Radicalism
Have the Methodists Accepted Communism?
[Place of Publication Not Identified]: [Publisher Not Identified], [1956?]. Octavo (8 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 213 x 97 mm), 14 pages, in stapled wrappers. Lurid antisemitic pamphlet that begins, "Are the Methodists teaching Judaism instead of Christianity?" The pamphlet goes on to give excerpts from Jewish..... More
The Depravity of Communism
Chicago: Citizens Press, n.d. [1940s?]. Octavo (8 7/8 x 6 inches; 225 x 150 mm), 8 pages, in stapled wrappers. A ferocious attack on communists and communism: "Communism is immoral and decadent: it reduces men and women to the level of beasts and they lose all sense..... More
Milestones in the History of the Communist Party
New York: Workers Library Publishers, Inc., 1937. Reprint. A reprint, with some additional material, of the author's "Fifteen Years of the Communist Party," which first appeared in 1934. During the 1940s and '50s, the U.S. government frequently harassed the Russian-born Bittelman (1890-1982) for his involvement with the Communist Party and..... More
Who Pays for the Cold War?
New York: New Century Publishers, 1949. First Edition. A Communist Party USA pamphlet, arguing that Americans pay high prices and have a lower standard of living because of out-of-control military spending. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Octavo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 125 mm), 23, [1] pages in..... More
For Revolution
New York: The John Day Company, 1932. First Edition. Pamphlet advocating an American revolution by the left-wing literary critic V.F. Calverton (1900-1940), who founded the Modern Quarterly, a Marxist journal. He says that the U.S. has a revolutionary tradition and that the working class can build upon that tradition. No..... More
Voices for Freedom #2
New York: Civil Rights Congress, 1951. First Edition. Scarce pamphlet decrying a Supreme Court decision that upheld the Smith Act, which was used to persecute Communists. An organization closely allied with the Communists, the Civil Rights Congress published this pamphlet. It features statements by trade unionists, newspapers, and even Eleanor..... More
The Western Front: Material for Branch Educational Discussions
San Francisco: Communist Party of California, 1942. No Edition Stated. Seven-page mimeographed document, 8 1/2 x 11 inches (217 x 280 mm), stapled in top left-hand corner. A "Dear Comrades" letter addressed to all branches of the Communist Party in California, Arizona, and Nevada, urging them to meet..... More
Party Organizer [Vol. X, No. 1, January 1937]
New York: Communist Party U.S.A., 1937. First Edition. Scarce issue of Party Organizer, the Communist Party's publication on internal Party matters. It features numerous articles from around the U.S. on efforts to build Party membership and to promote its publications, with case studies of both successful and unsuccessful efforts. There..... More
Everything for Victory: Statement of National Committee, Communist Party, U.S.A.
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Communist Party, n.d. [1941]. No Edition Stated. Presumed First Edition. Single sheet, 8 1/2 x 11 inches (217 x 280 mm), printed on one side only. A Communist Party USA flyer issued in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and..... More
A People's Program for the Defeat of Hitlerism
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Communist Party, n.d. [1941]. No edition stated. Single sheet of newsprint folded to create four pages of approximately 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches (211 x 266 mm). Announcement of a speech by Communist Party Chairman William Z. Foster in Los Angeles a...... More
Lecture by Rev. Chas. E. Coughlin: Lateral and Frontal Attack!, Sunday, October 22, 1933
Detroit: The Radio League of the Little Flower, 1933. First Edition. Small Octavo pamphlet measuring 7 3/4 x 5 inches (197 x 128 mm), [16] pages, in stapled printed wrappers. Transcript of a radio broadcast by Father Coughlin in which he says government action so far has amounted only to..... More
[Situationism] The Situationist Times [Number 1]
Hengelo, The Netherlands: Situationist Times, 1962. First Edition. Small Quarto (10 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches; 275 x 220 mm), [52] multicolored pages, in stapled illustrated wrappers. The scarce first issue of The Situationist Times, a radical, avant-garde periodical that focused on art and politics. Articles in German..... More
Why Marx Was Right
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2011. First American Edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm), xii, 258 pages, in black boards, titles in silver to spine, in an unclipped, printed dust jacket (hard cover). Terry Eagleton takes on objections to Marxism..... More
Socialism, Anarchism and Feminism
Baltimore: Vacant Lots Press, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. An essay on the benefits of anarchist feminism. The author suggests that feminists explore Situationism as a possible theoretical framework. She also decries the modern obsession with "witchcraft, magic, and psychic phenomena." Report No. 26 of Research Group One in Baltimore..... More
John T. Flynn Replies to His Critics
[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
Mike Gold: A Literary Anthology
New York: International Publishers, 1972. First Edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 208 x 140 mm), 322 pages, green cloth, titles in silver to spine, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket (hard cover). A collection of articles by the proudly Communist writer Mike Gold (1893-1967). Gold..... More
The Communist Party and You
New York: Communist Party of the U.S.A., 1946. First Edition, First Printing. A guide for new members of the Communist Party by the party's assistant organization secretary. Welcome message from William Z. Foster, the national chairman, followed by chapters on party goals, discipline, members' obligations, etc. It also makes clear..... More
The Communist Party and You
New York: Communist Party of the U.S.A., 1947. Second Printing. A guide for new members of the Communist Party by the party's assistant organization secretary. Welcome message from William Z. Foster, the national chairman, followed by chapters on party goals, discipline, members' obligations, etc. It also makes clear that members..... More
Collection of Ephemera on the General Strike for Peace
New York: New York Committee for the General Strike for Peace, 1961-1963. A collection of nine rare leaflets and letters concerning the General Strike for Peace, which in the early 1960s sought a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons as well as global disarmament. This material belonged to Jackson..... More
A gathering of people concerned about Conscientious Objection, Alternative Service and the Draft
Chicago: Grace Lutheran Church, 1971. Single-leaf handbill and two-leaf stapled article, both 8 1/2 x 11 inches (215 x 278 mm) and both folded in half for mailing. Handbill announcement for a meeting at Grace Lutheran Church in Chicago on conscientious objection and alternatives to the draft. There's..... More
Peace Can Be Won! Report to the 15th Convention, Communist Party, U.S.A.
New York: New Century Publishers, 1951. Report by the Communist Party's national secretary, warning about fascist tendencies in America and Wall Street's thirst for profits and war. There are also sections dealing with the "Negro people," youth, women, and internal party politics. DETAILS: Small Octavo (7 3/4 x...... More
[Radicalism] American Writers' Congress
New York: International Publishers, 1935. First Edition. Small Octavo (7 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 202 x 137 mm), viii, 9-192 pages, in publisher's original gray cloth, with a printed dust jacket. An important compilation of papers and proceedings at the historic first Writers' Congress of 1935. Authors..... More
John L. Lewis Exposed!
New York: New York Labor News Company, 1937. 5th Printing. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 127 mm), 69, [3] pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover). Pamphlet attacking labor leader John Lewis as "a servant of plutocratic capitalism." This pamphlet was written by Eric Hass, a...... More
Socialism Answers Anti-Semitism
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