FIREBRANDS : FIVE POEMS. A chapbook of ANARCHIST RADICAL POETRY by JUAN ORTEGA, WILDER BENTLEY, NORMAN MACLEOD, LAWRENCE A. HARPER, FRANK ANKENBRAND, JR. Published by The Burlington Chapbooks, Philadelphia, 1935. Printed by ALPRESS in a LIMITED EDITION of only 175 copies. This is the fifth publication in the Burlington Chapbooks series. Chapbook / Booklet, heavy stock paper covers, paper title label on the front cover, string bound, 5.5x8.5 inches, six numbered pages of poems, plus an unnumbered Title Page, Contents Page, and Colophon Page. The poems are: CHAUVINISM, by Juan Ortega; ANARCHIST PORTRAIT IN CALIFORNIA, by Norman Macleod; LAST PRELUDE, by Lawrence A. Harper; TO A POET OF THE PROLETARIAT, by Wilder Bentley; and FOR THE COUNTER-REVOLUTIONIST L. F., by Frank Ankenbrand, Jr. GOOD condition, a bit of wear to the corner tips, a small area of light shorelining to the top edge of the title page; overall remains tight, bright, clean and unmarked. One of the nicer copies this delicate chapbook that I have seen.

Report on the Congress of American Women : prepared and released by the Committee on Un-American Activities, U.S. House of Representatives..

WASHINGTON DC: United States Congress United States Congress Committee on Un-American Activities, [Government Printing Office], October 23, 1949. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.

Paper covers, side stapled, 6x9 inches, [ii], 114 pages, plus printed front cover and blank rear cover.

GOOD condition, the pages are lightly toned, the bottom front corner has a light crease, the blank rear cover has a piece torn from its bottom corner, the staples are rusted but holding well. Overall a complete, solid, bright copy.

This original, 1949, primary source, first edition, is scarce. (Beware the common computer generated editions, (e.g. Alpha Editions, Hutson Street Press, Palala Press), sometimes being mistakenly presented as 1949 printings.)

DE ERNESTO GUEVARA NUNCA SE PODRA HABLAR EN PASADO (One Will Never Be Able to Speak of Ernesto Guevara in the Past Tense) - FIDEL

Bound document containing a collection of texts and speeches by Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Compiled and published by Cuba's "Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas" (National Center for Scientific Research) in December 1967, only two months after Che's execution in Bolivia.

Contiene (Contents):

EL SOCIALISMO Y EL HOMBRE EN CUBA (Socialism and Man in Cuba), 11 pages.

DEL CHE A LA JUVENTUD (From Che to the Youth), 10 pages. * Descurso del Commandante Ernesto Che Guevara, el 20 de Octubre de 1962 Ante la Union de Jovenes Comunistas (Speech by Commander Ernesto Che Guevara, October 20, 1962, before the Union of Young Communists)

DE LA JUVENTUD AL CHE: (From the Youth to Che), 4 pages. * Al Che, de la Union de Juvenes Communistas, Cuba, 21 de Octobre de 1967 (To Che, from the Young Communist League) A Tribute to Che written days after his death.

DISCURSO EN ARGELIA (Speech in Algeria) Feb. 24, 1965. 9 pages.

CARTA DE DESPEDIDA (Farewell letter) - "Hasta La Victoria Siempre" 2 pages.

MENSAJE A LA TRICONTINENTAL (Message to the Tricontinental Conference) 9 pages.

Paper covers, bound with spiral bands, 8.5x13 inches, printed on one side only, paginated by document, as shown above.

Condition: Printed on cheap paper that has browned to various degrees and is worn along the edges; appears to have been put together hurriedly and printed on a rickety mimeograph type machine - many letters are faded (the printing did not imprint them fully) and there are ink marks here and there (made by the low quality machine), nonetheless the text is clear and fully legible. The paper covers are toned and are creased from handling, the title page has an old light coffee splatter stain, the white binding rings have been professionally restored. Overall a complete and solid coffee, with wear, toning, and printing as to be expected on this early Cuban document following the death of Che.

I have never seen another copy and doubt I ever will.

About the National Center for Scientific Research of Cuba and its Association to Che Guevara:

The National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC) of Cuba, was founded in 1965 under the impetus of the Revolution and with ideas and direction from "Che" Guevara. It was consolidated in 1967 as a crucial hub for multidisciplinary science on the island, focusing on applied research and laying the foundations for Cuban biotechnology.

