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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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Bad News Bearers Part 1 Bad News Bearers Part 1
Date: 2/5/1989Call Number: KP 244Format: Cass A & BProgram: Bad News BearersCollection: General materials
In part 1 or 2, five journalists present their views on politics and the media during the Reagan years and first month of GHW Bush's presidency. Topics and comments include the emanate end of the Cold War, the conflict in Nicaragua, the manipulation of the media by the Reagan administration through PR rather than policy, the end of the Red Scare tactic in journalism and politics, and the "sameness" of both the news reported and those reporting it.
The World is Watching The World is Watching
Call Number: V 709Format: VHSProducers: White Pine PicturesCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The World is Watching focuses on several international journalists in Nicaragua as they cover the negotiations surrounding the Arias Peace Plan in November 1987. This film examines the role journalists played in the US-financed Contra War.
The World Stopped Watching The World Stopped Watching
Call Number: V 710Format: VHSProducers: White Pine PicturesCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A sequel to The World is Watching, this film returns to Nicaragua in 2002 to document what became of the people of Nicaragua after the end of the Contra-War.
Pictures from a Revolution Pictures from a Revolution
Call Number: V 711Format: VHSProducers: GMR FilmsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Susan Meiselas, who covered the Sandinista Revolution for the New York Times, returns to Nicaragua in the early 1990s to track down the people pictured in her original photographs. This film examines the Revolution and its complex aftermath.
PFLP Bulletin PFLP Bulletin
Publisher: Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineYear: 1979Volume Number: No. 27 MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
A revolutionary Palestinian publication in the English language dedicated to the struggle for liberation and return published by the PFLP. It is a predecessor to the magazine, "Democratic Palestine." Cover Stories: "Armed Struggle Esscalates in Palestine;" "31 Years of Zionist Colonization;" "Where to Lebanon?;" "POLISARIO-FLSLN"
PFLP Bulletin PFLP Bulletin
Publisher: Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineYear: 1979Volume Number: No. 33 Dec.Format: PeriodicalCollection: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
A revolutionary Palestinian publication in the English language dedicated to the struggle for liberation and return published by the PFLP. It is a predecessor to the magazine, "Democratic Palestine." Cover Story: "1967-1979, 12 Years of Struggle"
PFLP Bulletin PFLP Bulletin
Publisher: Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineYear: 1981Volume Number: No. 47 Feb.Format: PeriodicalCollection: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
A revolutionary Palestinian publication in the English language dedicated to the struggle for liberation and return published by the PFLP. It is a predecessor to the magazine, "Democratic Palestine." Cover Story: "Palestinian-Lebanese Unity in Struggle"