PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movement is a collaborative digitization project of the libraries and special collections departments of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and the University of Central Florida (UCF). The materials for the digitization project are taken from the FAU Library's Socialist Series Pamphlets from the Special Collections pamphlet collection and the UCF Library's Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection.
The joint collection focuses on a wide range of political and rights issues and social movements. Spanning from the mid 19th century to the late 20th century, the pamphlets and monographs provide insight into the prevailing leftist and liberal views of the times from countries all around the world. In particular, the pamphlet collections offer a focused perspective on the thinking prevalent in the days leading up to World Wars I and II, the impact of the war efforts on general populations, the economic and social recovery after the wars, and perspectives on the turbulent times following.
The Socialist Series in the pamphlet collection of the Florida Atlantic University Library’s Special Collections includes over 1,000 late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century pamphlets published by a wide variety of socialist and communist groups and their critics, both here and abroad. The pamphlets were among the book stock purchased as the library's opening day collection by Florida Atlantic University in the early 1960s from New York publisher and book dealer Burt Franklin. Publication dates run from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. Topics discussed in the pamphlets include issues of workers' rights, race and gender, religion, world economics, capitalism, the demise of colonialism, and the emergence of trade unionism. The collection includes publications of the nascent labor union movement, as well as those of its detractors.
We invite you to explore the various writings to gain an understanding of historical economic, political, and social forces that have had an influence on today's societies. The other half of the PRISM collection is available through UCF's digital repository, STARS: Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900 - 1993Submissions from 1967
Don't reform the draft--get rid of it., George Wald
Vietnam peace proposals., World Without War Council.
Submissions from 1966
Information bulletin 1966, Agentsstvo Pechati "Novosti"
Information bulletin 1966, Agentsstvo Pechati "Novosti"
Information bulletin 1966, Agentsstvo Pechati "Novosti"
Information bulletin 1966, Agentsstvo Pechati "Novosti"
The Changing Image of the Prophet in Jewish Thought, Bernard J. Bamberger
On the nature of communism and relations with communists, Irving Howe
On the Nature of Communism and Relations with Communists, Irving Howe and League for Industrial Democracy
Peace politics, the new left and the pity of it all : essays, Carl Landauer
Anti-communism--who benefits by it?, Vladimir Mshvenieradze
Imperialism: an exchange : American Imperialism and the peace movement., Robert Wolf
Under the banner of Lenin, N. G. Yegorychev
Submissions from 1965
A great collection, Bund Archives of the Jewish Labor Movement
The case for Israel, William Randolph Hearst
A great collection: The archives of the Jewish Labor Movement, Jewish Labor Movement
Y.L. Perets nokh 50 yor, 1915-1965, Literatur Gezelshaft baym Yivo
Submissions from 1964
Soviet Political agreements and results the words of American statesman who negotiated with Soviet representatives since 1959: Staff study for the subcommittee to investigate the administration of the internal security act and other internal security laws, United States Senate 88th Congress, Second Session Committee on the Judiciary
The United States and Africa, Office of Media Services United States Department of State
The United States and the Middle East, Office of Media Services United States Department of State
Submissions from 1963
The new fanatics, William A. Massey
The Fourth World Branches Conference of the English-Speaking Unions, San Francisco, November 12th to 17th, 1962, World Branches Conference of the English-Speaking Unions
Submissions from 1962
A resource unit : Americanism vs. communism., Florida. State Department of Education.
Communist China and the non-committed countries: motives and purposes of Communist China's foreign policy, Franz H. Michael
Mis seis años como agente comunista, José Manuel Santamaria, Felipe Bustamente, and Manuel Magaña
Periodic Reports on the Jewish Position: volume III, no. 1, The Institute of Jewish Affairs
Periodic Reports on the Jewish Position: volume III, no. 2, The Institute of Jewish Affairs
Periodic Reports on the Jewish Position: volume III, no. 3, The Institute of Jewish Affairs
Periodic Reports on the Jewish Position: volume III, no. 4, The Institute of Jewish Affairs
Periodic Reports on the Jewish Position: volume III, no. 5, The Institute of Jewish Affairs
Periodic Reports on the Jewish Position: volume III, no. 6, The Institute of Jewish Affairs
Periodic Reports on the Jewish Position: volume III, no. 7 & 8, The Institute of Jewish Affairs
Soviet trade unions today, Andreï Verbin
Submissions from 1961
Marxist review Volume VXIII (182)
The U.S. and revolution, Kenneth E. Boulding
Civilization, industrial society, and love; an occasional paper on the free society, John U. Nef
Lucha de ideas, Antonio Ortiz Benitez
El comunismo en México, Jorge Prieto Laurens
Periodic Reports on the Jewish Position: volume II, no. 10, The Institute of Jewish Affairs
Periodic Reports on the Jewish Position: volume II, no. 11, The Institute of Jewish Affairs
Periodic Reports on the Jewish Position: volume II, no. 12, The Institute of Jewish Affairs
Periodic Reports on the Jewish Position: volume II, no. 7-8, The Institute of Jewish Affairs
Periodic Reports on the Jewish Position: volume II, no. 9, The Institute of Jewish Affairs
Submissions from 1960
Union political activity spans 230 years of U.S. history, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
Zionism as a movement of national liberation, M.S. Arnoni
Why give up self-reliance? : a program for regaining self-reliance and restoring the American way of life, Waddill, B. Catchings
Lest We Forget!, Committee on Un-American Activities and Klaus Samuli Gunnar Romppanen
La conjura roja contra México : sensacional denuncia del "Frente Popular Anticomunista de México, al C. Procurador General de Justicia de la naci ón, Lic. Fernando L ópez Arias, Frente Popular Anticomunista de México
Shimon Dubnov: Un zayn lebens-verk di velt geshikhte fun Yiddish folk, M. Mandelman
The spirit of the people: a songbook, Minneapolis New American Movement.