CONCIERTO con PEDRO TERAN: INTERPRETADOR de la CANCIÓN REVOLUCIONARIA. SCREENPRINT POSTER, printed on heavy stock paper, 17.5x23 inches (44.5 x 58.5 cm). This poster was obviously printed in support of the Nicaraguan Revolution and the Sandinistas. 1979 was an important year in the NICARAGUAN SANDINISTA REVOLUTION. The Oakland Museum has a copy of this original poster in its poster collection. On the Museum's online site, OCMA, it shows an image of the poster and provides relevant information about it, including the 1979 printing date. No printer information is given. Poster has a black background with white text. In the center is an image of Pedro Teran singing and playing the guitar. The poster reads, "Concierto Beneficio para el Ministerio de Cultura de Nicaragua/ Concierto con Pedro Teran / interpretador de la canción revolucionaria / October 28, 3-7 PM/ $2.50 / St. John Lutheran School / south Van Ness & twenty-first st. / San Francisco / Tambien: Musica de Los Peludos, Tardeada, Comida y Bebidas". VERY GOOD condition, there is some light age toning to the white border; there are some corner tip creases and a few small edge scrapes; the lithograph was stored rolled and there are some light creases from having been thus stored. The poster will be sent safely rolled in a sturdy mailing tube.

WOMAN'S CONVENTION AUXILIARY NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION 65th Anniversary Program Dallas, Texas 1901 - 1966 : Theme "Together We Stand"

Souvenir Program, Published by the Woman's Convention Auxiliary to the National Baptist Convention, Dallas, Texas 1966. First edition. Softcover, illustrated green wrappers, side staple bound, 12" x 9", 62 pages, historically illustrated throughout with b&w portraits, and photographs of the Black woman and men leaders of the NCB. GOOD CONDITION: covers have edge and corner creasing and some closed tears to the top edge, internally light creasing to the corner-tips, and light wear from age and use, overall tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A remarkable historic documentation of the Black Women in the leadership roles of a pivotal African American religious and activist organization at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. Scarce, none in OCLC collections worldwide.

The National Baptist Convention (NBC) was founded in 1895, A major organization of African American Baptists and the nation's largest Black religious organization. Unfortunately, the NCB was not supportive of women's leadership so in 1900 two Black Women Suffragists and Civil Rights Activists, Sarah Willie Layten (1864-1950) and Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) played pivotal leadership roles in founding the Woman's Convention Auxiliary to the NBC. Representing over one million Black Baptist women, the Auxiliary provided means through which women organized on state and local levels around religious, political, and social issues, making their place of worship an epicenter for Black liberation and social change.

MEMORIA DEL FORO: 1er [PREMIER] FESTIVAL NUEVO CANTO LATINOAMERICANO, Abril 1982, Ciudad De Mexico CREA, UNESCO, INBA, FONAPAS, CASA DE LAS AMERICAS

[FORUM REPORT: 1st [PREMIER] NEW LATIN AMERICAN SONG FESTIVAL, April 1982, Mexico City]

In Mexico City between March 30 and April 5, 1982, the First Festival of Canto Nuevo was held at the National Auditorium in collaboration with UNESCO and Casa de las Américas. It was an important music festival promoting the New Song Movement, Protest Music and early World Music, and is considered a significant multi cultural event in Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean. This is the very rare report (limited to only 1000 copies) issued by the organizers.

Published by the Planning Directorate and the Dissemination Department of the Promotion and Social Communication Directorate of CREA, Mexico City. First (and only) edition, September 1982. The print run was 1,000 copies (from the colophon). Softcover, printed paper wrappers, 11" x 8.25", 168 pages. Text in Spanish. VERY GOOD Condition: The covers have scraping to the spine margins, shelf/corner wear and some creasing but remain bright and clean, internally just a touch of age, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Scarce.

