Search Help

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.

Search Results

This is Namibia: A Pictorial Introduction This is Namibia: A Pictorial Introduction
Publisher: International Defense & Aid Fund for Southern AfricaYear: 1984Format: MonographCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
A pictorial introduction to the Namibian independence struggle.
Founding of the New Afrikan People's Organization Founding of the New Afrikan People's Organization
Publisher: New Afrikan People's OrganizationDate: 5/19/1984Volume Number: 19-MayFormat: StatementCollection: New Afrikan People's Organization
Founding document of the party including six key political tenets.
The Neo-Conning of the Jews The Neo-Conning of the Jews
Author: Sol SternPublisher: The Village VoiceDate: 8/28/1984Volume Number: 28-AugFormat: ArticleCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
Plunder in Paradise: An Economic Overview Plunder in Paradise: An Economic Overview
Author: Tom BarryPublisher: Report on the AmericasYear: 1984Volume Number: November-DecemberFormat: ArticleCollection: Puerto Rico: A History of the People
Adulis Adulis
Publisher: Central Bureau of Foreign Relations of the Eritrean People\'s Liberation FrontYear: 1984Volume Number: Vol. 1-2 AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Eritrea
Cover Story: Famine in Ethiopia & Eritrea
Senal de Libertad SIGNAL of FREEDOM Senal de Libertad SIGNAL of FREEDOM
Publisher: Radio VenceremosYear: 1984Volume Number: No.1Format: PeriodicalCollection: El Salvador
You Can Do It Helping to build the New El Salvador You Can Do It Helping to build the New El Salvador
Publisher: New El Salvador TodayYear: 1984Format: ReportCollection: El Salvador
Fundraising Manual for New El Salvador Today
Tough Road to Hoe: Women in Nicaragua's Agricultural Cooperatives Tough Road to Hoe: Women in Nicaragua's Agricultural Cooperatives
Author: Rural Women's Research Team Center for the Study of Agarian Reform (CIERA)Publisher: Institute for Food and Development PolicyYear: 1984Format: MonographCollection: Nicaragua
Comandos: Boletin Informativo de Fuerza Democratica Nicaraguense Comandos: Boletin Informativo de Fuerza Democratica Nicaraguense
Publisher: Fuerza Democratica NicaraguenseYear: 1984Volume Number: MarzoFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Nicaragua
in Spanish
"In the Name of Democracy" "In the Name of Democracy"
Date: 9/15/1984Call Number: FI 228Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Brief unedited narrative, without music, on anti-imperialist struggle in Latin America, with historical mention of the Attica rebellion, the fascist coup in Chile, and US interventions in general, all "in the name of democracy."