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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.
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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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Interview about ecological devastation in El Salvador Interview about ecological devastation in El Salvador
Date: 9/1/1989Call Number: JG/ 028BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Daniel Faber, the research director at the Environmental Project on Central America (EPOCA). He discusses the ecological devastation in El Salvador.
El Salvador in Focus El Salvador in Focus
Date: 10/1/1989Call Number: LA 111Format: CassetteProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
Arena Government escalates repression targeting civilians as well as the FMLN. Aerial bombings and ground troop attacks on villages increase in frequency and severity. The FMLN lift their voluntary cease fire in response to the government and military violence. On September 18 the National trade Union of Salvadoran Workers (FINASTRAS) held a protest march in San Salvador demanding the release of union organizers in government custody. Police attacked the protesters with tear gas and beatings. Those arrested reported being tortured. Eight women reported being raped by the police in jail. Meanwhile, In Washington D.C. The U.S. Senate votes overwhelmingly to increase military aid to El Salvador.
Cuauhtemoc Cardeñas speaks at UC Berkeley Cuauhtemoc Cardeñas speaks at UC Berkeley
Date: 11/16/1989Call Number: JG/ 139AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The founder of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PDR) in Mexico speaks against US intervention in Central and Latin America. He addresses questions about the role of anti-imperialist actions in the US in support of Mexico, and discusses the creation of new, egalitarian trade relationships between North and South American economies.
Native Tongue Native Tongue
Date: 11/17/1989Call Number: V 471Format: UmaticProducers: LootersCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The Looters - Umatic sound backup from DAT. Band members: Mat Callahan, Joe Johnson, Jim Johnson, Ahaguna G and Fred Cirillo. Some of this material was used in Flashpoint.
Women in Nicaragua - Cultural Insurrection Women in Nicaragua - Cultural Insurrection
Date: 1/1/1989Call Number: V 483Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Women organize to end violence against women and children in Nicaragua. They refer to this movement as the second revolution or the revolution from within.
Campanile Action Campanile Action
Date: 5/17/1989Call Number: V 495Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Bay Area Pledge of Resistance drops banner at Campanile Tower on UC Berkeley's campus. Interviewees seek to draw attention to the UC System's stake in the US intervention in El Salvador, exposing that the ROTC at UC Berkeley helps train the Death Squads in El Salvador.
Coit Tower Action Coit Tower Action
Date: 5/15/1989Call Number: V 496Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Bay Area Pledge of Resistance occupies Coit Tower and unfurls banner in order to draw attention to the election of the ARENA party in El Salvador, the party which organized the death squads that killed thousands of El Salvadorians. Members of Pledge are carrying out this action to do the work the mass media doesn't in their coverage of El Salvador.
Flashpoint Flashpoint
Date: 1/1/1989Call Number: V 440 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Looters - Mary Liz ThomsonCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The Looters, a Bay-area music group, tour Nicaragua.
FMLN Diplomatic Tour FMLN Diplomatic Tour
Publisher: Frente Farabundo Marti Para La Liberacion NacionalYear: 1989Volume Number: No.4Format: PeriodicalCollection: El Salvador