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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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Jose Lopez May Day Talk - Part 1 Jose Lopez May Day Talk - Part 1
Date: 5/1/1983Call Number: KP 472Format: CassetteCollection: Puerto Rico
Analyzes history and present situation of Puerto Rican independence struggle from Marxist perspective, class and national struggle.
Jose Lopez May Day Talk - Part 2 Jose Lopez May Day Talk - Part 2
Date: 5/1/1983Call Number: KP 473Format: CassetteCollection: Puerto Rico
Analyzes history and present situation of Puerto Rican independence struggle from Marxist perspective, class and national struggle.
Haiti: The Theology of Liberation Haiti: The Theology of Liberation
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: V 559Format: VHSProducers: Tim LindopCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Documentary on liberation theology in Haiti.
Lincoln Bergman reports from Havana, Cuba Lincoln Bergman reports from Havana, Cuba
Date: 4/13/1974Call Number: KP 519Format: Cass A & BCollection: Cuba
Three programs. Side A 1. Interviews with the 7th contingent of the Venceremos Brigade, who are visiting Cuba in a solidarity trip. 2. Report about Prime Minister Pham Van Dong’s visit to Cuba. Includes translated excerpts from speeches by Van Dong and Fidel Castro. Side B 3. Report about the history of the Peronist movement in Argentina in the 1960s.
WBAI News Coverage of Battleship Intrepid Takeover WBAI News Coverage of Battleship Intrepid Takeover
Date: 5/5/1984Call Number: LA 213AFormat: Cass ACollection: Puerto Rico
WBAI news coverage of the Battleship Intrepid Air and Space Museum takeover by members of A New Movement in Solidarity for Puerto Rico Independence and Socialism. The demonstration in New York was organized by the aforementioned members in opposition of “Ocean Venture 84.” The demands by the organization included a press conference, amnesty and an end to the United State’s intervention in the wars in Central America and their massive military maneuvers in the Caribbean.
Joe Ponce Speaks on the Conditions in Cuba under the US Embargo Joe Ponce Speaks on the Conditions in Cuba under the US Embargo
Date: 10/5/1994Call Number: JG/ 158AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Joe Ponce speaks on the United States’ embargo on Cuba and the conditions of Cubans on the island. Ponce criticizes the US embargo on Cuba especially the fact that the US has negatively impacted Cuba’s trading relationships with other countries. For example, Ponce describes how Cubans living in the U.S. can’t even send remittances to their families in Cuba. Mr. Ponce calls for support from the audience to end the U.S. embargo on Cuba.
Immigration and the Treatment of Illegal/Perceived to be illegal immigrants AND Update on Fast For Life by Pastors for Peace Immigration and the Treatment of Illegal/Perceived to be illegal immigrants AND Update on Fast For Life by Pastors for Peace
Date: 4/5/1996Call Number: JG/ 159BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Judy Gerber opens the episode talking about issues around immigration and the harmful treatment of people perceived to be illegal immigrants in the United States. These people face mistreatment and are labeled as illegal and criminals. Judy speaks on the need to find new ways to formally and systematically recognize undocumented people. After a brief break, Judy returns to give an update on the Fast For Life being held by the Pastors For Peace. After being denied by the United States government the ability to transport 400 computers to Cuba for medical use, the Pastors For Peace decided to go on a hunger strike and have since been joined by people nationwide in protest of the US government’s ruling.
Karen Wald on Cuba Karen Wald on Cuba
Date: 8/16/1986Call Number: FI 196Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Lincoln Bergman interviews Karen Wald, who has lived and worked in Cuba for many years. Covers a wide range of topics in depth, including how Cuba has changed since she was first there (1968) until the present, as well as detailed discussion on Cuban youth, Cuban aid to other countries and struggles, and Cuban prisons.
John Santos Continuity John Santos Continuity
Date: 7/25/1987Call Number: FI 207Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Leading musicologist and percussionist John Santos speaks about music of Cuba and the Caribbean. Music was played live between each discussion by Santos and is not on the recording.
Inventos: Hip Hop Cubano Inventos: Hip Hop Cubano
Call Number: V 688Format: DVDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This film documents contemporary Cuban hip hop. Cuban musicians are interviewed in their homes, on stage and on tour. Despite the US embargo, the film illustrates the creative and artistic spirit of the island.