Hispanics in the United States #25 Activismo Latino

Hispanics in the United States #25
Activismo Latino
Ephemera, Buttons, Pamphlets, Posters & Handbills
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1.
49th Ward Committee for Independent Political Action: Vol. 1, no. 4 (July 26, 1966). Chicago: the
newsletter, 1966. 6p., 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled together at upper left, staple rusting, damp stain across bottom
edge, cover photos of Arthur Vasquez and Kathleen T. Kearney. (#156917) $75.00
This issue announced the formation of a new political party, the Citizens Independent Party, dedicated to fighting
racism and the Daley machine. Includes biographical details about Arthur Vazquez, the Mexican-American leader
of the CIP, and Kathleen T. Kearney; their photos appear on the cover in black and white. Vazquez' obituary from
the Chicago Tribune later noted that "In 1966, he became one of the first Hispanics in the city to to run for office, as
candidate for state senator on the Citizens Independent Party slate. His petitions were disregarded by the Board of
Election Commissioners and when he sat in to protest, he was fined $100."
2.
Areito; English supplement, vol. 1, no. 2, 3. N. pl.: Arieto, [1975]. 16p., 8.5x11 inches, illustration,
photos, very good newsprint magazine in pastebound pictorial wraps. Magazine. (#83994)
$25.00
The Cuban solidarity publication includes an interview with Noes Colón Martinez on the Conference of Solidarity
with the Independence of Puerto Rico and another with Cuban ballet dancer Alicia.
3.
¡ Basta ya! Mission community newspaper [joint issue with] San Francisco Wildcat, special extra issue
on the San Francisco General Hospital Strike. San Francisco: the newspaper, 1970. 4p., 11.5x17 inches,
illustrations, photos, text in Spanish and English "folded tabloid newspaper, fold crease, damp stain. Newspaper.
(#161181)
$15.00
4.
The Bay Area Committee for the Puerto Rican Hartford 15. San Francisco: Bay Area Committee for
the Puerto Rican Hartford 15, [1985]. Single sheet flyer/handbill, 8.5x11 inches, printed two sides (one in
English, one in Spanish), on the case of the Puerto Rican activists charged with armed robbery in 1983, map of
Puerto Rico and Independence logo, on marigold paper. handbill leaflet. (#88461)
$18.00
Handbill calling for support for the Bay Area committee and explaining briefly the arrests and charges and a
history of US imperialism in Puerto Rico.
5.
Boycott Gallo (pinback button). n.p., n.d.. 1.5 inch
diameter pin, very lightly worn, with UFW eagle and purple outline of
wine bottle; union bug on edge indicates manufacture in East Bay.
(#132283)
$15.00
6.
Campaña nacional de solidaridad con el trabajador
inmigrante (pinback button). San Jose, CA, n.d.. 1.75 inch button,
very good. Text arranged inside red machine cog design on yellow
background, industrial pictorial motif in center. San Jose manufacturer
info on edge. (#132294) $18.00
7.
Centro Latino Amigo [pinback button]. n.p.: n.p., [1970s?].
1.25 inch diameter pinback button, white field, green text. (#172773)
$18.00
8.
Chicano art; resistance and affirmation, an interpretive
exhibition of the Chicano art movement,1965-1985. Los Angeles: Wight
Art Gallery, University of California, 1990. 20p. tabloid newspaperformat program for the CARA exhibition, 14x11.5 inches, bilingual text in
Spanish and English, illustrations,
(#99208)
$25.00
9.
Chicanos Mexicanos Latinos Centroamericanos, July 28th mobilization, stop U.S. military
intervention in Central America and the Caribbean, March, Shatto Park to Macarthur Park. [Los Angeles]:
n. pub., [1986]. 8.5x11 inch flyer, printed two sides, one in English, one in Spanish, for the march, black text on
white paper. (#146257) $15.00
10.
Cipactli; vol. 2 no. 1 (Fall 1989-Winter 1990). San Francisco: San Francisco State University, 1990.
48p., 8.5x11 inches, texts in English and Spanish, illustrations, photos, poems, very good magazine/journal in
stapled pictorial wraps. Paperback. (#172802)
$15.00
Various Chicano poets and writers.
11.
Con Safos; number 7. Los Angeles: Con Safos, 1971. 65p., 8.5x11
inches, illustrations, texts in English and some Spanish, photos, poems, essays,
very good magazine/journal in stapled pictorial wraps. Magazine. (#103520)
$75.00
Includes a long excerpt (and first appearance of) Oscar Zeta Acosta's
"Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo," Gilberto Sanchez Lújan on Chicano art,
with woodcuts by Roberto de la Rocha, a bibliographic essay on Los Chicanos
by Roberto P. Haro, and much more.
12.
Don't buy scab grapes [pinback button]. n.p.: n.p., [1970s?].
1.5 inch diameter pinback button purple grape bunch illustration on white
field with white text on purple field. (#172767)
$15.00
13.
¡El vocero de la raza! La Raza Student Organization, issue 1,
3, 4 & 5. San Francisco: La Raza Student Organization, SFSU, 20032004. 4 issues, broken run, various paginations, 11.5x14 inches, folded
tabloid newspapers, illustrations, articles, poetry etc., student newspaper
focusing on Chicano issues. Newspaper. (#169123) $60.00
Only two holdings located in OCLC.
14.
Exploring the proletariat in L.A. Programme investigation. Cambridge, MA: Revolution Books,
[2000?]. 9p., 5.5x8.5 inches, illustrated with photos of sweatshop workers, very good first edition booklet in
stapled pink printed wraps. Pamphlet. (#134264)
$15.00
Reprint of article from the Revolutionary Communist Party newspaper, describing a tour of various garment shops
in Los Angeles on a quest to make the Party Programme speak to the needs of these workers.
15.
Flores y balas; la poesia es un arma, poemas por los prisioneros de
guerra Puertorriqueños y otros campañeros. Chicago: MLN/Rebeldia, [1983?].
24p., 6x8.5 inches, text in Spanish and some English, very good first edition
booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Booklet. (#74185)
$45.00
16.
El foro del pueblo vol. 1, nos. 2, 3 and 8, April, May & November,
1980. Los Angeles, CA: Editorial Prensa Sembradora, 1980. Three issues of the
tabloid-format newspaper, illustrations, bilingual in English and Spanish, paper
lightly toned, otherwise very good. Newspaper. (#172298) $35.00
Self-proclaimed "working class" paper focusing on news of interest to Latino
Californians. Issue 3 is devoted to immigration.
17.
El foro del pueblo. No. 3 (May/Mayo 1980) special immigration issue. Los Angeles, CA: Editorial
Prensa Sembradora, 1980. Single issue of the tabloid-format newspaper, illustrations, bilingual in English and
Spanish, paper lightly toned, otherwise very good. Newspaper. (#172300)
$15.00
Self-proclaimed "working class" paper focusing on news of interest to Latino Californians. This issue devoted to
immigration.
18.
The Forumeer: official publication of the American G.I. Forum of the U.S. [Three issues: April, July,
September 1970]. San Jose, CA: American G.I. Forum, 1970. Three issues of the tabloid format newspaper, 4p.
apiece, illustrated with photos, some toning but otherwise good condition. Newspaper. (#150928)
$95.00
Include articles on Chicano protests against judge Gerald Chargin, the Coors boycott, a protest following the
burning of the MECHA house in Northridge, and more. The American G.I. Forum is a Hispanic veterans and civil
rights organization.
19.
Free the F.A.L.N. ! Free Puerto Rico. San Francisco: New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican
Independence and Socialism, [198-?]. 8.5x14 inch sheet, printed single side, 3 fold creases (was folded as a
brocure/mailer) handbill leaflet. (#155792) $30.00
20.
From behind prison walls-art of Puerto Rican patriots:
January 26 - February, 1988. San Francisco: Galeria de la Raza, 1988.
8.5x5.5 inch illustrated postcard promoting the event. (#89978)
$12.00
21.
El grito del Norte vol. V, no 3, May 19, 1972. Española, NM: El grito
del Norte, 1972. 16p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, text in English and
Spanish, very good. Newspaper. (#167521)
$35.00
Cover stories U.S. Imperialism, Nixon, Norvell, Vietnam and New Mexico.
22.
El Grito del Norte y El Papel: Special joint issue: How government
and private agencies appoint "leaders" for La Raza (April 1970).
[Albuquerque], 1970. Single combination issue of the two newspapers, 8.5x11
inches, on standard paper rather than newsprint, 8 pages, illustratiosn, text in
Englsih and Spanish, very good but for some toning of cover page; date of April
13 1970 rubberstamped in corner of front page. (#165945) $35.00
Much of the issue is devoted to critiquing a conference on La Raza and mental
health practices being held at Las Cruces.
23.
If you think Sacco & Vanzetti were the last anarchists to be framed and killed by the government...
Van Nuys, CA: SRAFprint Co-op, General Defense Committee, n.d.. Seven legal-size sheets stapled together at
upper left, cover leaf in goldenrod, printed on one side. Staple starting to rust, mild wear. Early 1970s. (#124638)
$18.00
Lists cases of anarchists killed in Mexico City and (suspected) in San Francisco, with others hassled by cops or
government agencies. One paragraph on "Los Tres de San Diego," a trio of Chicano IWW members arrested in
1971. Remaining six pages are a general history of political suppression of anarchists. Concludes with a call to free
Bobby Seale.
24.
El Jalamate; volume 2, number 10, December 15, 1973. San Francisco:
La Raza Information center, 1972. 10p.,8.5x11 inches, bilingual text,
mimeographed newsletter in stapled pictorial wraps.
(#81120)
$25.00
Community service announcements and news by the Chicano organization,
including material on the UFW.
25.
José Martí y Juan Pablo Duarte; proceres eximios, apostoles de la
libertad, la democracia y la dign idad plena del hombre. Homenaje de exilados
politicos Dominicanos en el centenario de Jose Marti. Havana: n. pub., 1953.
16p., 5x6.75 inches, photos, text in Spanish, very good booklet in white stapled
wraps. (#73539)
$45.00
26.
¡La verdad! Liberacion Exige Organizacion, Unión del Barrio, Jan - Mar 1994. San Diego: La verdad
Publications, 1994. 12p. including covers, 11x17 inches, folded tabloid newspaper, illustrations, texts in English
and Spanish, some creasing otherwise very good newsprint. Newspaper. (#168877)
$25.00
Cover story on Zapatistas in Chiapas.
27.
¡ Libertad para los Hartford 16! in Por la Paz y la Solidaridad, Agosto 1987 (handbill). Oakland: Paz
y la Solidaridad, [1987?]. Single sheet newsletter, 8.5x14 inches, printed two sides, text in Spanish, photo of an
anniversary march in Puerto Rico, black print on white paper, mild wear. handbill leaflet. (#88464)
$20.00
On the case of te Puerto Rican activists charged with armed robbery in 1983
28.
La lucha; Watsonville bilingual community newspaper July 1972 - issue
7, Ruchel Magee cover story. Freeom: La Lucha, 1972. 10p. including covers,
10x14 inch tabloid newspaper folded once, illustrated with photos and drawings, text
in English and Spanish. (#167107)
$45.00
Articles include Lechuga boycott announced by Cesar Chavez, Ruchel Magee's selfdefense.
