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The Road To Wigan Pier
by George Orwell
The Road to Wigan Pier was written by George Orwell and published in 1937. The first half of this work documents his sociological investigations of the bleak living conditions amongst the working class in Lancashire and Yorkshire in the industrial north of England before World War II. The second half is a long essay of his middle-class upbringing, and the development of his political conscience, which includes a questioning of some aspects of British attitudes and behaviour regarding socialism.
The Fight In the Fields
by Ferriss- Susan/ Sandoval- Ricardo/ Hembree- Diana
A “vivid, well-documented account of the farmworkers movement”(Philadelphia Inquirer) and its prime mover, Cesar Chavez. Edited by Diana Hembree with a foreword by Gary Soto and essays by Carey McWilliams, Victor Villaseñor, Alfredo Véa, Jr., Peter Matthiessen, Rudolfo Anaya, and others. Black-and-white photographs throughout.
Jewish Labour Economy In Palestine the Economic Activities Of the General Federation Of Jewish Labour
by Dr G Muenzner
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McCarthy: The Man and the Ism
by MORTON, Joseph
San Francisco: The Pacific Publishing Foundation, 1953. An early critical pamphlet of the Wisconsin Senator, which questions his military service record, highlights his unscrupulous law practice and shady financial dealings, exposes his connections with the extreme right fringe, and discusses his repressive Red Scare demagoguery. The concluding section suggests that "because of its cohesion, organized power, and manifest self-interest, labor is in the best position to lead a united crusade against...
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SGD 61.61
![Young Workers of Pateson [sic]! Colored and White - Demonstrate on National Youth Day, May 30th](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/124/648/1482648124.0.b.jpg)
Young Workers of Pateson [sic]! Colored and White - Demonstrate on National Youth Day, May 30th
Paterson, N. J.: United Front National Youth Day Committee, 1933. A flyer for National Youth Day, a Young Communist League-sponsored event provocatively held on Memorial Day, 1933 to "demonstrate against the danger of Bosses' War, against the growing unemployment, against wage cuts and discrimination of Negro workers." Although advertised as being held in Passaic, it's presumed the event was moved to Perth Amboy as we find accounts in the Communist and Socialist press of a brutal attack by police on the...
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SGD 616.14
Go Fight City Hall": A History of Our Union in Welfare
New York: United Public Workers Local 1, 1949. On the history and activities of United Public Workers Local 1, which began as the Emergency Home Relief Bureau Employees Association during the Great Depression. It later became the Association of Workers in Public Relief Agencies before becoming the largest civil service workers' organization in the United States. Stapled wrappers, 22 p., illustrations. A near fine copy.
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SGD 68.46
Organized Labor in New Jersey
by TROY, Leo
New York: Van Nostrand, 1965. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 237pp. Fine, unmarked copy in jacket - a new-appearing copy, except that the front jacket flap has been price-clipped. The development of labor in New Jersey from colonial times through the nineteen-sixties.
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SGD 27.38
Didactic Verses
by PFAFF, Henry J
Buffalo: Henry J. Pfaff, 1983. First Edition. 12mo (16.5cm.); original cream staplebound card wrappers; [2],62pp. Fine. Collection of protest poetry by a member of the IWW. Not in MILES.
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SGD 47.92
When Southern Labor Stirs: Part I: An Introduction to the Struggle of Southern Mountain Textile Workers
by Tippett, Tom
Huntington, West Virginia: Appalachian Movement Press, 1972. A facsimile reprint of the first 53 p. of Tom Tippett's book, When Southern Labor Stirs (1931). A brief introduction explains the rationale for republication: "We publish it now as a good introduction to life in the mill towns of Southern Appalachia and to the struggle of Southern Mountain working people against their oppression." Also states the intent to publish three subsequent works by Tippett. Stapled wrappers, 53 p. Slight horizontal...
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Pla de la Victòria: P.S.U. / U.G.T.
by [SPANISH CIVIL WAR] PARTIT SOCIALISTA UNIFICAT DE CATALUNYA / UNIÓ GENERAL DE TREBELLADORS
[Barcelona: P.S.U. / U.G.T., n.d. but ca. 1937. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); bifolium printed on newsprint, photo-montaged upper panel. A hint of wear and toning, else Near Fine. Promotional handbill issued at the height of the Spanish Civil War delineating the platform of the short-lived Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, the Catalan referent of the Communist Party of Spain, and its workers' union. The lovely photo-montaged upper panel depicts both military scenes, agricultural activities, and, at...
