Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
An anti-imperialist group that began as the Prairie Fire Distributing Committee in 1974 to distribute Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism,
written by members of the Weather Underground Organization. After its
initial publication, groups sprang up around the country to discuss the
book. PFOC was formally organized in 1976 and was active in the San
Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Chicago until the mid-1990s. Their
work embraced a broad range of issues: international solidarity with
national liberation struggles in Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa,
Nicaragua and El Salvador; and with the struggles for self-determination
of Puerto Rican, African-American, Mexicano, and Native peoples inside
U.S. borders; support of political prisoners; opposition to white and
male supremacy and support of women’s and gay liberation.
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Breakthrough
Breakthrough was the journal of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC), published by the John Brown Book Club from 1977 to 1995.
Documents
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Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1984Volume Number: Vol. 8-1 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial: Resist the Warmakers! P. 1 - Before the Scales, Tomorrow, poem, Otto Rene Castillo p. 11 - "Candlelight in the Streets, Darkness at Home," Comite de Defensa Popular, Mexico p. 12 - International Womens Day 1984, Women Confront the War Machine p. 18 - Olympics 1984: Counter-insurgency Goes for the Gold p. 20 - From the Clandestine Movement: Red Guerrilla Resistance Bombs Washington Navy Yard p. 27 - United Freedom Front Bombs IBM in New York p. 29 - Write to the Prisoners p. 32 - Correspondence: letter from Germany on repression of political prisoners p. 33 - Don't Talk to the FBI p. 36 - Political Internment USA (inside back cover) -
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Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1986Volume Number: Vol. 10-1 Spring-SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial: Azania: a Constant State of Emergency p. 1 - When Democracy Turns to Torture: Human Rights Violations Against POWS and Political Prisoners in the US p. 3 - personal testimonies: Sekou Odinga p. 7 - Alejandrina Torres p. 9 - Standing Deer p. 11 - Alan Berkman p. 12 - Carol Manning p. 13 -Statement from Ramsey Clark and William Kunstler p. 14 - El Salvador Vencera! Statements from the FMLN p. 15 - After Marcos, interview with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines p. 22 - Puerto Rico: Los Yanquis Quieren Fuego: Statement from the Hartford 13 p. 31 - The Lessons of August 30, Julio Rosado, Eastern Regional Coordinator, Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional, MLN-PR p. 32 - Free Mutulu Shakur, New Afrikan People's Organization p. 34 - Write to the Prisoners p. 35
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Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1989Volume Number: Vol. 13-1 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorrial: El Salvador p. 1 - Editorial - Political Prisoners in the US: Breaking the Silence p. 3 - Post-feminist Mystique by Judith Mirkinson p. 5 - We're PISD, We're Gonna Seize Control, Ferd Eggan PISD Caucus of ACT NOW p. 10 - Battlezone L.A, Makungu Akinyele, New Afrikan People's Organization p. 15 - Namibia and Angola: Free at Last? Felix Shafer p. 19 - Women of the Philippine Revolution, interview with Makibaka p. 22 - Mexico: Cardenas, the Left and the PRI, interview with Gabino Gomez, Comite de Defensa Popular p. 33 - Occupied Mexico: Land Struggle in Tierra Amarilla p. 37 - Write Through the Walls p. 43
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Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1990Volume Number: Vol. 14-1 WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Panama: Drugs, Propaganda & Interventions p. 1 - Crisis in Socialism: the Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie p. 3 - New Faces of Racism, Felix Shafer p. 5 - Fighting AIDS is More Than a Fashion Statement, Arawn Eibhlyn p. 10 - More Dyketactics for Difficult Times, Sally Thomas p. 18 - Puerto Rico: Plebiscite or Farce? Jose Lopez, Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional Puertorriquena p. 22 - El Salvador Offensive: "Our Expectations Were Surpassed" interview with Luis Flores, U.S. Representative of the FMLN p. 28 - Spike Did the Right Thing, Kamal Hassan, New Afrikan People's Organization p. 32 - Sex, Truth and Herstory: A History of Their Own by Bonnie S. Anderson and Judith P. Zissenr, reviewed by Judith Mirkinson p. 35 - Can't Kill the Spirit: Victory in Ohio 7 Trial p. 41 - Write Through the Walls p. 43
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Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1990Volume Number: Vol. 14-2 FallFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
AIDS: Action = Life; Native Americans: This Land is Their Land; Central American Symposium: Where Do We Go From Here?; Report from the West Bank: With Stones and Honor: Palestinian Women in the Intifada; Interview with Boris Kagarlistky: An Extremely Socialist Way of Being Capitalist The Soviet New Left Critiques Perestroika; Interview with Sergo Mikoyan: Latin America: a Soviet View; Deutsch Marks or Karl Marx? The West German Left faces Reunification; Alan Berkman: Fighting for his Life; Write Through the Walls
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Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1992Volume Number: Vol. 16-2 FallFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial: Who Decides? Sally Thomas p. 1 - 500 Years: Recovering the Past, Revisioning the Future, Editors, p. 2 - To Regain Our Sovereignty, interview with Leonard Peltier p. 2 - Unraveling the Myths, Jose Lopez p. 8 - Sister Activist: Liberating the Church, Sister Mary Kay Hunyady p. 13 - From Columbus to Rodney King: the Los Angeles Rebellion and Beyond Akinyele Umoja p. 19 - Through Artists\' Eyes p. 24 - Fear of the Shivers of Freedom, Ingrid Strobl p. 30 - La Patria es Una!, Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional Mexicano p. 35 - Back to Backlash, Margaret Power and Melinda Power p. 38 - Can\'t Jail the Spirit:Uprising at Lexington Federal Women\'s Prison, Laura Whitehorn p. 41; Dhoruba Bin Wahad Threatened with Reimprisonment p. 42 -From Death Row: this is Mumia Abu-Jamal p. 43 - Write Through the Walls p. 48
6 Documents Found