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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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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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United Freedom Front Communique #9 United Freedom Front Communique #9
Publisher: United Freedom FrontDate: 8/21/1984Format: CommuniqueCollection: El Salvador
Communique from the United Freedom Front claiming responsibility for the bombing of General Electric offices of the aerospace strategic planning and aircraft division in New York. At the time, GE was the fourth largest military contractor to the United States and their products were involved in bombing of civilian populations, human rights violations and mass murders.
United Freedom Front Attacks Apartheid United Freedom Front Attacks Apartheid
Publisher: United Freedom FrontDate: 12/16/1982Format: CommuniqueCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Communique following the bombings of the South African Purchasing Office in NYC and the IBM Corporate Complex in Westchester County, NY.
Breakthrough (Summer 1984) Breakthrough (Summer 1984)
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 Women's 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)
Death to the Klan! July/August 1983 Death to the Klan! July/August 1983
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1983Format: PeriodicalCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
This issue includes articles about demonstrations against Klan marches and police response to these demonstrations, links between the U.S. government and white supremacist organizations in opposing Black liberation, the struggle to criminalize the Klan in the face of government forces who claim to be protecting freedom of speech, a legal victory against police in California, an interview with Silvia Baraldini about RICO charges against several people involved in the Black liberation struggle, the political implications of the election of Chicago's first Black mayor, events at a trial in New York involving observers being arrested for not standing in the presence of the judge, a conference in celebration of Black Nation Day, California Klan leader Tom Metzger, and demonstrations in solidarity with the Congolese National Liberation Front. This issue also includes both national and international news briefs about actions against white supremacy, a photo spread of anti-Klan demonstrations in the United States, communiques from armed resistance movements, and a poem by New Afrikan Freedom Fighter Kuwasi Balagoon.
LIBERTAD - Update August, 1980 LIBERTAD - Update August, 1980
Publisher: The National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarDate: 8/1980Call Number: Format: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
This issue includes updates on the U.S. government's fabrication of sedition charges against the eleven Puerto Rican Prisoners of War; a Communique to the People from the eleven Puerto Rican Prisoners of War calling for the creation of a Pro-Independence Revolutionary Block and National Liberation Front; an article on the heroism of Puerto Rican freedom fighters and the US government conceding that the case of the Puerto Rican Prisoners of War is not criminal but political; coverage of Don Juan Antonio Corretjer's speech at the UN Decolonization Committee hearings on Puerto Rico; an article advocating for the freedom of Quebec Political Prisoners; and more.
Electoral Politics: Its Problems & Prospects Electoral Politics: Its Problems & Prospects
Author: Bill EptonPublisher: Black Liberation PressYear: 1980Call Number: Format: MonographCollection: Bill Epton
Towards Clarity around Electoral Action; Ruling Class not always united; Apathy Among the People; Some partially successful campaigns in the past; the question of the slogan: don't vote, organize; the role of radicals in electoral struggle; parliamentarianism; a revolutionary electoral program; A brief summation of electoral action and the Philadelphia Black United Front.
Defend the October 20th Freedom Fighters! Demonstrate Defend the October 20th Freedom Fighters! Demonstrate
Author: Coalition to Defend the October 20th Freedom FightersPublisher: National Committee to Defend New Afrikan Freedom Fighters; Coalition to Defend the October 20th Freedom FightersFormat: FlyerCollection: Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters
A flyer for an action on September 13, 1982 in support of the October 20th Freedom Fighters at the Rockland County Courthouse in New City, NY. The front of the flyer shows descriptions of the plan for the action as well as photos/drawings of the freedom fighters. On the back of the flyer, there is a description of the case and war against Black Liberation freedom fighters, as well as how the coalition is strategizing to get the incarcerated freedom fighters out of jail.
Notes from a New Afrikan P.O.W. Journal Book Five Notes from a New Afrikan P.O.W. Journal Book Five
Publisher: Spear and Shield - New Afrikan Prisoners OrganizationVolume Number: Book FiveFormat: PeriodicalCollection: New Afrikan Prisoners Organization
Contents: Introduction; We STILL Charge Genocide; Afterword: Combat Colonial Violence—Heighten The National Democratic Revolution: - Foundation - Toward A New Style Of Work - The Struggle Is For Land And Socialism - The National Democratic Revolution - The Three Weapons of the National Democratic Revolution: The Party, The Army, The National United Front
Moncada Library Newsletter [Vol.1-1] Moncada Library Newsletter [Vol.1-1]
Publisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationDate: 1/1979Call Number: Volume Number: Vol. 1, No. 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Moncada Library
Cover: What's Happening at the Library? This newsletter was issued around the Moncada Library's first year anniversary. The cover story addresses a series of attacks against the library and members of the community in the context of heightening political repression against third world people in New York. Additional features include information about movie nights at the library, supporting the Black united front, and a letter written in response to an article published about the Moncada Library in “Up the Slope.”
Build a Revolutionary Resistance Movement! Build a Revolutionary Resistance Movement!
Publisher: Committee to Fight RepressionYear: 1985Format: MonographCollection: North American Social Movements
Communiques from the North American Armed Clandestine Movement 1982-1985.