New York: American League Against War and Fascism, 1936. A pamphlet that outlines the history, program, and activities of the American League Against War and Fascism, which was founded at the U.S. Congress Against War held in September 1933. Tri-fold pamphlet (8 ½” x 5 ¼”), six panels. Slightly mis-folded..... More
Los Angeles: “Morning Freiheit”, [1963]. A seemingly unrecorded broadside (8 ½” x 11” published by the Los Angeles branch of the “Morning Freiheit” and issued in the wake of the Slánský trial in Prague - regarded by many in the Jewish community as an anti-Semitic show trial. Refutes the fear-mongering..... More
New York: National Council of Jewish Communists, [ca. 1939]. A bitter denunciation of the Chamberlain government following Germany’s invasion of Poland. The National Council of Jewish Communists maintain that only the Soviet government is giving hope to the Jewish people, not Zionists who’ve aligned themselves with British imperialism. Tri-fold sheet..... More
New York: National Organizing Committee, U.S. Congress Against War, 1933. In 1933, writers Sherwood Anderson, Theodore Dreiser and Upton Sinclair called for a united front against war, which was organized as the U.S. Congress Against War and held from Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in NYC (apparently changed from the date listed..... More
New York: Workers' Library Publishers, [ca. 1932]. First edition. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (5 ½” x 8 ½”), 17, [3] pp. Some light chipping to wrapper edges, two-hole punched near spine, not affecting text, VG overall. A little over a dozen copies of this edition in WorldCat. Scarce in commerce. Communist propaganda..... More
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New York: American Student Movement, 1970-1971. Two issues of newsletters associated with the Maoist American Student Movement at Columbia University. The earlier issue is called “Columbia Newsletter: Local Organ of American Student Movement (anti-imperialist) at Columbia University” and the later issue is “Columbia Student: Newsletter of the Columbia United of..... More
n.p.: n.p., [ca. 1939]. A purported confidential document issued before the U.S. entered WWII describing the ways Communists have infiltrated the U.S. Armed Forces. The first section includes excerpts from Communist publications describing the Communist attitude and objectives within the armed forces. The second section lists the methods of infiltration..... More
Berkeley: Racism Research Project, 1975. A Marxist critique of the Black Nation Thesis, which the Racism Research Project contends was a misapplication of Stalin’s thesis on nationhood and the perpetuation of arbitrarily assigned racial categories. Stapled wrappers (8 ½” x 5 ½”), 32 p. Faint soiling to bottom of pages..... More
![Item #06462 The Democracy of Thomas Jefferson [of the City of New York]: Proposed Platform,...](https://davidanthembookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06462.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1555118049)
[New York: The Democracy of Thomas Jefferson of the City of New York], [1896]. First edition. A scarce surviving broadside (9 ½” x 15”) printing the proposed platform, constitution and resolution of the Democracy of Thomas Jefferson (officially, The Democracy of Thomas Jefferson of the City of New York), a...... More
New York: American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born, [1961]. A pamphlet issued by the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born to highlight the cases of Pedro Gonzalez, William Mackie, Hazel Wolf, Hamish MacKay, Refugio Martinez, and other Communist sympathizers who were targeted under the Immigration and Nationality Act..... More
n.p. American Student Union, [1938]. A flyer issued by the American Student Union at UC Berkeley urging students to support the five-point program adopted by the Associated Students of the Univ. of California’s Peace Committee and calling for a “mass protest rally against Hitler’s invasion of Austria.” The ASUC’s program..... More
New York: Communist Party of U.S.A., [1933]. An early anti-fascist pamphlet from the CPUSA originally published as an editorial in the April 1933 issue of The Communist, and reprinted as a pamphlet for the Madison Square meeting against Fascism, April 5, 1933. The Party traces fascism’s emergence in Germany and..... More
