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Welcome to the Freedom Archives' Digital Search Engine.The Freedom Archives contains over 12,000 hours of audio and video recordings which date from the late-1960s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international movements. We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings. Our collection includes weekly news, poetry, music programs; in-depth interviews and reports on social and cultural issues; numerous voices from behind prison walls; diverse activists; and pamphlets, journals and other materials from many radical organizations and movements.

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The Black Panther Black Community News Service [March 6, 1971] The Black Panther Black Community News Service [March 6, 1971]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 3/6/1971Volume Number: Vol. 6-6Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Free Kathleen Cleaver and All Political Prisoners
Black Panthers in Algeria vs. The National Party Organization Black Panthers in Algeria vs. The National Party Organization
Date: 3/5/1971Call Number: KP 034Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Black Panther Party general
Split in the Black Panther Party. Comments from Eldridge Cleaver, Don Cox, Pete O'Neill, Larry Mack, Sekou Odinga, Barbara Cox, Kathleen Cleaver, Awiode Odinga, and (by telephone) Huey Newton. Also an anonymous "Man in Black."
On the Contradictions within the Black Panther Party [CD] On the Contradictions within the Black Panther Party [CD]
Date: 3/5/1971Call Number: CD 985Format: CDProducers: Bruce SolowayCollection: Black Panther Party general
On the divisions within the Black Panther Party. Includes recordings from Algiers and a speech given by Huey Newton. Connie Matthews Tabor is the first speaker, Kathleen Cleaver is the 2nd and she is followed by Michael Cetawayo Tabor. A short speech given by Huey Newton in Oakland ends the recording. While the three speakers from Algiers focus on the contradictions in the party, how they understand the split in the party, criticisms of Huey and the leadership, etc. Huey mainly concentrates on revolutionary ideals vs. counter-revolutionary ideals.
Statement re: Explusion of Oakland Black Panthers Statement re: Explusion of Oakland Black Panthers
Date: 3/14/1971Call Number: Format: StatementCollection: Black Panther Party general
The Black Panther Party Intercommunal Section in Algiers, demanding the expulsion of David Hilliard and criticizing Huey Newton. Released by the East Coast Ministry of Information in New York, March 4, 1971.
Babylon Vol.1-1 Babylon Vol.1-1
Publisher: Revolutionary Peoples Communications NetworkDate: 11/1971Call Number: Volume Number: Vol. 1-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
First issue of Babylon, a newspaper published by the Revolutionary Peoples Communications Network. Includes articles on the alleged capture of H. Rap Brown by police after a "gun battle," the problems or heroin addiction and the use of Methadone treatment, Ruchell Magee and the Marin County Courthouse shootout, and the relationship of African Americans to the U.S. military and the war in Vietnam. The centerpiece article is on the struggle of African Americans in Cairo, Illinois against oppression and brutal treatment by the police and other government agencies. Also included are letters from political prisoners, a "Letter To The Lumpen" by Eldridge Cleaver, and various poems.
Panthers in Algiers vs. The Black Panther National Headquarters Panthers in Algiers vs. The Black Panther National Headquarters
Date: 3/5/1971Call Number: KP 032Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Black Panther Party general
(This audio is based on a video recording received in New York.) Split within the Black Panther Party. Statement from the Intercommunal Branch of the Party in Algiers criticizing the national leadership and calling for expulsion of David Hilliard. Includes parts of conversation by phone between Eldridge Cleaver and Huey Newton. Eldridge Cleaver describes and analyses the internal crisis in the Black Panther Party - responds to the purge of the Panther 21, Geronimo Pratt and the International Section of the Party. Roots analysis in Marxism-Leninism, describes repression and contradiction of having to respond to it by having to deal with courts and political prisoners. Goes on to describe Party as a vanguard, not a mass organization. Stresses war as politics, points to Jonathan Jackson as the "fruit of work of the party," calls for public support for the underground, and sees the party as having a right and left wing. Donald Cox discusses democratic centralism, calls for a democratic practice, reinstatement of those purged including Michael Cetewayo Tabor, Connie Matthews and Dhoruba Bin-Wahad who were declared enemies of the people in the BPP newspaper. Pete O'Neal, Sekou Odinga agree and speak. Barbara Cox adds about party's mistreatment of women. Kathleen Cleaver discusses how theory is used in party to dominate and confuse people, not lead. Discusses wave of assassinations and increased repression under Nixon. Speaks about the difference of declaring the organization to be a vanguard party rather than actually being recognized by the people as such. Donald Cox describes why he went underground in 1970. Charlotte O'Neal describes the disbanding of the Kansas City, Des Moines and Omaha chapters by June Hilliard and the bust of Ed Poindexter. Eldridge Cleaver concludes by appealing for a strengthening of the Party and asks Big Man Howard, Emory Douglas and Masai Hewitt to help correct the problems and fight against corruption in the organization.
