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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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Chilean Resistance Courier: Interview with Gladys Diaz: Chilean Woman in the Resistance Chilean Resistance Courier: Interview with Gladys Diaz: Chilean Woman in the Resistance
Publisher: MIRYear: 1976Volume Number: No. 6Format: PeriodicalCollection: Chile
Contents of the periodical include an editorial on the nature of the military state and its implications on the left; comments on the junta's initiative in juxtaposition with political division on the left; the Direcci
Chilean Resistance Courier: Interview with Gladys Diaz: Chilean Woman in the Resistance Chilean Resistance Courier: Interview with Gladys Diaz: Chilean Woman in the Resistance
Publisher: MIRYear: 1976Volume Number: No. 6Format: PeriodicalCollection: Chile
Contents of the periodical include an editorial on the nature of the military state and its implications on the left; comments on the junta's initiative in juxtaposition with political division on the left; the Direcci
Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross Black Flag: Organ of the Anarchist Black Cross
Publisher: Black Flag GroupYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. 5-6Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Flag
This issue focuses on conflicts concerning the police in West Germany. Also, includes articles about feminist movements inside of the anarchist movement.
Why was Patricia Hearst Kidnapped? Why was Patricia Hearst Kidnapped?
Publisher: The RealistDate: 2/1974Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This periodical is dedicated to the conspiracy that the SLA was colluding with the FBI and the CIA and uses many of Mae Brussell's conspiracy theories.
Welcomes Guerilla Warfare Welcomes Guerilla Warfare
Date: 2/22/1974Volume Number: 22-FebFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This is an article addressed to the Symbionese Liberation Army that commends their work in the liberation struggle.
Is SLA's Cinque the First Black Lee Harvey Oswald? Is SLA's Cinque the First Black Lee Harvey Oswald?
Authors: Mae Brussell and Stephanie CaruanaDate: 4/19/1974Volume Number: 19-AprFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This article includes an interview of Mae Brussell, a conspiracy researcher by writer Stephanie Caruana. Mae Brussell gives an explanation of why she believes that the Symbionese Liberation Army is a hoax by the C.I.A.
Who Are the Real Patsies? Who Are the Real Patsies?
Author: Rex WeinerPublisher: Berkeley BarbYear: 1974Volume Number: July-AugustFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This newspaper article is featured in The Guardian and comments on those who criticize the legitimacy of the Symbionese Liberation Army. The article dissects Mae Brussell's conspiracy theories and ultimately discredits them. The article argues in opposition to the SLA "discrediting the left" presented by Mae Brussell and Paul Krassner.
Free the SLA Free the SLA
Author: SLAFormat: StatementCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This statement written from the "underground" critiques the current revolutionary groups and provides directions for how the Left should continue. Its idea to unite the masses includes building a non-racist movement, incorporating the ideology of feminism into all theory and practice, and creating organizations capable of surviving repression from oppositional forces.
Don't Be Conned by Ruling Class Lies!!! Don't Be Conned by Ruling Class Lies!!!
Publisher: Bay Area Research CollectiveFormat: ManifestoCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This article by the Bay Area Research Collective presents distortions of the SLA by the media then follows up with facts from SLA communique to prove the media wrong.
Dragon Dragon
Publisher: Bay Area Research CollectiveYear: 1975Volume Number: No. 1 AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: The Dragon
Table of Contents: BARC's Statement on Dragon, NWLF Chronology, NWLF Communique: GM Bombing, Fuck-the-World-for-Profits: GM Leaflet, NWLF Communique: PG&E Skyline Blvd, NWLF Communique: PG&E San Jose, Second PG&E San Jose Communique, Critique by Orphans of Amerika, NWLF Response, NWLF Communiqe: CDC Bombing, NWLF Communique: PG&E Berkeley, NWLF Letter to the Barb, Response by BARC & Orphans, Red Guerrilla Family Chronology, RGF Letter to the Alternative Media