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 Convention. October 23-26, 1995. New York City
New York: AFL-CIO, 1995. Cardboard Covers. Double cardstock folder with facing pockets, 11x9 inches folded, one pocket containing an oversize paperbound of 227p with color vignette chapter heads, the opposite pocket holding an 8.5x5.5 inch booklet labelled "1995 Resolutions, Book One", and a flyer (described below). The folder is wrinkled..... More
Cat.No: 257562
African People's Solidarity Day [poster]
Oakland, CA: African People's Solidarity Committee, 1992. 11x17 inch poster. horizontal fold crease, otherwise very good. Announcement for a rally, with speakers including Omali Yeshitela, Dolores Huerta, Fred Hampton's widow Akua Njeri, and others. More
Cat.No: 271215
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
AFSCME Officers Manual: Information for local union officers
Washington DC: American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, [1972-1981]. Pamphlet. 27p., stapled wraps, 8.5x9 inches, staples rusted else very good condition. Dated from the union's leadership at the time (Jerry Wurf, International President and William Lucy, International Secretary-Treasurer). More
Cat.No: 259202
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 education: the abolition of school
n.p. 1999. [11p], 5.5x8.5 inches, very good first edition booklet of folded sheets in plain white wraps printed with black text. Anonymous anarchist anti-organized education pamphlet. Argues that education is a tool of mind control, and that the public library is a far more effective learning resource than a university..... More
Cat.No: 130515
Against right opportunism in the analysis of the principal contradiction: criticism of In Struggle!'s position
Montreal: Canadian Communist League (Marxist-Leninist), 1976. 28p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. More
Cat.No: 269154
Against Sleep and Nightmare [6 issues]
Oakland: ASAN, [ca. 1990-2001]. Magazine. Six issues of the 8.5x11 inch staplebound zine, some with handling wear or soil, some rust to staples, decent reading copies. Issues present are numbers 2-7. One man anonymous ultra-left zine published out of Oakland in the '80s and '90s. Influenced by perspectives of the..... More
Cat.No: 258627
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
Against Sleep and Nightmare, No. 5
Oakland: ASAN, [1990s]. Magazine. 29p., 8.25x10.75 inches, illus., wraps creased 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: 235033
Against the Student Mobilization Committee's Strike and against the Student Mobilization Committee
New York: [Progressive Labor Party], [1967]. 3p., 8.5x14 inches; mimeographed sheets stapled together at corner, mild toning and edgewear. Document issued by five Queens activists, mostly affiliated with SDS or Progressive Labor, protesting the SMC as dominated by Du Bois Club and YSA members, and urging the reader to "resist..... More
Cat.No: 253284
Against war and fascism: the anarchist view [leaflet]
Chicago: South Side Libertarian Group, University of Chicago Libertarian Group, [1934]. 5.5x8.5 inch sheet printed one side; small stain at edge, year penned at bottom. Neatly fold-creased; one of the creases has some splitting at the left and right edges. Outlines a position opposing fascism but refusing to aid any..... More
Cat.No: 260506
Agreement between Beverly Enterprises D.B.A. Forestdale Health Care Center, Foresdale, Alabama, and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1657, AFL-CIO
Birmingham, AL: 1987. 21p., staplebound booklet, very good. More
Cat.No: 244147
Agreement between the International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW-CIO, Local no. 72 and the Nash Division of the Nash-Kelvinator Corp.
Kenosha, WI: UAW - CIO, 1951. 56p., staplebound booklet, very good. More
Cat.No: 247682
Agreement between the New York Central Railroad Company, the Grand Central Terminal, and the employes [sic] thereon represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
New York: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, 1946. 49p., pocketbook with stiff covers, very good. More
Cat.No: 244149
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, 3.75x5.5 inches, staples rusted, pages evenly toned, otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 211956
Agreement: United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1657, AFL-CIO, and Big "B" Drug Stores, Inc.
Birmingham, AL: 1983. 20p., staplebound booklet, very good. More
Cat.No: 244146
AIM: the American Independent Movement newsletter. Vol. 4 no. 9 (May 1, 1969)
New Haven: AIM, 1969. 19p., single issue of the 8.5x11 inch newsletter, very good. Includes much coverage of local activism; cover story on gentrification is headlined "In the 'new downtown' where will they go?" More
Cat.No: 244595
Air quality without disrupting jobs / Support the UAW amendment to the Clean Air Bill [poster]
n.p. United Automobile Workers National Cap Department, [1977]. 13x19 inch poster, upper corners creased. More
Cat.No: 255546
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