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.
Anarchistnews.org: more than the anarchy that's fit to print
npl: Anarchistnews.org, nd. Six-panel brochure, 3.75x8.5 inches, very good condition. Brochure introducing the website, which was founded in 2004. More
Cat.No: 263039
Anarchists are going to eat your children and other myths...
Eugene: Mayhap, 2000. [20p.], very good photocopied booklet in staplebound wraps; published as issue 10 of the zine Mayhap. More
Cat.No: 195373
Anarchy & Alcohol: Wasted Indeed [with] How the Fiends Came...
npl: Crimethinc. [2000s]. Pamphlet. 20p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good zine. Special edition released to commemorate the designer's fourth sober spring. "Sedition not Sedation," and the paradox that "abstention from alcohol can sometimes be mistaken as an end rather than a means." See also the postscript: "With any luck..... More
Cat.No: 284202
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
Cat.No: 229644
Anarchy (second series). [six issues]
London: Freedom Press, 1971-83. Six 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 ranges from 30-40 pages each. Some creases, toning and other handling wear. Issues present are 2, 4, 5, 7..... More
Cat.No: 242335
Anarchy is the only final solution benefitting worker, farmer, manager...
n.p. [1969]. 11x8.5 inch leaflet, reproduced from handwritten text with two photos; faint vertical crease. Date 12/5/69 penciled in corner. More
Cat.No: 262517
Anarchy: a journal of desire armed. Issue No. 77
Berkeley: C.A.L. Press, [c2015]. 77p., wraps, 8.25x10.5 inches, illus., very good condition. Not dated, but lead editorial is on the primaries for the 2016 elections (editor writes "the campaigns of Sanders and Trump will surely be remembered as footnotes."). More
Cat.No: 258977
Anarchy: a journal of desire armed. Issue No. 74
Berkeley: C.A.L. Press, [2013]. Pamphlet. 67p., wraps, 8x10.5 inches, illus., very good condition. Dated from reference to the 2013 firebombing of the Freedom Bookstore in London. More
Cat.No: 285128
Anarchy: a journal of desire armed. Issue No. 76
Berkeley: C.A.L. Press, [2016]. Pamphlet. 65p., wraps, 8x10.5 inches, illus., very good condition. More
Cat.No: 284199
Anarchy; a journal of desire armed [6 issues]
New York; Berkeley: Columbia Anarchist League, 1993-2007. Magazine. Six issues of the magazine, generally minor handling wear, slight rolling of some spines, else in very good condition, 8.25x10.75 inch magazine format. Issues present are whole numbers 37, 51, 54, 55, 60 and 63. Contributors include John Zerzan, Raoul Vaneigem, Bob..... More
Cat.No: 286221
Anarchy; a journal of desire armed. Issue No. 31 (Winter...
Columbia, MO: Columbia Anarchist League, 1992. Magazine. 43p., stapled wraps, 10.5x14.25 inches, fold-creased, pages evenly toned, else very good condition on newsprint. More
Cat.No: 284535
And Now It's Called - Universal Military Training and Service...
Washington DC: The National Council Against Conscription, [1951]. Pamphlet. EIght-panel brochure, 3.25x5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 268559
"And the truth shall make you free..." A collection of...
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
Cat.No: 210985
Angola and Southern Africa [handbill]
[Oakland]: Angola Solidarity Coalition, [1976]. 8.5x14 inch handbill, horizontal fold, date penned in corner. Announcement of a program featuring Steve Talbot as a speaker. More
Cat.No: 251446
An announcement of two interracial workshops: Washington, DC and St...
New York: Fellowship of Reconciliation; Congress of racial Equality, 1950. Pamphlet. Four-panel mimeographed brochure, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. After public swimming pools in Washington DC and St. Louis had been desegregated, there were racial clashes that led to their closures. The workshops are described as community-building efforts to reopen them..... More
Cat.No: 283142
Announcement: We invite you to visit the Comrades Lunch Room...
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 for October Nineteen-Sixty-Two, an exhibit of published works of...
[Berkeley Heights, NJ]: [Oriole Press], 1962. Single sheet, printed one side only, 4.5x6.25 inches, very good condition. A four-panel brochure version was also printed, featuring a long quote from Ellis. More
Cat.No: 269050
Announcing the Eastern Seaboard Conference on the Problems of the...
New York: National Negro Congress, 1943. Pamphlet. Four-panel brochure, 8.5x11 inches, very good. The goals of the conference were to facilitate the defeat of fascism through the "full use of man power" by eliminating racist barriers to employment and freeing sharecroppers to grow food instead of cotton; to support full..... More
Cat.No: 284091
Annual report of the committee on tenure and academic freedom
[Washington, D.C.]: National Education Association of the United States, 1954. Pamphlet. 32p., 6x9 inches; slight toning around wrapper edges, some pencil notation on front wrap, else very good. Includes a report on the California Legislature passing teacher loyalty legislation in 1953. Letter inlaid to subscriber explaining this is the last..... More
Cat.No: 284579
Annual report of the committee on tenure and academic freedom
[Washington, D.C.]: National Education Association of the United States, 1953. Pamphlet. 28p., 6x9 inches; slight toning and edgewear on wraps, some minor pencil notation on front wrap, light stain on bottom corner, else very good. Reports on loyalty investigations, textbook investigations, and more. Goals outlined by the Committee mostly include..... More
Cat.No: 284585
Annual report of the committee on tenure and academic freedom
[Washington, D.C.]: National Education Association of the United States, 1951. Pamphlet. 28p., 6x9 inches; slight toning and edgewear on wraps, some minor pencil notation on front wrap in red, touch of soil on rear wrap, else very good. Goals outlined by the Committee mostly include defending employees wrongly accused of..... More
Cat.No: 284591
Another cocktail for the gentleman?
n.pl. n.pub. c2008. Pamphlet. 6p., 5.5x8.5 inches; light coffee stain on rear wrapper, else good condition. Anonymous pamphlet written by nihilist insurrectionary anarchists. More
Cat.No: 285345
Another UPS'er for the Hoffa slate! [pinback button]
Philadelphia: 1996. Pinback Button. 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
Anti-Apartheid Action! 1985, Oct No. 4
Oakland: Bay Area Free South Africa Movement, 1985. One issue of the 8.5x11 inch newsletter, 4p., generally very good,condition. More
Cat.No: 263830
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
Red neck
Coleman, McAlister and Stephen Raushenbush
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