The Nueva Canción (New Song) Movement in Mexico, also known as Canto Nuevo, was a musical and cultural phenomenon rooted in the broader Latin American and Caribbean Nueva Canción movement. It emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s as a response to social and political issues, using music as a tool for social commentary, cultural preservation and the fight against authoritarian regimes. The genre is distinguished by Latin folk sounds, traditional Indigenous instruments, and lyrics that highlight social injustices, specifically the exploitation of workers, dictatorships, and authoritarianism. Due to political lyrics and the desire to provoke social change, the government censored many artists who were part of the movement. Some musicians faced exile, torture, or death by right wing dictatorships. The movement was crucial in protesting dictatorship, fascism, and social injustice and cultivating a culture where Indigenous voices and music was heard. A crucial aspect of the Nueva canción genre is that many songs were influenced by Mexican corrido, narrative songs about history, oppression, vaquero life and lamenting the fascist occupation of their county.

Festival Participants included: ARGENTINA - César Isella; CUBA - Silvio Rodríguez and Noel Nicola; MEXICO - Los Folkloristas, Me caì, Onta, Amparo Ochoa, Nachón, Gabino Palomares, Foro, M. Alejandro; PERU - Nicomedes Santa Cruz; URUGUAY - Daniel Viglietti; BRAZIL - Manduka; CHILE - Quilapayun; NICARAGUA - Carlos Mejía Godoy and Los Palacaguna, Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy and Grupo Mancotal; PUERTO RICO - Roy Brown; VENEZUELA - Ali Primera and Lilia Vera; EL SALVADOR - Yolocamba I Ta

From the Introduction:

"In April 1982, the First Festival and Forum of New Latin American Song was held in Mexico City. It brought together the most representative exponents from various countries of our continent, both in the performance and composition as well as in the theoretical aspects of this new musical genre, which is gaining greater importance every day in the cultural sphere of America. CREA, FONAPAS, and the INBA, with the collaboration of UNESCO and the Casa de las Américas, held this event to support and promote this youth movement to reconquer and strengthen the cultural expressions of our peoples. With this objective and the purpose of continuing the work this compilation of the material gathered during the Forum has been prepared. It highlights the different positions held by the best ethnomusicologists of Latin America regarding New Song."

LIFE IN IRAN The Library of Congress Drawings by Ardeshir Mohassess

Published by Mage Publishers, Washington D.C., 1994. First edition. Introduction by Bernard F. Reilly, Jr. Illustrated softcover, 11.75" x 9.5", 47 pages, filled with captioned b&w illustrations by one of the greatest political satirists of Iran. His prescient and tragic work spoke truth to power and bear witness to the authoritarian forces surrounding the 1979 Revolution and the repressive years that followed under the Islamic Republic of Iran. These drawings depict transformative decades in Iran, first observed from within the country and later from the diaspora. Very Good Condition: a touch of wear to the covers, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Uncommon.

Ardeshir Mohassess (b. Iran, 1938-2008), Iran's greatest contemporary graphic artist, His work depicts a crucial time in Iran's modern history, the years surrounding the 1979 Revolution. His fearless critique of the monarchy and clergy, and depicting the shah and his entourage with unrelenting scorn led to increasing censorship and police harassment, prompting his departure from Iran. These images resonate with increasing urgency, a record that asserts art's role as witness, documenting what power seeks to obscure and of preserving memory where official histories fail.

STAY IN THE STREETS FREE THE PANTHERS

ORIGINAL PINBACK BUTTON, 1.75" inches in diameter, printed in red, blue and yellow with a graphic Black Power raised fist in the center. No date, circa 1968. Issued by the Black Panther Party for Self Defense to raise funds and support for the legal defense of Party members imprisoned by the state and federal government. EXCELLENT CONDITION: the edge has some tiny light spots of discoloration, the back is oxidized, overall a bright, wearable and relevant original piece from the era when protestors voices were heard.

The Black Panthers were emblematic of the Black Power Movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Following the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton formed the Black Panther Party. After Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968, the Panthers grew rapidly into a national revolutionary party with over 5,000 members in cities across America.

The Black Riders Liberation Party is a revolutionary descendant of the Oakland born Black Panther Party founded by imprisoned gang members in a Youth Authority college class in 1996. The Black Commune Program is an upgraded version of the original Black Panther Party's Ten Point Platform and Program, which includes the demand for treatment of AIDS patients and an end to capitalists smuggling drugs into Black communities and adds a point on ecological destruction as it relates to the oppressed.

