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.
Documents
![Political Struggle in the Courtroom: Women Fight for Self-representation Rights](images/thumbnails//34189.jpg)
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Statement from Leslie Mullin and Judith Bissell of the LA Five on the historic context of the right of self-representation, access to legal resources and the LA Sheriff's department.
![Gay Liberation- 1981 What are we fighting for?](images/thumbnails//34192.jpg)
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1981Format: FlyerCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
statement on whether the LBGTQ community can work within the system for liberation.
![Stop the Attacks- Lesbians- Fight Back!](images/thumbnails//34193.jpg)
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1981Format: FlyerCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Information on the Family Protection Act, the Moral Majority and its threat to LGBTQ liberation.
![What the Guardian Guards](images/thumbnails//34194.jpg)
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Flyer distributed after the Guardian refused to print an advertisement submitted by PFOC containing information on who and what the Guardian represents around the world.
![Breakthrough Insert](images/thumbnails//34195.jpg)
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Flyer providing additional introductory information on the journal Breakthrough.
![LA Five Arrest Statement](images/thumbnails//34196.jpg)
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Statement concerning the arrest of Clayton Van Lydegraf and four others and the decision to disband the Seattle chapter of PFOC.
![LA Five Statement](images/thumbnails//34198.jpg)
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Statement at press conference concerning the November 19th FBI arrests of five alleged Weather Underground Organization members in both Houston and Los Angeles.
![Boston Racism Flyer](images/thumbnails//34199.jpg)
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
The issue in Boston today is racism.