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Herman Bell Released

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On Friday, April 27, Herman Bell, a 70-year-old respected elder, was released after serving nearly 45 years in prison. Herman was one of thousands of incarcerated older people who was… Details

Grassroots Organizing for Change

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Hello there! My name is Jesse Escalante and I am a 21-year-old student at San Francisco State University majoring in Sociology and Dance. This past semester I took Grassroots Organizing… Details

New Additions to the Freedom Archives

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Hello, We’ve got some great new materials up on our search site! Statements from International Women’s Day: Statements in honor of International Women’s Day,… Details

The Story of Ahmed Evans and the Glenville Shootout

From the Archives..., Prison and Political Prisoners
Part 2 in our blog series on histories of resistance to racist police violence, as depicted in the pages of The Movement newspaper.
By the summer of 1968, tensions had been mounting between
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Resistance to Forced Sterilization Curriculum

Freedom Archives Productions, From the Archives..., Prison and Political Prisoners
Hello, We’re excited to announce the release of a curriculum focused on historical and contemporary resistance to forced sterilizations. This project was conceived and started… Details

Herman Bell on the 50th Anniversary of the Black Panther Party

COINTELPRO, Important Figures, Liberation Struggles, Prison and Political Prisoners
Hello, Are you innocent of being a revolutionary, or are you guilty of being a revolutionary?  Rather an absurd question, especially if put to the many political prisoners in the US,… Details

Sovereignty Dignity Solidarity

Freedom Archives Events and Trips, Freedom Archives Productions, Liberation Struggles, Prison and Political Prisoners
In late March, a delegation of nineteen prison, labor, and scholar-activists from the United States traveled to Palestine. We were the first U.S. delegation to Palestine to focus… Details

Seize the Time

From the Archives..., Liberation Struggles, Prison and Political Prisoners
Hello, We’re excited to announce the full digitization of the periodical Seize The Time, published by a Marxist-Leninist organization of the same name that grew out of the revolutionary… Details
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