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You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
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The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
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Statement on the Symbionese Liberation Army Statement on the Symbionese Liberation Army
Publisher: Ex-Venceremos of San Mateo County- San Francisco Marxist-Leninist OrganizationDate: 2/13/1974Volume Number: 13-FebFormat: StatementCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Statement in opposition to the SLA. SLA is labeled as anti-working class, anti-revolutionary, anti-communist and playing the role of provacateurs.
The Symbionese Liberation Federation and the Symbionese Liberation Army: Declaration of Revolutionary War and the Symbionese Program The Symbionese Liberation Federation and the Symbionese Liberation Army: Declaration of Revolutionary War and the Symbionese Program
Publisher: Symbionese Liberation ArmyDate: 8/21/1973Volume Number: 21-AugFormat: FlyerCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This flyer contains a shorter version of the SLA's declaration of revolutionary war.
A Letter to the People from Fahizah A Letter to the People from Fahizah
Author: FahizahPublisher: Symbionese Liberation ArmyFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Open letter from Fahizah, formerly Nancy Ling Perry, clearifying some of the SLA's actions, discussing the group's politics and her experience in the organization.
The Call: Who are the real terrorists? The Call: Who are the real terrorists?
Publisher: The CallFormat: StatementCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Statement from the October League pointing out some of the key ommissions by the media around the SLA and the Hearst kidnapping.
SLA Communique: Teko (William Harris) SLA Communique: Teko (William Harris)
Publisher: Symbionese Liberation ArmyDate: 6/7/1974Volume Number: 7-JunFormat: CommuniqueCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Communique around the death of the six SLA members in Los Angeles at the hands of the LAPD.
Ex-Members of the Symbionese Federation: Open Letter to the People Ex-Members of the Symbionese Federation: Open Letter to the People
Date: 2/19/1974Volume Number: 19-FebFormat: CommuniqueCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Statement criticizing SLA for the death of Marcus Foster from former group members.
Maiden Sacrifice Maiden Sacrifice
Author: Lois MorrisPublisher: Berkeley BarbDate: 4/1974Volume Number: AprilFormat: PoemCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Poem on Patty Hearst and SLA
Joe Romero and Russ Little Statement Joe Romero and Russ Little Statement
Authors: Joe Romero and Russ LittleVolume Number: 27-FebFormat: StatementCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Statement from death row at San Quentin State Prison about Patricia Hearst, the SLA and other events.
The Split of the Weather Underground Organization: Struggle Against White and Male Supremacy The Split of the Weather Underground Organization: Struggle Against White and Male Supremacy
Publisher: John Brown Book ClubDate: 2/1977Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: MonographCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Prairie Fire Organizing Committee published documents of the split in the Weather Underground Organization. CONTENTS: Intro by John Brown Book Club; Class and Revolutionary Politics: the meaning of the Hard Times Conference (Feb.1976); In Defense of Prairie Fire by Clayton van Lydegraf (July 1976); WUO Public Self-Criticism by the RC (Oct.1976); Criticism of the Central Committee by the Revolutionary Committee (Nov. 1976);Tape from Bernadine Dohrn (Nov. 1976); Letter from sisters in the WUO to the women of PFOC (Sept. 1976); John Brown Book Club's Self-Criticism; Open Letter to the RC from Native American Warriors (Jan. 1977); Statement on the Bombing of the INS by the RC (Feb. 1977)
Women's Liberation and Imperialism Women's Liberation and Imperialism
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeDate: 11/1977Volume Number: NovemberFormat: MonographCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
PFOC document on Women's Liberation and Imperialism Preface; Overview; Historical Roots; Structure of Women's Oppression Under Imperialism; Double Shift; Work in the Home; Women's Oppression and Waged Labor; Institutions of Social Control; History of Women's Struggles in the US; Women and the Anti-imperialist Left; I like to think of Harriet Tubman