[News] You can support the Freedom Archives
Anti-Imperialist News
news at freedomarchives.org
Mon Jul 20 12:24:45 EDT 2020
Alternate text
DONATE <http://freedomarchives.org/donation/>
Summer 2020
Dear Friends,
In times like these we add our voices and commitment to those currently
in struggle as we remain focused on preserving, honoring and uplifting
stories of uprising and resistance.
*Some Best Laid Plans Were Postponed:*
COVID-19 delayed a collaborative project we’ve been working on since our
visit to the Literacy Museum in Havana, Cuba during December of 2017.
Inspired by this visit and subsequent conversations, we have partnered
with the Literacy Project to build, deliver and setup a DIY book scanner
that the museum can use to digitize the hundreds of bound volumes
documenting the history of Cuba’s literacy campaign. In 1961, Cuba
mobilized 250,000 volunteers who taught 700,000 people to read and write
in one year; 100,000 of the teachers were under 18 years old and over
half were women. Cuba continues to demonstrate what internationalism
looks like as they contribute medical expertise in fighting COVID-19. We
hope to circle back to this project when conditions become safe to
contribute to the preservation of their revolutionary history.
In mid-March, we had plans to visit Puerto Rico to begin interviews for
our next documentary, Puerto Rico: Flames of Resistance, focusing on the
Puerto Rican independence struggle. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic
postponed our trip. Despite this initial setback, we look forward to
documenting oral memories of this dynamic anti-colonial movement and
plan to visit the island before the end of 2020.
Alternate text
*Moving Forward:*
We’re excited to announce that Nathaniel will be transitioning into the
role of co-director! We have now been working together since 2012.
During those years of mutual growth, we have developed a deep political
commitment to the Archives and our roles in the community as well as a
close friendship. Nathaniel has been doing consistent educational work
on a weekly basis in San Quentin throughout those years and has deepened
our collective experience and practice with people under lock and key.
Nathaniel has also worked with our amazing volunteers and interns and
the scores of scholars who look to us and our resources to carry on
building roots of resistance.
Nathaniel played a crucial role in building our collective that produced
/Symbols of Resistance/. He has been instrumental in taking our archival
data management and website to new heights and has led us to become an
even more robust resource for radical history.
*Our Accomplishments in Challenging Times:*
I'm an image
Focused on the US Prisoner Movement 1970 – 1978, we’ve created a robust
set of collections of periodicals and other material revealing a rich
fabric of prisoner-led organizing that not only propelled social justice
and movement work on the outside but also won legitimate gains for folks
behind bars. These materials represent an important perspective--that of
the prisoners themselves—and highlight how their agency and leadership
advance the conversation on prison justice and prisoners’ rights,
providing in-depth analysis of prisoner strikes, rebellions, advocacy
for political prisoners and more. Many of these materials are digitized
and can be found on our search site.
We’ve also added a number of issues of /Tricontinental/, a periodical
published by the now inactive Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples
of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL), to our collection and hope
to have them cataloged and accessible soon. These periodicals cover a
wide range of topics with the goal of providing information about
revolutionary struggles around the globe and creating international
solidarity with leftist political movements. Special thanks to Rob
McBride for his work on this project.
As always, we’re envisioning new projects, supporting movement work and
engaging with students, researchers, teachers, activists, interns,
filmmakers and you!
I'm an image
/*Please Support Our On-Going Work!!
*/
We know that as conditions on our planet continue to change, our work
will have to shift as well. We look forward to your continued support.
Consider donating on line and becoming a monthly sustainer.
*To Unsubscribe*
<https://www.freedomarchives.org/mailman/options/news_freedomarchives.org>
DONATE <https://freedomarchives.org/donation/>
Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/freedomarchives/> Vimeo
<https://vimeo.com/user4902578> Custom
<https://freedomarchives.bandcamp.com/>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://freedomarchives.org/pipermail/news_freedomarchives.org/attachments/20200720/5cd8d9dc/attachment.htm>
More information about the News
mailing list