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<\/a>Socialist Reconstruction of Society: the industrial vote, by Daniel De Leon (New York : New York Labor News Co., 1944). HD8055 I5 D4 1944 Rare Books\/Special Collections – Lande-Arkin Canadiana. Inserted is a 2-sided flyer for the Socialist Labor Party of Canada.<\/p><\/div>\n
This 1944 copy had affixed inside it (now loose) a note by the Socialist Labor Party of Canada with a description of its aims, an address to contact for more such publications, and an advertisement of the official publishing arm of the party. With the flyer is\u00a0a pre-paid postcard to join the Canadian SLP:<\/p>\n
<\/a>Back of a pre-paid postcard (for 1 cent) to join the Socialist Labor Party of Canada. ca 1944. Tipped into De Leon’s Socialist Reconstruction of Society<\/p><\/div>\n
See also material from outside of Canada. The book figured below,\u00a0Zabastovka<\/em>\u00a0by N. Adol\u02b9f, published in Moscow in 1931, is about the 1930 Berlin metal-workers strike. The work is for children, just one of many books from the early Soviet era in McGill\u2019s significant collection of Children\u2019s Soviet books.\u00a0Many of these, which include a great deal of striking art, \u00a0can be viewed\u00a0online: http:\/\/digital.library.mcgill.ca\/russian\/intro.htm<\/a><\/p>\n Zabastovka, by N. Adol\u02b9f. (Moskva [Moscow] : Molodai\ufe20a\ufe21 gvardii\ufe20a\ufe21, 1931). Children’s Books Soviet A36Z3 1931 [By Consultation] Rare Books\/Special Collections<\/p><\/div>Happy May Day!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Think Rare Books and Special Collections is just about beautiful things? Well think again \u2013 rare book libraries have long been central to the preservation of testimonies, facts, and reflections central to social arguments of all kinds. This morning, singing … Continue reading