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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American report: Review of religion and American power. [12 issues]
Huntington, IN: Clergy and Laymen Concerned, 1970-1971. Twelve issues of the weekly tabloid format newspaper by religious opponents of the Vietnam War; evenly toned, address labels, otherwise very good. Issues present are Vol. 1, No. 3 (Oct. 16, 1970), 7-11, 14, 25, 44, 46, 47; Vol. 2, no. 5 (Oct. 29 1971). More about American report: Review of religion and American power. [12 issues
Cat.No: 174718
American report: Review of religion and American power. [78 issues]
Huntington, IN: Clergy and Laymen Concerned, 1970-1972. Seventy-eight issues of the weekly tabloid format newspaper by radical religious opponents of the Vietnam War; evenly toned, address labels, otherwise generally very good. Issues present are Vol. 1, No. 1 (Oct. 2, 1970), 3-9, 11-36, 38-42, 44, 46, 47; Vol. 2, nos... More about American report: Review of religion and American power. [78 issues
Cat.No: 174717
American report: Review of religion and American power. [five issues]
Huntington, IN: Clergy and Laymen Concerned, 1970-1971. Five issues of the weekly tabloid format newspaper by religious opponents of the Vietnam War; evenly toned, address labels, otherwise very good. Issues present are Vol. 1, No. 3 (Oct. 16, 1970), 7, 9, 11, 14, and 25 (April 2, 1971). More about American report: Review of religion and American power. [five issues
Cat.No: 174721
American report: Review of religion and American power. [two issues]
Huntington, IN: Clergy and Laymen Concerned, 1970-1971. Two issues of the weekly tabloid format newspaper by religious opponents of the Vietnam War; evenly toned, address labels, otherwise very good. Issues present are Vol. 1, no. 9 and 14. Articles include the punishment of a Kansas City black preacher for his... More about American report: Review of religion and American power. [two issues
Cat.No: 174722
American Socialist [Two issues: Feb/March 1965, Spring 1966]
Chicago: American Socialist Organizing Committee, 1965, 1966. Two issues of the serial, the first in tabloid format, 14 pages, toned with minor edgewear, the latter 40p., staplebound wraps, first issue of the serial in pamphlet form rather than as a newspaper. Includes articles on the death of Malcolm X, Philadelphia... More about American Socialist [Two issues: Feb/March 1965, Spring 1966
Cat.No: 182298
The American spectator: a literary newspaper, vol. 3, no 31, July, 1935
New York: The American Spectator, Corp. 1935. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid newspaper 9.5x12.5 inches fold crease, illustrations, stapled wraps. The original editors and contributors had left the paper by this time and it only had another year left in it. It had become a more mainstream literary magazine by 1935. More about The American spectator: a literary newspaper, vol. 3, no 31, July, 1935
Cat.No: 177578
The American spectator: a literary newspaper, vol. 3, no 35, July, 1935
New York: The American Spectator, Corp. 1935. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid newspaper 9.5x12.5 inches fold crease, illustrations, stapled wraps. The original editors and contributors had left the paper by this time and it only had another year left in it. It had become a more mainstream literary magazine by 1935. This... More about The American spectator: a literary newspaper, vol. 3, no 35, July, 1935
Cat.No: 177580
American Women in the Postwar World
New York: Newsweek Club Bureau; Weekly Publications, 1944. 36p., wraps, 5.25x7.25 inches. Collection of pieces by Mary Anderson, congresswomen Mary T. Norton, CIO president Philip Murray, US Chamber of Commerce head Eric Johnson, and others. More about American Women in the Postwar World
Cat.No: 147174
American Women: report of the President's Commission on the Status of Women 1963
Washington DC: GPO, 1963. Paperback. [xi] 86p., 7.75x10.25 inche, report illustrated with tables and figures, footnotes, photos, very good paperback in glossy white decorative wraps. Published in late 1963 just before Kennedy was assassinated. More about American Women: report of the President's Commission on the Status of Women 1963
Cat.No: 230051
Americans want peace [poster]
[Berkeley]: [Political Poster Workshop at the University of California, Berkeley], [1970]. 14.75x21.75 inch poster silkscreened on the back of conjoined sheets of computer printout paper, as usual for the products of this workshop at Berkeley. Perforated sprocket edge strips intact. Very good. In the Maggs Bros book "4973: Berkeley Protest... More about Americans want peace [poster
Cat.No: 215003
AMEX Canada, Published by Americans exiles in Canada; volume 4 no. 2 (May-June 1973)
Toronto: the journal, 1973. 39p., staplebound 8x11 inch wraps; mildly toned. This issue of AMEX includes a cover story on the film "Two People," about a deserter; much on the Amnesty Action Conference, and more. More about AMEX Canada, Published by Americans exiles in Canada; volume 4 no. 2 (May-June 1973
Cat.No: 233022
Amnesty and Karl Armstrong
San Francisco: Campaign for Amnesty, 1973. Four-panel brochure, 7x8.5 inches, very good. Article reprinted from Winter Soldier on the case of Armstrong, one of the four bombers who attempted to destroy the Army Math Research Center in Sterling Hall on the University of Wisconsin, Madison campus on August 24, 1970... More about Amnesty and Karl Armstrong
Cat.No: 217773
Amnesty. A special supplement of American Report
New York: American Report, 1973. 12p., tabloid format on newsprint, paper yellowed. Collection of articles on amnesty for Vietnam War resisters. More about Amnesty. A special supplement of American Report
Cat.No: 131518
Amplify Nicaragua's voice. Support the Material Aid Campaign for ANN
Oakland, CA: Frontline, [198-]. Four-panel brochure seeking donations of equipment to support the Nicaraguan News Agency, seeks participants for an upcoming visit to Nicaragua and reproduces the text of a letter from the General Director of the Agency calling it "The Nicaraguan people's weapon against disinformation." 7x8.5 inches, very good... More about Amplify Nicaragua's voice. Support the Material Aid Campaign for ANN
Cat.No: 161742
The anarchist solution to the problem of crime
San Francisco: SRAF, n.d. [7p.], wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches. A SRAF new directions series pamphlet. More about The anarchist solution to the problem of crime
Cat.No: 182375
Anarchsts are going to eat your children and other myths, misinformation and misunderstanding. Question and answer guide about anarchy, the Eugene community, and everything
Eugene: Mayhap, 2000. [20p.], very good photocopied booklet in staplebound wraps; published as issue 10 of the zine Mayhap. More about Anarchsts are going to eat your children and other myths, misinformation and misunderstanding....
