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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.
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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.
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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.
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Magda Enriquez of Nicaragua Magda Enriquez of Nicaragua
Date: 1/1/1986Call Number: V 494Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The Nicaraguan leader speaks to an assembly of north American feminists about women in Nicarauga and in the Sandinista revolution, as well as the role she has played as both a Sandinista Revolutionary and a feminist organizer in Nicaragua.
FIAS: African Liberation Day 1977 FIAS: African Liberation Day 1977
Date: 5/21/1977Call Number: FI 290Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Freedom is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Freedom is a Constant Struggle celebrates African Liberation day by dedicating the show to liberation struggles in Southern Africa and solidarity demonstrations in Oakland. The show also celebrates the birthdays of both Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh by playing Malcolm X speeches on black nationalism, American hypocrisy and terrorism, and illuminating Ho Chi Minh's experiences with the American narrative of lynching post emancipation. As a whole this episode of Freedom is a Constant Struggle encapsulates the 1960/1970 histories of Pan- Africanism, unity, celebration, and continued resistance towards self determination.
The Gulf Solidarity The Gulf Solidarity
Publisher: Support Committee for the Liberation Movement in the GulfYear: 1974Volume Number: Vol. 2-3 FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Revolutionary Movements and History
Contents include: The Nixon Doctrine in Action- The $hah Invades Oman; Iran- From a Protective Shield for Imperialism to a Cat's Paw; Who Sold Our Country to the Invaders?; What the Reactionaries did in the War!; The Iranian Role in the American Peace; more
Chilean Resistance Courier: Interview with Gladys Diaz: Chilean Woman in the Resistance Chilean Resistance Courier: Interview with Gladys Diaz: Chilean Woman in the Resistance
Publisher: MIRYear: 1976Volume Number: No. 6Format: PeriodicalCollection: Chile
Contents of the periodical include an editorial on the nature of the military state and its implications on the left; comments on the junta's initiative in juxtaposition with political division on the left; the Direcci
Declaration of the Council of Revolutionary Coordination Declaration of the Council of Revolutionary Coordination
Format: StatementCollection: Chile
Joint communique from MIR (Chile), Tupamaros (Uruguay), ELN (Bolivia) and the ERP (Argentina)
Chilean Resistance Courier: Interview with Gladys Diaz: Chilean Woman in the Resistance Chilean Resistance Courier: Interview with Gladys Diaz: Chilean Woman in the Resistance
Publisher: MIRYear: 1976Volume Number: No. 6Format: PeriodicalCollection: Chile
Contents of the periodical include an editorial on the nature of the military state and its implications on the left; comments on the junta's initiative in juxtaposition with political division on the left; the Direcci
Declaration of the Council of Revolutionary Coordination Declaration of the Council of Revolutionary Coordination
Format: StatementCollection: Chile
Joint communique from MIR (Chile), Tupamaros (Uruguay), ELN (Bolivia) and the ERP (Argentina)
Bay Area Research Collective Statement of Purpose Bay Area Research Collective Statement of Purpose
Publisher: Bay Area Research CollectiveFormat: StatementCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
History, goals, and the organizations' need for support.