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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Cat.No: 200317
Against Sleep and Nightmare, No. 2
Oakland: ASAN, [1992?]. Magazine. 29p., stapled wraps, 8.25x10.75 inches, illus., wraps slightly worn, rear wrap foxed, else 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
Cat.No: 237593
Against Sleep and Nightmare, No. 2
Oakland: ASAN, [1992?]. Magazine. 29p., stapled wraps, 8.25x10.75 inches, illus., wraps slightly worn, stain on front wrap, rear wrap soiled, stained, and unevenly toned, else 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..... More
Cat.No: 237594
Against Sleep and Nightmare, No. 3
Oakland: ASAN, [1990s]. Magazine. 29p., 8.25x10.75 inches, illus., pages slightly toned 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
Cat.No: 235032
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
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
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
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
Cat.No: 211956
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
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
Cat.No: 199572
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], staplebound pamphlet format, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 236889
Alarm: A Voice of Northeast Earth First!; Number four, autumnal equinox 92
Burlington, VT: Northeast Earth First! 1992. 24p., stapled wraps, 8.5 x 11 inches, lightly worn else very good condition. Theme of the issue is "500 Years of Resistance", marking the 500th anniversary of Colombus's arrival in the Americas and celebrating Native American resistance. More
Cat.No: 241403
Alarm: A Voice of Revolutionary Ecology Number eight, autumnal equinox '93
Burlington, VT: Northeast Earth First! 1993. 24p., stapled wraps, 8.5 x 11 inches, partially peeled-off address label on rear wrap, front wrap lightly foxed else good conditoin. Includes coverage of Native American land sovereignty issues and the Queer Pride parade in Burlington. More
Cat.No: 241404
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
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
Cat.No: 160597
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
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
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
Cat.No: 221993