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.
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Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1987Volume Number: Vol. 11-1 Winter-SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorials: Puerto Rico: Yankee Go Home p. 1 - Defend the Palestinian Revolution p. 4 - Contragate p. 6 - Chicago: Confronting the Racist Right p. 7 - Myth of Black Progress, New Afrikan People's Organization p. 17 - Kuwasi Balagoon 1946-1986 p. 21 - U.S. and Zaire Training African Contras p. 22 - Chile: Crisis in the Southern Cone p. 24 - Interview with Puerto Rican Patriot Rafael Cancel Miranda p. 31 - From the Clandestine Movement: Communiques from the Puerto Rican People's Army - Machateros p. 38 - On the Chicago Indictments p. 40 - Shut Down the Lexington Control Unit p. 41 - Statement by Watani Tyehimba to the Grand Jury p. 42 - Write Through the Walls p. 43 - Bill Wahpehpah 1937-1987 p. 45
New Boundaries No. 3
Publisher: New BoundariesVolume Number: No. 3 JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
The Afro-American Nation: A Case for the Liberation of the Black Belt
I: TEN YEARS OF THE REPUBLIC OF NEW AFRICA 1;
II AFRO-AMERICANS: THE "THIRD WORLD" AT HOME 5;
III MYTH OF BLACK PROGRESS 14; IV THE HOMELAND 27;
V ALMANAC ENTRY 32; VI A HISTORY OF AFRO-AMERICA 34;
VII MARXISM AND BLACK LIBERATION 67;
VIII SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT BLACK LIBERATION 82
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