [Democratic Party, Erie County], [1935]. Single sheet folded to make 4-panel brochure, approx. 5x7 inches, with cartoon by George Diestel on cover, evenly browned else very good condition. Date 1935 penned at edge of cover. Not found in OCLC as of 4/2021. Accuses Republican Assembly campaign of being..... More
Cat.No: 145262
Bingham: not guilty / The Full Story [screenprint poster]
Palo Alto, CA: Friends of Stephen Bingham, [1986]. Poster. 17x22.5 inch poster, tiny pinholes at corners, otherwise very good. Bingham, a civil rights attorney, was tried in 1986 on charges of having smuggled a pistol inside a tape recorder to aid in George Jackson's attempted escape from San Quentin in..... More
Cat.No: 278462
Black & Red no. 4 (Christmas 1968)
Kalamazoo: Black & Red, 1968. Pamphlet. 56p., staplebound booklet format, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. Includes "It is not enough for thought to seek its realisation in practice: practice must seek its theory" by the Situationist International. More
Cat.No: 318376
Black history and the class struggle
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1990. 16p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, evenly toned else very good on newsprint. 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
Red neck
Coleman, McAlister and Stephen Raushenbush
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