Search Help

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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Abolishing the Borders from Below Abolishing the Borders from Below
Publisher: Anarchist Courier from Eastern EuropeYear: 2004Volume Number: September Issue 17Format: PeriodicalCollection: Anarchist Black Cross (ABC)
Articles include: The Council of Europe; Interview with Anarchist from Bosnia and Herzegovina; Nestle Boycott in Poland: Interview and Report; The First Women Camp in Belarus; Interview with Anfema: Anarcha-Feminist Group from Croatia; Report from Radical Ecological Protest Camp in Perm-Russia; Anti-NATO in Istanbul.
Prison Action News Prison Action News
Publisher: Anarchist Black CrossYear: 2011Volume Number: Vol. 4-2 JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Anarchist Black Cross (ABC)
Table of Contents: New Prison Groups and Organizations; Updates on Continuous Resistance; The Almighty Pen and Paper: Grievances and Legal Work; Solidarity: Working Across the Bars; Direct Action/ Non-Compliance
Anarchist Black Cross Network Anarchist Black Cross Network
Publisher: Break The Chains CollectiveYear: 2003Volume Number: Summer No. 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Anarchist Black Cross (ABC)
Joint Publication between Break The Chains and Anarchist Black Cross
Anarchist Black Cross Network Newsletter Anarchist Black Cross Network Newsletter
Publisher: South Chicago ABC Zine DistroYear: 2004Volume Number: Winter/SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Anarchist Black Cross (ABC)
Prison Action News Prison Action News
Publisher: Anarchist Black CrossYear: 2011Volume Number: Vol. 4-1 JanuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Anarchist Black Cross (ABC)
Table of Contents: Groups and Programs; The Almighty Pen and Paper: Grievances and Legal Work; Solidarity: Working Across the Bars; Direct Action/ Non-Compliance; Updates on Continuous Resistance
Long Live FALN BULLETIN Long Live FALN BULLETIN
Publisher: New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican IndependenceYear: 1980Format: PeriodicalCollection: New Movement
Articles include Fighters Against Colonialism; Interview with National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War; Statements and Poems from the 11; 11 POWs Take Decisive Stance; The US Must Not Be Allowed to Kill Haydee Beltran Torres.
POW Update POW Update
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersVolume Number: Vol. 1-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Contents: Puerto Rican Nationalist Prisoners of War are Free; Vieques Example of Valor; Contradictions of Andres' Funeral; Free Pablo and Nydia; Lares, Cradle of Our Army.
Rompiendo Barrotes Rompiendo Barrotes
Authors: Rafael Cancel Miranda, Angel Garcia TrochePublisher: Comite Ofensiva '92 Are OesteVolume Number: 33817Format: PeriodicalCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Porque ni piense en probatoria - Why not consider the evidence & other news
Stop the Grand Jury! Stop the Grand Jury!
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1984Format: PeriodicalCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Articles on wave of grand juries in 1984
Repression in the Land of the Free Repression in the Land of the Free
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1986Format: PeriodicalCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Articles on police repression