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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.

Search Results

New Left Notes New Left Notes
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyYear: 1966Volume Number: Vol. 1-4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Contents include: National Secretarys report, Notes on the pathology of the NC, the economics of Apartheid, more.
Information Papers No. 14 - The Development of Palestinian Resistance Information Papers No. 14 - The Development of Palestinian Resistance
Author: Walter LehnPublisher: Association of Arab-American University Graduates Inc.Date: 6/1974Volume Number: JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Palestine Related Academic Papers
A history of Palestinian Arab resistance to colonialism, beginning in 1882 to 1971
The Palestine Liberation Organization - Its Institutional Infrastructure The Palestine Liberation Organization - Its Institutional Infrastructure
Author: Cheryl RubenburgPublisher: Institute of Arab StudiesYear: 1983Volume Number: No. 1Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
An in-depth description of the Palesitne Liberation Organization, covering the different facets of the organization including social welfare, education, arts and culture, and social affairs, and its history. Includes tables and charts.
Zionism - The Forgotten Apartheid Zionism - The Forgotten Apartheid
Publisher: Al-Talib and AlKalimaVolume Number: Special EditionFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Anti-Zionist Criticism
A collaboration between two news magazines focusing on giving the reader a brief understanding of Zionism and its effects. Includes facts, a timeline, an expose on torture, massacres and human rights violations. Also contains information on foreign aid, Israel's international war crimes and more.
Nelson Mandela Released Nelson Mandela Released
Collection: African liberation movements
Short excerpt from speech by Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, upon his release from Victor Verster Prison after 27 years of incarceration.
Global Resistance - South Africa Global Resistance - South Africa
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: African liberation movements
Amandla!; Winnie Mandela talks about the role of Black mothers in South Africa, Afrikaaners, the necessity to destroy apartheid.; People Shall Govern from Radio Free South Africa; Winnie Mandela about the grassroots struggle, the Black Womens Federation, prison and political education; Winnie Mandela on the creation of the Freedom Charter by the ANC, hope for the freedom of South Africa; Toi Toi song
Global Resistance Africa to Palestine from Roots of Resistance Global Resistance Africa to Palestine from Roots of Resistance
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesProgram: Roots of ResistanceCollection: African liberation movements
Amilcar Cabral, leader of the liberation movement of Guinea-Bissau and the cape Verde Islands, talks about the basis for his book, Return to the Source; Winnie Mandela, one of the leaders of the African National Congress, speaks on the internalized oppression of Africans in racist South Africa; Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, speaking on the day of his release from prison, where he had been held for over 20 years; Chris Hani, a leader of the anti-apartheid movement, interviewed by Barbara Lubinski and Herber Dreher during a visit to san Francisco; Speech by a spokeswomen for Arab Students, with chants in solidarity with Palestine during a Bay Area demonstration in the late 1970s; Poet June Jordan reciting one of her poems about Palestine at a solidarity event held in 1990.
Connexions: Women Organizing Against violence Connexions: Women Organizing Against violence
Publisher: Peoples Translation ServicesYear: 1981Volume Number: No. 1 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Connexions
Focuses global movements by women against violence. It is written by women and for women in an attempt to organize, support, and educate. Features articles on environmentalism, patriarchy, nuclear warfare, rape, and apartheid.
South Africa and the Struggle for Liberation South Africa and the Struggle for Liberation
Publisher: Coalition of Black Trade UnionistsDate: 6/25/1981Volume Number: 25-JunFormat: ProgramCollection: Africa- General Resources
Labor/Community Forum sponsored by the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists at SF Community College District Auditorium
Southern Africa and the United Nations Southern Africa and the United Nations
Publisher: United Nations Association of the United StatesDate: 4/1980Volume Number: AprilFormat: ReportCollection: Africa- General Resources
Zimbabwe :A New Beginning/South Africa: Out of Step with the World/ Namibia: A trust Betrayed/ US Policy in Southern Africa