29.
El Malcriado, "The voice of the farm worker." In English. No. 61, May
24, 1967. Delano: the magazine, 1967. 32p., 7.5x11 inches, newsprint with a
variety of illustrations in the text, pastebound self-wraps, somewhat browned,
otherwise very good. (#161584) $45.00
Includes coverage of a support visit by Bobby Kennedy, a photo feature on
farmworkers in Texas, updates on union negotiations in various towns, and more.
30.
El Malcriado: "The voice of the Farm Worker" In English, volume I no. 32, March 3, 1966. Delano:
Farm Worker Press, 1966. 24p., 8x11 inches, newsprint, illustrated with photos of the march, cartoons,
participants and politicians, lightly-worn and soiled. Newspaper. (#172944)
$75.00
Cover photo of the Delano strikers marching, articles on Delano, Robert Kennedy's support of the strikers, Huerta
vs Hagen etc.
31.
El Malcriado: "The voice of the Farm Worker" In English, volume I no.
36, May 19, 1966 (cover says no. 32). Delano: Farm Worker Press, 1966. 24p.,
8x11 inches, newsprint, illustrated with photos of the march, cartoons, participants
and politicians, lightly-worn and soiled, cover stamped ex-library. Newspaper.
(#172945)
$65.00
Cover cartoon of the Big Squeeze, campesino wrung out by patroncito and
contratista, stories on the Farm Worker's Theatredumping Difiorgio, braceros in
Salinas etc.
32.
El Malcriado: "The voice of the Farm Worker" In English, volume III
no. 14, October 15 - 31, 1969. Delano: Farm Worker Press, 1966. 16p., 8x11
inches, newsprint, illustrated with photos, cartoons, participants and politicians,
lightly-worn and soiled. Newspaper. (#172946)
$45.00
Cover cartoon of the three witches at a cauldron - UC, FDA and Dept of Agriculture.
33.
El Malcriado: "The voice of the Farm Worker" In English,
volume III no. 17, December 1 - 31, 1969. Delano: Farm Worker Press,
1969. Single sheet 32x22.75 inches folded three times to create a special
issue of the paper with one full side a poster depicting the farm workers
struggle in black and tan inks, UFWOC AFL-CIO emblem above by Andy
Zermeño and on the rear an open letter from Chavez in English, Spanish,
Filipino, very good with fold creases and minor wear. Newspaper.
(#172947)
$125.00
34.
El Malcriado: "The voice of the Farm Worker" In English, volume
V no. 1, March 20, 1972 emergency issue! Delano: Farm Worker Press, 1966.
[16p.] folded tabloid format newsprint, illustrated with photos, cartoons,
participants and politicians, very good with fold-crease. Newspaper. (#172948)
$45.00
Cover cartoon by Andy Zermeño of the GOP elephant gobbling up the money fed
to him by Nixon, a grower and the NLRB as a clown while squashing boycotters.
35.
May Day - Cinco de Mayo, May 4, 2 p m, Griffith Park Breakfast
Club; Celebrate! ¡Celebre! Gratiz! Free. Los Angeles: United May Day,
Cinco de Mayo Committee, 1974. 8.5x14 inch flyer, printed two sides, in
English and Spanish. handbill leaflet. (#139745)
$35.00
Burt Corona led the speakers' list. Emphasis on support for labor, particularly
the UFW ,and immigrants.
36.
New mission / Nueva mission. Vol. 3, no. 2 (Feb. 25-March 17, 1969). San Francisco: United
Neighborhood Organization, 1969. 8p., illustrations, photos, text in Spanish, very good tabloid format newspaper,
horizontal fold, evenly toned, otherwise very good. Newspaper. (#168602)
$18.00
Radical newspaper from the Mission District, bilingual; includes a headline story about a group called Empleo
seeking to find work for Latino convicts and reform local prisons; recommendations for changes in juvenile hall, a
report on demands issued by Third World students at Mission High School, and more.
37.
No grapes [pinback button]. n.p.: n.p., [1970s?].
diameter pinback button, red field, white text. (#172770)
1.5 inch
$12.00
38.
No intervención de Estados Unidos en Centroamérica y el
Caribe; marcha y acto en San Francisco, Sabado, 30 de Abril, 1988.
San Frnacisco: Movilización por la Paz, el Trabajo y la Justicia , 1988.
1p. flyer for the march, text in Spanish, printed two sides, with drawing of
UFW picket line and a photo of Cesar Chavez, one of the three featured
speakers. handbill leaflet. (#67745)
$15.00
39.
Nuestra lucha; hasta la victoria, vol. 4, no. 1 (June 1981). Toledo: Farm Labor Organizing Committee,
1981. Single issue of the 12p. illustrated, English language tabloid newspaper, library stamp on front panel, paper
toned, otherwise very good. Newspaper. (#172311) $12.00
40.
On April 30, trade unions will march for peace, jobs and justice, not
war! Saturday, April 30, 1988. San Francisco: Mobilization for Peace, Jobs and
Justice, 1988. Single sheet flyer/handbill for the march, in English, printed two
sides, with photo of Cesar Chavez, one of the three featured speakers, black print
on blue paper. handbill leaflet. (#) $20.00
Walter Johnson and Al Lannon were the other two speakers. List of labor
organizations endorsing the rally printed at bottom. Union bug.
41.
La opinion latina. Vol. 2 no. 1 (Summer 1981). Chicago, IL: Rafael Cintrón-Ortiz Cultural Center,
1981. Single issue of the 8p. tabloid format newspaper, illustrations, photos, text in English, mild edgewear,
paper evenly toned. Newspaper. (#172312)
$15.00
Published by activists from the University of Illinois, Chicago Circle.
42.
La opinion latina. Vol. 1 no. 2 (April-May 1981). Chicago, IL: Rafael Cintrón-Ortiz Cultural Center,
1981. Single issue of the 12p. tabloid format newspaper, mild edgewear, paper evenly toned. Newspaper.
(#172800)
$15.00
Published by activists from the University of Illinois, Chicago Circle.
43.
El papel; March, 1969. Albuquerque: El Papel, 1969. 8p., 9x12.75 inches, illustrations and photos,
edges mildly worn, newspaper/newsletter. (#71833)
$50.00
Single issue of the irregularly published militant journal, with articles on Raza-Black unity, segregation in
Albuquerque, and more.
44.
People's World: vol. 33, no. 35, Los Angeles Final, Saturday, August 29,1970 "Why Vietnam when
there is a Salinas" Los Angeles: Pacific Publishing Foundation, 1970. 8p. tabloid newspaper folded with 10p.
World Magazine folded-in, texts in English and Spanish, illustrated with photos, minor wear. Newspaper.
(#172333)
$15.00
This issue focuses on Chicano Liberation in the Magazine including the front page story in Spanish on the San
Francisco and other Chicano Moratoriums.
45.
El Popo Moviemiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan; vol. 11, no. 1, Sept. 1977. Northridge:
M.E.Ch.A./CSUN, 1977. 8p., 11.5x14.5 inches, illustrations, photos, text in English, very good tabloid newspaper
on lightly-browned newsprint. Newspaper. (#168383)
$20.00
Chicano student newspaper. Cover story on the undocumented worker. Articles on Bakke, Teatro Aztlán et al.
Centerfold announcement for the National Chicano/Latino Conference in San Antonio, Tejas. Farm Labor Task
Force illustrated box ad reminding everyone to boycott grapes, lettuce, Coors and Gallo wine.
46.
El Popo MEChA-Chicano Studies Dept. CSUN; vol. 23, no. 2, Fall 1992. Northridge:
M.E.Ch.A./CSUN, 1992. 8p., 11.5x17 inches, illustrations, photos, text in English, fold crease otherwise very
good tabloid newspaper on newsprint . Newspaper. (#168389)
$12.00
Chicano student movement newspaper. Cover story on 500 years of resistance, Arnulfo Casillas memorial, etc.
47.
La Prensa San Diego: volume 1, no. 32 September 29, 1977: Chicanos expel Socialist Workers Party!
(handbill). San Diego: n.p., 1977. 1 sheet handbill 8.5x14 inches, photo-copied one-side only with paste-up of
the cover story for issue number 32 with the full declaration included, fold-crease. (#162885)
$12.00
48.
The Puerto Rican prisoners of war and violations of their human rights. N.
pl.: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War, [199-?]. 40p., 5.5x8.5
inches, photos, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. (#74169)
$15.00
Biographies of 11 detainees accused of being members of the FALN or other militant
groups, with details of abuse allegations.
49.
Puerto Rico: 100 años de dominación y resistencia 100 años de dominación y resistencia; Articulos
escogidos del Obrero Revolucionario. New York: Revolution Books, [1998-?]. 41p., 5.5x8.5 inches, maps,
illustrations, text in Spanish, very good first edition booklet in stapled orange wraps. (#141416) $20.00
Articles reprinted from Obrero Revolucionario.
50.
Puertorriqueños en defensa del patrimonio nacional; no. 2, febrero 2003. Arecibo, PR:
Puertorriqueños en Defensa del Patrimonio Nacional;, 2003. 8p., 7x8.5 inches, text in Spanish, illustrations,
chronology, very good pamphlet in printed yellow self-wraps. (#124616)
$15.00
51.
El pulgarcito: Organo Informativo del Comite de Salvadoreños Progresistas. Vol. II no. 2 (whole
number 14), Marzo 1977. San Francisco: Comite de Salvadoreños Progresistas, 1977. 12p., tabloid format
newspaper, illustrations, text in SpanisH, very good. Newspaper. (#172061)
$15.00
Special issue on electoral fraud and popular protest in El Salvador. Published by Salvadoreño exiles in San
Francisco.
52.
El pulgarcito. Organo Informativo del Comite de Salvadoreños Progresistas. Vol. IV no. 1. San
Francisco: Comite de Salvadoreños Progresistas, 1979. 12p., text in Spanish and English, illustrations, photos,
tabloid format newspaper, very good. Newspaper. (#172309) $15.00
Published by Salvadoreño exiles in San Francisco.
53.
La raza; vol. 1, no. 4, October 29, 1967. Los Angeles: La Raza, 1967. 5p. + 3 p., 11x17 inches, tabloid
newspaper folded in half, bilingual Spanish and English dos-a-dos, 5 pages of English and tres of Espanol, photos,
very tanned, brittle and chipped. Newspaper. (#167079)
$10.00
Garfield High School's troubles, "Juego play El Paso play juego" (Good Mexican, Bad Mexican game)
54.
La raza; vol. 1, no. 9, February 10, 1968. Los Angeles: La Raza, 1968. 12p., 11x17 inches, tabloid
newspaper folded in half, bilingual Spanish and English, photos, very tanned, brittle. Newspaper. (#167085)
$10.00
1968 year of decision, congress of Mexican unity,
55.
