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 1951
Russia with our own eyes, British Workers' Delegation to the U.S.S.R.
Soviet trade with Eastern Europe, 1945-1949, Margaret Dewar
Why socialism?, Albert Einstein and Leo Huberman
Town Meeting, Jr. George V. Denny, Maurice Hindus, John Scott, American Broadcasting Company, National Broadcasting Company, and Blue Network Company
The development of cultural and enlightenment work in Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Kopecky
World cooperation and social progress, Harry Wellington Laidler
The plague of bureaucrats: a study of institutions, William F. O'Neill
Session of Administrative Committee of the Trade Unions International of Land and Air Transport Workers : Warsaw, September 18-21, 1950, Trade Unions International of Land and Air Transport Workers. Administrative Committee
A discussion guide on the United Nations as an instrument of collective action against aggression, with specific reference to Korea, United States. Dept. of State. Unesco Relations Staff.; U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.
Measures to eliminate the threat of another world war and to strengthen peace and friendship among nations, A.Y. Vyshinsky
Submissions from 1950
Polish journey : reports from trade union delegates recently returned from a visit to Poland
The Next five years : a story of the contract between Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company and Local 248 United Auto Workers-CIO, Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Industry's weapon company unionism, Albert J. Fitzgerald and Julius Emspak
A Soviet city and its people, Joseph Garelik
Too Much and Too Many Roosevelts, Gerald L.K. Smith and Christian Nationalist Crusade
Trends and problems in unemployment insurance, Irving N. King
War and peace; a statement made before the Political Committee of the General Assembly, November 23, 1949, Charles Habib Malik
Stalin's frame-up system and the Moscow trials, Leon Trotsky
Red baiting, road to lower wages, fewer jobs and company unionism, Radio and Machine Workers of America United Electrical
Russian combat methods in World War II, United States
Speeches delivered at the fifth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, September-October, 1950, Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky
Submissions from 1949
Bauarbeiter und Bodenreform-Bauprogramm., Freie Gewerkschaft. Berlin
Responsabilites de l'intellectuel communiste : Rapport aux intellectuels communistes, Laurent Casanova
Pourquoi M. David Rousset a-t-il invente les camps sovietiques? Une champagne de preparation a la guerre, Pierre Daix
The Negev : an anthology, Eliezer Doron
The role of collective bargaining in a democracy, Joseph P. Goldberg and Herman Lazarus
Die Jugendarbeitsschutz-Verordnung für Gross-Berlin, Gerhard Haas
Estonia in the Soviet grip, Endel Kareda
Du rôle et des tâches des syndicats dans les conditions de la nouvelle politique economique, Vladimir Il’ich Lenin
Hinter den Kulissen der SPD-Führung; Tatsachenbericht über die Spionagetätigkeit des SPD-Vorstandes, Wilhelm Lohrenz
Die Bedeutung gewerkschaftlicher Bildungsarbeit für Staat und Gesellschaft, Walter Maschke
Masses Mainstream V.2 No.7, Masses and Mainstream
Poland's economy, present and future, Hilary Minc
La Yougoslavie sous la terreur de la clique tito, Organe du bureau d'information des partis communistes et ouvriers
Staline, l'homme que nous aimons le plus, Parti communiste français
Le peuple de France aus côtés des mineurs ..., Marius Patinaud
Revision of Marxism-Leninism on the question of the liberation war in Yugoslavia, Koca Popovic
The University of Wisconsin School for Workers, Ernest Edward. Schwartztrauber
Hommage à Staline : discours pour la célébration du 70e anniversaire du camarade Staline, Maurice Politiker. Thorez and Iosif Vissarionovic. Stalin
The Soviet position on prohibition of atomic weapons and international control of atomic energy, Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky
Marxismus und Nation, Joseph Winternitz
Submissions from 1948
The new cure for white collar unrest
What do we know about the Russian economy, Paul A. Baran and Seymour Edwin Harris
Progress report of the United Nations Mediator on Palestine, Folke Bernadotte
Les plans économiques en U.R.S.S., Charles Bettelheim
Les intellectuels et la Révolution d'octobre, André Bonnard
The life work of J.A. Hobson, Henry Noel Brailsford
What's behind the Berlin crisis, Joseph Clark
Is there a crack in the Iron Curtain, Harold H. Fisher, Wayne Vucanich, and Anatol Mazur
The twelve and you: What happens to democracy is your business, too, Elizabeth G. Flynn
Assises nationales du peuple français pour la liberté et la paix., France combattante.