Panthers in Algiers vs. The Black Panther National Headquarters [CD] Panthers in Algiers vs. The Black Panther National Headquarters [CD]
Date: 3/5/1971Call Number: CD 988Format: CDCollection: Black Panther Party general
(This audio is based on a video recording received in New York.) Split within the Black Panther Party. Statement from the Intercommunal Branch of the Party in Algiers criticizing the national leadership and calling for expulsion of David Hilliard. Includes parts of conversation by phone between Eldridge Cleaver and Huey Newton. Eldridge Cleaver describes and analyses the internal crisis in the Black Panther Party - responds to the purge of the Panther 21, Geronimo Pratt and the International Section of the Party. Roots analysis in Marxism-Leninism, describes repression and contradiction of having to respond to it by having to deal with courts and political prisoners. Goes on to describe Party as a vanguard, not a mass organization. Stresses war as politics, points to Jonathan Jackson as the "fruit of work of the party," calls for public support for the underground, and sees the party as having a right and left wing. Donald Cox discusses democratic centralism, calls for a democratic practice, reinstatement of those purged including Michael Cetewayo Tabor, Connie Matthews and Dhoruba Bin-Wahad who were declared enemies of the people in the BPP newspaper. Pete O'Neal, Sekou Odinga agree and speak. Barbara Cox adds about party's mistreatment of women. Kathleen Cleaver discusses how theory is used in party to dominate and confuse people, not lead. Discusses wave of assassinations and increased repression under Nixon. Speaks about the difference of declaring the organization to be a vanguard party rather than actually being recognized by the people as such. Donald Cox describes why he went underground in 1970. Charlotte O'Neal describes the disbanding of the Kansas City, Des Moines and Omaha chapters by June Hilliard and the bust of Ed Poindexter. Eldridge Cleaver concludes by appealing for a strengthening of the Party and asks Big Man Howard, Emory Douglas and Masai Hewitt to help correct the problems and fight against corruption in the organization.
Eldridge Cleaver From Algiers Eldridge Cleaver From Algiers
Author: Eldridge CleaverPublisher: BPPDate: 1/12/1971Volume Number: 12-JanFormat: MonographCollection: Eldridge Cleaver
Position on drug culture in U.S. as it relates to carrying out the revolutionary struggle
Message to the Afro-American People from the Peoples Republic of the Congo Message to the Afro-American People from the Peoples Republic of the Congo
Date: 5/1971Format: MonographCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Black Liberation Army Delegation to the Peoples Republic of the Congo. Includes pieces written by Eldridge Cleaver and Ernest Ndalla. Includes Message to Afro-Americans from Ernest Ndalla First Secretary of the Congolese Workers Party; After Brother Malcolm by Eldridge Cleaver; Congo (Brazzaville): A Political History by Michael Cetawayo Tabor; The Number One Problem in Africa: Neo-Colonialism by Eldridge Cleaver; Afro-America and the Congo by Eldridge Cleaver. Also contains interviews with Ernest Ndalla, Pierre Nze, and Ange Diawara.
Eldridge Cleaver from Algiers Eldridge Cleaver from Algiers
Date: 1/12/1971Call Number: KP 037Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver speaks about the "drug culture", the revolution and the detention/confinement of Timothy Leary and Rosemary Leary by the Black Panther Party in Algiers. He also talks about the usefulness of drugs to the revolution.