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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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
Albatross: an intercollegiate magazine of student letters. Volume 1, no. 2 (February 1961)
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
Alert! Focus on Central America [four issues]
New York: Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, 1987-88. Four issues of the tabloid format newspaper, all with horizontal fold; otherwise very good. Issues present are vol. 5 nos. 1 and 2 and vol. 6 nos. 6 and 7. Coverage of US intervention in El Salvador and..... More
Cat.No: 255125
All out in support of the striking Kaiser workers. Join in the mass actions to help shut Kaiser down! [handbill]
Emeryville, CA: Marxist-Leninist Party, SF Bay Area Branch, 1986. 8.5x14 inch handbill, fold-creased, otherwise very good. Issued in support of the strike by SEIU Local 250, Lab Techs, and Optical Workers of SEIU Local 505. More
Cat.No: 249870
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 Seasons Park [pinback button]
Vancouver: Mfg. by Superior Stamp, [1972]. 1.5 inch diameter pin depicting a stylized tree. Some foxing in the field. Inspired by the earlier occupation at People's Park in Berkeley, local Yippie members in Vancouver set up a tent city at the entrance of Stanley Park to protest plans by the..... More
Cat.No: 267048
All the way with LBJ [pinback button]
n.p. [196-]. 1.25-inch diameter button, very good, pairing the sarcastic slogan with a mushroom cloud. This pin was recently included in an exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California and the consignor's original loan tag is still attached. More
Cat.No: 255654
All's Fare
San Francisco: Auto-Graphics, [1976]. Pamphlet. [8p., including covers], very good in staplebound wraps. Pro-Situ tract, written in the first person. Only two copies found in OCLC as of 4/2021. More
Cat.No: 207062
The Alliance. Campus Worker-Student Newspaper. Vol. 1 no. 1 (May 1970)
[San Francisco]: 1970. 5p., 8.5x14 inch mimeographed sheets stapled together at corner, fold crease, corner wear, red pen used to highlight parts of the masthead. From contents, it is apparent that this was issued by the PL incarnation of SDS at SF State University. Includes critique of treatment of campus..... More
Cat.No: 249900
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 della Rivoluzione, 1908
Paterson, NJ: Libreria Sociologica, 1907. 62, [ii, 4 p. catalog of other anarchist works from the same publisher], rear cover missing. Apparently the only issue published under this title. Includes articles about contemporary events, a calendar of historical anarchist events arranged by date, and selections of poetry and prose by..... More
Cat.No: 262601
Almanacco della Rivoluzione, 1908
Paterson, NJ: Libreria Sociologica, 1907. 62, [ii], rear cover missing, and lacking the 4 p. catalog of other anarchist works from the same publisher that we have seen at the end of other examples. Apparently the only issue published under this title. Includes articles about contemporary events, a calendar of..... More
Cat.No: 262602
Almanacco sovversivo. 1906-07
Barre, VT: Biblioteca Circolo Studi Sociali, [1906]. 107, [iv]p., staplebound booklet, 4.5x9 inches; wraps worn, chipped, and beginning to split along spine, rust at the staples, otherwise very good. Text in Italian. Cover art depicts a man fending off a vulture. Includes articles both on and by many of the..... More
Cat.No: 257149
Almanacco sovversivo. 1916
New York: Nicoletti Bros. Press, [1916]. 94p., staplebound booklet, lacks wraps and last page (pp95/96), title page toned and stained, staples rusted, 2.5 inch closed tear through pp89-94. Italian-language "Subversive almanac," with articles about the war and other contemporary events, tributes to the Haymarket martyrs and to Joe Hill, a...... More
Cat.No: 261786
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 [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