[France?]: Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, [198-]. A large newsprint poster celebrating Mao produced by Bob Avakian’s Revolutionary Communisty Party, USA, on behalf of the Revolutionary Communist International (RCI). The RCI was founded in France in 1984 by 17 Maoist organizations, including the RCP. Avakian and other Party leaders fled to..... More
Dresden: Verlag Zeit im Bild, [1968?]. An anti-Kiesinger publication by the socialist National Front of Democratic Germany, which includes photostat documents portraying Kiesinger as a Nazi, anti-Semite and collaborator with Joachim von Ribbentrop and Joseph Goebbels. Although a member of the Nazi Party, Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904-1988) was criticized by..... More
Boston: Communist Party of Massachusetts, [1938]. A pamphlet published by the Communist Party of Massachusetts accusing Democratic governor Charles Hurley of being an anti-New Deal reactionary and describing his manifold anti-progressive policies. The rear cover includes a list of the Communist Party’s 14-point program along with a call to defeat..... More
[New York]: Workers Armed Defense Group, 1970. A single issue of this Marxist-Leninist newsletter and predecessor to “Red Star,” organ of the Red Women’s Detachment. In this issue, “Class War!” on the realization “that a peaceful solution to the class struggle is impossible;” an excerpt from Lenin’s “The Military Programme..... More
[Detroit?]: n.p., [1949]. A tribute to long-time Communist labor organizer, Bill McKie's, on the occasion of his 72nd birthday. McKie was a Scottish-born member of the Sheet Metal and Braziers Union who emigrated to the U.S. in 1927 and began organizing a union at Ford. He was an inveterate Communist..... More
Baltimore: Firestarter Press, 2003. Reprint. Stapled, photocopied wrappers, 64 pp, illus. First issued in 1991, this pamphlet comprises a number of documents - most originally in Kurdish - of the 1991 Kurdish uprising in Iraq. Many of the documents are primary source statements and letters written by Kurdish workers involved..... More
[New York]: [Communist Party USA], [1956]. An important internal document issued by the Harlem Regional Committee in response to the controversial Draft Resolution for the 16th National Convention of the Communist Party, U.S.A.. This report from the Harlem Committee states that “the Draft Resolution must state unequivocally that only a...... More
New York: United Labor and People's Committee for May Day, 1952. A pamphlet preceding May Day activities for 1952, which highlights the history of the holiday and the struggle for Negro rights, labor organizing, and peace. The United Labor and People’s Committee for May Day was a Communist front organization..... More
[New York: Marxist-Leninist Party], [1971]. An 8 ½” x 11” mimeographed broadside published by the ultra-orthodox Marxist-Leninist Party on the true nature of May Day. The MLP contends that the bourgeoisie and petty-bourgeoisie have co-opted May Day with their “solemn ceremonies of bourgeois ‘Law Day’ carried out by the dust-covered..... More
La Habana: Editorial Orbe, 1975. A collection of documents from the Federation of Cuban Women’s Second Congress held Nov. 25-29, 1974. “The collection includes the interim report, the accords and resolutions, and the most important documents approved at the Congress, as well as the extraordinary closing speech by Commander-in-Chief Fidel..... More
Communist Party, [1965?]. The Communist Party describes the characteristics and importance of the Negro revolution and situates it within the broader context of American political life directly following the assassination of President Kennedy. Corner-stapled 14” x 8 ½” sheets mimeographed on rectos only, folded (8 ½” x 7”), cover sheet..... More
New York: National Council, Labor Youth League, 1954. A call to organize the second national convention of the Labor Youth League (LYL), which was held from February 19-22, 1954 in NYC. The cover features an illustration of an interracial couple holding hands, which the group reprinted for the cover of..... More
Chicago: Women's Caucus of the New University Conference, 1970-71. Five issues of the irregularly issued newsletter of the Women’s Caucus of the New University Conference. The content is focused on organizational issues and the Caucus’ intersection with the broader women’s liberation movement. Issues include, nos. 5-7 and two unnumbered issues..... More