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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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A Single Spark: Internal Newsletter of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee A Single Spark: Internal Newsletter of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeDate: 5/1976Volume Number: MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
In this Issue: The main thrust of this issue of the newsletter is rectification. It contains a political history of the two line struggle in the organization, self-criticisms from National Committee members who take main responsibility for leading in the incorrect line; evaluations of the process of rectification in the chapters. There are three articles dealing with programmatic thrust and work that members of the organization are involved in; articles concerning the struggle against sexism in the organization, Juky 4th, and a leaftlet written by the Boston chapter addressing the situation in that city.
Political Struggle in the Courtroom: Women Fight for Self-representation Rights Political Struggle in the Courtroom: Women Fight for Self-representation Rights
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Statement from Leslie Mullin and Judith Bissell of the LA Five on the historic context of the right of self-representation, access to legal resources and the LA Sheriff's department.
Queer, Ain't It? Queer, Ain't It?
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: CompilationCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
A collection of writings from Prairie Fire Organizing Committee on AIDS and the liberation of women, lesbians and gay men.
Consciousness Raising Handbook Consciousness Raising Handbook
Authors: Deborah Bonetti, Sandra Hai, Harriet Perl, Jane WagnerPublisher: L.A. NOW Consciousness Raising CommitteeFormat: MonographCollection: Gender and Sexuality
Contents: History of Feminist Consciousness Raising; Consciousness Raising and Feminism; How Consciousness Raising Works; Consciousness Raising: Bridging Theory and Action; Selected Bibliography; Second Thoughts.
Notes from the Second Year: Women's liberation: Major Writings of Radical Feminists Notes from the Second Year: Women's liberation: Major Writings of Radical Feminists
Publisher: Radical FeminismFormat: CompilationCollection: Gender and Sexuality
Feminist Essays on the new Women's Liberation Movement. I. Women's Experience (5 articles); II. Theories of Radical Feminism (4 articles); III. Founding of a Radical Feminist Movement- Issues: The Left Debate (6 articles); Consciousness-Raising (5 articles); Organizing (9 articles); Manifestos (5 articles).
One Blind Eye: Socialism's Failure to Develop a Feminist Agenda One Blind Eye: Socialism's Failure to Develop a Feminist Agenda
Author: Margaret RandallFormat: MonographCollection: Nicaragua
Manuscript on the FSLN's failure to recognize feminist concerns and struggles in Nicaragua post-revolution.
The Abolitionist The Abolitionist
Publisher: Critical ResistanceYear: 2014Call Number: Volume Number: Issue 22, SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Abolitionist
Women and Gender Liberation Issue: Women in Prison, Criminalizing Resistance, Reclaiming Our Lineage, The Means of Reproduction: An interview with Silvia Federici, Resisting Across the Walls, An Interview With Indigenous Feminist Audrey Huntley, Prison as a Border, Any Woman's Blues.
The Fire Inside The Fire Inside
Publisher: California Coalition for Women PrisonersYear: 2013/2014Call Number: Volume Number: Issue 49, Fall/WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prisons - Women
Newsletter of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners: Solitary Torture in Women's Prisons, What's "Legal" About Solitary Confinement?, Stop CDCR Sterilizations!, Surviving Solitary, Solidarity With Striking Prisoners. End Long-Term Solitary!, Hunger Strike 2013 Update.