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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.
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Pro Libertad: Esperanza Martel Pro Libertad: Esperanza Martel
Date: 1/1/1996Call Number: PM 315Collection: Puerto Rico
Esperanza Martel, a Puerto Rican independentista, gives a brief history of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement. She also discusses the colonial relationship between PR and the US and cites the violations of the PR constitution by FBI surveillance and harrassment of activists. Also discussed is the underground resistance movement, Los Macheteros (the Machete Wielders, also known as the Boricuan Popular Army) and political prisoners such as Elizam Escobar, Ricardo Jiminez, Adolfo Matos, Edwin Cortes, Ida Luz Rodriguez, Alicia Rodriguez, Dylcia Pagan, Luis Rosa, Alejandrina Torres, Carmen Valentine, Alberto Rodriguez, Antonio Camacho Negron and Oscar Lopez Rivera.
Puerto Rico Fact Sheet: Independence or Annexation Puerto Rico Fact Sheet: Independence or Annexation
Publisher: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional; New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican IndependenceFormat: ReportCollection: New Movement
Report with information on the history of Puerto Rico, its political status, its economic situation, important dates in Puerto Rican history, resistance to US colonialism, Vieques, colonial political parties in Puerto Rico and independence parties and organizations.
LIBERTAD LIBERTAD
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1986Volume Number: Vol. VII-X OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
Contents: Felix Rosa- The Unbreakable Will of a Patriot; US Government Intensifies Counter-Insurgency Campaign Against Independence Movement; POW Luis Rosa under 24 hour Lockdown; Luis Lausell Imprisoned for Income Tax Protest; Successful Latin American Encounter Against Repression and For Human Rights; News on the Puerto Rico Independence 16; August 30th Communique (Los Machertos); The Lares Uprising- Reaffirmation of the Puerto Rican Nation; Presentation of the UN Decolonization Committee;
LIBERTAD LIBERTAD
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1986Volume Number: Vol. VII-XII DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
Contents: The Case of Alejandrina and Susan: Psychological Torture Exposed Close the Control Unit! Campaign to Protest Inhuman Conditions at MCC for Oscar and Kojo Continues; Prisoners of War/Political Prisoners: What is the Difference?; The Roots of El Yunque; Communique from the Puerto Rican People\'s Army - Macheteros; The Puerto Rican Nationalists; Health Endangered- 4th week of Luis Colon-Osorio Hunger Strike.
LIBERTAD LIBERTAD
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1988Volume Number: Vol. IX-IX SeptemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
Contents: Alejandrina Has Been Transferred!; While Hundreds Plan Activities in Protest of 2nd Invasion Filiberto Ojeda-Rios Arrested Again!; FALN and EPB-Macheteros Propose Decolonization Plan to the UN; Delegation Formally Presents Political Asylum Petition on Behalf of Puerto Rican Prisoners of War; In Defense of the Cuban Revolution; News briefs.