THE BLACK COMMUNE PROGRAM BROADSIDE

Produced by The Black Riders Liberation Party, Oakland, California, no date, circa 2010. Photocopied, white paper, 17" x 11". VERY GOOD CONDITION: stiff vertical and horizontal creases from being folded in half twice, and some crinkles and creases from handling, overall a solid and bright copy of this scarce Oakland Black Riders manifesto.

The Oakland BRLP Chapter was created in 2010 during the struggle for justice for Oscar Grant. Known for their community advocacy work, they gave public presentations on the Black Commune Program and passed out these broadsides at their events between 2010 and 2015 until the Chapter closed.

This is a landmark civil rights trial in which the plaintiff claims to have been unconstitutionally subjected to cruel and unusual punishment by the conditions at Soledad prison in 1965.

Robert Charles Jordan, Jr., Plaintiff v. C. J. Fitzharris et al, Defendants. Published by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, September 6, 1966. Memorandum Opinion and Order by U.S. District Court Chief Judge George B. Harris. Legal document, stapled bound typewritten sheets, 8.5" x 11", 22 pages. VERY GOOD Condition: light age toning, a small paperclip stain, tiny edge tears to rear cover, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

In 1966 a Black prisoner named Robert Charles Jordan, Jr. filed a lawsuit against the Superintendent of Soledad prison charging "cruel and unusual" punishment. What was surprising about this case was that the court found in Jordan's favor. Mr. Jordan was locked in solitary confinement in a "strip cell" at Soledad Prison. The complaint goes on to detail many more inhumane conditions and treatment. After the court ruled that Jordan had in fact been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment, the Superintendent of Soledad, Cletus Fitzharris, remained at the head of the prison for 5 more years. He was then promoted to deputy director of the California Department of Corrections. Robert Charles Jordan Jr. was born in 1939 and was 27 years old when he filed this case. He had been convicted at age 19 of assault and has remained, as of 2020, incarcerated in a California prison. The Eighth Amendment prohibits the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s pushed (at national, and local levels and in legislatures and courts) to recognize that the government disproportionately policed, incarcerated, and oppressed people of color and the economically disadvantaged. Court litigation records like this detail the horrific treatment incarcerated people continue to endure in prison.

Congressional Black Caucus, 103rd Congress, 1993-1994 : Members, Committee Assignments, Staff Contacts

The Congressional Black Caucus was formed in 1970 when the 13 Black Members of the U.S. House of Representatives joined together to strengthen their efforts to address the legislative concerns of Black and minority citizens. African American Representatives had increased in number from six in 1966 to nine, following the 1969 elections. Those Members believed that a Black Caucus in Congress, speaking with a single voice, would provide political influence and visibility far beyond their numbers.

Published by the Congressional Black Caucus, A Legislative Service Organization, Washington D.C., 1993. First edition, printed in an unnumbered limited edition for Caucus members and their staff. Illustrated softcovers, side staple bound, 8.5" x 6.75", 88 unnumbered pages including covers, each Caucus member has a two page spread that includes their biography and a black & white photographic portrait. VERY GOOD Condition: light shelfwear and a touch of age, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Scarce, just 2 copies in OCLC collections worldwide.

The African American Legislators in this 1993-94 Congressional Black Caucus compendium are the Honorable: Kweisi Mfume, Cardiss Collins, Alcee L. Hastings, William Jefferson, Barbara-Rose Collins, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Carol Moseley-Braun, John Conyers, William Clay, Louis Stokes, Ronald V. Dellums, Charles B. Rangel, Harold E. Ford, Julian C. Dixon, Major R. Owens, Edolphus Towns, Alan Wheat, Floyd Flake, John Lewis, Donald M. Payne, Craig A. Washington, Gary A. Franks, Eleanor Holmes-Norton, Maxine Waters, Lucien E. Blackwell, Eva Clayton, Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., Corrine Brown, James E. Clyburn, Cleo Fields, Earl F. Hilliard, Cynthia A. McKinney, Carrie Meek, Mel Reynolds, Bobby Rush, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, Walter R. Tucker III, Melvin L. Watt, Albert Russell Wynn, and Bennie Thompson.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was a strong ally of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) and had worked with Union President David Dubinsky on many important issues. JFK's assassination affected everyone and the editors of Justice printed a Memorial Edition which also included a Message of Support to Lyndon Baines Johnson from Dubinsky. JUSTICE was the official publication of the ILGWU from 1919 to 1995.

