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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.
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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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Resolutions of the 8th Congress of the National Unions of Eritrean Workers & Students in N. America and the 6th Congress of the National Union of Eritrean Women in N. America Resolutions of the 8th Congress of the National Unions of Eritrean Workers & Students in N. America and the 6th Congress of the National Union of Eritrean Women in N. America
Publisher: Coordinating Committee of EPLF Mass OrganizationsDate: 8/15/1984Volume Number: 15-AugFormat: StatementCollection: Eritrea
FLNC Comite Central Communique FLNC Comite Central Communique
Date: 3/18/1984Volume Number: 18-MarFormat: CommuniqueCollection: Zaire-DRC
Re: the coalition of national unity
Statement by Comrade Joe Moabi, acting director of finance, on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Statement by Comrade Joe Moabi, acting director of finance, on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Author: Joe MoabiPublisher: Pan Africanist Congress of AzaniaDate: 3/21/1984Volume Number: 21-MarFormat: StatementCollection: South Africa
PAC- Latest Developments in Southern Africa PAC- Latest Developments in Southern Africa
Author: J. MkwanaziPublisher: Pan Africanist Congress of AzaniaDate: 3/13/1984Volume Number: 13-MarFormat: StatementCollection: South Africa
Breakthrough Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1984Volume Number: Vol. 8-1 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial: Resist the Warmakers! P. 1 - Before the Scales, Tomorrow, poem, Otto Rene Castillo p. 11 - "Candlelight in the Streets, Darkness at Home," Comite de Defensa Popular, Mexico p. 12 - International Womens Day 1984, Women Confront the War Machine p. 18 - Olympics 1984: Counter-insurgency Goes for the Gold p. 20 - From the Clandestine Movement: Red Guerrilla Resistance Bombs Washington Navy Yard p. 27 - United Freedom Front Bombs IBM in New York p. 29 - Write to the Prisoners p. 32 - Correspondence: letter from Germany on repression of political prisoners p. 33 - Don't Talk to the FBI p. 36 - Political Internment USA (inside back cover) -
American Steel Jobs and South Africa American Steel Jobs and South Africa
Authors: Carole Collins, Kevin Danaher, Frank Mont, Melissa Pullins, Jean Sindab, Kenneth ZinnPublisher: United Steelworkers of America and the Washington Office on Africa Educational FundDate: 9/1984Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: PamphletCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
"How U.S. support for South Africa affects your community
Azanian Women Fighting Racist South Africa Azanian Women Fighting Racist South Africa
Publisher: Freedom Rising! Africa Solidarity CommitteeDate: 8/17/1984Volume Number: 17-AugFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Event to celebrate International Day (August 9th) of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa; speaker Ethel Mogadi, Women's Cooridnator, Europe Pan Africanist Congress of Azania; poetry from Black Pearl t.w.m.p.; African dance by Kusema Vijiti Institute
Communique #8: Bombing of IBM Offices, N.Y. Communique #8: Bombing of IBM Offices, N.Y.
Publisher: United Freedom FrontDate: 3/19/1984Volume Number: 19-MarFormat: CommuniqueCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
UFF takes responsibility for bombing IBM at 3000 Westchester Ave. in a northern suburb of NYC because of IBM's collaboration with South African government
Demonstrate Against IBM Demonstrate Against IBM
Publisher: Freedom Rising! Africa Solidarity CommitteeDate: 6/21/1984Volume Number: 21-JunFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Call for demo at IBM Building in Oakland - no computer to South Africa
Solidarity with the Uprising of the People of South Africa Solidarity with the Uprising of the People of South Africa
Publisher: Southern Africa Freedom Committee--All-Peoples CongressDate: 9/15/1984Volume Number: 15-SepFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Calling for rally at Bank of America, Market and Powell, SF, to support Prop J to end investment of city pension funds doing business with South Africa