Hispanics in the United States #25 Activismo Latino - Bolerium Books

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