JUSTICE: International Ladies' Garment Workers Union. Volume 45, Issue 23, December 1, 1963. Published by the ILGWU, Jersey City, New Jersey, David Dubinsky President, Leon Stein Editor. Newspaper, 4 large leaves vertically folded into 8 pages, 16.5" x 11.5". Folded horizontally as issued. This original 1963 newspaper is in VERY GOOD CONDITION: small mailing label pasted to front page margin with penned number beneath, wear and small tears to the vertical fold but holding well, toning as normal and some light signs of age and use, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A scarce JFK Memorial issue of this pioneering woman's labor union journal.

This JFK Memorial Edition features a full page portrait of JFK with a black memorial border on the front page, inside, within a black memorial border is President Kennedy's Inaugural Address delivered on January 20, 1962 with a b&w photograph of him speaking from the White House balcony. This is followed by the text of JFK's speech before the Convention of the American Federation of Labor Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFLCIO) in New York City on November 15, 1963, also with a black memorial border and b&w photo of him speaking. The back page shows a b&w photo of LBJ and a Message of Support in his new role as President of the United States sent to him by union leader David Dubinsky.

Founded in 1900, ILGWU was one of the largest and most significant labor unions in the American Labor Movement and one of the first with a primarily female membership. It's role in the history of women and immigrant Jewish and Italian women continues to be relevant today. Justice was published in English, Italian, Spanish, and Yiddish with much variation in content.

***** About the ILGWU from the Kheel Center for Labor Management Documentation and Archives Cornell University Library:

The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was founded in New York City in 1900 by mostly Socialist immigrant workers who sought to unite the various crafts in the growing women's garment industry. The union soon reflected changes in the sector and rapidly organized thousands of unskilled and semi-skilled women, mostly Jewish and Italian young immigrants. Exemplifying the "new unionism," the ILGWU led two of the most widespread and best-known industrial strikes of the early Twentieth Century: the shirtwaist makers' strike of 1909 in New York City and the cloak makers' strike of 1910 in Chicago. The union also tried to adapt to the fragmented and unstable nature of the industry. It adopted the "protocol of peace," a system of industrial relations that attempted to ensure stability and limit strikes and production disruption by providing for an arbitration system to resolve disputes.

The ILGWU exemplified the European-style social unionism of its founding members. They pursued bread and butter issues but provided educational opportunities, benefits, and social programs to union members as well. In 1919, the ILGWU became the first American union to negotiate an unemployment compensation fund that was contributed to by its employers. The ILGWU also pioneered in the establishment of an extremely progressive health care program for its members which included not only regional Union Health Centers but also a resort for union workers, known as Unity House. The Union also had an imaginative and pioneering Education Department which not only trained workers in traditional union techniques, but provided courses in citizenship and the English language.

MAI 68 - Archive of JOURNALS and HANDBILLS PUBLISHED DURING the MAY-JUNE FRENCH STUDENT-WORKER REVOLUTION that Changed French Society forever.

(1) NINE ISSUES of ACTION - The French Resistance Newspaper created during the STUDENT-WORKER REVOLUTIONARY STRIKES that for a period shut down the French Economy and Government. Newspapers, mostly single-fold broadsheets to make 4 pages, folded in half horizontally as issued, unfolded front page measures 14.5x21 inches (37x53 cm). Seven of the issues were published in June 1968 and two in July 1968. The ACTION newspaper was published from May 1968 to June 1969. It is the issues that were published in May and June 1968, during the Student-Worker strikes and actions, that are the most difficult to find.

(2) TEN FLYERS / HANDBILLS calling on STUDENTS and WORKERS to take part in the REVOLUTIONARY STRIKES. Single sheets, Most 8x10 inches (20x25.5 cm). Six were printed in May 1968, one in April 1968, one in June 1968, and two are undated.

(3) SERVIR LE PEUPLE. "SPÉCIAL 1er MAI / 32 PAGES / Sommaire en page 3". Published on MAY 1, 1968 - the beginning of the Student and Worker Revolutionary Protests and Strikes in France. Newspaper, folded in half horizontally as issued, 11x16.5 inches (28x42 cm) unfolded. This special edition on MAI 68, published on May 1, 1968, is an important artifact of the 1968 French upheaval.

