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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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Discussion on Cuban Communism Discussion on Cuban Communism
Call Number: LA 156AFormat: Cass ACollection: Cuba
Raul Gomez Treto gives talk on the status of Cuban communism.
DFLP Women's Organization DFLP Women's Organization
Call Number: KP 288Format: Cass A & BCollection: Palestine
Side A: Interview with member of a Marxist Palestinian organization in Lebanon about religion and the role of women in the struggle. Side B: children singing in Arabic.
PFLP Interviews PFLP Interviews
Date: 11/1/1969Call Number: CE 400Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interviews from members of the PFLP. Leila Khaled explains the PFLP strategy to target US imperialism by preventing tourism and weapons from entering occupied Palestine. An unidentified PFLP member talks about the differences in ideology between the PDFLP and the PFLP.
Born Underground Born Underground
Date: 1/1/2001Call Number: V 599Format: VHSProducers: Molly Sndyer-FinkCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
About Ray Levasseur, political activist/revolutionary and member of the Ohio 7. Interviews with his ex-wife Patricia Gros, and daughter Carmyn. Discusses what it was like starting and maintaining a family while underground.
Red Army Faction Red Army Faction
Call Number: V 603Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
History of the Red Army Faction of Germany. Interviews many of the former members, including Monika Berberich and Günter Sonnenberg.Compilation of photgraphs, newspaper clips, and footage of the times when the Red Army was active. Includes footage from Vietnam War. Tries to debunk the common perception of the RSA as a terrorist group. (In German)
Red Army Faction Red Army Faction
Call Number: V 604Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
History of the Red Army Faction of Germany. Interviews many of the former members, including Monika Berberich and Günter Sonnenberg.Compilation of photgraphs, newspaper clips, and footage of the times when the Red Army was active. Includes footage from Vietnam War. Tries to debunk the common perception of the RSA as a terrorist group. (In German)
Red Army Faction Red Army Faction
Call Number: V 605Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
History of the Red Army Faction of Germany. Interviews many of the former members, including Monika Berberich and Günter Sonnenberg.Compilation of photgraphs, newspaper clips, and footage of the times when the Red Army was active. Includes footage from Vietnam War. Tries to debunk the common perception of the RSA as a terrorist group. (In German)
Cuba: An African Odyssey Cuba: An African Odyssey
Call Number: V 632Format: DVDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This film documents Che Guevara's efforts in the Congo to the battle of Cuito Cuanavale in Angola and tells the story of Cuba's assistance and influence on newly independent African nations.
"You Are History, You are Legend": The Legacy of the International Brigades "You Are History, You are Legend": The Legacy of the International Brigades
Call Number: V 633Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
From 1936-1939, 40,000 men and women from 54 countries came to the aid of the Spanish people in their fight against Francisco Franco and fascism. In 1996 the remaining Brigadistas from around the world were invited to return to Spain, to officially receive the thanks of the Spanish people and the honorary Spanish citizenship that had been unanimously granted by the Spanish Parliament.
Trapped in a System Trapped in a System
Author: Carl OglesbyPublisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyDate: 11/27/1965Volume Number: 27-NovFormat: MonographCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Monograph in protest to the Vietnam War.