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How does this work?
There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
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.
Advanced Searching
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.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

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Interview with Lolita Lebron - Part 1 Interview with Lolita Lebron - Part 1
Call Number: PM 045Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Breakthrough
Puerto Rican nationalist Lolita Lebron at the federal prison in Alderson, West Virginia. Interviewed by Barbara Lubinski.
Interview with Lolita Lebron - Part 2 Interview with Lolita Lebron - Part 2
Call Number: PM 046Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Breakthrough
Lolita Lebron with Barbara Lubinski. Lolita describes the conditions of her imprisonment, including confinement in psychiatric facilities, shock treatment, enema treatments, etc. her life as political prisoner, dedication, religious and spiritual aspects.
Breakthrough Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeVolume Number: SupplementFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
A discussion of the relationship between the modern Olympics and Imperialism and state repression. reprint from Breakthrough, political journal of Prairie Fire Organizing Committee.
People's Power After Marcos: interview with Jose Maria Sison People's Power After Marcos: interview with Jose Maria Sison
Author: Jose Maria SisonPublisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: TranscriptCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Interview w. Jose Maria Sison, founder, Communist Party of the Philippines.
PFOCs Response to the Criticism from the African Peoples Socialist Party PFOCs Response to the Criticism from the African Peoples Socialist Party
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
statement in response to the criticism of PFOC by the African Peoples Socialist Party.
Queer, Ain't It? Queer, Ain't It?
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: CompilationCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
A collection of writings from Prairie Fire Organizing Committee on AIDS and the liberation of women, lesbians and gay men.
Political Struggle in the Courtroom: Women Fight for Self-representation Rights Political Struggle in the Courtroom: Women Fight for Self-representation Rights
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Statement from Leslie Mullin and Judith Bissell of the LA Five on the historic context of the right of self-representation, access to legal resources and the LA Sheriff's department.
What the Guardian Guards What the Guardian Guards
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Flyer distributed after the Guardian refused to print an advertisement submitted by PFOC containing information on who and what the Guardian represents around the world.
Defense Bulletin Defense Bulletin
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Statement providing information about the arrest of the LA Five and building a movement in support of the LA Five and all political prisoners and prisoners of war.
Fighting the State's Attacks Fighting the State's Attacks
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Statement about the arrest of the LA Five, COINTELPRO and self-criticism.