Repression breeds resistance: Chicano Mexicano, Puerto Rican,
Black, Native American peoples National Moratorium: Sept. 7-8-9, 1979
[poster]. New York: the Moratorium, 1979. Poster 17.5x22 inches, featuring a
Ron Cobb drawing of police in the foreground with raised fists breaking chains
above; thumbtack holes in the blank margin at the four corners, closed edge tears,
Inkworks bug on bottom right corner. POSTER. (#162697) $225.00
Calls for a rally at the United Nations "to expose violation of human rights in the
US of Chicano/ Mexicano, Puerto Rican, Black, Native American peoples - to
build nnational unity of Third World peoples in the US based on the principle of
self-determination." Local contact addresses listed for six other cities around the
country.
56.
S.D.S. Film Theater Presents: Viva Zapata! / The Inheritance. Berkeley: Students for a Democratic
Society, [1967]. Single legal-size sheet, printed on one side, with B&W stills from the two movies. Single
horizontal crease. handbill leaflet. (#131554)
$35.00
Poster for the showing of two films on the UC Berkeley campus as a fundraiser to aid Delano farm strikers.
57.
San Francisco Wildcat; Vol. 1 No. 1 (August, 1970). San Francisco, CA: the newspaper, 1970. 12p.,
tabloid format newspaper, slightly crinkled from damp, spots of foxing and a stain, but not musty. (#161163)
$15.00
Includes updates on the trials of the Soledad Brothers and Los Siete de la Raza, the crisis at San Francisco General
Hospital, and much more.
58.
Send the Congress a message: Stop the Carter Plan! [handbill]. Los Angeles: National Coalition for
Fair Immigration Laws and Practices, [1978]. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill, printed one side with text and large
black and white photo of children holding sign saying "El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido," edges toned. handbill
leaflet. (#172817)
$15.00
Opposes Carter's immigration plan.
59.
Sid Macias for student advocate; Ralph Arreola for ASUC Senate. Berkeley: [Mexican American
Student Confederation], [1969?]. 8.5x6.5 inch text-only printed flyer urging the election of the two candidates,
along with their platform, headline in handwritten text and the rest typeset, tiny hole below Macias' name.
(#142007)
$18.00
The two were endorsed by MASC, the Afro-American Students Union, and the Union Party, among other groups.
60.
The Simpson-Rodino bill; a forum ... by Unity Newspaper. Speakers:
Dolores Huerta ..., Roberto Flores ... [and] Luz Monteon, Saturday, December
13 ... Cal State University Los Angeles. Los Angeles: Unity Newspaper, [1986?].
8.5x11 inch flyer/handbill with Unity Grafix drawing of Chicanos demonstrating
in opposition to the bill and a small map, black print on yellow paper. handbill
leaflet. (#99245) $25.00
Call for a rally about the Amnesty Plan.
61.
Sin fronteras: vocero del trabajador Mexicano, Vol. 4 no. 1 (Sept.
1977). Los Angeles: Sin Fronteras, 1977. Single issue of the tabloid-format
newspaper, illustrations, 12 / 12 pages in English and Spanish, mildly edgeworn.
Newspaper. (#150941)
$25.00
Articles on labor issues and amnesty, the Coors boycott, and more.
62.
Sin fronteras: vocero del trabajador Mexicano; vol. 4, no. 6, Marzo, 1978. Los Angeles: Sin Fronteras,
1978. 24p., 11.5x17.5 inches, folded tabloid newspaper is Spanish and English, dos-a-dos (12 pages Spanish, 12
pages English back to back) photos, ads, lightly tanned newsprint. (#168886) $35.00
The cover story is about President Carter's orders to stop the miners strike. Inside, the Bakke Decision, Nicaragua,
Horn of Africa etc.
63.
Sin fronteras: vocero del trabajador Mexicano; vol. 2, no. 6, Febrero, 1976. Los Angeles: Sin
Fronteras, 1978. 20p., 11.5x15 inches, folded tabloid newspaper is Spanish and English, dos-a-dos (12 pages
Spanish, 12 pages English back to back) photos, ads, lightly tanned newsprint. Newspaper. (#168888)
$35.00
The cover story is about the Mexican government's oppressive campaign against barrio workers.
64.
Sin fronteras: vocero de los inmigrantes. No. 21 (Diciembre 1988), 23 (Febrero 1989) and 24 (Marzo
1989). Chicago: Sin Fronteras, 1989. Three issues of the tabloid-format newspaper, 12, 16 and 12 pages
respectively, illustrations, text both in English and Spanish. Newspaper. (#150932)
$45.00
Articles on labor issues relevant to Mexican and Central American immigrants, mostly in industry, as well as news
on events in Latin America.
65.
Stop deportations; attend the hearings! San Francisco: Ad Hoc Committee to Stop Deportation of
Salvadoran Refugees, 1982. Single sheet flyer, 8.5x11 inches, printed one side, reddish print on white paper,
opposing the deportation of Salvadoran refugees fleeing the US-sponsored civil war. handbill leaflet. (#72263)
$18.00
66.
Stop the national ID card! [handbill]. Los Angeles: Immigration Coalition, [1978]. Single 8.5x11
inch handbill, printed one side with text, edges toned. handbill leaflet. (#172818)
$15.00
Opposes an immigration bill with provisions inserted by congressman Ed Roybal that would have required
thumbprints in the social security card application process. Cites Alan Cranston as saying it would pave the way to
a national ID card.
67.
This concerns you! [handbill]. Berkeley: Berkeley Boycott Committee, [1966]. 8.5x11 inch sheet,
mimeographed, upper right corner folded and discolored, upper left edge nibbled, neither affecting text, photo of
Safeway protest, black print on white paper, union bug lower left corner. handbill leaflet. (#171587)
$22.00
Calls for a picket line at Safeway stores to support the National Farm Workers Union and its boycott of DiGiorgio
and Delano grapes.
68.
El Tiempo Chicano. Issue 2 (Feb-March 1978). National City, CA: Committee on Chicano Rights,
1978. 12p., illustrations, photos, tabloid format newspaper, paper evenly toned. Newspaper. (#172815) $25.00
Extensive discussion of immigration issues, including Carter's ID card plan (opposed), accusations of Border Patrol
abuses.
69.
TRA; toward revolutionary art, number 7. San Francisco: TRA, 1976. 48p., 8.5x11 inches, magazine
in stapled pictorial wraps, very good to fine, cover art by Guy Colwell and Jay Kinney, seventh and slickest of the
seven issues of the New Left's most important art magazine. Magazine. (#40053)
$35.00
TRA covered developments in revolutionary and avant-garde art with the energy and zeal unique to the New Left. As
it expanded, it involved an increasing number of Chicano artists - poets and painters both whose work related
directly to the growing struggles in Latin America as well as US barrios. This seventh issue contains a portfolio of
political comics, with contributions by Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, and others, as well as an interview with
Rius by Daniel del Solar.
70.
Tus derechos ante una investigación federal. Río Piedras: Instituto
Puertorriqueño de Derechos Civiles and Prisa, 19871985. 16p., 7x8.5 inches,
text in Spanish, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps.
(#89985)
$25.00
On how to deal with interrogations, COINTELPRO, etc., for Puerto Rican
activists.
71.
U.S. unions in Puerto Rico; in NACLA's Latin America & empire
report, vol. x, no. 5, May-June 1976. New York: North American Congress on
Latin America, 1976. 32p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrations, photos, tables,
newsprint magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Magazine. (#118190) $18.00
The title is the subject of the entire issue.
72.
Unidos venceremos: La lucha por igualidad en el trabajo.
New York: United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America
(UE), 1973. [18p.] 8.5x5.5 inches oblong, text in Spanish, illustrated
with b&w photos of women workers, protests etc., rubberstamp of the
San Jose branch of UE inside front cover, very good booklet in stapled
pictorial wraps. booklet. (#129941)
$12.00
Discusses women's equality in the workplace. Translation for Spanishspeaking workers.
73.
Uvas no Bumper sticker. Keene: United Farm Workers of America, [198-?]. 15x4 inch glossy red &
white bumper sticker stating Uvas No with United Farm Workers of America info and Union bug. (#68498)
$15.00
74.
Uvas no Bumper sticker. Keene: United Farm Workers of America, [198-?]. 15x4 inch glossy red &
white bumper sticker stating Uvas No with United Farm Workers of America info and Union bug. (#171942)
$15.00
75.
Venceremos principles of unity. East Palo Alto: Venceremos Publications, 1971. 48p., 4x5 inches,
very good first edition booklet, text in English & Spanish bound dos-a-dos, photos, slightly faded red, stapled
pictorial wraps. (#167437)
$25.00
Includes a section on armed struggle. H. Bruce Franklin was one of the leaders of this group. Centerfold is a group
portrait of the members of the Central Committee. Cover illustration of an assault rifle with the word "Venceremos"
76.
Verdict of the Special International Tribunal on the
Violation of Human Rights of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of
War in United States Prisons and Jails; December 7-10, 1990,
Hunter College. New York: the Tribunal, 1990. [28p.] 8.5x11 inches,
very good booklet in printed, stapled white wraps. (#74194) $20.00
77.
Viva la Mujer (pinback button). n.p., [197-?]. 1.5 inch
diameter pin, very lightly worn, with UFW eagle inside woman power
symbol on red background; union bug on edge. (#132603) $15.00
78.
Viva Los Siete de la Raza (pinback button). [Berkeley],
[1970?]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, very lightly worn, with slogan in orange
and brown; union bug on edge. (#132082) $30.00
79.
La voz de El Congreso volume 1, number 1 May-July 1977. Santa Barbara: El Comite de Prensa
popular/El Congreso/UC Santa Barbara, 1977. 8p., 11x16 inch folded tabloid newspaper, texts in English and
Spanish, photos, ads, articles, minor wear otherwise very good newsprint. Newspaper. (#168707)
$25.00
Organ of the Mexicano-Chicano student organization on the UCSB campus. Cover story on raza students
mobilizing against Bakke.
80.
La voz de El Congreso Fall 1982. Santa Barbara: El Comite de Prensa popular/El Congreso/UC Santa
Barbara, 1982. 12p., 11x17 inch folded tabloid newspaper, texts in English and Spanish, photos, articles, minor
wear otherwise very good newsprint. Newspaper. (#168708) $25.00
Organ of the Mexicano-Chicano student organization on the UCSB campus. Cover story on Nestle boycott and
Simpson-Mazzoli.
81.
La voz de El Congreso Cinco de Mayo Spring 1984. Santa Barbara: El Comite de Prensa popular/El
Congreso/UC Santa Barbara, 1984. 4p., 11x17 inch folded tabloid newspaper, texts in English and Spanish,
photos, articles, minor wear otherwise very good newsprint. Newspaper. (#168710)
$20.00
Organ of the Mexicano-Chicano student organization on the UCSB campus. Cover story on Pulitzer Prize-winner
Frank Del Olmo speaking out on Central Americaand the Chicano spring EOP Retreat.
82.
La Voz del Pueblo. [unnumbered issue]. Berkeley, CA: La Voz del Pueblo, 1970.
format newspaper, mildly worn, circa late 1970 (#172801) $25.00
Includes cover story on Luis Valdez and Teatro Campesino.
