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Welcome to the Freedom Archives' Digital Search Engine.The Freedom Archives contains over 12,000 hours of audio and video recordings which date from the late-1960s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international movements. We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings. Our collection includes weekly news, poetry, music programs; in-depth interviews and reports on social and cultural issues; numerous voices from behind prison walls; diverse activists; and pamphlets, journals and other materials from many radical organizations and movements.

Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs

This collection contains books and monographs pertaining to the independence struggle of Puerto Rico. Many of these materials were written by major figures in the Puerto Rican Independence movement ranging from Albuzu Campos to Don Juan Corretjer. They discuss various topics including political prisoners and prisoners of war, the history of the independence movement in Puerto Rico and cultural aspects of the independence movement.

Materials in this collection include: biographies, speeches, photographs and resistance artwork and poetry by political prisoners and activists, in addition to articles on the human rights abuses in prisons. Several of these materials are also published exclusively in Spanish. Many of the documents are in English or contain translations.

Documents

Albizu Campos: Puerto Rican Revolutionary/The Story of the Harvard graduate who dared to defy the United States of America Albizu Campos: Puerto Rican Revolutionary/The Story of the Harvard graduate who dared to defy the United States of America
Author: Frederico R. TovarPublisher: Plus Ultra Educational Publishers, IncYear: 1971Format: BookCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
Biography of Puerto Rican liberation leader Albizu Campos. The leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party for over 30 years, Campos has been called one of the most inspirational political leaders of the 20th century. Original title: Albizu Campos, El Revolucionario. Translator: Anthony Rawlings. Federico Ribes Tovar, c. 1971. Ill. Maps. 252 pages
Vito Marcantonio, US Congressman (1934-1950): Fighter for Puerto Rico's Independence Vito Marcantonio, US Congressman (1934-1950): Fighter for Puerto Rico's Independence
Authors: Marcantonio, VitoPublisher: Third World Coalition: The Latin American Task ForceYear: 1984Volume Number: Issue 1Format: MonographCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
In 1956 a group of his friends and supporters published I vote My Conscience, a memorial volume including many of his congressional speeches, selected and edited by his associate, Dr. Annette T. Rubinstein, vice-chairman of the American Labor Party during his chairmanship. the following material is taken, with permission, from that volume. Selected Speeches: May 6, 1936; August 14, 1939; July 17, 1942; June 6, 1947; December 18, 1947; June 19, 1948; October 19,1949; March 16,1950. Introduction by Annette T. Rubinstein. 43 Pages
Voces De Disidencia: Reimaginando La Lucha Cultural Voces De Disidencia: Reimaginando La Lucha Cultural
Author: Luis Nieves-FalconPublisher: Editorial El Coquí, PublishersFormat: MonographCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
Esta publicación abreviada y traducida al español presenta a cuatro creadores: Elizam Escobar, Elizabeth Catlett, Colectivo Profesional de Teatro Puertoriqueño Teatro Pregones y Margaret Randall representantes de diversas manifestaciones artísticas. Contiene ensayos y entrevistas. Información sobre la versión completa puede encontrarla en este enlace: http://leftmatrix.com/reimagingamerica.html This is an abridged and translated version of the English language. Re-imaging America: The Arts of Social Change. Link provides information of the English version. Ill. 46 pages
A Deep Sea Diver In The Phantom(ly) Country A Deep Sea Diver In The Phantom(ly) Country
Authors: Husband, BerthaYear: 1988Format: ExcerptCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
Excerpt from the journal Third Text: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Culture; Art and politics of Elizam Escobar. \"...in prison, I have found time, in a way. Most prisoners look at time as their enemy. They want and they do kill time. In my case, it\'s the reverse: I never have enough time. This may sound like a dramatic statement to scandalize others. But time has no mercy for those who need Time nor for those who will prefer to kill it in order to escape from it.\" \"Art is nourished by all elements, interior and exterior. It is up to the individual to choose among them those he consider most significant for his creative labor. But we do not see the creative act only as a choice or selection of raw material. It is also accompanied by invention, the images of dreams, symbolic images, etc. Ill (some col.) Untitled fold out pamphlet on the art of Elizam Escobar. Includes commentary on marxism and the roll of art in resistance.
