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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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
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
Cat.No: 180894
Announcing the End of the World's Fair. San Francisco, May 12, 1984
San Francisco, CA: The End of the World's Fair, 1984. Four-panel brochure made from folded 8.5x11 inch sheet, illustrated with cartoons of costumed punks and freaks. The Fair was a radical cultural festival and parade held in S.F.'s Dolores Park, which included floats on themes such as "Prisoners of daily..... More
Cat.No: 138579
Another UPS'er for the Hoffa slate! [pinback button]
Philadelphia: 1996. 2.25 inch diameter pin, very good, on a card signed by the designer, Don Howell, Jr., certifying that "This button is from the original run of 250 buttons printed in the city of Philadelphia" for the 1996 campaign for Teamster international officers. More
Cat.No: 231078
Answer the critics of F.E.P.C. Try this quiz at home
Washington, D.C. National Council for a Permanent F.E.P.C., [1945]. 15p., illustrated wraps, very good. Pamphlet supporting S-101 and H.R. 2232, laws intended to make the wartime Fair Employment Practice Committee legislation (prohibiting discrimination against Black and other minority workers) permanent. Lists common objections to the law ("Conflicts and even race..... More
Cat.No: 168168
The Anti draft [eight issues]
Washington DC: Committee Against Registration and the Draft, 1980-1988. Eight issues of the newsletter, 8.5x11 inches, folded for mailing, otherwise very good. Issues present are Vol. 1 no. 9 and 10 (the latter issue with four blank pages due to printing error), vol. 2 nos. 2-4, 7, and vol. 3..... More
Cat.No: 244911
Anti-Apartheid Action! [five issues]
Oakland: Bay Area Free South Africa Movement, 1985-1986. Five issues of the 8.5x11 inch newsletter, 4 to 8 pages per issue, generally very good, one with a penned name. Issues present are June/July, August, and October 1985, Dec. 1985/Jan. 1986, and April-May 1986. More
Cat.No: 239785
Anti-Bakke Decision Coalition Newsletter. Vol. 1 no. 3 (April 1978)
San Francisco: the Coalition, 1978. 6p., 8.5x11 inches, very good. Much on organizing around the country to protest the Bakke decision, which challenged affirmative action programs by invalidating the use of racial quotas. The Coalition formed under the primary direction of I Wor Kuen, together with activists from other organizations..... More
Cat.No: 236111
The anti-mass: methods of organization for collectives
[New Haven, CT]: Anti-mass Collective, 1970. 56p., 4x5 inches, illustrated, first edition booklet in slightly soiled stapled cream wraps, staples rusted with a little migration, good-only copy. Anarchist work, promoting underground collectives. More
Cat.No: 64576
Anti-mass: methods of organization for collectives
Montreal: Kersplebedeb, n.d. 19p., stapled wraps. Zine-style photocopied version of a classic Anarchist work, promoting underground collectives. More
Cat.No: 131048
Anti-Monopoly Movement. Who runs the war machine? [handbill]
Niagara Falls, NY: Anti-Monopoly Committee, [197-]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, fold-creased. The Committee appears to have centered around George W. Robbins, an instructor in the Social Sciences College of the State University of New York at Buffalo. More
Cat.No: 243156
Anti-racist news. December 1998
Columbus, OH: Institute for Contemporary Journalism, 1998. 23p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches, light handling wear. Cover story on anti-racist skinheads murdered by a nazi in Las Vegas. More
Cat.No: 242352
Anti-racist news. December 1998 [together with a worn copy of its predecesor, ARA News, from January 26, 1998]
Columbus, OH: Institute for Contemporary Journalism, 1998. 23p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches, light handling wear. The earlier magazine is similar format, also 23 p., but with edgewear and faint edge stain. Cover story on anti-racist skinheads murdered by a nazi in Las Vegas. More
Cat.No: 242353
The ANTI-WARrior: a newsletter of military dissension and resistance [Nos. 1-3]
