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 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
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
Cat.No: 228913
Almanacco sociale illustrato per l'anno 1925
Milano: Casa editrice sociale, 1924. 112p., slender paperback, some pages roughly opened at top, mild handling wear, otherwise very good. Essays and commentary from a libertarian socialist perspective. Includes an Italian translation of Upton Sinclair's one-act play, Jim Faraday. More
Cat.No: 257214
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, lightly worn, rear wrap soiled else very good condition with addendum sheet laid in. Program for an education symposium at the parent-cooperative alternative school. More
Cat.No: 184002
The Alternative in brief: a summary of Forging Peace, the Challenge of Central America
Washington DC: PACCA/Policy Alternatives for the Caribbean and Central America, 1987. 12p., staplebound pamphlet, staples rusted else very good condition. A summarized version of Richard Fagen's critique of US policy toward Latin America. More
Cat.No: 238719
An alternative media brochure.
Oakland: Vocations for Social Change, [1973-?]. [16p] brochure in folded tabloid newspaper format, illus., toned, otherwise very good. "The alternative culture is getting it together! Plug into the Movement! Read this rag!" Compendium of full-page ads for fourteen alternative media sources, such as Off Our Backs, Issues in Radical Therapy..... More
Cat.No: 180890
Alternative Natural Foods Cooperative [handbill]
n.p. the Cooperative, [ca. 1969]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, date penned in corner. Outlines the goals and function of a proposed organic co-op. More
Cat.No: 242715
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, evenly toned 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
Cat.No: 176836
The Alternative Orange: an alternative student newspaper [seven issues]
Syracuse, NY: 1991-94. Seven issues of the radical tabloid put out by students at Syracuse University, printed on high-quality paper, all with horizontal fold. Numbers present are vol. 1 no. 3, vol. 2 nos. 2, 3 and 5, vol. 3 nos. 1-3. Topics range from campus activism to polemics on..... More
Cat.No: 239438
The Alternative Orange: an alternative student newspaper [three issues]
Syracuse, NY: 1993-94. Three issues of the radical tabloid put out by students at Syracuse University, printed on high-quality paper, all with horizontal fold, number 2 with a crinkled cover. Numbers present are vol. 3 nos. 1-3. Topics range from campus activism to polemics on Marxism and queer liberation. More
Cat.No: 239439
Alternative to Alienation. No. 7 (March-April 1976)
Toronto: 1976. 23p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, paper toned, minor wear. Includes a piece on "Mysticism, fascism, and the need for transcendence," Bob Dylan's music as a tool for getting back in touch with men's alienated feminine sides, and a three-page piece on fighting homophobia. More
Cat.No: 239436
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, slightly misfolded else good condition. 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..... More
Cat.No: 206731
Alternative. "The news you won't read anywhere else." (three issues)
Alpine, CA: 1993-1994. Three issues of the progressive community newspaper from the San Diego area, vol. 1 nos. 2 and 6, and volume 2 no. 4. Friendly coverage of the Peace and Freedom Party; the editor (Jeff Archer) was a local officer in P&F. Includes articles critical of the invasion..... More
Cat.No: 239447
Alternative. "The news you won't read anywhere else." Vol. 1 no. 6 (July 30, 1993)
Alpine, CA: 1993. 20p., single issue of the progressive community newspaper from the San Diego area. Horizontal fold, mild toning. Friendly coverage of the Peace and Freedom Party; the editor (Jeff Archer) was a local officer in P&F. Includes an Arabic-language section. More
Cat.No: 239448
Alternative. Journal of the Peace and Freedom Party. Vol. 1 no. 1 (October 1972)
San Louis Obispo, CA: Peace and Freedom Party, 1972. 4p., tabloid newspaper format, some damp staining at lower right. First issue of the newspaper, with articles on the presidential campaign of Benjamin Spock, the trial of Gary Lawton, the Union of Vietnamese in the United States, and more. More
Cat.No: 199563
America is a Democracy Only as Long as it Represents the Will of the People [poster]