Toward People's War for Independence and Socialism in Puerto Rico: In Defence of Armed Struggle Toward People's War for Independence and Socialism in Puerto Rico: In Defence of Armed Struggle
Publisher: Committee in Solidarity with Puerto Rican independence, May 19th Communist Organization, Midwest Action League, Prarie Fire Organizing committee, Sojourner truth OrganizationDate: Ja/1979Format: MonographCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
Documents and Communiques from the Revolutionary Public Independence Movement and the Armed Clandestine Movement. Chronology of the Armed Struggle in Puerto Rico and the United States, 1967-1979. Ill. 94 pages
The Puerto Rican Prisoners of War and Violations of their Human Rights The Puerto Rican Prisoners of War and Violations of their Human Rights
Author: Juan Manuel DelgadoPublisher: United Church of ChristFormat: MonographCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
The Puerto Rican independence movement and other advanced sectors of our people view the POWs as patriots. And that is how they have been viewed since the 19th Century. Great historical figures have been characterized by their defense of our prisoners of war. The US wants to sow the idea that those who use armed revolution as an organized means of resistance, as anti-colonial protest, as prolonged people\'s war, as the seizure of power, as an act of self-defense against aggression which have included assassinations of independence activists or any other means of struggle, are terrorists. Estados Unidos quiere sembrar la idea, de que los que utilizan la revolucion armada como resistencia organizada, como protesta anticolonial, como guerra prolongada, como toma de poder, como acto de defensa propia ante agresiones de asesinatos a independentistas, o como cualquier otra forma de visualizar la lucha, son unos terroristas. El independentismo y los sectores mas alertas del pueblo no lo ven de esta forma. Lo ven como deben verlos, como patriotas. Y asi han sido visualizados desde el siglo XIX. Grandes personalidades de nuestra historia se caracterizaron por la defensa a los prisioneros de guerra. Photographs. 40 pages
Filiberto Ojeda-Ríos: Statement to the Court Filiberto Ojeda-Ríos: Statement to the Court
Author: Filiberto Ojeda-RiosPublisher: Movimento de Liberacion Nacional Puertorriqueño and National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1987Format: TranscriptCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
Statement by Filiberto Ojeda-Rios to the court after over 2 1/2 years of incarceration without trial in the United States. The statement is meant to address the jurisdiction of the court as it pertains to international law, due process and human rights. Publicación bilingue de la declaración que Filiberto Ojeda-Rios dió a la corte después de estar encarcelado por treinta y tres meses sin habérsele celebrado juicio en los Estados Unidos. Photograph. English transcript 15 pages. Declaración en Español 14 páginas
Oscar Collazo: Prisionero 70495 Oscar Collazo: Prisionero 70495
Author: Carmen Zoraida CollazoPublisher: Editorial CoquíYear: 1976Format: MonographCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
Carmen Zoraida Collazo, hija de Oscar Collazo, dedica este libro a los héroes nacionalistas encarcelados en las mazmorras del imperio; Oscar Collazo, Lolita, Andres, Rafael Irvin, y con especial admiración de mujer puertorriqueña y como homenaje póstumo a Griselio Torresola. Incluye notas biograficas y correspondencia de Carmen Zoraida Collazo y Oscar Collazo. Oscar Collazo's daughter dedicated this book to political leaders incarcerated in the US prison cells and as a posthumous tribute to Griselio Torresola. Includes biographical notes and correspondence between Oscar and his daughter. 52 pages
Los conoceré por sus palabras: símbolo vivo de sus acciones Los conoceré por sus palabras: símbolo vivo de sus acciones
Authors: Estudiantes de la Escuela Superior Pedro Albizu Campos, de ChicagoPublisher: Cuadernos de Educación Ofensiva \'92Year: 1991Format: MonographCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
Catorce estudiantes de la Escuela Superior Pedro Albizu Campos en Chicago, y su maestra Mary Taylor prepararon esta publicación con ilustraciones que acompañan citas de 17 patriotas puertoriqueños. El propósito de la publicación es ofrecer al lector una cita-diálogo que inspire y genere diálogo en los comités de apoyo y crear un clima de reflexión y análisis crítico de la condición colonial de Puerto Rico. A group of students from the Pedro Albizu Campos School in Chicago collaborated in this publication illustrating quotes by 17 Puertorican political prisoners. Ill. 37 pages
Luisa Capetillo Luisa Capetillo
Author: Norma ValleYear: 1975Format: MonographCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
Investigación sobre la vida y obra de la anarquista y feminista puertorriqueña Luisa Capetillo. About the Puerto Rican anarchist, Luisa Capetillo. C. Norma Valle Ferrer. Photographs.