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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.
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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Karen Wald on Cuba 2 Karen Wald on Cuba 2
Date: 8/5/1986Call Number: FI 256Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Interview, before final editing, with Karen Wald, who has lived and worked in Cuba. She discusses how she thinks Cuba has changed, problems, possible plans for invasion of Cuba. In-depth discussion of health care system and her response to charges that Cuba tortures political prisoners, the Armando Valladares case, juvenile delinquency, and prison conditions in general.
Lautaro-a nuestro pueblo Lautaro-a nuestro pueblo
Call Number: Vin 105Format: VinylProducers: NOVIBCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Album by the band Lautaro. Consisting of band members Enrique Lopez R., Marta Abette, Clovis Espinoza, and Juan Vasques. Naming themselves after the leader of the Araucanians, who fought to reconquer Chile from Spanish forces, their content speaks on traditional Chilean life, along with other Latin American countries.
Mario Avila-Juntos Partido Y Pueblo Mario Avila-Juntos Partido Y Pueblo
Call Number: Vin 106Format: VinylProducers: Ediciones del Comite Central del partido Socialista de los trabajadoresCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Mario Avila composes these songs representing worker struggle, and uses his music to convey Socialist ideals. He also uses his music to praise political leaders like Jose Marti and Emiliano Zapata.
Vuelta A La Izquierda Prohibida En Revolucion (Grupo Onta) Vuelta A La Izquierda Prohibida En Revolucion (Grupo Onta)
Call Number: Vin 108Format: VinylCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Grupo Onta is a band consisting of members; Jesus Echevarria, Rodrigo Morales, Jorge Jufresa and Marisa Echevarria. This LP, Vuelta A La Izquierda Prohibida En Revolucion, consists of ten songs that touch on the socials issues of Latin America from a young person's perspective.
Moncada Commemoration Moncada Commemoration
Date: 7/30/1977Call Number: FI 274Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Barbara Lubinski, Heber Dreher, Emiliano Echeverria, Isabel Alegria, Gayle MarkowProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Marks the anniversary of the attack on Moncada Barracks with narrative, music, poetry, much of it duplicated from several earlier Moncada memorial programs.
Nicolas Guillen and Ernesto Cardenal Nicolas Guillen and Ernesto Cardenal
Call Number: LA 216Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Nina Serrano (Melon Studio, Robin Woodland).Collection: Struggles in Latin America
Poem by Nicolas Guillen of Cuba (Tengo/I Have--shortr segment in Spanish/full translation in English). Tape also includes many "takes" of an introduction to the Nicaraguan revolution and poet Ernesto Cardenal.
Judy Gerber and The School of the Americas Judy Gerber and The School of the Americas
Date: 5/21/1993Call Number: CD 907Format: CDProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The radio broadcast by Judy Gerber illustrates the dangers of the School of the Americas and its graduates. Many of the criminals of war who incited mutiple killings and massacres in Central and South America graduated from The College of the Americas.
The Cultural Perspective The Cultural Perspective
Date: 9/24/1989Call Number: FI 282Format: CassetteProducers: Nina SerranoProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
New details of the assassination of Ben Linder in Nicaragua (4/28/1987) followed by in-depth Spanish-English interview and music with Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy, who is in Oakland to play with his Grupo Mancotal at the Redwood Music Festival.
The Cultural Perspective The Cultural Perspective
Date: 7/20/1991Call Number: FI 284Format: CassetteProducers: Nina SerranoProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Cuban music, including the first version of Guantanamera, from Cuba, then poetry of and interview with Bernardo Garcia.
School of Assassins: Narrated by Susan Sarandon School of Assassins: Narrated by Susan Sarandon
Call Number: V 747Format: VHSProducers: Maryknoll World ProductionsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Using rarely seen footage, this documentary shows how officers who studied at the school are responsible for the massacre of tens of thousands of people, including Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador. In addition to shedding light on the secret world of the School of the Americas, the program also follows efforts of church people, activists and members of Congress to close it down.