No Place: Socialist Party-Social Democratic Federation, Publisher, 1960. Wraps. Blue printed wraps. Pagination varies. A collection of essays on a comprehensive plan for peace to be endorsed or advocated by the Socialist Party-Social Democratic Federation(SP-SDF), taking into consideration the pacifist wing of the organization. The SP-SDF was a left wing..... More
Edinburgh and San Francisco: A.K. Press, 1999. Trade Paperback. Trade paperback. 352 pp. A collection of interviews and essays by social theorist and activist, Murray Bookchin, whose career spanned environmentalism, anarchism, etc. In this work he discusses being a teenager and communist during the Great Depression; his ideas on a...... More
London: China Quarterly, presumed Publisher, 1962. Wraps. Blue printed wraps. 22 pp. Offprint from the April-June issue of the China Quarterly, providing a history of the political career and political philosophy of Liu Shaoqi, anticipating him as a successor to Mao Zedong. While Shaoqi was a prominent leader of the..... More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1940. Original Wraps. Wraps. 94 pp. A collection of speeches given by Earl Browder upon his nomination as a Communist Party candidate for President of the United States in 1940. Browder cites instances of electoral corruption and fraud, and castigates Roosevelt for adopting Hitler-like policies..... More
Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1964. Wraps. Wraps. A speech by Cuban leader Fidel Castro focusing mostly on the United States, tension between the US and Cuba, and with much derision toward President Kennedy. GOOD+ condition. Minor soiling and staining. Light wrinkling and edgewear. More
New York: Weekly Masses, 1941. Wraps. Printed wraps. 32 pp., including covers. Single issue of this influential magazine of the American Left, often associated with the Communist Party of the United States, and serving to publish work of Marxist thought. This issue with pieces on how Hitler and his leaders..... More
Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1976. Wraps. Printed wraps. 55 pp. A somewhat philosophical look at communism and its practice, including: Marxism-Leninism as an international theory and a weapon of revolutionary change in the world; the role of Marxist-Leninist parties in safeguarding the interests of the working people; Lenin's..... More
New York: Weekly Masses, 1940. Wraps. Printed wraps. 32 pp., including covers. Illustrations by Mischa Richter, William Gropper, and others. Single issue of this influential magazine of the American Left, often associated with the Communist Party of the United States, and serving to publish work of Marxist thought. This issue..... More
Shanghai: China Weekly Review Press. Cloth. no date, perhaps circa 1937 based on OCLC records. Blue cloth. 86 pp. With a few sections of black and white photos. English language translations of articles about or articles written by General Chiang Kai-Shek or Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. This includes a preface on..... More
New York: New York Labor News Company, Publisher, 1946. Wraps. Stated fourth printing. Wraps. 45 pp., plus ads in the rear. A piece advocating socialism and a stronger working class in America, asserting that true Americanism is socialist in nature, citing historical precedent in considering Jeffersonism versus Hamiltonism, the power..... More
Goteborg: John Anderssons Forlag, 1914. Wraps. Printed wraps. 32 pp. All text in Swedish. A piece on the proletariat in Europe, by the Swedish journalist, anarchist and agitator. GOOD condition. Moderate chipping, tearing and loss along the fore edge. Uneven toning and minor soiling. Some fading. Tiny bit of pencil..... More
No Place: No publisher, 1972. Wraps. Side stapled wraps. 6 pages plus cover. A summary of a longer work originally written by Johnson and Somers, titled "The Political Economy of Sexism, or Behind Every Sexist Stands the Boss." This paper was adopted as the platform for socialist feminism by the..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Pamphlet. No publisher or place. Circa 1918. Large side stapled pamphlet. Quarto. 8 pp. All text in German. A German language edition of this letter written by Lenin to American workers, hoping to expand his work in Russia to sympathetic workers in the United States. GOOD..... More
New York: Social Science Publishers, 1926. Wraps. Red printed wraps. 32 pp. A study of British labor, the organization and efforts of their trade unions against various industries, their leaders and financiers. With sections on miner and textile unity, visits to Russia, struggles of workers in India and China, including..... More
New York: Rand School of Political Science, Publisher, 1920. Wraps. Blue printed wraps. 32 pp. An analysis of the then current political situation in Europe post World War I, arguing that the economics and politics of the region, including the terms of various peace treaties, would cause another war. This..... More
New York: Social Science Publishers, 1926. Wraps. Red printed wraps. 30pp, with a map. A work by Nearing studying the influence of Russia in world politics, asserting that its presence combats imperialism by the West, discussing the Russian-Japanese treaty of 1925, as well as Russia's efforts to unite Europe and..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912. Wraps. Later printing. Maroon cloth. 377pp., plus ads. A work seeking to counter notions prevalent in the early 20th century regarding the poor and poverty, asserting that economic conditions exacerbate problems for the "submerged class" and that the poor do not like being poor..... More
New York: The Fine Arts Guild, Publisher, 1921. Cloth. Brown cloth. 46 pp. A printing of a public debate between Edward Seligman and Scott Nearing on Capitalism versus Socialism, with Seligman in favor of capitalism and Nearing arguing for Socialism. FAIR/GOOD condition. Text block cleanly DETACHED from binding, but otherwise..... More
New York: NG Slater Co/Socialist Workers Party, 1976. Unbound. Vote Socialist Workers. Reid for Vice-President Pinback. NG Slater Co/Socialist Workers Party. New York: (1976). 1 ¾ inches in diameter. Stickpin style back. Black and red printing on a white background, with a photo of Reid. A pinback promoting Willie Mae..... More
Havana: Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, Publisher, 1970. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 48 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A single issue of this official newspaper of the Communist Party in Cuba. This issue focuses on attempts of the United States to overthrow Fidel Castro and..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Pamphlet. No publisher, place or date. Presumed 1900. Side sewn pamphlet. 16 pp., including covers. A little magazine style work, presumed published in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The author of most of the work appears to have been a socialist turned Unitarian minister. Perhaps editied by George E...... More
Brooklyn: Progressive Labor Party, Publisher. 1969. Wraps. Printed wraps. 81 pp., plus ads for other work in the rear. A piece by the Progressive Labor Party, a party formed after a split with the Communist Party USA, adhering to Chinese doctrine until the early 1970s. This collects several speeches by..... More
Berkeley: Spartacist League, Publisher. Unbound. . Single sheet folded into fourths. Red paper stock. Small illustration and map present. A leaflet advertising a Spartacist League Summer Camp, from August 12-15 in 1971, in the hope of building a communist/marxist party. Includes titles and brief synopses of lectures, such as communist..... More
Chicago: Collectivist League, Publisher. Pamphlet. no date, perhaps circa 1888. Single sheet, folded into four pages, with only two pages bearing printing. A short outline of philosophy and ideas surrounding the concept of collectivism, in which this group is advocating for a People's State to administer all capital and labor..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Perhaps the Socialist Workers Party, Berkeley, ca 1968/69. Single legal sized sheet, printed on both sides. A flier listing various workshops and speeches to be given at the onference on Revolutionary Socialist Politics in Berkeley. Speakers included Marxist thinker Ernest..... More