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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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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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Ohio 7: On trial for seditious conspiracy, Defeat US Imperialism Ohio 7: On trial for seditious conspiracy, Defeat US Imperialism
Call Number: Format: PamphletCollection: Ohio 7
Brief bios of the Ohio 7 - Carol Manning, Tom Manning, Richard Williams, Barbara Curzi-Laaman, Jaan Laaman, Patricia Gros Levasseur and Raymond Luc Levasseur.
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.
Update on the Ohio 7 and a political struggle for support Update on the Ohio 7 and a political struggle for support
Date: 9/1986Call Number: Collection: Ohio 7
Update on the New Jersey trial of Tom Manning and Richard Williams in Somerville, NJ. Lawyers attempt to withdraw (Bill Kunstler, Ron Kuby and Lynne Stewart) because of venue change to Mt. Holly as the distance from NY is too great to wage an effective defense and due to the conditions in which they are being kept in Trenton State Prison. Additionally the court refuses to pay the attorneys and the court security conditions are overwhelming. The resistance by Richard and Tom forces a postponement. Ray Levasseur and Jaan Laaman remain in Walpole, Carol Manning. Pat Gros, and Barbara Curzi-Laaman remain in Framingham.
Diss'd Diss'd
Author: Ray Luc LavasseurDate: 1/1992Call Number: Format: StatementCollection: Ohio 7
Statement discussing the trials of the Ohio 7 and the ways in which the larger Left movements of the US did/did not support the political prisoners.
Matanza! Matanza!
Author: Ray Luc LavasseurDate: 5/1999Call Number: Collection: Ohio 7
References to history of struggle in El Salvador and Guatemala and why the UFF did the right thing
We are guilty of no crimes - a claim the NJ State Troopers can't make! We are guilty of no crimes - a claim the NJ State Troopers can't make!
Year: 1986Call Number: Collection: Ohio 7
We can make a difference by going to court! Somerville County Courthouse There are over 200 political prisoners and POWs in North America's prisons
Ohio 7: On Trial, Dare to Struggle, Date to Win! Ohio 7: On Trial, Dare to Struggle, Date to Win!
Publisher: Toronto Anarchist Black CrossYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Bulldozer
Monograph discussing the case of the Ohio 7 including statements from the seven political prisoners.
Western Region United Front to Free All Political Prisoners Western Region United Front to Free All Political Prisoners
Call Number: Format: CompilationCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
Compilation of short bios of political prisoners. Over 20 prisoners are covered.
The Sedition Committee - Victory The Sedition Committee - Victory
Publisher: The Sedition CommitteeDate: 12/1989Call Number: Format: pamphletCollection: Ohio 7
Victory!! After 21 days of deliberations the jury returned "not guilty" verdicts on the seditious conspiracy charge against Ray, Pat and Richard and an additional "not guilty" verdict against Pat on racketeering. Excerpts from closing statements - Ray Levasseur, Pat Levasseur and Richard Williams Joe Doherty / Irish Political Prisoner
Ohio 7: On Trial - Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win! Ohio 7: On Trial - Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win!
Publisher: Toronto Anarchist Black CrossCall Number: Format: PeriodicalCollection: Ohio 7
Periodical including the articles, Seditious Conspiracy is a Thought Crime; Ray Levasseur's Opening Statement; Personal Statements from the Ohio 7 (including drawing by Tom Manning); Bos-Luc: Western Sweep & the Ohio 7; Statement from the Resistance Conspiracy Case Defendants (July 1988); and more.