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 AFL-CIO Platform Proposals. Presented to the Democratic and Republican...
Washington DC: AFL-CIO, 1976. Pamphlet. 62p., stapled wraps, 8.25x11 inches, vertically creased, rear wrap unevenly toned, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 283396
Afrikan awakener: an organ of the Pan Afrikan Peoples' Organization...
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....
Oakland: Black United Front, 1980. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch leaflet for the event, light handling wear else very good condition. "Hail the people's victory of Zimbabwe, continue the struggle." Cartoon showing Apartheid being overcome. More
Cat.No: 42749
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
After the revolution: who rules? A socialist critique of the...
Palo Alto, CA: New York Labor News, 1978. Pamphlet. 39p., staplebound booklet, covers scuffed with minor stains. More
Cat.No: 276359
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 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 Fredy Perlman's Black & Red publications. More
Cat.No: 235032
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...
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
Agreement between Beverly Enterprises D.B.A. Forestdale Health Care Center, Foresdale...
Birmingham, AL: 1987. 21p., staplebound booklet, very good. More
Cat.No: 244147
Agreement between the New York Central Railroad Company, the Grand...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Birmingham, AL: 1983. 20p., staplebound booklet, very good. More
Cat.No: 244146
AIM: the American Independent Movement newsletter. Vol. 4 no. 9...
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
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
The Alarm, no. 8, Summer 1981: Péret
San Francisco: F.O.R. Organizing Committee in the U.S., 1981. Pamphlet. 28p., staplebound pamphlet format, 6.75x8.5 inches, very good condition. On French Surrealist, Trotskyist, and Spanish Civil War veteran Benjamin Péret. More
Cat.No: 254688
Alarm: A Voice of Northeast Earth First!; Number four, autumnal...
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...
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 condition. Includes coverage of Native American land sovereignty issues and the Queer Pride parade in Burlington. More
Cat.No: 241404
Albania: Laboratory of Subversion
Santa Cruz: Quiver Distro, 2006. Pamphlet. 34p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good zine. Pirated from the 2000 Elephant Editions version, itself a translation of a 1999 Italian pamphlet. "In Albania, just a few years ago, a sudden explosion of popular rage eloquently demonstrated that the State only persists thanks..... More
Cat.No: 286792
Albatross: an intercollegiate magazine of student letters. Volume 1, no...
Swarthmore, PA: Albatross, 1961. 10p., staplebound booklet, minor toning and handling. Stapled inside the front cover is a dittoed note that begins, "Dear friends, We have been given your name as a leader of the Southern sit-in movement. Our magazine wants to print letters from sit-in students so that we..... More
Cat.No: 249893
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
Red neck
Coleman, McAlister and Stephen Raushenbush
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