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 2026
A new utopia called a league-for-a-living
Pacific Coast longshoremen's strike of 1934
Vigilance pamphlets. Number 11 of 12
U.S. relations with China, Dean Acheson
Die blutigen Februarkaempfe in Oesterreich und Wien: Von einem Augenzeugen, Arbeiter-Sangerbund der Ver. Staaten
Socialism and radicalism, Edward Bibbons Aveling
L'organisation de la C.G.T. et du mouvement syndical, Robert Bothereau
Klassen Strijd, E. Bouwman, A. R. De Jong, D. De Lange, H. Roland Holst, H. Sneevliet, and J. A. Verhoef
Defendamos nuestra civilizacion amenazada, Enrique Castro Delgado
Pioneers in U.S. cryptology., Center for Cryptologic History
La Russia, paese libero, pacifico e felice, Giulio Cerreti
Meet Citizen Soldier, Citizen Soldier
Guide for party functionaries: keep and refer to when confronted with membership problems., Communist Party of the United States of America
No Gestapo in America, Hugh De Lacy
Report of the Empress Mills' welfare work, Nagpur, India) Empress Mills (Nagpur
Free Ferrero and Sallitto, Ferrero-Sallitto Defense Conference
Joe Kamp : peddler of propaganda, and hero of the pro-fascists : a report, Friends of Democracy (U.S.)
If the Invader Comes, Great Britain. Ministry of Information
Destruction of an army : first campaign in Libya, Sept. 1940 - Feb. 1941, Great Britain. War Office.
The propaganda of socialism. Report to the National Congress of the Socialist Party, held May 15, 1910. Submitted by M. Hillquit., Morris Hillquit
A proposal to establish an Institute for Applied Social Analysis, Institute for Applied Social Analysis
Union counselling: Out of plant services for workers – a practical program for the local unions, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agriculture Implement Workers of America International Union
Protect the National Labor Relations Act! : facts and figures on the act, the board, and their achievements, Labor's Non-Partisan League
The economic and financial life of the world, League of Nations.
Unemployment and the land, William Richard Lester
The facts about Palestine, Arthur Lourie
Who betrayed France?, André Marty
Employees' suggestion systems, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Policyholders Service Bureau.
The German use of unemployment insurance funds for works purposes, E.B. Mittelman
JROTC: what it is , how to stop it, National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors
Taxes who pays who benefits, A.R. Onda
The free press a reflection of democracy, Lester B. Pearson
The Draft Soviet constitution, Denis Nowell Pritt, J. B. Priestley, and W. Rust
Donald R. Richberg's story: The Mexican oil seizure, Donald Randall Richberg
Are you ready for world war III, Waverley Root
Resist the draft Dec 4, The Resistance
L'action pour la paix et la voie de l'unité. Discours prononcé Ã la session du Comité central de Saint-Dénis, le 10 décembre 1949., Maurice Thorez
L'attentato a Mussolini : ovvero, Il segreto di Pulcinella, Carlo Tresca
Link., Vic.) Tsukunft (Melbourne
Eighteen, Twin Cities Draft Information Center
Mexican Labor News Volume 1 Number 7 (September 1, 1936), Universidad Obrera de México
Submissions from 1997
Yasir Arafat and the PLO one month since Hebron: An assessment of PLO compliance with the Hebron Accord January 15 – February 15, 1997, Zionist Organization of America
Submissions from 1995
Introductory history of VENONA and guide to the translations, Robert Louis Benson
Submissions from 1993
Hamas, islamic jihad and the muslim brotherhood: Islamic extremists and the terrorist threat to America, Yehudit Barsky
Submissions from 1990
Inside Cuba: A special report on the Cuba roundtable, Robert J. Cox
Submissions from 1989
Submissions from 1986
Join NEST's work-a-day with the people of El Salvador!, New El Salvador Today
Submissions from 1984
For a zone free of chemical weapons in Europe
Semyon Glusman: The first psychiatrist in the U.S.S.R. who openly opposed Soviet abuse of psychiatry against dissenters, The Israel committee for Dr. S. Gluzman and Eli Landau
Submissions from 1983
Moscow meeting points the way to disarmament and peace., Panorama DDR
New Soviet initiative for mutually acceptable agreement at Geneva talks., Panorama DDR
Submissions from 1981
Makers of the nuclear holocaust : a guide to the nuclear weapons complex and citizen action, Nuclear Weapons Facilities Task Force
The Nuclear Power Controversy, Union of Concerned Scientists
Submissions from 1980
Catholics and conscientious objection, Jim Forrest
Submissions from 1978
The Palestinian National Covenant, Leila Salim Kadi and Imisrad ha-huz
Submissions from 1977
The Great October Revolution and Mankind's Progress, L. I. Brezhnev
Submissions from 1976
Eternal glory to the great leader and teacher Chairman Mao Tsetung
Unions in America, AFL-CIO.
