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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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, lightly worn else good condition. 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-Nuclear War Conference. March 5, 6 & 7 at the Grinning Duck Club
Detroit: [1982]. Four-panel brochure, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. Announcement of a conference near the Wayne State campus. Includes schedule for the event and a statement, "Protest and survive: time is running out." More
Cat.No: 250675
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
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
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
Antiwar reformists, Labor bureaucrats and the Democratic party - the Syphilitic Chain
Oakland: Spartacist League / Spartacus Youth Club, 2009. 3p., 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at corner, very good. A polemic against Jeff Mackler of Socialist Action. More
Cat.No: 252318
Apocalypse Now at Dr. Bombay's [handbill]
San Francisco: Dr. Bombay's, n.d. 8.5x11 inch handbill, some handling wear. "In the Left corner, in the red boxers, Tony Seymour and his band World War 4. Poet, Musician and political commentator par excellance... In the Right Wing, wearing black trunks, Stephen Schwartz, writer for the SF Chronicle, historian of..... More
Cat.No: 254095
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 24th thru May 5th - Washington DC. Come to stay! Nonviolent mass actions for peace & justice [two different versions of a handbill]
Philadelphia: Printed by Phila. Resistance for Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justice, [1971]. Two 8.5x11 inch handbills with the same obverse but different reverses, fold-creased. Design based on Ben Shahn's drawing of Ghandi. The reverse of one flyer has a map of Washington DC with plans for blockading the Pentagon;..... More
Cat.No: 250653
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
Argentina Outreach: Bulletin of the Solidarity Committee with the Argentine People; Vol. 1, No. 2, August 1976
Berkeley: Solidarity Committee with the Argentine People, 1976. 12p., stapled wraps, 7 x 8.25 inches, rear wrap unevenly toned else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 251984
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
Arm the Spirit. [four issues]
Hamilton; Toronto: the journal, 1991-2000. Four issues of the autonomist/anti-imperialist journal, very good, 8.5x11 inches. Issues present are 10, 11, 12 and 17, the latter much thicker and spiralbound. Coverage of the LA riots/uprising, the end of the Red Army Fraction, ETA's resumption of armed struggle, and more. More
Cat.No: 194884
ARM. No. 2
Berkeley: Committee for the American Revolutionary Movement, [197-]. 12p. tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. Edited by Al Bari and Elizabeth Bloch, with artwork by Skira. Cover story imagines Batman as a wino, having fallen into despondence after disillusionment with the criminal justice system. Includes the..... More
Cat.No: 213402
The Arrow: bulletin of the Mackay Society [6 issues]
New York: Mackay Society, 1985-1988. First six issues of the bulletin, Nos. 1-6, various pagination, ranging from 2 to 6p. each, Nos. 1-4 6.5x8.5 inches, Nos. 5 and 6 5.5x8.5 inches, some light wear, Nos. 2 and 4 fold-creased , No. 6 with lightly foxed front wrap else generally very..... More
Cat.No: 257272
Art for humanity [Issues 3 and 4]
Denver: Renaissance Artists and Writers Association, [1977]. Two issues of the staplebound magazine, 32 pages each, some foxing and light handling wear. Progressive arts magazine, including interviews with Holly Near, Mimi Farina, Oh Shinnah and Jose Arguelles, plus poetry, articles and reviews. Issue number four notes that the journal was..... More
Cat.No: 202091
Art for humanity. Number 4
Denver: Renaissance Artists and Writers Association, [1977]. Single issue of the staplebound magazine, 32 pages, very good. Progressive arts magazine, including interviews with Holly Near and Jose Arguelles, plus poetry, articles and reviews. Also includes an article on John Cassavetes. More
Cat.No: 216878
Artest: Youth arts activism paper [two issues: no. 5 and 8]
Vancouver, BC: North Shore Youth Council, 1992. Two issues of the publication, the earlier one in magazine format, the latter a tabloid. Evenly toned, otherwise very good. Includes coverage of issues ranging from violence against women to indigenous struggle on the Columbus quincentenary. More
Cat.No: 251132