(4) TWO ISSUES of L'ENRAGÉ published in June 1968. L'Enragé was a satirical journal founded by Jean-Jacques Pauvert and produced in France during the May-June 68 events. Eight pages, printed on newsprint paper, 9x12 inches (23x30.5 cm

FAIR to GOOD CONDITION: All the issues and handbills have edgewear including chips and closed tears, folds, creases, toning, some holes at the folds, etc.; but all are complete and holding together.

The lasting social impact of what became known as MAI 68 was substantial, recent political events to the contrary!

MAI 68 - About the MAY 1968 FRENCH STUDENT & WORKER REVOLUTION (from Wikipedia):

******Beginning in May 1968, a period of civil unrest occurred throughout France, lasting seven weeks and punctuated by demonstrations, general strikes, and the occupation of universities and factories. At the height of events, which have since become known as May 68 (French: Mai 68), the economy of France came to a halt. The protests reached a point that made political leaders fear civil war or revolution; the national government briefly ceased to function after President Charles de Gaulle secretly fled France to West Germany on the 29th.

The unrest began with a series of far-left student occupation protests against capitalism, consumerism, American imperialism and traditional institutions. Heavy police repression of the protesters led France's trade union confederations to call for sympathy strikes, which spread far more quickly than expected to involve 11 million workers, more than 22% of France's population at the time. The movement was characterized by spontaneous and decentralized wildcat disposition. It was the largest general strike ever attempted in France, and the first nationwide wildcat general strike.

The events of May 1968 had a lasting impact and continue to influence French society. The period is considered a cultural, social and moral turning point in the nation's history.******

About ACTION Newspaper (from Wikipedia / translated by Google):

******ACTION was an activist newspaper created at the beginning of May 68. The first issue, released on May 7, 1968, launched a call for a "GENERAL STRIKE AND PERMANENT INSURRECTION". The strikes and insurrections that followed in May and June 1968 shook France to its core.******

DESPERTAR LAGUNERO Libro Que Relata La Lucha Y Triunfo De La Revolución En La Comarca Lagunera (AWAKENING IN THE COMARCA LAGUNERA A Book that Recounts the Struggle and Triumph of the Revolution in the Comarca Lagunera). Text by José Reyes Pimentel, Photographs by Enrique Gutmann. Front cover design by Alfonso Maldoado, back cover design by Salvador Pruneda. Published by Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, México City, 1937. Text in Spanish. First edition, first printing limited to 40,000 examples. Softcover, illustrated wrappers, 9" x 6.75", 287 numbered pages, illustrated with 31 full page b&w photographic plates and 126 in-text photographs, designs and musical notation. GOOD CONDITION: spine covering chipped at the bottom edge, light bottom fore-edge bump, a penned gift inscription from Charles Gauld, Library of Congress on the ffep, and light wear from age and use, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Scarce.

A Mexican post revolutionary modernist photobook that brilliantly reveals the struggles and triumphs of the 1937 anti fascist revolution in Mexico. Gutmann's photographic work promotes Mexico as a progressive nation and is itself a high point of working class mobilization and artistic collaboration that reveals the fundamental role artists had in constructing a new national identity. Artists and worker movements were mobilized and radicalized during the six year presidency of Lázaro Cárdenas (1934-1940). The solidarity of the Mexican working class catalyzed a democratic and socialist order out of which Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios, LEAR (League of Revolutionary Writers and Artists) an important artists collective arose in 1934. Gutmann promoted a socialist concept of Mexico, his photography provided a modernist discourse to promote the nation as modern. Featured in Horacio Fernandez, The Latin American Photobook. Despertar Lagunero is considered one of the finest Latin photobooks produced in the revolutionary spirit of the times. Gutmann, a German Jewish exile who came to Mexico in 1934 immediately joined LEAR. During the 1930s he was an influential journalist and editor with direct access to the president. Gutmann published photographs in the LEAR journal Frente a Frente (Face to Face), in various newspapers, as well as in Gustoavo Ortiz Hernan's novel Chimeneas (another standout photo book of the period).

