Sojourn Celia (6 results)

149 pp.; 25.7 x 17.8 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed 1975 reprint of "Prairie Fire : The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism, Political Statement of the Weather Underground." Offers detailed descriptions of the Weather Underground's goals and belief systems. Includes a text by Bernadine Dohrn, Billy Ayers, Jeff Jones, and Celia Sojourn. Additional text uncredited. Very Good. 8 mm. of soiling to recto., 4 mm. loss to bottom right corner of recto and adjacent 3.2 cm. area of soiling. Light creasing and bumping along bottom edge of publication. Soiling of verso with 9.5 cm. of moisture soiling carrying through to pages. Stamped with May Day books contact information on inside of verso. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . B000GF2KVQ Squarebound trade paperback . 1974 edition from Communications Co. Pea sized chip out of the bottom of the front cover, and slight water spotting to the spine area, otherwise book is a Tight sound unmarked copy in Good to Very Good condition. No Signature.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Weather Underground and Bernardine Dohrn, Billy Ayers, Jeff Jones, and Celia Sojourn. Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-imperialism. No Place [San Francisco?]. No Publisher [Red Dragon Press.see OCLC 918422464, or Communications Co., see OCLC 1177495 and others]. n.d. [1974]. True First Edition, with no publication information, no price on covers, 2 pp of blank "NOTES" at end of text. UNITED FARM WORKERS COPY, with their stamp on front cover, along with "DUPLICATE." As far as I can determine, the stamp reads as follows: line 1: [?] [National?] Research Center line 2: U. F. W. AFL-CIO line 3: P. O. Box 96 line 4: Keene CA 93531 PH. (805) [823?]-[55??] Background: At the time Prairie Fire was published (1974), this was a pivotal period in the violent struggle, and soon to be success, of the United Farm Workers, who are mentioned under the section, "The Chicano Struggle," specifically on p, 124: "The dedicated struggle by the farmworkers to win union recognition is now threatened by the alliance between the Teamsters Union and the growers-carried out with violent attacks and sweetheart contracts. The move is a major attempt to defeat the UFWU (sic) and break its popular base." "In 1973, 170 growers who were prepared to sign contracts with the UFW unexpectedly renegotiated their contracts with the Teamsters, affecting over 30,000 workers. In response, the UFW called for new union representation elections at these ranches and a boycott of all grapes grown at farms with Teamsters contracts. Hundreds of members of both unions were arrested as confrontations between the two groups became more violent. After the owners of the Gallo Brothers vineyards signed contracts with the Teamsters, the UFW called for a nationwide boycott of all Gallo products. Over 3,000 UFW members were arrested in August, prompting the Justice Department to ask the FBI to investigate accusations of police brutality. In 1975, Governor Jerry Brown of California proposed a new labor bill that would allow for secret ballot elections for farm workers to determine which union, if any, they wanted to represent them. This bill received support from both the UFW and the Teamsters, and thousands of people attended rallies and marches in Sacramento to express their support. The law was passed in June and went into effect in August. Following the passing of the bill, Cesar Chavez began a 1,000-mile march from the Mexican border to Sacramento. Along the way, he educated farm workers about the new labor law and encouraged them to vote for the UFW in upcoming representation elections. By mid-September, the UFW won the right to represent 4,500 workers at 24 farms, while the Teamsters won the right to represent 4,000 workers at 14 farms. The UFW won the majority of the elections in which it participated. The Teamsters signed an agreement with the UFW in 1977, promising to end its efforts to represent farm workers. The boycott of grapes, lettuce, and Gallo products officially ended in 1978 as the UFW continued to sign contracts with growers." (Anastas, Katie. UFW: A Geographic History, 1965-1977) A significant association copy in the literature of Labor fighting political oppression, and the ongoing struggle of the "illegal Mexican immigrant." Condition: Secure binding, contents unmarked, moderate and uneven sunning to covers, "UFW" stamp and contact info to upper front cover (partially smeared and illegible), front cover with 1/2" tear to bottom edge and some soft creasing and light edgewear, margin of pp 9/10 bumped, causing short tear and some crinkling, pp 97/98 duplicated (NO pages missing), overall a VG+ example, better than usually encountered. (see close-up photos) Location: B3.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Communications Co. edition. 186, [6]pp. Illustrated from photographs and drawings. Maps. Decorated orange and red wrappers with $1.50 printed price. Top corner clipped on title page, title inked on the spine with inked notation (plus 25 cent donation) on front wrap, clear tape along spine and corners of front cover, very good. Political manifesto. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Large octavo. 152, [2]pp. Illustrated from photographs and drawings. Maps. Decorated printed red wrappers. Small stain on early pages, a few pages and wrappers with creasing, modest wear on the yapped edges, a very good copy. Political manifesto, reprinted many times. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Reprint. "Here is PRAIRIE FIRE, our political ideology - a strategy for anti-imperialism and revolution inside the imperial US. This paper has been collectively adopted as the political statement of the Weather Underground. PRAIRIE FIRE is written to communist-minded revolutionaries, independent organizers and anti-imperialists. It is written as an argument against those who oppose action and hold back the struggle." - Opening statement by Bernadine Dohrn, Billy (Bill) Ayers, Jeff Jones and Celia Sojourn. pp. [6], 7- 186, [6]. Frequently illustrated with grainy black and white reproductions of photos. Includes list of books studied in the preparation of this work. Chapters include: Impressions of U.S. History; Imperialism in Crisis - The Third World; Imperialism in Crisis - The Home Front; Against the Common Enemy; and more. "We are a guerrilla organization. We are communist women and men, underground in the United States for more than four years. Our intention is to disrupt the empire. to incapacitate it. to forge an underground, a clandestine political organization engaged in every form of struggle, protected from the eyes and weapons of the state, a base against repression, to accumulate lessons, experience and constant practice, a base from which to attack." - page 1 of an earlier edition. Prior to publication the Weather Underground had already bombed multiple government buildings. Twenty-one years after publication, Ayers and Dohrn hosted a meeting at which Illinois state Sen. Alice Palmer introduced Barack Obama as her chosen successor. The rest is history. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Sunning to spine. A sound vintage copy of this work, the influence of which dominates headlines almost fifty years after publication . 8.5" x 5.5".; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Prairie Fire, Politics, Revolutionary Politics, Anti-Imperialism, Weather Underground, Revolution, Radical Left, Communism, United States, USA, Bombings, Alice Palmer, Bernadine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, Jeff Jones, Celia Sojourn, Barack Obama, Barry Soetoro, An.…