Training of engineers in the USSR, Losif Grigor'evich Nekhamkin
International constitution of the United Packinghouse, Food, and Allied Workers AFL-CIO, Food, and Allied Workers. United Packinghouse Workers
Submissions from 1959
The war against religion in the USSR from Lenin to Khrushchev, American Committee for Liberation
The background of the 7th World Youth Festival, Vienna, Austria, July 26-August 4, 1959; report., N.Y., N.Y. Independent Research Service
Leading Positions and Personalities in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Government, Institute for the Study of the USSR
Those difficult human rights: A summary of those activities 1958-1959, International League for the Rights of Man
The Suez Canal and Freedom of the Seas, Israel Ministry for Foreign Affairs: Information Division
An impartial authority speaks out on labor monopoly and its evil effects which require legislation correction, Neil Herman Jacoby
Submissions from 1958
Hungary under Soviet rule II: a survey of developments for September 1957 to August 1958, Adolf Augustus Berle
A decade of destruction: Jewish culture in the USSR 1948 to 1958, Congress for Jewish Culture
The power of a woman: Never underestimate the League of Women Voters, Ray T. Davis
Problems of the Peoples of the USSR, League for the liberation of the peoples of the USSR
World Communism: A selected annotated bibliography, Legislative Reference Service Library of Congress
Unionism: Fraudulent or Genuine, Nathan Karp
El PO-CM da respuesta a las proposiciones unitarias del P.C.M resoluci ón del XIII Pleno Nacional sobre la unidad de los comunistas y las consideraciones y proposiciones del Partido Comunista Mexicano, Partido Obrero Campesino Mexicano
El Vaticano, gran potencia capitalista, Maurice Perche
Submissions from 1957
Common Sense: The Nation's Anti-Communist Newspaper, Common Sense Newspaper
Questions and answers about nuclear tests, Friends Committee on Legislation
Land ownership in Palestine, Sami Hadawi
Union monopoly power, Cola G. Parker and National Association of Manufacturers
La crisis del movimiento comunista mexicano, Carlos Sánchez Cárdenas
Submissions from 1956
La verdad sobre el APRA; Aprismo es comunismo
Communist interrogation indoctrination, and exploitation of prisoners of war, Department of the Army
Editorial comments on John Cogley's "Report on blacklisting.", Fund for the Republic.
Mundo intelectual, Antonio Medina Hernandez
Industry's View, National Association of Manufacturers
The ideological development of Swedish social democracy, Frans Ferdinand Severin
Submissions from 1955
Security and liberty: The problem of native communists, 1947-1955, Harold William Chase
Declaraci ón de principios, Partido Obrero Campesino Mexicano
Submissions from 1954
The chickens of the interventionist liberals have come home to roost : the bitter fruits of globaloney, Harry Elmer Barnes
El Partido Comunista y la devaluaci ón del peso, Partido Comunista Mexicano
Three centuries of growth; the American Jewish community today, Charles Bezalel Sherman
Submissions from 1953
Land Reform in Free China, Free China Review
The Jewish problem in the USSR, Joshua Kunitz, Paul Marlor Sweezy, and Leo Huberman
Monthly Review, Florence Luscomb and Arthur K. Davis
Arab Propaganda in the United States, Mizra Khan
Socialism and the World of Tomorrow, Arnold Petersen
Questions of the day, Socialist Party of Great Britain
The Webbs in Perspective, R.H. Tawney
Submissions from 1952
The racial problems of South Africa, E. Russell Brayshaw
Israel Jewish population and immigration, Norman Lawrence
Masses Mainstream V.5 No.6, Masses and Mainstream
British imperialism in India; speech delivered in the House of Commons, July 9, 1925, Shapurji Saklatvala
Wages in a national emergency: The why and how of wage stabilization, United States. Wage Stabilization Board
Let's talk about: Operation rewrite the agony of Russian historians, Bertram David Wolfe
Submissions from 1951
Constitution of the trade unions of the U.S.S.R.
The containment of Soviet expansion; a report on the views of leading citizens in twenty-four cities, Joseph Barber