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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![The Advocate [eight issues]](/pictures/thumb/181872.jpg?v=1508127044)
The Advocate [eight issues]
New York: American Veterans Committee, Berkeley Chapter #1, 1946-47. 8 issues of the mimeographed 8.5x11 inch newsletter published by the Berkeley chapter of the left-wing veterans' group; all from before the AVC's expulsion of communists in 1948. Issues present are vol. 1 nos. 4-6, 12-15, 17. Three or four pages... More about The Advocate [eight issues]
Cat.No: 181872
AFL-CIO news. Vols. 1-6 (1956-1961)
Washington: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1956-61. Six large hardcover volumes containing the first six years of the union's tabloid-format newspaper, though note that vol. 1 begins with issue 5. Generally very good, with some crunching of edges on vol. 1 and a "magazine" section of... More about AFL-CIO news. Vols. 1-6 (1956-1961)
Cat.No: 156940
African American History Month. Special issue of Dynamic, February-March 1990
New York: Young Communist League, 1990. 15p., newsprint magazine. Official bimonthly publication of the YCL junior branch of the CPUSA. Articles in this issue include Michael McGarry on the 30th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins, a review of the movie "Glory," and unrelated pieces such as Jim Badger on the... More about African American History Month. Special issue of Dynamic, February-March 1990
Cat.No: 123322
The African World. Vol. III No. 16. Saturday, June 30, 1973
Greensboro, NC: Student Organization for Black Unity [later Youth Organization for Black Unity], 1973. Newspaper. The tabloid format newspaper, 16p. pages toned, minor wear. News from a Panafrican perspective. In addition to much Africa related news, on page 5 find a story headlined "Black GI Fined: Would not rise for... More about The African World. Vol. III No. 16. Saturday, June 30, 1973
Cat.No: 181656
Afrikan awakener: an organ of the Pan Afrikan Peoples' Organization. Vol. 3, no. 22 (July/August 1978)
San Francisco: Patrice Lumumba Publishers, 1978. 12p., tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned with minor wear. Nathan Hare on the Psychology of the Black Revolution, cover story on the Bakke case, unity program for a British Pan-Afrikan group, and more. More about Afrikan awakener: an organ of the Pan Afrikan Peoples' Organization. Vol. 3, no. 22 (July/August...
Cat.No: 195027
Afrikan liberation day '80; Saturday May 24, 10 A M, this year at: Arroyo Park, Bancroft and 73rd Ave., Oakland, California
Oakland: Black United Front, 1980. 8.5x11 inch leaflet for the event. "Hail the people's victory of Zimbabwe, continue the struggle." Cartoon showing Apartheid being overcome. More about Afrikan liberation day '80; Saturday May 24, 10 A M, this year at: Arroyo Park, Bancroft and 73rd...
Cat.No: 42749
After the August putsch, where is the USSR going?
Detroit: Labor Publications, 1991. 40p., 5.25x8.25 inches, 11 pages of backstock, very good pamphlet in stapled pictorial wraps. Contents: The lessons of the August putsch and the tasks before the Soviet working class, statement by the International Committee of the Fourth International [and] Trotskyism vindicated: the collapse of Stalinism and... More about After the August putsch, where is the USSR going?
Cat.No: 46998
Aftermath of Jarvis-Gann: What's it all about?
[Bay Area, CA]: California Labor-Community Coalition, [197-]. Four-panel brochure, 7x8.5 inches, very good. On the effects of Prop. 13 on working people. More about Aftermath of Jarvis-Gann: What's it all about?
Cat.No: 204815
Against gender! Against society!
n.p. ninjabikeslut, [201-]. Four-panel brochure, very good. Brief essay arguing for the abolition of gender and destruction of society. "Combinations of gender, race, trans*-ness/cis-ness of gender and myriad of other factors, create subject-positions where it is possible to both oppress and be oppressed..." More about Against gender! Against society!
Cat.No: 200317
Against Racism: Newsletter of the Anti-Racism Literature Project. Vol. 5 no. 4/5 (July-Nov. 1988)
Brooklyn, NY: Anti-Racism Literature Project, 1988. 30p., staplebound wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, light handling wear with a small discolored spot on front cover. Updates on anti-racist organizing, including the group SOS Racism. Includes an analysis of the Tawana Brawley case declaring it to be a fabrication and characterizing Al Sharpton as... More about Against Racism: Newsletter of the Anti-Racism Literature Project. Vol. 5 no. 4/5 (July-Nov. 1988)
Cat.No: 193743
Against Sleep and Nightmare, No. 4
Oakland: ASAN, [1992?]. Magazine. 29p., 8.25x10.75 inches, illus., some rust to staples, else very good condition. One man anonymous ultra-left zine published out of Oakland in the '80s and '90s. Influenced by perspectives of the Situationists and Freddy Perlman's Black & Red publications. More about Against Sleep and Nightmare, No. 4
Cat.No: 234997
Agreement Governing Hours of Service and Working Conditions between The Western Pacific Railroad Company and All That Class of Clerical, Office, Station and Storehouse Employes Represented by the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes and TC Division of BRAC. Effective December 16, 1943, Revised August 1, 1975
no city: [associated Railroad Brotherhoods], 1975 [date from cover]. Paperback. 192p., small stiff booklet under 6.5x4 inch printed cover sheets fastened with slot-headed aluminum bolts. A clean sound unmarked copy. Title page concludes with a non-discrimination statement. More about Agreement Governing Hours of Service and Working Conditions between The Western Pacific Railroad...