Cat.No: 195373
Anarchy (second series). [seven issues]
London: Freedom Press, 1971-73. Seven issues of the magazine, the larger-format continuation of the smaller Anarchy series from the 1960s. Size fluctuates slightly but in the range of 8.5x11 inches, length generally 16-32 pages each. Generally very good, one with old price penned in corner. Issues present are 2, 4... More about Anarchy (second series). [seven issues
Cat.No: 229644
Anarchy in the town: an introduction for people of color
Oakland: n.pub. 2015. 17p., very good in staplebound wraps. "So here's a short read that some POC anarchists wrote about what we think. Check it, and next time shit pops off, maybe we'll see you out in the streets." More about Anarchy in the town: an introduction for people of color
Cat.No: 203606
"And the truth shall make you free..." A collection of useful quotations from the King James version of the Holy Bible
New York: Textile Workers Union of America, Education Department, [195-]. 17p., staplebound wraps, very good, 8.5x11 inches. Quotations relevant to the labor movement... "Blessed are ye that hunger now, for ye shall be fulfilled." More about "And the truth shall make you free..." A collection of useful quotations from the King...
Cat.No: 210985
Ang Katipunan special. Target: KDP
Oakland: Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), [1982]. Four-panel brochure, 8.5x11 inches, outlining US government spying against the KDP. Revised version of an article by Venny Villapando originally published in Ang Katipunan. More about Ang Katipunan special. Target: KDP
Cat.No: 208282
Ang Katipunan: free victory issue. Vol. 12 no. 4 (March 5, 1986)
Oakland: Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), 1986. Special issue of the tabloid format newspaper, 11.5x17 inches, horizontal fold, evenly toned. Headlined "Free at last," celebrates the fall of Ferdinand Marcos. The most important radical leftist newspaper of the Filipino community in the US, with extensive coverage of domestic activism as... More about Ang Katipunan: free victory issue. Vol. 12 no. 4 (March 5, 1986
Cat.No: 208284
Angry about Welfare. Issue no. 2
San Francisco: the newsletter, [1971]. 4p., 8.5x14 inch sheets stapled at upper left; horizontal fold crease, receipt date penned under title. Includes a "Declaration of Dignity" for struggling mothers, an editorial responding to Nixon's April 1971 speech against welfare, announcements of local meetings, and more. More about Angry about Welfare. Issue no. 2
Cat.No: 223608
Angry workers' bulletin [both issues published]
Berkeley: the Bulletin, 1986, 1987. Two issues, apparently all that were published; staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches. First issue has a penned notation on the front cover altering the title to "Angry Smurkers' Bulletin;" otherwise very good. Analysis "from a social revolutionary class war perspective," by a small group of self-described ex-anarchists. More about Angry workers' bulletin [both issues published
Cat.No: 236120
Angry workers' bulletin. No. 2
Berkeley: the Bulletin, 1987. Second, and last, issue of the short-lived publication; 45p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches. Some stains to cover, corner creased, a reading copy. Analysis "from a social revolutionary class war perspective," as stated in the previous issue, by a small group of self-described ex-anarchists. More about Angry workers' bulletin. No. 2
Cat.No: 236122
Announcement: We invite you to visit the Comrades Lunch Room upstairs in Machinists Hall, 531 Eleventh St. A good home cooked meal 25c [invitation card]
Oakland, CA: [International Association of Machinists], [192-?]. 2.5x4 inch card, very good, printed one side. Socialist notables including James P. Cannon spoke at the Hall in the early 1920s. More about Announcement: We invite you to visit the Comrades Lunch Room upstairs in Machinists Hall, 531...
Cat.No: 180894