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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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
The Art Bulletin: A Quartely Published by The College Art Association of America; September 1985; Volume LXVII Number 3; The Textile Motifs of Two Netherlandish Painters, The World View of Two American Artists, and other themes.
New York: College Art Association of America, 1985. pp485-500, stapled once at upper left, 9x11.5 inches, illus., very good condition. Includes the article "Adolf Wolff: Poet, Sculptor and Revolutionist, but Mostly Revolutionist" by Paul Avrich and Francis F. Nauman. Wolff was an anarchist sculptor who taught at the Modern School..... More
Cat.No: 261552
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
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As of yet, [unnamed], issue #1, April 2009
[Long Island, NY]: [Long Island Food Not Bombs], 2009. Pamphlet. Four sheets folded to make a 16 page zine, minor handling wear else very good condition, 5.5x8.5 inches folded size. "AS OF YET, UNNAMED is an off-shoot of the Long Island Food Not Bombs community." - front page. More
Cat.No: 261593
Asians in Struggle
Brooklyn: Forward Motion, 1994. Newspaper. 16p., tabloid newspaper format, horizontal fold, paper evenly toned, otherwise very good. Issued as a stand-alone supplement to Forward Motion magazine, founded by the Proletarian Unity League later the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. More
Cat.No: 227601
Asociacion de Trabajadores Inmigrantes de California / CIWA [pinback button]
n.p. CIWA, n.d. 1.755 inch diameter pin, very good. CIWA was created after the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. More
Cat.No: 207493
Attend the First International Military Rights and Antiwar Convention [handbill]
San Francisco: Bay Area Concerned Military, 1971. 8.5x14 inch sheet, folded horizontally, date penned at top. Announces an event coinciding with a GI march against the war. More
Cat.No: 251365
Attica Is / Free the Brothers Now [pinback button]
n.p. [197-]. 2.25 inch pin, very good. More
Cat.No: 247902
Austin Peace and Justice News. March 1992
Austin, TX: Peace and Justice Education Fund, 1992. 16p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches, paper evenly toned. Women's History Month issue. More
Cat.No: 251049
AWOL Magazine: Revolutionary artists workshop volume one, spring 2001
Philadelphia: Central Committee of Conscienous Objectors, 2001. 52p., profusely illustrated magazine, very good, but missing the CD that was originally included. With an interview with Michael Franti and other music articles, the Navy's war on Vieques, a critique of Spike Lee, and more. More
Cat.No: 244665
AWOL: Youth for Peace and Revolution. No. 2
San Francisco: Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, [1997-?]. Pamphlet. [12]p., staplebound zine, 5.5x8.25 inches, wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Articles include "An Animal Liberationist Case for Peace", "The Military-Furthering the Struggle for Womyn's Equality?", and "Queers in the Military Under 'Don't Ask. Don't Tell'" More
Cat.No: 259180
AWOL: Youth for Peace and Revolution. No. 3
Philadelphia: Student Coalition Resisting Enlistment and Militarism, [1997-?]. 23p., staplebound zine, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. More
Cat.No: 235678
Azania will be free! Down with South Africa! Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pan African Congress of Azania [poster]
San Francisco: [John Nyata Pokela Tour], n.d. 17x22 inch poster featuring a crowd of demonstrators with fists raised, small golden outline of the African continent; edgeworn. Issued to promote the national tour of John Nyata Pokela; lengthy sponsorship list at bottom. More
Cat.No: 183558
Back in the Streets: A documentary film about the April 20, 1985, Spring Mobilization for Peace, Jobs, and Justice in San Francisco
San Francisco: Black Swan / Avalanche Films, 1985. Six-panel brochure, several small black and white photos, very good. Seeks funds to produce the film about the months of preparations and coalition-building that went into the large demonstration. The Mobilization was supported by the Bay Area Labor Councils, area churches, as..... More
Cat.No: 204460
Background of the Berlin Crisis: A speakers' guide
New York: National Education Department, Communist Party, [1948-?]. 23p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, faint vertical crease, staples rusted else good condition. Discussion points defending the East German government and the USSR. More
Cat.No: 136626