Cuba: Prophetic Island
Frank, Waldo
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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Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee, [1947]. Pamphlet. [16]p., stapled wraps, 8x11 inches, illus., staples rusted, small scratch on front wrap, date penciled on verso of front wrap, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 337888
Birmingham, AL: Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America, Local 725, 1942-1948. Thirty eight 4x2.5 inch work cards in various colors spanning from 1942 to 1944-1948; each item is secured in collectible card covers which are yellowing, but cards remain in very good condition. Some..... More
Cat.No: 334178
npl: npub, [c1987?]. 8.5x14 inch handbill; anarchist anti-nuclear handbill with zine-style cut-and-paste design, very good. More
Cat.No: 347855
Los Angeles: n.pub. 2017. Handbill. Double sided handbill, 6x5.5 inches; event hosting anarchists, feminist journals, communization theorists, the Los Angeles Tenant Union, zine distros, and many more. More
Cat.No: 293140
Rome: International Executive Committee of the Fourth International, 1960-61. Magazine. One issue, 7.5x10 inches, 64pp., 4 half inch cuts on spine of the magazine (may been string bound and then removed) cover coming undone from spine, heavy toning along the edges of most pages, else in good condition. The magazine..... More
Cat.No: 259155
New York: N.Y. Committee for Marxist Education, 1980. Six panel brochure, 3.75x8.5 inches, light handling wear, small rust stain on front panel, address label, postage stamp, and remains of sticker used to hold shut for mailing on rear panel, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 338763
New York: New Century Publishers, 1953. 31p., staplebound pamphlet, 5x7.5 inches, one unopened leaf, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 218885
Buffalo, NY: Local 55, UAW-CIO, 1942. 6p. mimeographed 8.5x11 inch newsletter, mild handling wear, fold crease. Discusses organizing efforts at the Sterling Engine Co. More
Cat.No: 308695
np: State Building and Construction Trades Council of California / Building & Construction Trades Dept., AFL-CIO, 2015. Pamphlet. 48p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 339574
San Francisco :: Washington DC: npub, c1976-1968. Handbill. Five 8.5x11 handbills and one pamphlet, some minor toning, else in very good condition. A Presidential Nomination sign up sheet, 2 inch vertical tear along bottom edge, else very good; two campaign letters from Northern California, post-election letter from State Senator Anthony..... More
Cat.No: 305762
Berkeley: US Peace Council of Alameda, [c198-?]. Six newsletter articles, 8.5x11 inches, not bound, some issues are toned along edges, faint handling, slight pen notation and a rubberstamp on the front page of one issue, overall in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 307951
Oakland: Bay Area Post, VALB, 1996. 16p. program, numerous photos, 7x8.5 inches, wraps with the Post's original membership list. More
Cat.No: 102990
San Francisco: North American Anarchist Studies Network, 2015. Pamphlet. 36p., wraps secured by folding, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good program for the conference. More
Cat.No: 283686
Green Bay, WI [and] San Francisco: Steamfitters & Helpers Local 590 [and], [c1920-1940s]. Six 2.5x4.5 inch membership dues booklets and a 4.5x3 inch membership card for Walter H. Geyer; items are in very good condition, but have some wear and soil. Booklets indicate he was initiated into the United Association..... More
Cat.No: 334172
Berkeley: Berkeley Anarchist Students of Theory and Research & Design, 2007. Pamphlet. 6p., wraps secured by folding, 5.5x8.5 inches, small stain on rear wrap else very good condition. Program for the conference. Speakers included Wolfi Landstreicher and Ashanti Alston. More
Cat.No: 258773
Madison, WI: [Teaching Assistants' Association], c1970. Nine handbills pertaining to the TAA strike at the University of Wisconsin, Madison of 1970. All items are in very good condition. Founded in 1966, the TAA was the first independent graduate student union. They went on strike for the first time in 1970..... More
Cat.No: 325173
Palo Alto: the Caucus, [a. 1970]. 11x17 inch broadside, horizontal fold, a penned correction, otherwise very good. Issued by a rank-and-file group within the AT&T telephone company, with a photograph and list of candidates for union positions. In addition to issues within the company, cites racism, the Vietnam War, inflation..... More
Cat.No: 346033
Los Angeles: the presenting organizations, 1979. 223 sheets, printed recto only, 8.5x11 inches, hole punched and inserted into a binder, application form included. More
Cat.No: 81426
New York: Autonomous Anarchist Action, 1992. Sixteen 7x8 inch folio newsletters, 4p., each; b&w photocopied illus., in very good condition. Volume 1, numbers 1-15 and 17. More
Cat.No: 339860
New York: A. J. Muste Memorial Institute, n.d. [mid-1980s]. 51p., staplebound upright 9x3.8 inch wraps, top corner of front wrap dog-eared else very good. A. J. Muste Memorial Institute essay series, no. 8. Includes: On wars of liberation / War Resisters' International -- Gandhi on violent struggles / Devi Prasad..... More
Cat.No: 206177
Berkeley: Asian American Political Alliance, [1969]. Newspaper. 4p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned, otherwise very good. Single issue of the radical paper, including photos of Asian American student demonstrators. More
Cat.No: 253714
Berkeley: Asian American Political Alliance, 1969. 8p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, paper toned. Single issue of the radical paper, with coverage of Japan Week in September, and an article in Chinese on women's liberation. More
Cat.No: 345051
Berkeley: Asian American Political Alliance, 1970. 8p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, minor foxing. Single issue of the radical paper, including a critical story on the November 15 Vietnam Moratorium rally. The report states that when Black Panther chief of staff David Hilliard took the stage and tried to compare..... More
Cat.No: 347103
Chicago: Spanish Workers Defense Fun & General Defense Committee of the Industrial Workers of the World, [c1963?]. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed handbill on green stock; some light toning along margins, else in very good condition. Call to support striking workers in Spain by boycotting Spanish and French goods. Describes torture and..... More
Cat.No: 348703
San Francisco: Abalone Alliance, [1990]. [6p.] staplebound pamphlet, very good. Yellow cover. 5.5x8.5 inches. Overview of the organization, including its opposition to the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant and efforts to prevent it from becoming operational. Undated, but timeline goes to late 1990. More
Cat.No: 346538
Red neck
Coleman, McAlister and Stephen Raushenbush
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