Independent Collections
These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.
Subcollections
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Colin Edwards Collection
Materials representing the life-work and journalism of a Welsh radio correspondent and journalist who worked for Pacifica stations, the BBC and many other broadcasters. -
Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
This collection is produced by journalist Colin Edwards and represent a comprehensive account of the Free Speech Movement and its effect on the political climate of UC Berkeley. -
Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
Kiilu Nyasha is a revolutionary journalist and former member of the Black Panther Party. Kiilu still hosts Freedom Is A Constant Struggle, which now appears as a TV program. -
“Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
KPFA weekly news program running from 1973-1976 featuring in-depth coverage of liberation struggles around the world. -
“The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Real Dragon was a radio program broadcast on KPFA from 1971-1973. This news show focused on issues of national liberation, political prisoners, Vietnam and other major national and international topics.
Documents
7 Documents Found
![Year-End show 1972](images/thumbnails//1916.jpg)
Date: 12/31/1972Call Number: RD 027 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real Dragon Collection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Year-end synopses of select 1972 global political affairs. Including but not limited to commentary on:
Indo-Chinese Victories (examples of demonstrations around the world, liberation of territories, destruction of puppet army, U.S. northwest train stoppages and sailors refusing to go to war)
Japan (Tanaka takes Sato's place in power, movement against U.S. war in Indochina grows, Okinawa struggle-U.S. cedes island back to Japan yet keeps military bases)
Philippines (New People's Army grows, Muslim resistance, Marcos imposes marital law)
South Korea (Park Chung Hee imposes martial law, his opponents executed)
Portugese colonial governments push fascism, use napalm and other tactics in Angola Mozambique, Guinea Bissau
Ireland (Bloody Sunday occurs, where British troops murder demonstrators in Northern Ireland, detention of IRA suspects without trial, MacStiofain imprisoned, U.S. Irish supporters attacked by U.S. grand juries)
Brazil (U.S. imperial forces use Brazilian cliques to squash liberation struggles, genocide against Indigenous peoples, Comandante Marcia killed)
UN Special Committee on Colonialism (from which U.S. resigned months before) classifies Puerto Rico as a colony
U.S. (U.S Indigenous Peoples takeover U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Washington D.C., mass refusals to accept U.S. government checks for land by PIH River Indians, Angela Davis acquitted of charges brought against in her in relation to Aug 7 Marin County Courthouse uprising, Prop 22 defeated- a victory for Farm Workers, restoration of the U.S. death penalty, court upholds Organized Crime Control Act used against radicals, surveillance techniques employed in high schools and on streets of poor communities of color, Hoover dies and Patrick Grey steps in to "streamline and modernize FBI", Nixon strikes deals in Moscow (then Soviet Union) including Arms Limitation, grain and oil deals, push for global capitalism-Pepsi first U.S drink to be make and marketed in S.U., Nixon re-elected)
inserts of: Billy Smith, Ramsey Clark, Thai Binh, MacStoifain, Allende, Angela, Ruchell (EXCELLENT!!), Talamantez
![Nothing Is More Precious Than](images/thumbnails//5287.jpg)
Date: 6/8/1974Call Number: NI 031Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, CamomileProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Worldwide roundup, much international news, especially on Ireland, Mozambique and Indochina. Then prison and political trial news, and edited inserts of tape from the Symbionese Liberation Army, and stories on Attica trials, Ruchell Magee case, Reyes Tijerina, and Pitt River Indians.