Photographer Enrique (Heinrich) Gutmann (b. Lithuania 1906-1950 d. Mexico City) Jewish German exile, anti fascist activist, propagandist, journalist, editor, photographer and photo montage artist whose work conferred nationalism and promoted Mexico as progressive nation. Fleeing the Nazi regime in Germany, Gutmann emigrated to Mexico in 1934 a year after the book burnings and Reichstag fire in Germany. He emigrated with his wife of Mexican heritage, who had been compelled by the Reich Ministry to prove she was a pureblood German. His arrival in Mexico was marked by Lázaro Cárdenas's quest for a socialist democratic Mexico, a perfect refuge from European fascism and totalitarian regimes. Gutmann died in Mexico City at the age of 44 after being struck by a car.

PACK RAT was the underground newspaper published by the Berkeley High School Student Union (BHSSU) to advocate for radical educational and societal reforms. Using the typesetting machines at the Black Panther Party's national headquarters in Berkeley, the students covered antiwar activities, racial discrimination, women's liberation, student rights, and other contemporary topics. When the BHSSU tried to distribute the paper on campus, its members were suspended. When the BHSSU's activities expanded beyond Berkeley, the Federal Bureau of Investigation opened a file on the group in June 1970, which was closed when the students graduated.

PACK RAT Volume I, Issue I October 1969

Published by the Berkeley High School Student Union, Berkeley, California, 1969. First printing. Softcover newspaper, 17.5" z 11.25", 8 pages, folded as issued, illustrated with b&w photographs and graphics. This issue features articles on the Black Panthers, police violence, Malcolm X, the Vietnam War, women's portrayal in the the mass media, protests, conspiracies, and more. A scarce example of youth participation in antiwar activism and its integration with student rights. Only 19 in the OCLC. GOOD Condition: Covers are toned, have several stiff creases, and a 2" closed tear at the front edge, otherwise a bright, clean, and unmarked.

Poland Under The Dominion of Russia by Harro Harring

Published by I.[gnacy] S.[zymanski], Boston, 1834. First American Edition. Translated, with an additional chapter "Views in Regard to the Court of St. Petersburg and its Policy" by Ignacy Szymanski (1806-1874); Introduction to the American edition by Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876). First published 1831 in German as "Memoiren über Polen unter russischer herrschaft, nach zweijährigem aufenthalt in Warschau." Hardbound in blue moire cloth covers with paper spine label, 8" x 5", xcix, 204 pages. Good Condition: covers worn and rubbed, splitting at spine folds, spine chipped/glued but the label remains legible and the binding tight. Internally, some old light shore lining and foxing otherwise right, bright, clean and unmarked. A scarce primary source that explores Poland politically and socially while it was under the oppresive dominion of Russia in the mid 19th century. 34 copies held in OCLC collections worldwide.

Harro Harring and Samuel Gridley Howe were 19th century political activists, freedom fighters and passionate advocates for liberty, involved in transnational movements fighting against the oppressive regimes of the Ottoman Empire in Greece, Russian Empire in Poland, and slavery in the US. Both men were driven by a romantic, liberal, and, at times, radical dedication to individual freedom and national self-determination. Their writings often focused on the liberation of oppressed peoples directly linking them to Szymanski's publishing efforts regarding Polish independence.

Harro Harring (1798-1870) North Frisian (German-Danish) poet, painter, émigré agitator, and revolutionary, known as a "freedom fighter" and "Odysseus of freedom," he was active in European, American, and South American struggles for freedom. Known for his passionate writings for a united, democratic Germany and his dedication to the "freedom of nations." He traveled extensively, acting as an international agitator for revolutionary causes. He advocated for a united, free Europe, fought for Greek independence, opposed Russian expansionism and, as early as 1846, called for the liberation of slaves.

Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876) A prominent American physician, Boston abolitionist, social reformer, and educator. Served as a surgeon and soldier in the Greek War of Independence (1824-1830), earning the title "The Lafayette of the Greek Revolution." He later aided the Cretan revolution in 1866. A radical opponent of slavery in the US, he was a member of the "Secret Six" who funded abolitionist John Brown. Also a supporter of the Underground Railroad and a member of the Boston Vigilance Committee which helped fugitive slaves. As the first director of the Perkins Institution for the Blind, he revolutionized education for disabled individuals. He advocated for education, prison reform, and worked with the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War.

Ignancy S. Szymanski (1806-1875) Polish war hero associated with the Polish cause, he acted as a publisher or facilitator for revolutionary literature. He came to the US about 1837 and owned a plantation fifteen miles south of New Orleans, fought for the Confederates in the Civil War and died a wealthy man but that's another story.