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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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El Salvador Insurrecto: Gonzalo Rodriquez El Salvador Insurrecto: Gonzalo Rodriquez
Call Number: Vin 072Format: VinylProducers: Guazapa EditorialCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
This album released during the revolution in El Salvador, was to promote the struggle and fight of the people. All the proceed of the album went to the fight of the Salvadoran people.
Healthcare in Zonas de Control, El Salvador
Healthcare in Zonas de Control, El Salvador
Date: 10/5/1991Call Number: LA 203Format: Cass A & BCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Clara Mendez and translator Rene Vallez are guest speakers at a discussion in Georgia; Mendez, a nurse in the “Zonas de Control” of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMNL), discusses the challenges of providing access to health care, preventative and curative methods of care, and health education to rural communities despite government repression.
In the Midst of Struggle - 6 In the Midst of Struggle - 6
Date: 11/30/1985Call Number: FI 182Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
In-depth political/cultural interview with Israel, guitar and marimba player in Cutumay Camones. In Spanish with good translation. The band was formed in May 1982 to recover Salvadorean cultural roots and provide music for the national liberation movement, by a directive from the People's Revolutionary Army of El Salvador, a part of the FMLN, as cultural ambassadors. The name comes from the Nahuatl for a town in Santa Ana in western El Salvador, where the FMLN had an uprising in January 1981.
The Archives of Freedom - 3 The Archives of Freedom - 3
Date: 12/13/1986Call Number: FI 199Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Commentary on Contragate followed by rebroadcast of a December 1982 program that includes the "ad" for the Ronald Raygun and news on Central America and US intervention, the Graham and Allen trial, the Klan and racism in US. Theme: How to transform justified anger into energy.
Chicano Moritorium #2 Chicano Moritorium #2
Date: 8/29/1989Call Number: CV 323BFormat: Cass BProgram: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
In both English and Spanish, primarily music. Speech in English by singer; focuses on struggle of Latino/Chicano/Indigenous peoples and their children, along with condemning war in El Salvador
The Mission: Freedom Is A Constant Struggle The Mission: Freedom Is A Constant Struggle
Date: 6/14/1980Call Number: FI 286Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano Echeverria, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Focuses on youth and police repression in the Mission district community through an interview with Fernando Cosia of the Mission Community Alliance and youth actuality.
International Women's Day 1984 Broadcast International Women's Day 1984 Broadcast
Call Number: KP 537Format: Cass A & BProducers: Peggy BrayCollection: General materials
This recording of a radio program from Peggy Bray broadcasted on KPFA and KFCF radio stations about the International Women's Day in March 1984. It includes songs performed by women about women's liberation from all over the world. It contains an interview with Joyce Sikhakhane concerning the conditions of South Africa at that time. It also contains an interview with two women from El Salvador about women's rights that cuts out at the end.
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.
United Freedom Front Communique #9 United Freedom Front Communique #9
Publisher: United Freedom FrontDate: 8/21/1984Volume Number: 21-AugFormat: CommuniqueCollection: El Salvador
Communique from the United Freedom Front claiming responsibility for the bombing of General Electric offices of the aerospace strategic planning and aircraft division in New York. At the time, GE was the fourth largest military contractor to the United States and their products were involved in bombing of civilian populations, human rights violations and mass murders.
Joan Baez at the funeral of Juan de la Cruz Joan Baez at the funeral of Juan de la Cruz
Producers: Frances EmleyCollection: Latin@
Activist folksinger Joan Baez sings at the funeral of Juan de la Cruz, a farm worker active in the United Farm-worker\'s Union who was killed on a picket line by a strikebreaker\'s bullet.