12p., tabloid
83.
El Yaqui / Compass. Vol. 4, no. 6 (July 1970). Houston, TX: Chicano Press, 1970. 8p., folded tabloid
format newspaper, text in both English and Spanish, paper mildly toned, some edgewear. Not found in OCLC.
Newspaper. (#150912)
$35.00
Includes reports on alleged anti-Chicano activity by police in Psadena, Texas; the Raza Unida conference; poetry,
and more.
84.
Yes on 14, for farm workers Bumper sticker. Los Angeles: United Farm Workers. AFL-CIO "Yes on
14" Committee, 1976. 12x3.5 inch bumper sticker, black and red, no logo. (#146802)
$15.00
85.
"Yo quiero salir del mundo..." [Poster]. San Francisco: La
Raza Silkscreen Center, [197-]. 22.5x17.5 inch silkscreened poster,
thumbtack holes in corners, one corner torn (far from edge of printed
portion), minor areas of soiling visible up close; design features a red
sunset with palm tree, framed in a network of dense green and white
foliage; at right are the words from José Martí's poem: "Yo quiero salir del
mundo / por la puerta natural: / en un carro de hojas verdes / a morir me
han de llevar. / No me pongan en lo oscuro a morir como un traidor: / yo
soy bueno, y como bueno / moriré de cara al sol." Product of the Chicano
workshop in San Francisco. POSTER. (#158394) $75.00
86.
Young Socialist, vol. 13, no. 1, January, 1970 (final issue). New York: Young Socialist, 1970. 32p.,
8.5x11 inches, illustrations, photos, very good magazine in stapled pictorial black wraps; headline story is "Chicano
studies and the fight for liberation" Magazine. (#34921)
$18.00
87.
Acosta Medina, Reinaldo. Proyecciones del ideario Martiano. Havana:
Editora Política, 1984. 78p., 5.5x7.5 inches, text in Spanish, introduction,
bibliographies, footnotes/sources, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial
red wraps. Personal inscription signed by the author in Spanish and dated 4/1/87
Paperback. (#106463)
$25.00
88.
Ad Hoc Committee to Rezone the Mission. BART: for whom?
Residential neighborhoods... or...? / BART: Para qien? Vencindades
residenciales... O...? San Francisco: Ad Hoc Committee to Rezone the Mission,
n.d.. 6p., 7x8.5 inches, texts in English & Spanish, very good booklet in
stapled yellow pictorial wraps with minor discoloration, flyer laid in advertising
a meeting where residents of Capp and Bartlett streets can lobby to change the
zoning of their neighborhood to residential. Not found in OCLC. (#145056)
$25.00
Argues that BART has begun destroying the community fabric of the Mission
District; seeks to rezone the area as a residential neighborhood. The two main
organizations involved were La Raza en Accion Local and Mission Planning
Council.
89.
Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC); National
Farm Workers Association (NFWA). AWOC / NFWA [pinback
button]. n.p.: AWOC / NFWA, [ca. 1965]. 1.25 inch diameter pin,
depicting a bunch of grapes with the initials of the two unions above and
below; very good. (#171551)
$25.00
AWOC was a largely Filipino-American union led by Larry Itliong, while
the NFWA was led by César Chávez. The two unions cooperated on the
Delano strike in 1965 and merged shortly thereafter to form the UFW.
90.
Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union. Viva la huelga;
Don't buy Farah pants. n.p.: Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union,
J.P. Stevens Boycott, n.d.. Leaflet, 8.5x11 inches, green sheet illustrated with
picture of Mexican-American woman raising fist. handbill leaflet. (#131559)
$22.00
Calls for boycott of clothing made at the Texas and New Mexico plants run by the
Farah Company; states that over 700 strikers have been arrested.
91.
Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union. Viva la huelga; Farah strike bulletin No. 6. [New
York]: Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union, [1972]. Single sheet folded to make 4-page brochure,
8.5x11 inches, illustrated with photos of protests. handbill leaflet. (#131571) $15.00
News from Texas and New Mexico on the strike at plants run by the Farah Company; cover story is on the NLRB's
finding that Farah fired workers illegally and used unmuzzled police dogs to intimidate employees.
92.
Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union, J.P. Stevens Boycott.
Apoye el boicot a los productos textiles de la J.P. Stevens. New York:
ACTWU, [197-]. Leaflet, printed and illustrated on both sides, 8.5x11 inches,
text in Spanish. handbill leaflet. (#160591) $15.00
Calls for boycott of the textile maker's products. "Hace 200 años nuestro pueblo
lucho duramente para lograr la libertad y la justicia... How, los trabajadores de la
J.P. Stevens continuan en la lucha."
93.
Arce, Jose Manuel. De compras de Jose Manuel Arce y una perspectiva
hisotrica en trasparencias oradores en memoria a los caidos, Mission Cultural Center,
2868 Mission St., Nov. 2 - 1979. San Francisco: Comite Cultural Salvadoreño and
Comite de Salvadorenos Progresistas. 8.5x14 inch printed poster/flyer with graphic
representing women bearing burdens on their heads, vases, and men with guns, text in
Spanish, slight foxing, black print on white paper. poster. (#144756) $25.00
The event supported victims of the Salvadorean civil war.
94.
Beas, Juan Carlos and Manuel Ballesteros. Movimiento indigena y Magonismo
en Mexico. Mexico City: Ediciones Antorcha, 1987. 54p., 5.25x8 inches, text in
Spanish, one of 1,000 copies,very good in white printed stapled wraps. Pamphlet.
(#27232)
$22.00
95.
1967.
Bell, Patricia. Puerto Rico; "island paradise" of U.S. imperialism. New York: New Outlook Publishers,
31p., 5.25x7.5 inches, illustrated with maps, very good in stapled printed wraps. (#25329)
$15.00
96.
Beltrán, Raymond T., et. al., editors, various contributors, cover art by Sal
Barajas and Ricardo Levins Morales. ¿ Under what bandera? anti-war ofrendas from
Minnesota and Califas. San Diego: Red Calacarts/Calaca Press, 2004. ISBN:
0971703531. 44p., 5.5x8.5 inches, introduction, illustrations, very good first edition
booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Pamphlet. (#116071)
$12.00
A collaborative effort of 10 Latino poets, 5 from Minnesota and 5 from California, and
two illustrators, questioning American wars as an expression of imperialism. Includes
several queer poets.
97.
Buffalo Workers' Movement. Independence for Puerto Rico! Stop
discrimination against Puerto Ricans in the U.S.! Buffalo: the Movement, [1976].
One-sheet handbill, 8.5x11 inches, printed two sides, one in English, one in Spanish,
calling for participation in Buffalo's Virginia St. Carnival, Puerto Rican flag logo at
bottom, black text on white paper. handbill leaflet. (#67715) $25.00
98.
[Bumper sticker]. No grapes. Keene, CA: United Farm Workers of America, [1973?].
bumper sticker, red and white, no logo, two vertical folds. (#151069) $20.00
15x4 inch
99.
California Democratic Council. Resolution on undocumented workers. n.p.: the Council, [1978].
Single 8.5x11 inch handbill, dittoed one side, very good. handbill leaflet. (#172816)
$15.00
Six-point statement. Opposes Carter's immigration plan on the grounds that the threat of deportation "makes
undocumented workers fearful of standing up for their rights."
100.
California Food Policy Coalition. Land and the human community / La tierra y la comunidad
humana. San Francisco: California Food Policy Coalition, 1977. 19p., tabloid newspaper format, evenly toned
but otherwise very good; OCLC lists only one holding at Wisconsin. (#168294)
$35.00
Reports from a conference, critical of agribusiness and supportive of farmworkers.
101.
Camejo, Peter & Willie Mae Reid. Desegregate the schools! Vote Socialist Workers. Peter Camejo for
president, Willie Mae Reid for vice-president [poster]. New York: Socialist Workers 1976 National Campaign
Committee, 1976. Poster, 11x17 inches, printed in yellow & black with a central image of a school bus.
(#125867)
$35.00
102.
Carrillo, Rafael. Ricardo Flores Magon; esbozo biográfico. México City:
n. pub., 1945. 64p., 5.5x8.5 inches, photos, text in Spanish, very good first edition
booklet in lightly chipped and browned stapled pictorial wraps. Booklet. (#47316)
$40.00
103.
Cervantes, Melanie. Brown and proud: todos somos Arizona.
[Oakland]: Dignidad Rebelde, 2010. 17.5x23 inch poster 5 - color, handprinted,
screenprint, art paper, printed in Oakland, signed in pencil by the artist. Poster.
(#172949)
$75.00
Created in response to Arizona passing SB 1070 into law.
104.
Chavez, Cesar. Milwaukee - Nov. 14, 1969. Special La Voz Mexicana
supplement. [Wautoma, WI]: La Voz Mexicana, 1969. Single 10x14 inch sheet,
printed both sides, portrait of Chavez on front; horizontal fold crease, two red "x"
marks next to a critical passage, otherwise good. (#172314) $25.00
Reports on a visit by the farmworker leader, with quotes from his address.
105.
Citizens Committee for Justice for Farah Workers. What you can do to support the striking workers at
Farah. New York: Citizens Committee for Justice for Farah Workers, n.d.. Leaflet, 8.5x11 inches, very good.
Paired with "Farah fact sheet," legal size, dated August 1, 1972 (#131560)
$20.00
Calls for boycott of clothing made at the Texas and New Mexico plants run by the Farah Company; 95% of
employees (of whom 85% are women) are Mexican-Americans. A strike began when employees were fired for
unionization activities.
106.
Coalition for Refugee Justice, Rosa Maria Rivera, Prof. Ricardo Calderon, Eugenia et al. Unase a
nosotros para protestar las deportaciones/join us to protest the deportations! San Francisco: the Coalition,
1984. Single sheet flyer/handbill, printed two sides (one in English, one in Spanish) 8.5x11 inches, calling for a
May 12, 1984, demonstration in San Francisco, black text on marigold paper, prisoner sketch. handbill leaflet.
(#46871)
$18.00
Speakers included a number of Salvadorian refugees and activists originating from Central America.
107.
Colón, Clara. Enter fighting: today's woman, a Marxist-Leninist view. New York: New Outlook
Publishers, 1970. 95p., 5.5x8.5 inches, introduction, very good first edition booklet in stapled printed white
wraps. Booklet. (#22915)
$12.00
108.
Comite Nacional Pro-Libertad de los Presos Nacionalistas. Lolita
Lebrón. San Jual: El Comite, [1977]. 4 panel handbill/leaflet, 8.5x11 inches,
illustrated with b&w photos and reproductions of newsclippings. (#132590)
$65.00
El Comite issued the pamphlet to commemorate Lebron's attendance at her
daughter's funeral, with photos, text and a reproduction of the San Juan Star's
coverage of the event.
109.
Committee to Defend Carlos Feliciano. Free Carlos Feliciano! New
York: The Committee , 1971. 8.5x11 inch flyer, printed single side, two
photographs, folded with one-inch tear along the fold. Carlos Feliciano was a
Puerto Rican militant accused of terrorism. handbill leaflet. (#119627)
$30.00
110.