![Year-End show 1972](images/thumbnails//5691.jpg)
Date: 12/31/1972Call Number: RD 063Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real Dragon Collection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Year-end synopses of select 1972 global political affairs. Including but not limited to commentary on:
Indo-Chinese Victories (examples of demonstrations around the world, liberation of territories, destruction of puppet army, U.S. northwest train stoppages and sailors refusing to go to war)
Japan (Tanaka takes Sato's place in power, movement against U.S. war in Indochina grows, Okinawa struggle-U.S. cedes island back to Japan yet keeps military bases)
Philippines (New People's Army grows, Muslim resistance, Marcos imposes marital law)
South Korea (Park Chung Hee imposes martial law, his opponents executed)
Portugese colonial governments push fascism, use napalm and other tactics in Angola Mozambique, Guinea Bissau
Ireland (Bloody Sunday occurs, where British troops murder demonstrators in Northern Ireland, detention of IRA suspects without trial, MacStiofain imprisoned, U.S. Irish supporters attacked by U.S. grand juries)
Brazil (U.S. imperial forces use Brazilian cliques to squash liberation struggles, genocide against Indigenous peoples, Comandante Marcia killed)
UN Special Committee on Colonialism (from which U.S. resigned months before) classifies Puerto Rico as a colony
U.S. (U.S Indigenous Peoples takeover U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Washington D.C., mass refusals to accept U.S. government checks for land by PIH River Indians, Angela Davis acquitted of charges brought against in her in relation to Aug 7 Marin County Courthouse uprising, Prop 22 defeated- a victory for Farm Workers, restoration of the U.S. death penalty, court upholds Organized Crime Control Act used against radicals, surveillance techniques employed in high schools and on streets of poor communities of color, Hoover dies and Patrick Grey steps in to "streamline and modernize FBI", Nixon strikes deals in Moscow (then Soviet Union) including Arms Limitation, grain and oil deals, push for global capitalism-Pepsi first U.S drink to be make and marketed in S.U., Nixon re-elected)
inserts of: Billy Smith, Ramsey Clark, Thai Binh, MacStoifain, Salvador Allende, Angela Davis, Ruchell Magee (EXCELLENT!!), luis Talamantez
![Year-End show 1972](images/thumbnails//6072.jpg)
Date: 12/31/1972Call Number: RD 027 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real Dragon Collection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Includes commentary on:
Indo-Chinese Victories (demonstrations around the world, liberation of territories, destruction of puppet army, US northwest train stoppages and sailors refusing to go to war)
Japan (Tanaka takes Sato's place in power, movement against US war in Indochina grows, Okinawa struggle - US cedes island back to Japan yet keeps military bases)
Philippines (New People's Army grows, Muslim resistance, Marcos imposes marital law)
South Korea (Park Chung Hee imposes martial law, his opponents executed)
Portugese colonial governments push fascism, use napalm and other tactics in Angola Mozambique, Guinea Bissau
Ireland (Bloody Sunday occurs, where British troops murder demonstrators in Northern Ireland, detention of IRA suspects without trial, MacStiofain imprisoned, US Irish supporters attacked by grand juries)
Brazil (US imperial forces use Brazilian cliques to squash liberation struggles, genocide against Indigenous peoples, Comandante Marcia killed)
UN Special Committee on Colonialism (from which US resigned months before) classifies Puerto Rico as a colony
Indigenous People takeover US Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Washington DC, mass refusals to accept government payments for land by Pit River Indians, Angela Davis acquitted of charges brought against in her in relation to Aug 7 Marin County Courthouse uprising, Prop 22 defeated - a victory for Farm Workers, restoration of the US death penalty, court upholds Organized Crime Control Act used against radicals, surveillance techniques employed in high schools and on streets of poor communities of color, Hoover dies and Patrick Grey steps in to "streamline and modernize FBI," Nixon strikes deals in Moscow (then Soviet Union) including Arms Limitation, grain and oil deals, push for global capitalism - Pepsi first US drink to be made and marketed in S.U., Nixon re-elected.
Actuality includes Billy Dean Smith, Ramsey Clark, Thai Binh, MacStoifain, Allende, Angela, Ruchell (EXCELLENT!!), Talamantez
![Rory O'Braudich Interview](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 033Format: CassetteProducers: Colin Edwards, Sean O'HareProgram: Rory O'Braudich InterviewCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About the Irish Republican movement, long distance interview with President of Sinn Fein, the political arm of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
![Frankfurt Book Fair](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 034Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Frankfurt Book FairCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interview with staff member of Frankfurt Book Fair, a huge event that is hundreds of years old, involving almost all European nations and publishers. Includes information on Ireland-related books.
![UN Security Council Meeting following Israel attacking Syria- June 9 1967](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
This tape contains speeches from the UN Security Council following the Israeli invasion of Syria in 1967. Voices include the Soviet delegate, the Indian delegation who along with Ireland lost troops in the invasion, the delegation from Bulgaria, the delegate from Syria and the delegate from Israel. The last portion of the tape features the delegations from Israel and Syria, which contains Israeli justifications for the invasion and breaking news from the Syrian delegation. The tape ends with the delegation from USSR asking the delegate from Israel to explain why they have not withdrawn their forces despite a unanimous appeal for a ceasefire. The delegation from the United States and the USSR uses that to further claim that Israel is just an extension of American/Western imperialism.
7 Documents Found