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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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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 Insurgent Winter 1986 The Insurgent Winter 1986
Publisher: Committee to Fight RepressionYear: 1986Volume Number: Vol. 2-3 WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Insurgent
Lexington Control Unit Opens... Shut It Down! Inside: Communiques from Puerto Rico; Interview with Sanctuary Political Prisoner; Tom Manning and Richard Williams on Trial; Black Panther Party Foundation Formed; more.
Y.L.O. Newsletter (unknown month) 1969 Y.L.O. Newsletter (unknown month) 1969
Publisher: Young Lords OrganizationYear: 1969Call Number: Volume Number: vol. 1-4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Puerto Rico: A History of the People
Bilingual. Inside: Letters to Y.L.O.; You Can't Kill a Revolution; Revolutionaries Serve the People!; 'El Barrio Esta Despierto'; YLO In Revolution; YLO Festival; Los Nuestros; Free Clothing Program; Dear "Pig" Sidney; Letters to YLO cont.; "Don't Forget" Doña Trina; Puerto Rico: "Island Paradise" of U.S. Imperialism; National Action in Solidarity with Vietnam; New York Y.L.O.
Face Reality - There Are Political Prisoners in the U.S.A. Face Reality - There Are Political Prisoners in the U.S.A.
Publisher: Freedom Now!Call Number: Format: FlyerCollection: Freedom Now
One side of this poster pictures the names and faces of political prisoners in the United States, with some identified as prisoners of war. The other side provides information about the experience of political prisoners, and the U.S. government's denial of their existence. It list human rights violations against prisoners, provides brief information about the movements political prisoners have been imprisoned for being part of, and includes a call to action.
The Insurgent Spring 1989 The Insurgent Spring 1989
Publisher: Committee to Fight RepressionYear: 1989Volume Number: Vol. 5-1 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Insurgent
Support the Resistance Conspiracy Defendants. Inside: Resistance Conspiracy Trial to Begin; Sedition Trial Opens; Hunger strikes in South Africa and West Germany; UN Human Rights Commission; Guillermo Morales in Cuba; Grand Jury Resisters; updates; more.
The Outside Agitator [No. 2] The Outside Agitator [No. 2]
Publisher: National Campaign to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control UnitDate: 8/1988Volume Number: No. 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Newsletter containing information on the legal victory moving Susan Rosenberg and Sylvia Baraldini into general population; the successful escape to Cuba of FALN member William Morales; the Resistance Conspiracy Case; antisemitism in prison and more.
LIBERTAD - Vol. XI-III - April 1990 LIBERTAD - Vol. XI-III - April 1990
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarDate: 4/1990Volume Number: Vol. XI-IIIFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
10 Years of Relentless Struggle. Contents: Perspective by Elizam Escobar and Alberto Rodriguez; Letters from Haydee Beltran; Interviews with William Morales; Exclusive Interview with William Morales Part 2; Alberto Rodriguez; Special Section: 10th Anniversary POW Capture.
LIBERTAD - Vol. V-VIII - June 1985 LIBERTAD - Vol. V-VIII - June 1985
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarDate: 6/1985Volume Number: Vol. V-VIIIFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
North American Anti-Imperialist movement Under-Attack!; All Out to Federal Court!; Grand Jury Resisters; Lawsuit Charges Political Internment!; Anti-Imperialists Win Open Hearing and Postponement of Grand Jury Case; Prisons: Counter-Insurgency and Resistance; Pabloi Marcano-Garcia and Nydia Cuevas to be Released!; Tribute to Consuelo Lee Corretjer; The Pending Decision;
LIBERTAD - Vol. III-I: Special Edition - April 1982 LIBERTAD - Vol. III-I: Special Edition - April 1982
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarDate: 4/1982Volume Number: Vol. III-I: Special EditionFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
This special edition of LIBERTAD includes a section entitled "Who We Are," with an explanation of the choice to consolidate the National Committee to Free the Four Puerto Rican Prisoners of War and the William Morales Defense Committee in order to broaden political support to all Puerto Rican Prisoners of War. The editorial, "When Collaboration is Treason," describes the Puerto Rican Independence Movement's stance on non-collaboration with all aspects of the U.S. judicial system, including Grand Juries, and features a 1981 chronology of the independence movement. Additional contents include coverage of the FALN attack on Wall Street; an article by Don Juan Antonio Corretjer; a commemorative piece on the Ponce Massacre; updates on tactics to isolate POW Haydee Beltran; and Messages from the Puerto Rican Prisoners of War on the Second Commemoration of their Capture.
LIBERTAD - Vol. I-I - June 1979 LIBERTAD - Vol. I-I - June 1979
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarDate: 6/1979Volume Number: Vol. I-IFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
Contents: William Guillermo Morales is Free! Libre!;Regarding Carlos Romero Barcelo; Viva Lucha Armada; De Pie y en Guerra.
Free Puerto Rico! (Summer 1986) Free Puerto Rico! (Summer 1986)
Publisher: New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence and SocialismYear: 1986Volume Number: SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: New Movement
Articles in this issue include: FBI Blunders - Arrests 3 for Conspiracy; US War Games "invade " PR Again; International Campaign Supports Asylum for William Morales; Police Spy/Assassin Executed; Puerto Ricans in the United States -- Victims do the American Dream.