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SGD 205.38
POEMS AND PICTURES OF THE WATERFRONT AND THE ILWU
by Brady, Jerry
[San Pedro, California]: Self-published, (2010?). Softcover. Very good. 44p. Wire spiral binding with plastic covers. Retired Local 63 longshoreman's poetic tribute to men of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in San Pedro, Port of Los Angeles, and their labor struggles throughout the 20th century. B&w and color photographs. (11"x8-3/4")
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SGD 47.92
Victory Peace and Jobs: Report of UE-CIO Officers for 1943-44
New York: United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, CIO, 1944. A detailed report "directed to Delegates of the Tenth Constitutional Convention, to the members, shop stewards, local and district officers" of the achievements of the UE and CIO over the preceding year. Includes sections on war production, war & peace economies, employment for veterans and women, political campaigning to re-elect FDR, publicity & public relations, and the union's structure and leadership. Also includes a...
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CONSTITUTION OF THE OPERATIVE PLASTERERS' AND CEMENT FINISHERS' INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
by Operative Plasterers' and Cement Finishers' International Association of the United States and Canada
Denver, Colorado: Operative Plasterers' and Cement Finishers' International Association of the United States and Canada, 1923. Stapled wraps. Very good. 48p. Wrap edges toned, creases to wraps causing the booklet to be a bit misshapen. (6"x3-5/8")
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SGD 26.01
A SALUTE TO HARRY BRIDGES PRESENTED BY THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LIBRARY FOR SOCIAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH, FEBRUARY 9, 1986
Los Angeles: Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, 1986. Stapled wraps. Very good. Unpaginated (approx. 36p.) Wrap edges lightly scraped. Program for the Harry Bridges Testimonial Dinner with essays about Bridges' influence on trade unionism filled with tributes to the honoree from union locals, community members, and politicians. Australian-born Bridges founded the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) to represent West Coast stevedores and other...
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SGD 130.07
THE HERITAGE OF SEN KATAYAMA
by Yoneda, Karl G
New York: History Commission, CPUSA, [1975]. Stapled wraps. Very good. 23p. A few chips on back and stains on front. Brief biography explaining the influence of the "Japanese Marxist political activist and journalist, " one of the original members of the American Communist Party and the Japanese Communist Party. Article reprinted from the March 1975 issue of Political Affairs, theoretical journal of the Communist Party U.S.A. (8-1/2"x5-3/8")
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SGD 26.01
Law and disorder on the Narova River; the Kreenholm strike of 1872
by Zelnik, Reginald E
Berfkeley: University of California Press, 1995. Hardcover. xv, 308p., period illustrations, first edition boards in wine cloth, glossy dj, spine panel of jacket mildly faded. A very good copy.
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SGD 16.43
![Working and Fighting Together Regardless of Race, Creed, Color or National Origin [with] Report of the National CIO Commitee to Abolish Discrimination](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/478/135/1557135478.0.b.jpg)
Working and Fighting Together Regardless of Race, Creed, Color or National Origin [with] Report of the National CIO Commitee to Abolish Discrimination
Washington, D. C.: National CIO Committee to Abolish Discrimination, 1945. Two pamphlets documenting the Congress of Industrial Organization's campaign to eliminate racism & discrimination within the labor movement. In Working and Fighting Together, the Committee to Abolish Discrimination answers the question, "What can unions do about the problems of minorities in their own organizations?" The Report of the National CIO Committee to Abolish Discrimination addresses the concerns of Negro veterans as...
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The Anvil: A Conservative Labor Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, August, 1965
by SULLIVAN, John S. (ed.)
New York: Labor Educational Association, 1965. Tabloid format printed on newsprint, 4 pp, photographs. Toning to newsprint, a few nicks and small closed tears, but VG overall. One issue (not this one) found in OCLC at Kansas, although we note one other issue in the Billy James Hargis papers in the Univ. of Arkansas Special Collections. Scarce. A single issue of the right wing labor paper, previously unknown to us, published in New York City by the generically named Labor Educational Association. We...
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SGD 68.46
Solidarity Newsletter (9 issues)
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Solidarity, 1975. A near complete run (nine of 12 published issues) of this Philadelphia libertarian socialist (i.e., anarchist) newspaper. Philadelphia Solidarity began as the Philadelphia branch of Socialist Reconstruction, which emerged from various splits in the Socialist Labor Party. Members were involved in labor organizing in Philadelphia, in republishing material from the London Solidarity Group, and with founding Philadelphia's Wooden Shoe Bookstore in 1976, one of...