Berkeley: the newspaper, 1991-1992. Three issues of the tabloid-format newspaper, pages toned, otherwise only light handling wear. All three separately published issues of the publication produced by military resisters to the Persian Gulf war. A final "issue" was published as a section of StormWarning!, no. 23 (July 1992). More
Cat.No: 242334
The ANTI-WARrior: a newsletter of military dissension and resistance [Nos. 1-3]
Berkeley: the newspaper, 1991-1992. Three issues of the tabloid-format newspaper, pages toned, first issue somewhat crinkled, second issue with mailing label and postal markings. All three separately published issues of the publication produced by military resisters to the Persian Gulf war. A final "issue" was published as a section of..... More
Cat.No: 242357
Antipode: a radical journal of geography [vol. 2, nos. 2 and 3]
Worcester, MA: Antipode, 1979. Two issues of the journal, 90 pages each, 8.5x11 inches; mild toning, otherwise very good. The themes of the two issues are Human-Environment Relations and The Urban Problematic. More
Cat.No: 217298
April 15 [pinback button depicting a dove escaping from a dollar sign]
Mfg. by Larry Fox, n.d. 1.25 inch pin, blue and white. Manufactured by Larry Fox in New York State. There were major antiwar demonstrations on this date in 1967 and 1970. More
Cat.No: 207519
April 22. Kezar Stadium [poster]
San Francisco: Bay Area April 22 Coalition, [1972]. 10.5x18 inch poster, design adapted from a Cuban poster depicting falling bombs with the face of Richard Nixon. Small spot of foxing, otherwise very good. Advertises an event with speakers including Dick Gregory, Gloria Fontanez, Dave Dellinger and Le Anh Tu. More
Cat.No: 212433
April 26 / YES! / Recall [pinback button]
[San Francisco]: n.pub. [1983]. 1.75 inch diameter pin, very good. As the Washington Post reported at the time, "In a city full of unique political organizations and sects, one of the most bizarre--the self-described communist White Panther Party--has succeeded in collecting 35,000 signatures to recall Mayor Dianne Feinstein because her..... More
Cat.No: 247308
April elections a sham - Maintain the embargo against Rhodesia [handbill]
Boston, MA: Southern Africa Organizing Committee; Boston Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa, [1979]. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet, printed both sides, light wear. Argues that the Rhodesian elections were a face-saving move by Ian Smith's government that failed to share real power with Africans in the country. This leaflet..... More
Cat.No: 176990
Are You Being Discriminated Against Because of AIDS/ARC? [brochure]
San Francisco: San Francisco Human Rights Commission, [1986?]. Eight-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, information on legal rights, list of services and resources, very good on light blue stock with Coit Tower and other SF sites drawn on front panel. More
Cat.No: 238067
Are You Being Discriminated Against Because of Your Sexual Orientation? [brochure]
New York: The Lesbian & Gay Discrimination Documentation Project of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, [1985]. Eight-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, very good on peach stock. Includes extensive information on discrimation by employers and on the Project with community contacts including S.A.G.E. & B.W.M.T. More
Cat.No: 237940
Are you one of the 5 million?
New York: Daily Worker, [1937?]. Pamphlet. 10p., illustrated wraps with minor edge wear else very good condition, illus., 5x7 inches Promotional pamphlet for the Communist Party's Daily Worker. "Five million Americans are swallowing poison each day. They are swallowing it not through their mouths, but through their eyes. They are..... More
Cat.No: 48117
Arizona's Hispanic perspective; 38th Arizona town hall, research report prepared by the University of Arizona, May 17-20, 1981
Phoenix: Arizona Academy, 1981. Paperback. xxxii, 244p., summary of recommendations, list of participants, bibliography, illustrated with figures, maps, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 40331
Arm the Spirit. No. 17 (Winter 1999/2000)
Hamilton; Toronto: the journal, 2000. Single issue of the autonomist/anti-imperialist photocopied journal, very good, 8.5x11 inches, black plastic comb binding, [62] pages. Coverage of the end of the Red Army Fraction, ETA's resumption of armed struggle, and more. More
Cat.No: 244676