Communist Labor Party. Hay un modo mejor. Chicago: Workers Press,
[1984?]. 4p. including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, text in Spanish, very good in pictorial
self- wraps. Pamphlet. (#59955) $15.00
Outreach to Hispanics by the party. Cover photos of protests.
111.
Communist Labor Party. Modern-day slave ship/barco moderno de esclabos:
immigration law/ley de inmigración. Chicago: Workers Press, [1988?]. [8p.] 5.5x8.5
inches, text in English and Spanish, bound dos-a-dos, very good first edition booklet in
stapled pictorial wraps. (#59703) $20.00
112.
Communist Party. "¡ Viva la Raza!" A Communist view on Chicano
liberation. New York: New Outlook Publishers, 1970. 15p., 5x7.25 inches, very good
pamphlet in stapled white wraps. Pamphlet. (#11045)
$15.00
113.
Communist Party, U.S.A. Toward Chicano liberation; the Communist Party position. New York: New
Outlook Publishers, 1972. ISBN: 0878980865. 24p., 5x7.5 inches, very good in stapled wraps. Pamphlet.
(#14457)
$12.00
Position taken at the CPUSA's 1972 convention.
114.
Communist Party, USA. Draft resolution on Chicano/Mexican-American equality; 24th National
Convention, Communist Party, USA. New York: Communist Party, 1987. 14p., 7x8.5 inches, very good in
stapled blue and white printed wraps, Pamphlet. (#22269) $20.00
115.
Derechos Humanos/Arizona Border Rights Project. Somos parte: we are America! United for Human
Rights march & rally for International Human Rights Day December 9. 1995 (handbill). Tucson: The Project,
1995. Single sheet handbill 5.5x8.5 inches printed one-side only with drawing of marchers and a map along with
textual information, black on yellow stock. (#161150)
$18.00
116.
Dolan, Don. The stubborn one thousand; los mil inquebrantables. San Jose: Bread and Roses
Bookshop, [1986?]. 18x11 inch oblong poster, one of 50, numbered and signed by the artist, illustration on pink
stock. The graphic shows a number of Chicanas holding picket signs. Issued in support of the Watsonville cannery
strike. poster. (#64697) $50.00
117.
Eidsvik, Vangie. Demonstrations planned for 5 nationalists. New York: US Committee for Justice to
Latin American Political Prisoners, [197-?]. 8.5 x 11 inches, single page article reprint. handbill/flier, mild foxing,
black text on white sheet. handbill leaflet. (#54498) $18.00
A handbill using the article as a call for the unconditional and immediate release of Andres Figuero Cordero, a
Puerto Rican political prisoner and also mentioning Oscar Collazo, Lolita Lebron, Rafael Cancel Miranda and
Irvin Flores.
118.
Escobar, Elizam. La metamorfosis de Albizu: exposición de pinturas
por Elizam Escobar; Que Ondee Sola, vol. 25, no. 7, September 1977. N. pl.:
The Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Museum of PUerto Rican History and Culture,
1997. 16p., profusely illustrated with b&w reproductions of paintings of
Albizu Campos by the Puerto Rican political prisoner, 8.x10 inches, wraps.
(#87304)
$20.00
119.
Flores Magon, Ricardo. Sembrando ideas (historietas relacionadas con
las condiciones sociales de Mexico). Mexico City: Grupo Cultural "Ricardo Flores
Magon", 1923. 97p., 5.25x7.25 inches, text in Spanish, unopened pages, very good
in slightly worn pictorial wraps. Vida y Obra Tomo Unico Series 4. (#47315)
$50.00
120.
Flores Magon, Ricardo. Tierra y libertad; drama revolucionario en
cuatro actos y en prosa. Mexico City: Grupo Cultural "Ricardo Flores Magon,,
1924. 68p., 5.25x7 inches, text in Spanish, play about the death of Magon,
introduction, very good in slightly worn wraps . Vida y Obra #6. (#19066)
$95.00
Poetic drama of the Revolution.
121.
Flores Magón, Ricardo translated by Prensa Sembradora. A la mujer.
Oakland: Prensa Sembradora, 1974. 14p., 5.5x8.5 inches, preface, illustrated with
woodcuts, bilingual texts in English & Spanish, very good first edition thus in stapled
pictorial wraps. Booklet. (#56170)
$35.00
Issued by the Chicano radical group, the bilingual preface and text were intended to
commemorate International Women's Day and to deepen the understanding of Chicano
history.
122.
Flores, Francisca, editor, with contributions by Daniel Villanueva, Enrique
Hank Lopez, Delfino Varela, et al, illustrations by Ben Luna. Regeneración; vol. I,
no. 6, Ruben Salazar memorial issue. Los Angeles: Regeneración, 1970. 20p.,
8.5x11 inches, illustrated with drawings, cartoons, photos, small discoloration in margin
of cover otherwise a very good magazine on matte paper in stapled pictorial wraps,
cover photo of Ruben Salazar. Magazine. (#65879) $45.00
Report on the death of journalist Salazar who was killed covering the Chicano
Moratorium in Los Angeles.
123.
[Garcia , Inez]. " I was defending myself, and I believe every woman has
the right to defend herself under those circumstances" [handbill]. [San Francisco]:
n. pub., [1975]. 1p. flyer, 8.5x11 inches, with a drawing of Garcia and a series of
quotes from her. (#56229)
$25.00
Refers to the case of Inez García, a farmworker jailed for killing her rapist.
124.
García Muñiz, Humberto. Boots, boots, boots; intervention, regional
security and militarization in the Caribbean, 1979-1986. Río Piedras: Caribbean
Project for Justice and Peace, 1986. 28p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with b&w
photos, maps and tables, a few small stains on several pages otherwise a very good
first edition booklet in green stapled pictorial wraps. Militarism 2. Magazine.
(#89983)
$35.00
Written on American military policy in the region in the aftermath of the invasion
of Grenada.
125.
García, Arnoldo; Elizabeth Martínez, guest editors. Crossroads
Contemporary political analysis & left dialogue. (No. 31) A salute to Latinas in
the arts. Oakland, CA: Institute for Social and Economic Studies, 1993. 32p.,
8.5x11 inches, illustrations, photos, poetry, articles, mailing label scar on back,
otherwise very good magazine in stapled semi-glossy yellow pictorial wraps.
Magazine. (#135140)
$18.00
Special issue of Crossroads with eight articles on themes of Latina women in the
arts, including interviews with Sandra Cisneros and Yolanda López and an article
on Monica Palacios, "Latin Lezbo Comic," by Alicia Arrizón.
126.
[Garcia, Inez]. Free Inez [pinback button]. [Berkeley]: n. pub.,
n.d.. 1.5 inch pinback, very good, in bold black letters on a white
background. Union bug shows East Bay manufacture. (#141877)
$20.00
Refers to the case of Inez García, a farmworker jailed for killing her
rapist.
127.
Garcia, Rupert. TRA; toward revolutionary art, number 6 (volume 2
no. 2). San Francisco: TRA, 1975. 48p., 8.5x11 inches, slightly shelf worn
stapled wraps with a cover reproduction in colors of "El Grito de Rebelde." This
copy has been signed by artist Rupert Garcia, in pencil, vertically along the right
margin of the cover. Inside find seven more Garcia silkscreen posters of which five
are reproduced in colors. Covers have been creased. (#40049)
$125.00
The sixth of the seven issues of the New Left's most important art magazine.TRA
covered developments in revolutionary and avant-garde art with the energy and
zeal unique to the New Left. As it expanded, it involved an increasing number of
Chicano artists - poets and painters both whose work related directly to the
growing struggles in Latin America as well as US barrios. Ken Light photos
grace the fifth issue, while the sixth issue contains a portfolio of Garcia
silkscreens as well as the signed cover, along with poems by Roberto Vargas,
David Henderson and new translations of Neruda works. The seventh issue
contains a portfolio of political comics, with contributions by Trina Robbins,
Spain Rodriguez, and others.
128.
Gonzales, Pedro J., Oscar Chavez, Tony Plana, Pepe Serna, Peter Henry Schroeder, Isaac Artenstein.
Break of dawn; a true story; Sunday December 10, 1989, U of A Gallagher Theater (souvenir booklet). Tucson:
University of Arizona, 1989. [56p.] 4.25x5.5 inches, illustrated with photos of Gonzalez, Chavez, Serna et al,
local advertising, bios, story of the film, very good in stapled printed wraps. (#157481) $25.00
A souvenir booklet to accompany the special screening of the independent film written and directed by Artenstein
telling the story of Los Angeles radio personality and musician Gonzalez who led a protest against right-wing
deportation of Mexican Americans in the 1930s and ended up in San Quentin on trumped-up charges.
129.
[Grape boycott]. Boycott grapes (pinback button). n.p., n.d..
1.5 inch diameter pin, very good, with black UFW eagle superimposed on
pink triangle, inscription in white letters around. (#161888) $15.00
Pin showing Gay and Lesbian support for the United Farmworkers.
130.
[Grape boycott]. This Canadian cares: boycott US grapes.
(pinback button). (East Bay, CA), n.d.. 1.5 inch diameter pin, very good,
with black UFW eagle superimposed on red maple leaf, inscription in black
letters around. Union bug indicates East Bay manufacture. (#145559)
$18.00
131.
Héctor Marroquín Defense Committee. The case of Héctor Marroquín:
torture, death or the right to political asylum. New York: the Committee, [1978].
10.5x16.5 inch sheet, folded twice to 4p. leaflet on the case of the socialist threatened
with deportation from the US after he fled political repression in Mexico, illustrated
with b&w photos of Marroquín and his supporters including the Meeropol brothers.
Rubricated title lettering, large cover photo portrait of Marroquín. handbill leaflet.
(#37508)
$15.00
132.
Hottman, Mary et al, editors. New Mission / Nueva Mission vol. 2, nos. 2-5, February-May, 1968. San
Francisco: United Neighborhood Organization, 1968. 4 issues, various paginations, 11.25x17 inches, folded
tabloid newspapers on stiff stock, illustrated with photos, texts in English and Spanish, mild wear. Newspaper.
(#170480)
$125.00
Broken run of second volume of the community newspaper. Articles on police brutality, Vietnam, neighborhood
issues etc.
133.
Houston 12 Defense Committee, YAWF (Youth Against War & Fascism).
Free the Houston 12 / Libertad para los 12 de Houston. Houston: The
Committee and YAWF, 1974. 4p., 11x17 inch tabloid newspaper format,
newsprint, texts in English and Spanish, photos, lightly-yellowed, fold crease,
otherwise very good. Newspaper. (#167843)
$35.00
Informational newspaper issued as a fundraiser for the 12 mostly-Chicano
prisoners, all members of YAWF which was a youth organization founded by
Workers World Party members. Powerful cover illustration of police brutalizing
protestors below spewing oil derricks. Also a photo of a Houston cop in full riot
gear with KKK hood and insignia. There is mention of heavy KKK infiltration of the
Houston police force. The 12 were arrested at a demonstration against Big Oil and
the Vietnam War and 5 were charged with intent to murder a police officer.