Cat.No: 227571
Agreement, 1968-1971: San Francisco-Oakland Newspaper Guild and San Francisco Newspaper Publishers Association
San Francisco: American Newspaper Guild. Local 52, 1968. 45p., staplebound booklet, very good. More about Agreement, 1968-1971: San Francisco-Oakland Newspaper Guild and San Francisco Newspaper...
Cat.No: 224334
Agreement: Hotel Employers Association of San Francisco and San Francisco Local Joint Executive Board of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union, AFL-CIO [and] Apartment, Motel, Hotel and Elevator Operators Union, Local 14 of BSEIU. Effective July 1, 1964
San Francisco: the unions, 1964. 57p., staplebound booklet, evenly toned, otherwise very good. More about Agreement: Hotel Employers Association of San Francisco and San Francisco Local Joint Executive...
Cat.No: 211956
![AIM: Bulletin of the American Independent Movement [23 issues]](/pictures/thumb/225856.jpg?v=1528938415)
AIM: Bulletin of the American Independent Movement [23 issues]
New Haven: AIM, 1969-1970. Twenty-three issues of the 8.5x11 inch bulletin (later called a newsletter, but in the same format). Very good. Issues present are vol. 4 nos. 1, 2, 4, 6-9, 11-17, 19, 20 (misnumbered 19), 21-23; vol. 5 nos. 1-5. Includes much coverage of local activism, including at... More about AIM: Bulletin of the American Independent Movement [23 issues]
Cat.No: 225856
The Alarm, no. 3, June 1980. The Natalia Trotsky papers
San Francisco: F.O.R. Organizing Committee in the U.S., 1980. Pamphlet. 11, [i], wraps, not stapled, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. More about The Alarm, no. 3, June 1980. The Natalia Trotsky papers
Cat.No: 199572
![Albuquerque Today and Tomorrow [handbill]](/pictures/thumb/166535.jpg?v=1508127020)
Albuquerque Today and Tomorrow [handbill]
Albuquergue, NM: AT&T, 1971. Single 8.5x14 inch sheet, mimeographed one side, introducing the group's three candidates for City Commission, Gary Cook Mahan, Jim Greer, and Lynn Burlbaw. Mahan had co-founded the Independent New Mexican Party with John Salazar. More about Albuquerque Today and Tomorrow [handbill]
Cat.No: 166535
All Africa is standing up! Reprints from Peking Review
Berkeley: Yenan Books, [1976-?]. 44p., wraps foxed and lightly edgeworn, 8.55x11 inches. Yenan Series no. 5. Maoist positions on African revolutionary movements. More about All Africa is standing up! Reprints from Peking Review
Cat.No: 160597
![All out to stop the KKK! [poster]](/pictures/thumb/185389.jpg?v=1536019846)
All out to stop the KKK! [poster]
Philadelphia: November 5 Mobilization to Stop the KKK in Philadelphia, [1988]. 20x26 inch poster, very good, stylized image of klansmen with burning cross. The Spartacist League played a behind-the-scenes leadership role in the Mobilization. More about All out to stop the KKK! [poster]
Cat.No: 185389
All's Fare
San Francisco: Auto-Graphics, [197-]. [8p., including covers], very good in staplebound wraps. Pro-Situ tract. Not found in OCLC as of July 2016. More about All's Fare
Cat.No: 207062
The Alliance. Newsletter of the San Francisco Taxicab Drivers Alliance. Vol. 1 issue 2 (May 10, 1984)
San Francisco: the Alliance, 1984. 4p., 8.5x11 inches, light handling wear, very good. Main story is on efforts to restrict the number of cabs permitted in San Francisco. "We believe that the taxi-using public is behind us in our fight to stop the new permits..." More about The Alliance. Newsletter of the San Francisco Taxicab Drivers Alliance. Vol. 1 issue 2 (May 10,...
Cat.No: 221993
Allowable Area of Thought for the Naturalized Citizen
New York: American Comittee for Protection of Foreign Born, 1943. Pamphlet. Reprinted from Lawyers Guild Review, Volume 3 No. 4, July-August, 1943. Single sheet folded to make 4 pages, musty, creased in middle from folding, rear wrap slightly soiled, a reading copy only. On the case of William Schneiderman, whose... More about Allowable Area of Thought for the Naturalized Citizen
Cat.No: 228913
Alternative Education 1973 - Rivendell
Palo Alto, CA: Rivendell, 1973. [13p.], 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at left, silkscreened pictorial cover in black and blue inks on yellow paperstock; addendum sheet laid in. Program for an education symposium at the parent-cooperative alternative school. More about Alternative Education 1973 - Rivendell
Cat.No: 184002
The Alternative newspaper vol. 1, no. 10, week of May 10-16: May Day at BFI
Santa Barbara: Associated Students and Press Council, UC Santa Barbara, 1976. Newspaper. 12p. folded tabloid newspaper illustrated with b&w photos, mild toning otherwise very good. Report on the strike against BFI and accompanying rally, march and protests. Photos of police actions and marchers. Cesar Chavez article. Jane Fonda article and..... More about The Alternative newspaper vol. 1, no. 10, week of May 10-16: May Day at BFI
Cat.No: 176836
Alternative, Journal of the Peace and Freedom Party. Vol. 1 no. 2 (Nov. 1972)
San Louis Obispo, CA: Peace and Freedom Party, 1972. Newspaper. 4p., tabloid newspaper format, horizontal fold crease, toned, especially at spine. Second issue of the newspaper, with articles on the presidential campaign of Benjamin Spock ("Spock Charges Nixon Opportunist"), report on Women's Conference, La Raza on the ballot, Ord fragging... More about Alternative, Journal of the Peace and Freedom Party. Vol. 1 no. 2 (Nov. 1972)
Cat.No: 206731