1848-1948, hundert Jahre Kampf um Einheit, Demokratie und Frieden, Karl Fugger
Die deutschen Gewerkschafter und die November-Revolution, Karl Fugger
Greves minières d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. Discours ... à l'Assemblée nationale, le 17 novembre 1948, Roger Garaudy
Die grosse Illusion : Gewerkschaften und Marshall-Plan, Paul Gebauer
The worker speaks: My job and why I like it, General Motors Corporation
Gewerkschaften und Wirtschaft, Bernhard Göring
Danger in discord; origins of anti-Semitism in the United States, Oscar Handlin and Mary Flug Handlin
Mit offenen Karten; die Aussenpolitik der englischen Arbeiterregierung., Dennis. Healey
10 years of Communist control of UE, Radio and Machine Workers International Union of Electrical
Die neuen deutschen Gewerkschaften und der 9. November 1918, Hans Jendretzky
Die Aufgaben der Gewerkschaften in der Bergbauwirtschaft, Hans Jendretzky and Paul Lähne
Elegy, Itzchok Katzenelson and Rose (Translation) Freeman-Ishill
Die wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Voraussetzungen der Revolution von 1848/1849, Jürgen Kuczynski
The facts behind the Berlin crisis : from V-E day to the U.S. white paper : a series of 5 articles, Ferdinand Kuhn
Academic freedom in a time of crisis, Celia Lewis, Vera Shlakman, and Louis Jaffe
Sweden's labor program, Tage Lindbom
Komsomol : die Geschichte des Allunionsverbandes der Leninschen kommunistischen Jugend, Anatol Lochowitz
Turning point in China, Zedong Mao
Manifesto of the Communist party, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Eine Auseinandersetzung mit Fritz Tarnow, Walter Maschke, Fritz Tarnow, and Hans Jendretzky
Masses Mainstream V.1 No.3, Masses and Mainstream
Karl Marx, der Mensch und sein Werk, Otto Meier
Face to face with Russia, Philip Edward Mosely and Harry Schwartz
Gewerkschaften und Wirtschaftsplanung, Werner Mussler
En plein marasme. Artisans, commerçants, petits et moyens industriels ecrasés d'impôts et menacés de disparition. Voici des solutions: une politique de salut national. Un gouvernement d'union démocratique., Parti communiste français
Justizerneuerung : Wege zu einer demokratischen Justiz, Karl Polak
German Militarism: A Study of Militaristic Tendencies in Germany Today as Revealed by The Attitudes of Opinion Leaders, Research Brance Information Control Division Office of Military Government for Germany and U.S. Army
Nos Anciens Ils creusèrent le sillon, Marcel Roëls
De la grève des mineurs aux lois superscélérates., Waldeck Rochet
L'agriculture francaise en péril! Des impots Queuille a la crise agricole., Waldeck Rochet
La guerre de Moch contre les mineurs, Gabriel Roucaute
Uber Probleme der Gewerkschaften, Louis Saillant
Frau und Sozialismus, Anna Siemsen
Man's Place in God's World, Sol W. Ginsburg
What about Communism? : a report to the American people, Gertrude Van Duyn Southworth and John Van Duyn Southworth
Grundlagen und Aufgaben der Lohnpolitik, Hans. Thalmann
What is an Insurrection?: Trotsky's Speech delivered to the Czarist Court in 1906, Leon Trotsky
Why co-ops: What are they, how do they work, United States Armed Forces Institute
L'U.S.S.R. monte la garde de la paix et de la sécurité des peuples, Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky
Facts to fight with Wallace and the new party, Henry Agard Wallace
Aufbauplan 234 wird verwirklicht., Herbert. Warnke
Your life in the machine world, the ways and whys of today's industrial era, Leighton A. Wilkie
Submissions from 1947
Zur Politik der Sozialistischen Einheitspartei DeutschlandsManifest, Entschließg u. Resolutionen d.
Gegen Krise und Uberkonjunktur, Aktionskomitee für die Initiative betreffend "Wirtschaftsreform und Rechte der Arbeit."
Trusts -- eine Landesgefahr, die goldene Internationale der Chemie-Industrie., Emil, writer on the chemical industry. Arnold