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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.
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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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Global Climate Change Global Climate Change
Date: 10/1/1988Call Number: KP 273Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFACollection: Eco-justice
Live debate with Climate experts, Dr. Peter Glick of The Pacific Institute for Development Environment and Security and Dr. Ken Watt of U.C. Davis. Brief interview with Appolo Astonaught Russel L. Schweickart and lengthy interview with Biologist Dr. Lynn Margulis who codeveloped of modern version of Gaia Hypothesis.
Radical News Hour Radical News Hour
Date: 1/1/1995Call Number: PM 304Format: Cass A & BProducers: Free Radio BerkeleyProgram: Radical News hourCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Program includes stories on indigenous struggles, ecological defense, and police brutality.
Meridel Le Sueur & Judi Bari Meridel Le Sueur & Judi Bari
Date: 4/20/1994Call Number: KP 390Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFAProgram: Morning ShowCollection: Eco-justice
People oppose proposed tire burning by the Kaiser Cement company. An obituary of author Meridel Le Sueur. Judi Bari talks about her case against the FBI. Also a discussion of US foreign weapons trade and Lockheed Martin.
Lilias Jones and Madonna Thunderhawk Lilias Jones and Madonna Thunderhawk
Call Number: KP 398Format: Cass A & BProducers: Carole TravisCollection: Native Americans
Lilias Jones speaks about the uranium spills on the Black Hills Native American reservation and how privately owned corporations neglect the toxic spills. No studies have been funded to determine its effects. Also Native Americans lack power to resist these large corporations. Interview with Madonna Thunderhawk discussing how sterilization, loss of land, and radiation exposure are all elements of genocide committed against Native American populations. Also Native American's refuse to assimilate because of spirituality and connection to the land also the importance of self-determination in resisting forced removals of indigenous populations.
The Human Future: Global Warming The Human Future: Global Warming
Date: 1/1/1987Call Number: JG/ 129Format: Cass A & BCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
KPFA program introducing the theory (and evidence) of global-warming.
Oscar Mondragon - Frank Curil Interview Oscar Mondragon - Frank Curil Interview
Date: 4/6/1988Call Number: CV 263Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Oscar Mondragon and Frank Curil discuss the UFW's third major grape boycott. Curil explains the union's stance on workers' rights, the new method of boycotting and the health risk of pesticides.
Gustavo Gutierrez Gustavo Gutierrez
Call Number: CV 302Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Gustavo Gutierrez on his work as an organizer for farm workers' rights, his support of Cesar Chavez and the UFW, as well as his antiwar work.
The immigration wars (Prop 187) The immigration wars (Prop 187)
Date: 1/1/1994Call Number: CV 306Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Introduction to the debate about Proposition 187, also known by the political right as the “Save our State” initiative, which mainly prohibits “illegal immigrants” from using health care, public education, and social services in California. Interview of the music band “Puro Bandido” from the Mission District, SF, whose inspiration comes from Carlos Santana. Interviews about Cesar Chavez and the UFW to commemorate his birthday.
Ward Churchill - American Indian Movement of Pine Ridge: Siege by FBI and US Marshalls Ward Churchill - American Indian Movement of Pine Ridge: Siege by FBI and US Marshalls
Date: 3/23/1991Call Number: CE 484Format: Cass A & BProgram: Alternative RadioCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Ward Churchill, author, activist, and former professor, speaks about the 71-day siege at Wounded Knee in which 200 or so Oglala Lakota and members of the AIM occupied Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation responding to the failure of impeaching the tribal president and to expose inhumane and corrupt conditions on Pine Ridge by the US Federal government through the tribal government. Churchill gives a succinct history of Lakota/US relations, including details of treaties, and discusses the role of COINTELPRO in neutralizing the AIM.
Winona LaDuke - From Genocide to Resistance: The Next 500 Years Winona LaDuke - From Genocide to Resistance: The Next 500 Years
Date: 4/21/1992Call Number: CE 485Format: Cass A & BProgram: Alternative RadioCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Winona LaDuke, Native American activist, environmentalist juxtaposes two concepts of Native American life (time is cyclical and reciprocity) with two concepts in industrial thinking (time as timeline and capitalism). She speaks in response to the quincentennial celebration of Columbus' arrival to the "new world." LaDuke calls for recognition of the "holocaust" of the Native American people and cites statistics relating to the mistreatment of indigenous populations, such as using their land as toxic waste dumps.