Five Who Led, Jewish Labor Committee
Submissions from 1975
Vladimir Bukovsky on Freedom and Captivity, American Federation of Teachers
Middle East oil fact and fiction, Oded Remba
America we beg of you to interfere, Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn
Songs of freedom, Workman's Circle
Submissions from 1974
The farmworkers : a cry for justice from Florida's fields = Los Trabajadores agricolas : un grito de justica desde los campos de la Florida., Farmer Benefit Fiesta Committee.
Submissions from 1972
The Farce of Soviet Legality, Set Them Free Committee
Submissions from 1971
Operation war shift : position paper., American-Korean Friendship and Information Center.
Archival Publications on Selective Military Service, Kenneth H. McGill and Greek Association of Economic Sciences
Submissions from 1970
USSR : development of outlying national areas
Movement in search: Zionism reconsidered: Zionism and modern movements, American Zionist Youth Council
Anatomy of a revolutionary movement: "Student for a Democratic Society";, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Internal Security.
Subversive involvement in the origin, leadership, and activities of the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam and its predecessor organizations / staff study by the Committee on Internal Security, House of Representatives, Ninety-first Cong, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Internal Security.
Submissions from 1969
The universities and the ruling class : how wealth puts knowledge in its pocket, David Horowitz
Why draft repeal? : answers to questions about military conscription, Mark Morris
End all wars like Vietnam : end the draft., National Council to Repeal the Draft (U.S.)
The first step in the procurement of military manpower is registration., Calif.) Resistance (Organization : San Francisco
Submissions from 1968
The African consciousness: Continuity and change in Africa, K.A. Busia
The history of the Negro in the U.S.A., Alan Conway
Decentralization and the city schools, Sandra Feldman
Direct action for a nonviolent world., New England Committee for Nonviolent Action
In time of emergency; a citizen's handbook on nuclear attack [and] natural disasters., United States. Office of Civil Defense.
Win: peace and freedom through nonviolent action v. 4 no. 1, War Resisters League
Win: peace and freedom through nonviolent action v. 4 no. 10, War Resisters League
Win: peace and freedom through nonviolent action v. 4 no. 11, War Resisters League
Win: peace and freedom through nonviolent action v. 4 no. 2, War Resisters League
Win: peace and freedom through nonviolent action v. 4 no. 4, War Resisters League
Win: peace and freedom through nonviolent action v. 4 no. 7, War Resisters League
Submissions from 1967
Information bulletin 1967, Agentsstvo Pechati "Novosti"
Information bulletin 1967, Agentsstvo Pechati "Novosti"
Would you believe--? : an introductory critique of the True believer [and] Eric Hoffer and Cold War ideology, Paul Breines
The Garrison Society, Vernon K. Dibble
Your other choices under the draft., Pa.) Friends Peace Committee (Philadelphia
Initiative in history: A Christian-Marxist exchange, Roger Garaudy
Getting by with a little help from our friends, Barbara Haber
Radicals in professions; selected papers., Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)