134.
Industrial Workers of the World. Una gran unión de los trabajadores industriales del mundo.
Chicago: IWW, [post 1933]. 23p., wraps with slightly soiling, minor browning of text block. Cover title: "Una
sola y grande unión de todos los trabajadores." Printed in Morelia, Mexico. (#92273) $75.00
135.
[Industrial Workers of the World]. Una gran unión de los trabajadores
industriales del mundo. Con el plano industrial. Chicago: Publicado per
Solidaridad, organo de los Trabajadores Industriales del Mundo, [April, 1925 December, 1927]. 23p., 6x9 inches, text in Spanish, original red ink illustrated green
stapled wraps chipped on the edges with old tape repairs on the edges, folded IWW
organizational chart laid in (Father Hagerty's wheel of fortune), full size 15x17.25
inches with a few closed tears, title on verso of chart: 'Manifiesto de la Unión
Industrial' (#114791)
$150.00
136.
Juan Farinas Defense Committee. Rally against repression! Defend Juan Farinas [handbill]. New
York / Boston: the Committee, 1971. 8.5x11 inch sheet, printed one side, with photo of Farinas and family; a fold
crease and small yellowed area at edge; date "1971" penned in blank part of field. (#171004)
$18.00
Calls for a rally in Boston with speakers from various groups including the Workers League, UFW, YSA, etc.
Farinas, a Cuban exile, was arrested while distributing antiwar leaflets to potential draftees at an induction center.
A member of the Workers League, he had been a member of Progressive Labor and edited its Spanish language
newspaper, DESAFIO.
137.
Laborers for Democracy. [Group of 12 items related to San Francisco activities of the organization].
San Francisco: Laborers for Democracy, 1975-1976. Group of original handbills, all single sheets, either 8.5x11
or 8.5x14 inches, some rather edgeworn. Most leaflets are in both English and Spanish (one demand of the Laborers
for Democracy, a rank-and-file group within the Laborers International Union, Local 261, was for all union
meetings to be held in both languages) (#145994) $95.00
Documents reflect various activities of the rank and file movement, including promotion for a March for Jobs held
in 1976, campaign literature for rank and filers within the union (including a handbill supporting Ramon Acosta),
and complaints about union leadership.
138.
Larkin, Lori and Eric Langdon. Puerto Rican independence: the fight against U.S. colonialism. New
York: Worker's Power Press, 1972. 48p., 5.5x8.5 inches, illustrated with photos of workers, working conditions,
protests, etc., very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. An International Socialist pamphlet.
Pamphlet. (#20346)
$25.00
139.
Leon, Nephtali de. Cuatro escudos. Lubbock: Trucha Publications,
1976. 10x13 inch broadside, text mostly in Spanish, drawings of Lolita Lebron,
Oscar Collazo, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Irving Flores and Andres Figueroa
Cordero, black print on stiff orange paper. poster. (#92377) $75.00
The radical Tejano poet's paean to the Puerto Rican liberation movement and the
five politcal prisoners.
140.
López, Chantal y Omar Cortés. El Eslabón; unb acercamiento a
Ricardo Flores Magón, cuadernos para la reflexión. Mexico City: Ediciones
Antorcha, 1998. 80p., including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, text in Spanish,
illustrations, very good booklet in stapled pink wraps. (#36158)
$15.00
141.
Los Siete de la Raza. Los Siete press release January 13. [San Francisco], 1971. Single 8.5x11 inch
sheet, mimeographed one side, light wear. handbill leaflet. (#167149) $20.00
Calls for a mass rally on January 15, when defense attorney R.J. Engle will ask that charges of armed robbery and
auto theft be dropped. "The Man came down on them for serving the people..." "If the courts do not respond to the
will of the people, the people will have to take care of business."
142.
Maoist Internationalist Movement. Teoría del MIM. La revista teórica oficial del Movimiento
Internacionalista Maoísta. Numero 1, Invierno 1996. Los Angeles: Maoist Internationalist Movement, 1996.
45p., 8.5x11 inches, text in Spanish, very good in pastebound pictorial wraps,. Not found in OCLC. (#161065)
$15.00
Spanish edition of the group's theoretical journal, for reaching out to Latino readers on the west coast (the English
edition was published several years earlier in Ann Arbor). This issue, which may have been the only one translated,
is devoted to a critique of the notion that American white workers are exploited.
143.
Marcantonio, Vito, introduction by Annette T. Rubenstein. Vito
Marcantonio, U.S. Congressman (1934-1950), fighter for Puerto Rico's
independence; selected speeches. Philadelphia: The Third World Coalition, [1984?].
43p., 5.5x8.5 inches, introduction, photos, creased otherwise a very good first edition
booklet in lightly-worn stapled pictorial wraps. (#) $30.00
144.
Marroquín, Héctor. My story; the struggle for political asylum in the U.S.
New York: Héctor Marroquín Defense Committee, 1978. 22p., 5.5x8.5 inches, list of
those who endorse the Defense Committee, introduction, very good first edition booklet
in stapled pictorial wraps. Pamphlet. (#19446)
$20.00
Marroquín fled to the US to avoid political persecution in Mexico, joining the Socialist
Workers Party in Texas.
145.
Marti, José. Trincheras de ideas. Guanabacoa, Cuba: Cuadernos Avanzada,
1972. 62p, 5x7.75 inches, text in Spanish, two drawn portraits of Marti very good first
edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Pamphlet. (#162749)
$35.00
146.
Martínez, Armando M., editor, Diane C. Fujino, Erick Taylor Braxton, Leo
Negrette et al. New visions of Aztlán; a contemporary journal focusing on the
Chicano / Latino and Indigenous community and progressive writers from the Left;
volume three, issue one, spring/summer 1993. Los Angeles: Aztlán Cultural Arts
Foundation, 1993. 48p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with photos, artworks, drawings
and ads, texts in english and Spanish, poetry, prose, political writings, very good
magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. (#162853)
$25.00
This issue includes several articles on the Rodney King verdict and subsequent insurrection.
147.
Martinez, Elizabeth. Elizabeth Martinez for governor. San
Francisco: Peace and Freedom Party, [1982]. 6-panel folded
brochure illustrated with a photo of the candidate on front. brochure.
(#72167)
$15.00
The veteran Chicana civil rights activist and former editor of "El Grito
Del Norte" articulated a clear alternative to the Reaganism that
dominated the decade.
148.
[Martinez, Elizabeth Sutherland]. Tired of paying taxes to Reagan's war machine? [handbill]. San
Francisco: Elizabeth Sutherland Martinez for Governor Committee, [1982]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, printed one side
on yellow paper with pie charts, explaining how donations to her campaign could be tax-deductible and therefore
subtract money from government aid to the El Salvadorean dictatorship, nuclear weapons programs, etc. handbill
leaflet. (#130381)
$12.00
The veteran chicana civil rights activist and former editor of "El Grito Del Norte" articulated a clear alternative to
the Reaganism that dominated the decade.
149.
Martínez, Max, cover drawing by Mia Garcia-Camarillo. A Monologue of
the Bolivian major; cuento. San Antonio: M&A Editions, 1978. 9p., 5.5x8.25
inches, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Pamphlet. (#108012)
$25.00
Martinez' second book, originally appearing in Caracol.
150.
Martinez, Pablo L. El magonismo en Baja California [documentos].
Mexico City: Editorial "Baja California", 1958. 61p., 6.75x8.75 inches, text in
Spanish, some chipping and staining to corners not affecting text, otherwise a good
booklet in plain, printed stapled wraps. Booklet. (#48127)
$35.00
151.
Marxist-Leninists for an Independent Puerto Rico. [Group of three documents]. n.p.: MLIP, 1977.
Three documents, none found in OCLC, issued by the ML group; the lot includes: Political Statement of MarxistLeninists for an Independent Puerto Rico [single 8.5x14 inch sheet printed both sides); Statement of criticism of the
political views of the Puerto Rican Solidarity Committee (4p., 8.4x14 inch sheets stapled at upper left);
Recommendation for withdrawal from the Puerto Rican Solidarity Committee (single 8.5x14 inch sheet, reprinting
statement by Amiri Baraka's group from 1976). All are mimeographed documents, with rusted staples and some
crinkling and staining due to water damage. Not musty at present, but ideally should be conserved. (#161420)
$95.00
No place of issue given, but provenance suggests that these are likely to have come from a California branch of the
organization.
152.
Mena, Maria, et alia, speakers. Controlan mente de prisioneros, venga
a reunion / Mind control of prisoners, come to a meeting. [New York City]:
Martin Sostre & Eduardo Cruz Defence Committee, June 16, no year. 8.5x11
inch leaf of buff construction paper mimeo'd with a 6x5 inch graphic printed in
red, double-sided English and Spanish, English side is blurred. One corner missing
a small piece, fragile but still quite good. Graphic is an African-style portrait,
possibly from an original linoleum block but run off at the same time as text
(which is done in three different fonts plus typing) (#155526)
$20.00
Speakers were Eli Messinger, Dolores Johnson, Dan Jeorgakas (on Sostre) and
Maria Mena (on Cruz). To be held at St. John the Devine [sic], 112th and
Amsterdam Ave.
153.
Merced Rosa, Florencio. One nation ... one party. N. pl.:
Ediciones Puerto Rico, 1975. 22p., 7.5x7 inches, illustrated with photos,
very good first edition booklet in stapled red pictorial wraps. Political
education #1. (#26533) $30.00
Edited version of a speech by the PSP National Political Commission
member at the University of Puerto Rico during November 1974
154.
Midwest Voter Registration Education Project. Su Voto Es Su
Voz (pinback button). n.p.: Midwest Voter Registration Education
Project, [ca. 1984-86]. 2 inch diameter button, black letters on white
background, union bug at bottom. Manufactured by John W. Cleary in
Columbus, Ohio. (#132281)
$18.00
The group, focused on increasing Latino voter registration, later changed
its name to the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute.
155.
Montemar, Rene G. D., drawings by Roberto Alfonso. Emiliano
Zapata; his life was la revolución! Albuquerque: Chicano Communications
Training Project, 1973. [36p.] 9.75x12.75 inches, b&w comic, English &
Spanish text, very good oversized comic book in slightly worn stapled pictorial
wraps. (#93316)
$50.00
Created for the New Mexico Chicano project to educate Chicano children.
156.
Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional. Sobre la unidad independentista
en Puerto Rico; documento de discusion num. 6. Chicago: Rebeldia, 1980.
16p., 5.25x8.5 inches, text in Spanish, very good in white pictorial stapled wraps.
(#88443)
$25.00
157.
Movimiento de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueño. Program and ideology of the MLN. First Congress
of the Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional Puertorriqueño [MLN]. 10 years of unceasing struggle, 1977-1987.
July 3-5, 1987, Chicago, IL. n. pl.: MLN, 1987. 64p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with table, figure and map, very
good booklet in stapled white wraps with red MLN flag on cover. (#13503) $22.00
Includes the MLN's positions on homosexuality, women, etc.
158.
