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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Breakthrough
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
Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1991Volume Number: Vol. 15-2 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
David Stern, 1954-1991 p. 1 - Editorials: PC, Palestine and Other Post-War Ponderings p. 2 - Gulf War Aftermath: The Arab Nation, the War and the West, interview with Egyptian human rights activist Soheir Morsy p. 5 - The Kurds, Jimmy Emmerman p. 11 - War & Racism, interview with the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement p. 15 - Femininity Revisited: Survey Results, Judith Mirkinson, Sally Thomas, Janice Shreckengost p. 20 - The Splice of LIfe: Behind the Myths of Genetic Engineering, ANTIGENA Women's Collective, Zurich, Switzerland p. 28 - The New Eritrea, Frank Duhl p. 36 - 500 Years after Columbus: Puerto Rican Prisoners of War p. 38 - Write Through the Walls p. 39
Breakthrough
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
Barbaric Prison Conditions Hit
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1993Volume Number: Vol. 17-1 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial: Queer Rights are Human Rights Are Queer Rights p. 1; Telling the World: a Retrospective Look at the Marches, Jewelle Gomez p. 3 - Gay and Puertorriqueno, Carlos Ortiz p. 6 - Ball-busting Feminist Dykes Unite! How the Backlash on Feminism Has Hurt Lesbians, Sally Thomas p. 12 - Voices of People with HIV: Letter to the Dead, Marlon Riggs p. 17 - Unmasking the Epidemic: Women with HIV Speak Out, Women Organized to Resist Life-threatening Diseases (WORLD) p. 22 - Buying Time, Moving Toward the Milennium, Ferd Eggan p. 25 - Lesbian Visions p. 28 - The Choice is Ours: Gays in the Military Michael Job p. 30 - Getting Down and This is Where I Was Born, poems, Chrystos, p. 35 - Fighting Operation Bigotry in Oregon, Suzanne Pharr p. 36 - I Am Your Sister: Blck Women Organizing Across Sexualities, Audre Lorde, p. 40 - Sexual Terror, poem, Tede Matthews p. 44 - Can't Jail the Spirit: Building Bridges, Lin Elliot p. 46 - Free Norma Jean Croy p. 49 - AIDS Wars: DC Jail, Susan Rosenberg p. 50 - Inside Looking Out: Thoughts on the March on Washington, Laura Whitehorn p. 52 - Remember your Sons and Daughters: Prisoner with HIV, Charles W. Perry, CMF-Vacaville p. 54 - Write Through the Walls p. 56
Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1995Volume Number: Vol. 19-1 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial: Contract with a Vengeance p. 1 - Reading, Writing, and Rebellion: Reflections on Education in the 90s p. 2 - "Ours is the First History: Raza Youth Speak Out," edited by Robert Roth and Annie Johnston p. 4 - Clemente! Chicago's Puerto Rican Community Takes Back its High School, Douglas Spalding p. 14 - Berkeley High: the "School Colors" Debate, Hodari Davis, Annie Johnston and Regina Segura p. 19 - Schoolgirls: Gender and Self-esteem, interview with Peggy Orenstein by Sallly Thomas and Judith Mirkinson p. 25 - Talking Queer in Kindergarten: Stopping Homophobia Before it Starts, Camomile deQuelquechose p. 31 - Minds at Work: Journeys in the South Bronx, photos by Ruth Morgan, poetry by South Bronx students p. 36 - East Timor: an Island Prison, Pam Sexton p. 41 - The Waste Makers: studies by and for the Environmental Justice Movement review by Mickey Ellinger p. 47 - Throwing Away the Key: Crime and Punishment U.S.A., Charles King p. 50 - Write Through the Walls p. 56
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