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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.
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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Nicaragua Health Care Nicaragua Health Care
Date: 11/17/1984Call Number: FI 229Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
In-depth interview with Bob Robinson, doctorate in Public Health in Central America, on his visit to revolutionary Nicaragua with the Third World Medical Task Force. Notable for its discussion of conditions for Miskito Indians and Black population on Atlantic Coast.
Back from Nicaragua  Back from Nicaragua
Date: 1/1/1984Call Number: CD 899Format: DVDProducers: Nina Serrano, Valerie LandauProgram: KTEHCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Documentary featuring Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Holly Near and the Looters.
Grupo Nacimiento-Un Pasito Adelante Grupo Nacimiento-Un Pasito Adelante
Call Number: Vin 107Format: VinylCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Grupo Nacimiento, formed along with 15 other musical groups under the collective name:CANTO POPULAR, Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the CSUCA(CONFEDERACION UNIVERSITARIA CENTROAMERICANA) in this LP. Vinyl includes 10 songs dedicated to economic, political, and cultural struggles of Central American countries and their strides towards independence.
The Pete Seeger Show #10 The Pete Seeger Show #10
Date: 9/12/1987Call Number: FI 264Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Anti-war theme, including song by Irene Paull sung by Barbara Tilseh, poetry by Hikmet, and original song dedicated to Brian Willson, who, on 9/1/1987, in protest against shipping of U.S. weapons to Central America, blocked railroad tracks at Concord, CA Weapons Station, was hit by a train, losing both legs below the knee, with severe skull fracture. He later learned he'd been on an FBI domestic "terrorist" list under Reagan's anti-terrorist task force provisions and the train crew had been advised not to stop the train. He has since continued his activism on many fronts.
Nicaragua Speech Nicaragua Speech
Call Number: FI 278Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Speech summarizing the "Iran-Contra Affair," involving the transition of Carter to Reagan: US duplicity and hypocrisy in claiming non-support for the Contra war against the Sandinista government of Nicaragua, while supplying arms and other support and directly contravening Congressional ruling against aid to the Contras.
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.
Save Our State Rally-San Rafael 1/11/94 (anti-immigrant) Save Our State Rally-San Rafael 1/11/94 (anti-immigrant)
Date: 1/11/1994Call Number: CV 329Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Series of interviews with attendees of an anti-illegal immigration rally. Centered around a ballot initiative seeking to restrict access to education, health care, welfare and other social services to undocumented immigrants. Interviewees asked two questions; is there is any racist/nativist/anti-Hispanic sentiment in the proposition and protesters, and does the denial of social services constitute a human rights violation
Saul Landau (3rd Thurs at La Pena) Aug 20, 1987 Saul Landau (3rd Thurs at La Pena) Aug 20, 1987
Date: 8/20/1987Call Number: CV 330Format: Cass A & BProgram: Friends of Nicaraguan CultureCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Latin Americanist Saul Landau gives a talk concerning Nicaragua, Iran-Contra, Reagan's foreign policy, American involvement in Central American affairs, and the invocation of national security for suppressing information
El Salvador Revista Internacional El Salvador Revista Internacional
Publisher: Frente Farabundo Marti Para La Liberacion NacionalYear: 1981Volume Number: No.4Format: PeriodicalCollection: El Salvador
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El Salvador Platform for the Democratic Revolutionary Government El Salvador Platform for the Democratic Revolutionary Government
Publisher: Frente Democratico RevolucionarioFormat: PamphletCollection: El Salvador