Movimiento de Liberación Nacional, New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto
Rican Independence and Socialism, et al. Dos Gritos, Una lucha!; Socialist
Reunification for Mexico; Independence and Socialism for Puerto Rico [poster]. San
Francisco, [1981-?]. 11x17 inch poster, large red star over design featuring maps of
Puerto Rico and Mexico; minor handling wear; announces an event featuring the Puerto
Rican nationalist Jose Lopez and Lovita Lujan of the El Paso Committee Against
Repression. Undated, but the event was held on Friday Sept. 18, hence most likely 1981
POSTER. (#164141)
$35.00
159.
National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor. The grape strike [Cover title].
New York: National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor, 1966. 35p., 5.5x8.5 inches,
illustrated with photos, of the marches and strike actions, very good first edition booklet
in stapled pictorial wraps. (#52008)
$25.00
Includes illustrations from George Ballis photographs.
160.
National Chicano Moratorium Committee. L.A. moratorium. Los Angeles:
National Chicano Moratorium Committee, L.A. Region, August 1990. 8p., 11x17
inches, tabloid newspaper, folded in half, newsprint, five photos, several illustrations
including a full-page print of Ramón Holguín's "Day of Infamy" articles by Ernesto
Bustillos, Lorenzo "Toppy" Flores, Carlos Montes et al, very good condition.
Newspaper. (#166947)
$35.00
Only one copy located in OCLC.
161.
National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War and Political Prisoners. Libertad. All out to
Washington D.C., July 22nd-25th: it's time to bring them home! All out to the federal building. José Solís to be
sentenced July 7. Chicago: the Committee, 1999. 19p., very good in wraps. Includes biographies of other Puerto
Rican independence activists in prison. OCLC lists one holding in Kansas. (#171912) $25.00
162.
National Farm Workers Association. Don't buy--S&W--Tree Sweet; don't eat or drink these Di Giorgio
Corp. products. Delano, CA: the Association, [1966]. Handbill, 6x11 inch sheet, printed one side, blue text and
illustrations on canary yellow stock, minor stain and rust marks. handbill leaflet. (#27967)
$30.00
Calls for support of the Delano boycott; includes small black and white photo of farm workers' kids and a caricature
of the boss of Di Giorgio enjoying champagne.
163.
National Hispanic Leadership Agenda. 1992 policy summary. Washington: the Agenda, 1992. 46p.,
8.5x11 inches, introduction, recommendations, references, notes, very good program/agenda in printed spiral-bound
wraps. (#132520)
$20.00
The NHLA comprised leaders from Chicano, Puerto Rican and Cuban American communities, and dealt with issues
that included civil rights, education and social welfare.
164.
National Maritime Union. Pilot, Education, and Publicity Dept. "Por atras"
Del analysis de la Union Maritima Nacional Sobre le ley Taft-Hartley. New York:
National Maritime Union, 1947. [21p.] 5.25x7.75 inches, text in Spanish, illustrated
with b&w photos and drawings, very good first edition pamphlet in stapled pictorial
wraps. Cover depicts a boss plunging an axe into a worker's back. OCLC lists one copy.
(#131840)
$20.00
Pamphlet directed at Spanish-speaking maritime workers mentioning the Copeland Fink
Book.
165.
New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence, illustrated by
Alfonso Maciel. Los 4 nacionalistas Puertorriquenos, Independence for Puerto Rico!
Free Nydia & Pablo! Free the Vieques resisters! San Francisco: the new movement,
1980. 8.5 x 14 inches, black print on marigold or lemon yellow stock, illustrated by
Alfonso Maciel with a drawing of Lolita Lebron, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Irvin Flores &
Oscar Collazo with upraised fists in front of a Puerto Rican flag and assault weapon, text in
English and Spanish, leaflet for appearance of released Puerto Rican political prisoners at
the Oakland Auditorium, Feb 6, 1980 POSTER. (#54506)
$20.00
166.
New Movement in Solidarity with the Puerto Rican & Mexican Revolutions.
Have you seen "la nueva mujer Puertorriqueña"? The poetry and lives of
revolutionary Puerto Rican women. San Francisco: the New Movement, 1982.
50p., 7x8 inches, illustrations very good in stapled pictorial wraps. (#17069)
$20.00
167.
Paramo, Bobby, editor, Bob Gronk, artist [pseudonym of Glugio Nicandro]
Oscar Zeta Acosta et al. La vida nueva Volume III, Number II, Wednesday April
29, 1970. East Los Angeles: East Los Angeles College, 1970. 4p., 9x11.25 inches,
newspaper folded twice, illustrated with photos and an early Gronk cartoon, article by
Acosta who was running for sheriff at the time (and would disappear in Mexico 4 years
later!) short Young Lords article, Roosevelt High School article and long poem by
Vince Villagran. Slightly tanned and creased but otherwise very good. Newspaper.
(#167845)
$35.00
Only one holding of the actual newspaper found in OCLC.
168.
People United to Fight Police Brutality. Chicanos defy rulers in Houston: Battle lines drawn in Moody
Park 3 railroad. Houston: [Revolutionary Communist Party], 1978. 7p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with 7 b&w
photos of rallies and protests, very good in pasted white wraps. (#56428)
$25.00
The Moody Park 3 became the focal point of deteriorating relations between the Houston police and the Chicano
community.
169.
Pérez, José G. Puerto Rico: U.S. colony in the Caribbean. New York: Pathfinder Press, 1976. ISBN:
0873483804. 23p., 5.5x8.5 inches, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. (#19231) $12.00
Pérez was a staff writer for the Trotskyist "Militant," responsible for the newspaper's Puerto Rican coverage.
170.
Pérez, José G. Viva la huelga! The struggle of the farm workers. New York:
Pathfinder Press, 1973. 16p., 5.5x8.5 inches, very good first edition booklet in stapled
pictorial wraps. (#10985)
$18.00
171.
Puerto Rican Solidarity Committee, Puerto Rican Socialist Party. Celebrate el
grito de Lares. San Francisco: the Committees, 1980. 8.5 x 11 inches, single-page
leaflet for the international day of solidarity with Puerto Rican independence, text in
English, illustration by L. Lee, black print on yellow paper. handbill leaflet. (#54503)
$15.00
Announcement of an event at the La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley on Sunday,
September 21, 1980 with updates from El Salvadore and Puerto Rico, music by Javier
Pacheco.
172.
Puerto Rican Solidarity Day Committee. Dia nacional de solidaridad con Puerto Rico; !Todos! el 27 de
octubre 1974 a Madison Square Garden, New York. New York: the Committee, 1974. 12p., 8.5x11 inches, texts
in Englsih and Spanish, front wrap reproduced from a silk-screen poster by Lorenzo Homar, photo of rally inside,
good program in stapled pictorial wraps soiled on rear and in margins of front, not affecting Homar graphic.
Magazine. (#105400)
$25.00
173.
Puerto Rico Support Committee. To help buy transcript for legal defense of Puerto Rican draft
resistors; 7:30 PM, Sat. Nov 7. New York: the Committee, [1970?]. Single sheet flyer/handbill advertisting the
event with music, food and film, black print on green paper, light wear, illustration of butning Puerto Rican flags.
handbill leaflet. (#20736) $22.00
Anti-war action event handbill.
174.
[Raya, Andres]. For Andres Raya ... and for all of us/ Para Andres Raya ... y por todos nosotros
(poster). Ceres, CA: socialwar.net, [2005]. 11x17 inch wallposter/handbill, printed two sides, one in English, one
in Spanish, photos of Raya, black print on white paper, folded in half. poster. (#114907) $35.00
Raya, a Chicano vet of the Iraq invasion, killed one cop and wounded another in an ambush, before being killed
himself.
175.
Research Organizing Cooperative of San Francisco. Basta ya! La
historia de Los Siete de la Raza. San Francisco: Research Organizing Cooperative,
[1970]. [40p.] 8x10.5 inches, Spanish-language version, photos and illustrations,
newsprint, stapled pictorial wraps with drawn illustration of Los Siete behind bars
made of the stripes of a US flag, staples rusting with some discoloration at the
staples. (#123197)
$35.00
A collection of writings on the crime, trial and persecution.
176.
Revolutionary Communist League (M-L-M); [Amiri Baraka]. PRRWO and RWL: Not a 'revolutionary
wing,' but a dangerous duo! Newark, NJ: Revolutionary Communist League (M-L-M), 1976. 28p., 8.5x11
inches, signed by League chairman Amiri Baraka on title page, very good booklet in stapled red printed wraps.
(#168822)
$75.00
Polemic against the Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers' Organization and the Revolutionary Workers League.
177.
Revolutionary Communist Party. Imigration raids: We are all illegal. We are proletarians. We have no
country [handbill]. Los Angeles: the Party, 1982. 1p. leaflet, text-only, printed two sides, 8.5x11 inches.
handbill leaflet. (#172439)
$22.00
On INS raids carried out in the days before May Day. Argues for an internationalist perspective in which the only
loyalty is to the working class. "Let the migra and any lathered-up trogliodytic patriots be damned."
178.
Revolutionary Communist Party. ¡ Romper las cadenas! Desencadenar la
furia de la mujer como una fuerza poderosa para la revolucion. Chicago: RCP
Publications, 1986. 28p., 5.25x8.5 inches, photos, text in Spanish, very good first
Spanish language edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. (#161703)
$15.00
Spanish edition of "Break the chains! Unleash the fury of women as a mighty force for
revolution."
179.
Rodriguez Cristobal, Angel. Electoral farce 1976. Chicago: Rebeldia, 1980. 16p., very good second
edition in stapled pictorial wraps. English language version. (#74171)
$35.00
The author led the Liga Socialista Puertorriquena before his death under suspicious circumstances in a federal
prison in 1979. Rebeldia was a press affiliated with the Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional.
180.
Rodriguez Cristobal, Angel. Farsa electoral 1976. Chicago: Rebeldia, 1980. 16p., 5.5x8.5 inches,
second edition, text block folded-into red pictorial wraps. Spanish language version. (#74172) $35.00
The author led the Liga Socialista Puertorriquena before his death under suspicious circumstances in a federal
prison in 1979. Rebeldia was a press affiliated with the Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional.
181.
Rodriguez, Olga. Vote Socialist. Olga Rodriguez for governor. Los Angeles: Young
Socialists for Rodriguez, [1974]. 8-panel brochure, folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, very good, photo
of Rodriguez on cover, red titles. (#160755)
$20.00
Rodriguez was 25 at the time, and had been secretary of the Mexican-American Youth
Organization. She was running as a Socialist Workers Party candidate.
182. Salinas Citizens Committee in Defense of Farmworkers. Si se puede!
Farmworkers build their union. San Francisco: United Front Press, 1973. 36p.,
7.25x10.5 inches, texts in English and Spanish, illustrations, very good in pastebound
pictorial wraps. (#14559)
$18.00
183.
San Francisco Bay Area Farah Strike Support Committee. Chicanos strike at
Farah; union drive in the southwest. San Francisco: the Committee/United Front
Press, 1974. 44p. 7.5x10.5 inches, text in both Spanish and English, illustrations, very
good newsprint booklet in stapled pictorial wraps with a few closed tears, paper a bit
browned. (#158123)
$20.00
184.
