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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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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.

Government Repression

This collection contains materials broadly related to government repression. Sub-collections include COINTELPRO - containing both materials on the FBI's program to destroy Left Movements as well as the National Taskforce for COINTELPRO Litigation and Research who led the struggle to expose COINTELPRO attacks on the Black Liberation struggle; Covert Action - a periodical documenting CIA abuses and misdeeds and US military intervention; and Grand Jury - containing materials focused on the use of grand juries as a tool of government repression of Left movements.

Subcollections

  • Cointelpro
    Cointelpro
    This collection contains material on the FBI program COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program). This program served to disrupt, destroy and infiltrate many progressive organizations during the 60s-70s in the U.S.
  • Covert Action Information Bulletin
    Covert Action Information Bulletin
    CovertAction Information Bulletin investigates and exposes CIA, FBI, NSA, military operations, and other forms of US imperialist intervention.
  • Grand Jury
    Grand Jury
    This collection contains materials pertaining to the use of grand juries to repress political movements. Resources include historical context, what to do if the FBI shows up and principles of non-collaboration.

Documents

President to President: On the question of human rights President to President: On the question of human rights
Publisher: National RNA-11 Defense CommitteeYear: 1971Format: TranscriptCollection: Cointelpro
Imari Abubakari Obadele, President of the Provisional Government of New Afrika (named a political prisoner by Amnesty International) Challenges US President Jimmy Carter On Oppression of Blacks, Indians, & Others; Genocide, Slave Labor in Prisons, Prisoner Exchange and the US Silence on the Vicious Anti-Black COINTELPRO. Virtual copy available through The Internet Archive.
COINTELPRO - Domestic Subverside Warfare: The Case of Clark, et. al. v. The United States COINTELPRO - Domestic Subverside Warfare: The Case of Clark, et. al. v. The United States
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductYear: 1978Format: PamphletCollection: Cointelpro
Pamphlet laying out the background of COINTELPRO and Clark v. USA
Tip of the Iceberg (May 1981) Tip of the Iceberg (May 1981)
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 5/1981Format: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
Clark Plaintiffs Confront FBI; Victory in Pontiac Trial - State's Strategy Defeated; US "Anti-Terrorism": Counterinsurgency of the 80's; US Gov't Escalates Attacks on Black Liberation Movement; Reagan Pardons Cointelpro Criminals; Arab Student Fights Deportation; Zairean CIA Agents in the US; Red Squad Settlement Continues COINTELPRO Cover-up; Committee Targets Struggles for Human Rights; David Truong Appeals Court Decision; Puerto Rican POW Kidnapped by State
FBI Secret COINTELPRO Documents Against Black Community FBI Secret COINTELPRO Documents Against Black Community
Publisher: National Task Force for COINTELPRO Litigation & ResearchFormat: MonographCollection: Cointelpro
reproduction of FBI documents.
The Complete Collection of Political Documents Ripped-off from the FBI Office in Media, PA: March 8, 1971 The Complete Collection of Political Documents Ripped-off from the FBI Office in Media, PA: March 8, 1971
Publisher: WIN MagazineDate: 3/1972Volume Number: Vol. 8 No. 4-5Format: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
The Complete Collection of Political Documents Ripped Off From the FBI Office in Media, PA., March 8, 1971.
Los Derechos Humanos en los Estados Unidos: El Relato Inconcluso Sobre Los Presos Politicos y de las Victimas de Cointelpro Los Derechos Humanos en los Estados Unidos: El Relato Inconcluso Sobre Los Presos Politicos y de las Victimas de Cointelpro
Authors: Nkechi Taifa, Kathleen Cleaver, Michael Tarif Warren, Bruce Ellison, Geronimo ji Jaga, Laura WhitehornPublisher: Human Rights Research Fund, Release 2001Year: 2001Format: MonographCollection: Cointelpro
In Spanish. This pamphlet was adapted from the transcript of the September 14, 2000 forum that Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga) hosted during the Congressional Black Caucus's legislative weekend in Washington DC. It could not have been published without the expert editorial work of Laura Whitehorn and Susie Day.
Human Rights in the US: The Unfinished Story of Political Prisoners/Victims Human Rights in the US: The Unfinished Story of Political Prisoners/Victims
Authors: Nkechi Taifa, Kathleen Cleaver, Michael Tarif Warren, Bruce Ellison, Geronimo ji Jaga, Laura WhitehornPublisher: Human Rights Research Fund, Release 2001Year: 2001Format: MonographCollection: Cointelpro
This pamphlet was adapted from the transcript of the September 14, 2000 forum that Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga) hosted during the Congressional Black Caucus's legislative weekend in Washington DC. It could not have been published without the expert editorial work of Laura Whitehorn and Susie Day.
Geronimo Ji Jaga from Cointelpro 101 [Video Clip] Geronimo Ji Jaga from Cointelpro 101 [Video Clip]
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesFormat: Video ClipCollection: Cointelpro
Interviews with Geronimo Ji Jaga Pratt, Catherine Campbell and others on the Federal Government's targeting of Pratt for his involvement with he Black Panther Party.
Laura Whitehorn COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage Laura Whitehorn COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage
Call Number: COI 10 127Format: Video ClipCollection: Cointelpro
Radical activist and former political prisoner/WUO member who was targeted by the federal government.
Jose Lopez COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage Jose Lopez COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage
Call Number: COI 10 129Format: Video ClipCollection: Cointelpro
José López is the executive director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. Under his leadership, the PRCC has developed a number of initiatives in the Humboldt Park community, including an alternative high school, a parent child learning center and day care, a museum and cultural institution, a youth drop-in center and an HIV education and advocacy organization. He has also directed efforts in urban agriculture, promoting a community health curriculum among high school students and business endeavors among the Paseo Boricua district. He is a lifelong advocate for Puerto Rican Independence from the US and his brother, Oscar López Rivera, is a Puerto Rican Independentista and US political prisoner.