New York: Young Socialist Alliance, 1969. Small group of ephemera from the Young Socialist Alliance (YSA), a Trotskyist organization affiliated with the Socialist Workers Party. The material consists of the following six pieces: -- the March 1969 edition of Young Socialist magazine, a 24-page edition celebrating the..... More
London: Liberty and Property Defence League, [ca. 1901-05]. First Edition. A wonderfully lurid warning against socialism by an organization devoted to laissez-faire economics. The anonymous author suggests that socialism would lead to the breakup of families: "There would be no such place as home under socialism. Everyone would..... More
[New York]: Self-published, ca. 1950. No Edition Stated. Oblong 48mo (3 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 100 x 140 mm), 31, [1] pages in stapled wrappers. American journalist and professional curmudgeon John T. Flynn (1882-1964) responds to critics of his 1949 book, "The Road Ahead: America's Creeping Revolution,"..... More
New York: New York Labor News Company, 1944. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 129 mm), 48 pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover). Eric Hass decries the spread of anti-Semitism in the United States and argues that socialism is the answer to defeating it. Hass was..... More
Paris: Librairie Marcel Rivière, 1927. Later printing. French translation of the best-known book by the German Marxist theoretician, Karl Kautsky (1854-1938). Kautsky's book analyzes the development of capitalism and outlines the nature of a future socialist society. According to Kautsky, the victory of socialism and the working class..... More
New York: New York Labor News Company, 1942. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 128 mm), 48 pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover). Questions and answers about socialism from the standpoint of the Socialist Labor Party. CONDITION: Vertical crease throughout, soiling, creasing, sunning, and..... More
New York: New York Labor News Company, 1939. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 187 x 127 mm), 76, [2] pages, in illustrated, stapled wrappers (soft cover). Socialist Labor Party pamphlet celebrating the life and achievements of Daniel De Leon, an important figure in the party and a...... More
London: The Fabian Society, 1909. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 inches / 21 1/2 cm ), 23, [1] pages in stapled red wrappers. Photographic portrait of Shaw by Marie Leon. Pamphlet criticizing the conservative anti-socialist writer and economist W.H. Mallock. According to Shaw, Mallock believes that..... More
New York: Onward Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 225 x 140 mm), [2], 90 pages in stapled illustrated wrappers. A plea for Marxists to embrace feminism by a three-time Vice-Presidential candidate of the Socialist Workers Party. The "Bustelo Incident" refers..... More