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SGD 342.30
A Young Miner Sees Russia
by Daly, Lawrence
Edinburgh: National Union of Mineworkers (Scottish Area), 1946. A report by a young British miner who was a part of a delegation of 17 young people invited to tour the Soviet Union in December 1945 by the Soviet Anti-Fascist Youth Committee. Daly writes favorably about his experiences and the potential to learn about the Soviet's nationalized coalmining industry, which he hopes is adopted in Britain. He's also concerned with the deteriorating relationship between Britain and the Soviet Union and hopes...
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SGD 102.69
The Labour Woman: A Political Monthly Journal for Working Women, Vol. XXIII, No. 12, December, 1935
by SUTHERLAND, Mary E. (ed.); MAETERLINCK, Maurice (contributor)
London: Labour Party, 1935. 4to (8½" x 11"); stapled wrappers, 178-192 pp, illus. A single issue of this monthly Labour Party periodical begun in 1913 and devoted to the interests of women. Content for this issue includes a profile of Labour Party leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Arthur Henderson; an article concerning equal pay in the state service; impressions from two different women on traveling to Sweden; a literary contribution from the Belgian writer, Maurice Maeterlinck...
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Railway Workers Wake Up!: A Call to Action
by [PETERSEN, Arnold] [Socialist Labor Party]
New York: National Executive Committee, Socialist Labor Party [of America], 1921. First edition. 18.5 x 13 cm; 16 pp. Saddle-stapled light green wrappers printed in black. A Near Fine copy with some slight browning to wrapper edges. You're unlikely to find a copy so well-preserved in your pinko commie uncle's attic. Scarce. No other copies for sale in commerce (2014) and OCLC locates only six institutional holdings. Post-De Leon propaganda from the SLP encouraging railway workers to embrace...
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Labors' War Upon Labor, With a Plea for the Poor and Weak
by HILLIS, Rev. Newell Dwight
[New York]: [The Committee], 1902. 22.5 x 15 cm; 15 pp. Saddle-stapled wrappers in Very Good+ condition. One small closed tear to top edge; two stamps, one embossed. Text clean throughout. This pamphlet is from an anti-union sermon delivered by the Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis (1858-1929) at his church, Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, NY, Sunday A. M., Nov. 9, 1902. Originally published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and then reprinted in pamphlet form by an association of business men in New York. Scarce. No...
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From Taylorism to Fordism: A Rational Madness
by DORAY, Bernard; David Macey, trans.; Maurice Godelier, foreword
London: Free Association Press, 1988. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 229pp. Trivial age toning to margins of textblock, faint creasing to hinges of spine, else a tight, clean, near-new copy. Near Fine. An exploration of the history of "scientific management" as it affects the work process and the psychiatry of workers.
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SGD 34.23
Justice - North Carolina Style: The Record of the Year's Struggle for Unions in Gastonia and Marion, April 1929 to April 1930
by [American Civil Liberties Union]
New York: American Civil Liberties Union, 1930. A report on the violence perpetrated against organized workers in Gastonia and Marion, NC during labor struggles in 1929, in which 7 strikers were killed, 24 wounded, 7 sentenced to long prison terms and 7 kidnapped. Key events and participants are summarized. The ACLU helped with the defense of arrested workers and created this pamphlet "to state the facts and to help arouse public opinion." Stapled wrappers (9" x 6") with map of North Carolina to front...
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SGD 171.15
A Time for Anger. An Address by Albert Whitehouse, Director, Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO at the Public Relations Seminar, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, April 16, 1959
by WHITEHOUSE, Albert
Washington DC: Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO, (1959). First Edition. Staple bound pamphlet. Slim octavo (9" x 4"); printed glossy paper wrappers; 16pp. Clean and free of significant wear; Near Fine. Transcript of Whitehouse's speech to Harvard MBA candidates, a surprisingly strident attack (given the audience) against big business, conformity, and the society's loss of cohesion in the post-War era. "...It is time to take up the cudgels against the present dead level of conformity and for plain...
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![Report of the Proceedings of the Sixty-Third Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor Held at Boston, Massachusetts, October 4 to 14, inclusive, 1943 [John A. O'Connell's copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/395/607/1318607395.0.b.jpg)
Report of the Proceedings of the Sixty-Third Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor Held at Boston, Massachusetts, October 4 to 14, inclusive, 1943 [John A. O'Connell's copy]
by AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Washington DC: Ransdell Inc, 1943. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); green cloth presentation binding stamped in gilt; xxxviii,644pp. Spine gilt a bit dulled, textblock uniformly toned, else Very Good or better. Founding member of the Teamster's Union John A. O'Connell's copy with his name embossed in gilt to upper cover.
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SGD 47.92