San Francisco Bay Area Farah Strike Support Committee. Chicanos strike at
Farah: union drive in the southwest. San Francisco: the Committee/United Front
Press, 1974. 44p. 7.5x10.5 inches, text in both Spanish and English, bound dos-a-dos,
illustrated with b&w photos of the strike, very good in pastebound pictorial wraps.
(#17071)
$30.00
185.
Sánchez, Guadalupe & Jesús Romo. Organizing Mexican undocumented
farm workers on both sides of the border. La Jolla: Program in United States Mexican Studies, UC San Diego, 1981. 12p., printed recto-only, 8.5x11 inches, stapled marigold wraps. Working
papers in U.S.-Mexican Studies, 27. (#158612)
$18.00
Brief paper on the AFW and the UFW.
186.
[Socialist Workers Party]. Raza si, guerra no / vote Socialist
Worker [pinback button]. n.p.: Socialist Workers Party, [197-]. 1.5inch diameter button, white text and red decorative pattern on black
background, very good. (#155590)
$18.00
187.
Sojourner Truth Organization. Since when has working been a crime? The
deportation of Mexicans without papers. Chicago: Sojourner Truth Organization,
[1975?]. 19p., 5.5x8.5 inches, illustrated with photos of workers and marchers, very
good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. (#)
$15.00
188.
Talamante, Olga. Olga Talamante benefit; dinner, concert and dance
... Starry Plough, ... Berkeley. Berkeley: Olga Talamante Defense Committee,
[1975?]. 8.5x11 inch flier/handbill, printed both sides, with large drawing of the
Chicana activist behind barbed wire and event info on one side, statement and
brief history on the verso, black print on yellow paper, four tiny pin holes in
corners, cloed tears not affecting the image. handbill leaflet. (#162547)
$30.00
Done while she was in prison in Argentina, to benefit the Committee's work.
189.
Torrez, Lorenzo. Union up front. Tucson, AZ: Salt of the Earth Labor College, [199-?]. 13p., 5.5x8.5
inches, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Dedicated to Juan Chacon. (#121498) $12.00
190.
[UFW]. En tu memoria César / Seguiremos adelante./ 12va
convención constitucional / 1994 (pinback button). n.p., 1994. 2.25
inch diameter pin, portrait of Cesar Chavez in center with UFW eagle;
union bug at bottom. (#132604) $15.00
191.
[UFW]. Grapes of Wrath / Delano (pinback button).
[Berkeley]: Berkeley Litho Service, [ca. 1984]. 1.25 inch diameter pin,
very lightly worn, with bunch of grapes in center, on purple background.
(#132286)
$18.00
Issued during the third boycott called by César Chávez against California
table grapes. The purpose of this boycott was to demand a ban on five
harmful pesticides.
192.
[UFW]. Huelga / Delano (pinback button). [Berkeley]:
Berkeley Litho Service, [196-]. 1.25 inch diameter pin, orange lettering
and UFW eagle on black packground, union bug on edge. (#164473)
$18.00
193.
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America. ¡
Esta es historia!; UE y sus ganancias. En dolares y centavos;
unionismo democratico con su activa membresia. New York: United
Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, 1972. 4-page
4.25x5.5 inch brochure on glossy yellow paper, which folds out into an
8.5x11 inch handbill. Spanish translation of "A record of UE gains," for
immigrant workers. (#133048) $12.00
194.
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America. La ley asegura el derecho de ingresar a UE.
New York: United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, 1976. 4-page brochure which folds out into
handbill, text in Spanish illustration of Uncle Sam and the Capitol. Translation of "Your right to join UE is
guaranteed by law!" (#133053) $12.00
195.
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America. La UE es una unión o sindicato con una
diferencia palpable! New York: United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, 1973. [16p.]
6.75x3.5 inches, text in Spanish, drawn illustrations, very good in stapled blue printed wraps. (#133062) $15.00
Targeted to Spanish-speaking workers, urging them to join UE.
196.
[United Farm Workers of America]. Viva la revolucion. Emiliano
Zapata. Keene, CA: El Taller Grafico, United Farm Workers, [circa 1980s].
Poster, 17.5x23 inches, black ink on red paper, portrait of Zapata with bandoliers
and rifle, UFW bug bottom left corner. POSTER. (#163804) $30.00
197.
United Farm Workers Organizing Committe. Grape boycott news:
March 1970. Boston, MA: United Farm Workers Organizing Committe, AFL-CIO,
1970. Three leaves, two 8.5x14 inches, one 8.5x11 inches, mimeographed,
creased horizontally, all text newsletter. (#166548) $35.00
News of local boycott, contact list, list of markets to contact about the boycott etc.
198.
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. The Farm Workers ask If you were an airlines captain would you want the Farmworkers to negotiate
your contract? Dorchester, MA: United Farm Workers Organizing Committee,
AFL-CIO, [1970]. Leaflet, 8.5x11 inches, text on one side, full page illustration
on the other (from a photograph), mimeographed, date in pen on text side. (#166549) $25.00
199.
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. Farmworker's newsletter. October, 1970. Dorchester,
MA: United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO, 1970. Four page news letter [two leaves], printed
on both sides, minor edge wear, illustrated (small photo & UFW logo) (#166543)
$30.00
Includes a short article on the role of the Teamsters and a photo of Salinas farmworkers who had arrived in Boston
to work on the boycott.
200.
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. SS. Pierce farmworkers on strike. Boycott S.S. Pierce.
Dorchester, MA: United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO, [1970]. Leaflet, 8.5x11 inches, printed
on one side only, text and a small illustration, pen date on text side, horizontally creased for mailing. (#166584)
$20.00
Includes an attack on the Teamsters union for being a company union, and a point on pesticide use on farms.
201.
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. Unless you see this label: Don't buy grapes. Dorchester,
MA: UFWOC, [1970]. 11x8.5 inch sheet printed one side, small tear and crinkling along part of left margin; date
penned at upper left, UFW/AFL-CIO Union Label image. handbill leaflet. (#168679) $18.00
Gives instructions on how to spot UFW-picked grapes and lists the growers who have signed contracts.
202.
[United Farm Workers]. Boycott Lettuce & Boycott! nonunion lettuce [Two lettuce boycott pinback buttons]. n.p., [197-?].
Two 1.25 inch diameter pins, both very good; one bears the slogan
"Boycott lettuce" and a UFW eagle in black on a red background; the
other says "Boycott! Non-union lettuce" in green on white, with a
drawing of a head of lettuce. (#164492) $20.00
203.
United Farmworkers of America. La Ira De Las Uvas; Unase de
nuevo a la causa ¡No Comre Uvas! Los Angeles: [United Farmworkers], [circa
1980s]. Poster, 18x24 inches, color image of grape bunch with pesticide cans,
black & white illustration of farmworker protest, very good condition. POSTER.
(#163803)
$30.00
204.
United Farmworkers of America, AFL-CIO. Outreach letter to New
England trade unionists. Dorchester, MA: UFW New England Regional
Office, [1975]. 8.5x14 inch printed letter, folded horizontally, text in English,
seeking recriuts for UFW boycott activities in New England, slightly worn.
(#148488)
$18.00
205.
[United Farmworkers Union]. Con Unión se vive mejor
[pinback button]. n.p.: [UFW?], [1970s?]. 1.5 inch diameter pinback
button, red and black fields, white text, UFW emblem, union bug on
edge. (#172769)
$20.00
206.
[United Farmworkers Union]. Justicia dignidad [pinback
button]. n.p.: n.p., [1970s?]. 1.5 inch diameter pinback button, red and
white field, black text, strawberry and UFW emblem center, union bug on
edge. (#172772)
$25.00
207.
United States. House of Representatives. Committee on UnAmerican Activities. Communist activities among Puerto Ricans in
New York City and Puerto Rico (New York City - part 1, November 16
and 17, 1959, San Juan, Puerto Rico-part 2, November 18,19, and 20,
1959), hearings, eighty-sixth Congress, first session (including index.
Washington: GPO, 1960. Two booklets. Part 1: v, 100, iv; part 2: v,
118, iv, 6x9 inches, printed stapled white wraps. Paperback. (#91411)
$125.00
208.
Valdez, Luis, et al. Viva la causa! Songs and sounds from the Delano strike. [LP album]. Delano, CA:
Thunderbird Farmworker Press, [1966]. 33 and 1/3rd rpm record in original sleeve, record appears to be in very
good, playable condition; sleeve slightly creased, spine split. Complete mimeographed written script and song sheets
(8 p.) laid in. Audio LP. (#164485)
$50.00
All songs, except two, are original songs from the strike, written by Luis Valdez, Agustin Lira or Felipe Cantu.
209.
Valentín, Carmen. Puerto Rican prisoner of war Carmen Valentin:
Thoughts on the anarchist black cross. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Anarchist Black Cross,
1997. 10p., illustrations, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good first edition booklet in red,
stapled pictorial wraps. (#73490) $20.00
The Puerto Rican activist from Chicago who taught high school students the truth of
Puerto Rican history, a member of the FALN, is now a political prisoner serving a 98year sentence for her participation in the armed struggle.
210.
[Vando, Erasmo]. The Erasmo Vando papers; finding aid. New York:
Centro de Estudios Puertottiqueños, 1995. 34p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with
b&w photos in text, very good in spiral-bound pictorial wraps. Paperback.
(#109594)
$15.00
Contains a biography of militant journalist/playwright/poet in both English and
Spanish.
211.
Vidal, Mirta. Chicano liberation and revolutionary youth. New York:
Pathfinder Press, 1971. 16p., 5.5x8.5 inches, reading list on rear panel, author
photo, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. (#28331)
$15.00
212.
Women's Committee to Celebrate International Women's Day; Alliance
Against Women's Oppression. International Women's Day. March 8, 1981
[poster]. San Francisco: La Raza Graphic Center, 1981. 17x22 inch poster, very
good, depicting profiles of four adult women and a little girl, sharply defined in
black and white against a red and white background collage depicting mass rallies
and smiling activists. (#162510) $75.00
213.
Young Workers Liberation League, Tucson branch. Arizona left review:
journal of the Tucson YWLL. Vol. 1, no. 2 (August 1972). Tucson: YWLL,
1972. Single issue of the mimeographed newsletter, 6 pages, 8.5x11 inch sheets
stapled at upper left, very good. OCLC lists three holdings. (#164991)
$45.00
Cover story is the killing of a Papago India, Philip Galaya, by a sheriff's deputy in
Ajo; notes that AIM and activists of other ethnic groups joined in subsequent
protests. Includes a full-page story on a visit by farmworker organizer Cesar
Chavez who spoke with a Filipino organizer, Charley Avila.
214.
Zwickel, Jean Wiley. Voices for independence: Portraits of notable individuals in support of Puerto
Rican independence [Interior title: In the spirit of valor and sacrifice]. Pittsburg, CA: White Star Press, 1988.
xxiv, 131p., several small numerals penned inside front cover, wraps mildly worn. (#172587) $25.00