Berkeley: Kamakazi Design Group, [1970]. 17.5x22.5 inch poster, very good, Design is adapted from an iconic photo of a Jewish family being rounded up in Nazi Germany. Text below lists thirteen "things YOU can do" to resist the Vietnam War. More
Cat.No: 237122
America's Aging Workforce, A Travelers Symposium. A Monograph of Proceedings from a Leadership Symposium, Houston, Texas February 26-28, 1986
Hartford CT: The Travelers Company, 1986. Paperback. 86p., softbound, 9x5.5 inch paperback printed on alkaline glazed paperstock, chapter heads and captions rubricated throughout, an expensive production in very good condition: sound, clean, unmarked. Laid in is a two-page News Release on Travelers letterhead announcing the release of this very booklet..... More
Cat.No: 233306
America's New Opportunities in World Trade: Report of The Committee on International Policy of the National Planning Association
Washington DC: National Planning Association, 1944. iv, 79p., stapled wraps, 5 x 7.5 inches, wraps worn and soiled else very good condition. Planning Pamphlets Nos. 37-38. More
Cat.No: 255280
The American anti-socialist. A monthly magazine published at Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, editor and publisher [Nos. 1-6, complete run]
Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, 1912-14. All six issues of the slender journal, no. 2 with a stain at upper left, some with rust at staples, otherwise very good. Later subtitle is "An organ of Jeffersonian democracy." The individualist anarchist editor adopts a more classically conservative perspective on such issues..... More
Cat.No: 15565
The American anti-socialist. A monthly magazine published at Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, editor and publisher [Nos. 1-6, complete run]
Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, 1912-14. All six issues of the slender journal, formerly bound in a larger volume, now disbound but the six issues still sewn and glued together at spine. Later subtitle is "An organ of Jeffersonian democracy." The individualist anarchist editor adopts a more classically conservative perspective..... More
Cat.No: 257206
The American anti-socialist. A monthly magazine published at Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, editor and publisher. No. 1
Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, 1912. First issue of the slender journal, 16p., blank margins of front and back pages have silverfish holes, but text complete; a reading copy. This issue contains essays reprinted from other authors including A.J. Balfour, former British Prime Minister, alleging fallacies and self-defeating weaknesses of..... More
Cat.No: 257440
The American anti-socialist. An organ of Jeffersonian democracy published at Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, editor and publisher. No. 6
Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, 1914. Last issue of the slender journal, 16p., crinkled with a piece torn out of the margin on the front cover (no text loss), staple rusted, a reading copy. The individualist anarchist editor adopts a more classically conservative perspective on such issues as inheritance taxes..... More
Cat.No: 257207
American appeal, volumes 1-2, 1920 - 1921 to volumes 7-8, 1926-1927. Introduction to the Greenwood reprint by James Gilbert
New York: Greenwood Reprint Corporation, 1968. Four volumes, in uniform blue cloth. three volumes are 8.5x11 inches, the fourth is 18.5x23 inches. Very good hardcover reprint set of the complete run. Original title of the magazine was The Socialist World. Radical periodicals in the United States, 1890-1960. First series. Socialist..... More
Cat.No: 119553
American Communist. Organ of the American Communist Movement. Vol. II no. 1 (Jan-Feb. 1970)
Oakland, CA: American Communist Movement, 1970. 8 p. tabloid format newspaper, creased from folding, evenly toned. Includes an anti-gun control article, warning that it's a way to disarm the working class. More
Cat.No: 222593
American dissidents say: Protest repression in Russia [handbill]
San Francisco: Institute for the Study of Nonviolence; International Socialists, Socialist Party of San Francisco, Socialists for Independent Politics, War Resisters' League West, Democratic Socialists Organizing Committee, [1979]. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet, printed one side, edgeworn with small closed tears. Also included is a two-paragraph leflet from 1973 also calling..... More
Cat.No: 167712