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How does this work?
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.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
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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Julio Portillo- Trade Unionist El Salvador Julio Portillo- Trade Unionist El Salvador
Call Number: JG/ 065BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Julio Portillo, a trade unionist from El Salvador, discusses economic situation, government policy that only responds to 20 oligarchy groups of El Salvador, re-privatization of banks health, education, impunity of armed forces, humanitarian rights, International Monetary Foundation, privatizing education for profit, solidarity movement.
Focus on the Americas with Blase Bonpane, Ph.D. Building Communities of Resistance Focus on the Americas with Blase Bonpane, Ph.D. Building Communities of Resistance
Date: 7/10/1991Call Number: JG/ 083AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Bonpane discusses a need to build communities of resistance. Speaks about the population's general acceptance of hearsay excuses to invade countries (e.g. nuclear potential) and to invade homes on the domestic front (e.g. drugs), the criminalization of poverty, support for the Gulf War, and sanctions (i.e. starvation and torture of the civilian population) against Iraq and other countries. Discusses downfalls of US foreign policy noting Nicaragua and El Salvador as examples and argues against defending an institution or a nation "as if it were an idol and can do no wrong." Calls for citizens to seek knowledge as collaborative effort in order to thwart the depression of facing these issues alone. Instead to celebrate life, community, struggle and knowledge. To use as resources the media, government, education and mass mobilization to bring about change.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 9/8/1971Call Number: RD 004Producers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Talks about the retaking of Attica prison in the struggle for humane treatment of prisoners. The demands include that they be moved to a non-imperialist country. Also news of inequality for Black students in public education, riots in San Diego, CA; Police brutality in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Puerto Rican youth struggle with the police in Hoboken, NJ. Also mention of Los Angeles and San francisco racist acts and killings.
Californians of Mexican descent; Program #10 Their values and psychology. Californians of Mexican descent; Program #10 Their values and psychology.
Date: 7/3/1963Call Number: CD 854Format: CDProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Explores to what extent do Californians of Mexican descent retain moral concepts and philosophical attitudes associated with Mexican culture under the impact of US values. Various interviews. Explores factors that impact self-perception and values of Californians of Mexican descent, including the role of schools and communities.
Journal of Palestine Studies Issue 32 Journal of Palestine Studies Issue 32
Publisher: The Institute for Palestine Studies and Kuwait UniversityYear: 1979Volume Number: Vol. 8-4 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Institute for Palestine Studies
The Human Rights Case Against Israel; the Potential Impact of Palestinian Education on a Palestinian State; Journey to the Occupied West Bank; The Arabs in Israel 1973-1979; The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty; Israel and the Resources of the West Bank; more.
The Arabs in Israel 1948-1966 The Arabs in Israel 1948-1966
Author: Sabri JiryisPublisher: The Institute for Palestine StudiesYear: 1969Format: BookCollection: Institute for Palestine Studies
This book is concerned with the living conditions of the Palestine Arabs, both Christian and Muslim, who remained in territories invaded by the Israelis in the 1948 Palestine War and held throughout the period 1948-1966.