Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
An anti-imperialist group that began as the Prairie Fire Distributing Committee in 1974 to distribute Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism,
written by members of the Weather Underground Organization. After its
initial publication, groups sprang up around the country to discuss the
book. PFOC was formally organized in 1976 and was active in the San
Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Chicago until the mid-1990s. Their
work embraced a broad range of issues: international solidarity with
national liberation struggles in Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa,
Nicaragua and El Salvador; and with the struggles for self-determination
of Puerto Rican, African-American, Mexicano, and Native peoples inside
U.S. borders; support of political prisoners; opposition to white and
male supremacy and support of women’s and gay liberation.
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Breakthrough
Breakthrough was the journal of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC), published by the John Brown Book Club from 1977 to 1995.
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![War on the War Makers: documents and communiques from the West German Left](images/thumbnails//29890.jpg)
Publisher: John Brown Book ClubDate: 6/1983Volume Number: JuneFormat: CompilationCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Anti-NATO demonstration in Berlin, June 11, 1982, summary of a brochure by autonomous and anti-imerialst groups in West Germany; Communiques from the German Armed Movement: attack on U.S. Air Force/NATO headquarters in Ramstein, Red Army Faction, Aug. 31, 1981; Tires Slashed on U.S. government cars in Frankfurt; Assassination Attempt on NATO Commander, U.S. General Kroesen, Red Army Faction, Sept. 29, 1981; War on Imperialist War by Women Against Imperialist War, Hamburg, West Germany; Political Internment in the FRG: Helga Roos Sentenced to 5 Years
![Breakthrough](images/thumbnails//29864.jpg)
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1983Volume Number: Vol. 7-1 WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial: Repression, Resistance and the Left: the Empire Strikes Back p. 1 -On New Afrikan Freedom Fighters Day, Judith Mirkinson for PFOC Aug. 1982 p. 5 - Taming of the Freeze: Imperialist War and the Anti-Nuclear Movement p. 8 - War on Imperialist War (Krieg Dem Imperialist Krieg) p. 16 - RAF Communique: Assassination Attempt on General Kroesen Sept. 19, 1981 p. 16 - "War on Imperialist War" Women Against Imperialist War, Hamburg, West Germany p. 18 - Judgment of the Grand Jury, Carlos Noya, Liga Socialista Puertorriquena, Correo de la Quincena, Mar-Sept 1982 p. 24 - "This Court Has No Right to Try Us" Statement by New Afrikan and White Anti-Imperialist Freedom Fighters p. 28 - Stop the Grand Jury! Defeat the Federal RICO Indictment! May 19th Communist Organization p. 31
2 Documents Found