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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.
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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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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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The International Policies of the MIR: Miguel Enriquez Collection The International Policies of the MIR: Miguel Enriquez Collection
Publisher: MIRYear: 1978Volume Number: No. 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Chile
Contents include an outline of the MIR's history and an explanation of its tactical and strategic principles for revolutionary struggle and party building.
Chilean Resistance Courier Chilean Resistance Courier
Publisher: MIRYear: 1978Volume Number: No. 10Format: PeriodicalCollection: Chile
Contents include an editorial on the reactivation of the masses and the tasks of revolutionaries, an evaluation of the Chilean political situation in 1978, a lack of unity on the left, the economy of counter-revolution, an analysis of the PDC, the emergence of "new communists", international solidarity with Nicaragua, an inteview with the FPL, El Salvador's armed struggle, an an interivew with the Venezuelan MIR, and an interview with the Interior Secretariat: Popular democracy is the only path to revolutionary victory.
Has Kristina Berster Been Tried and Convicted by a Prejudiced Press? Has Kristina Berster Been Tried and Convicted by a Prejudiced Press?
Author: Greg GumaPublisher: Vermont Vanguard PressDate: 10/1/1978Volume Number: 1-OctFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This article is about Kristina Berster, a woman from West Germany who was charged with being part of a terrorist group. Greg Guma argues that her arrest suggest the United States turning into a police state by having false accusations against Berster.
Judgement: An Open Letter to Attorney General Griffin Bell Judgement: An Open Letter to Attorney General Griffin Bell
Publisher: Alderson Hospitality HouseYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. 2-2 JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Mental Health
An Open Letter to Attorney General Griffin Bell from Milton G. Rector President on Crime and Delinquency is the featured article.
The Meaning Of The Massacre of Maravilla Mountain. The Meaning Of The Massacre of Maravilla Mountain.
Author: Juan Antonio CorretjerPublisher: Puerto Rican Socialist LeagueYear: 1978Volume Number: 5-AugFormat: ArticleCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional
Article reprinted by John Brown/Book Club. Juan Antonio Corretjer analizes what occurred in Monte Maravilla and outlines the propositions to be considered: \"First, a declaration of war to the death against the revolutionary Puerto rican sector WE ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE! Second, to undermine the will to struggle within the P.I.P. amd the Puerto Rican Socialist Party. both electoral parties...
LIBERTAD LIBERTAD
Publisher: New York Committee to Free the Four NationalistsDate: 10/1978Volume Number: OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
Esta lucha va llegar a la guerra popular
25 Years of Struggle, 25 Years of Resistance: Document No. 1 25 Years of Struggle, 25 Years of Resistance: Document No. 1
Publisher: National Committee to Free the Four Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1978Format: MonographCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Contents: Introduction; Factual Background; Petitioners; Standing; Exhaustion of Remedies; Accusation; Conclusion; Appendix.
25 Years of Struggle, 25 Years of Resistance: Document No. 2 25 Years of Struggle, 25 Years of Resistance: Document No. 2
Publisher: National Committee to Free the Four Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1978Format: MonographCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Memorandum from Lolita Lebron re: the case of Puerto Rico and its Nationalist Prisoners from the November 1, 1954 attack on the Capitol and Congress.
Marion Prison: Hell In a Very Small Space Marion Prison: Hell In a Very Small Space
Author: Daniel BerriganPublisher: The Catholic WorkerYear: 1978Volume Number: XLIV-1Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Article on the social, political and personal experiences of prisoners at the Marion Lockdown.
Moncada Library/Biblioteca Moncada Moncada Library/Biblioteca Moncada
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryDate: 9/1978Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Moncada Library