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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

Tricontinental

This collection contains issues of Tricontinental, founded in 1967 by the Organization of Solidarity with the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL) following the first Tricontinental conference. These periodicals, published in Havana, Cuba, cover a wide range of topics, from national liberation movements to the capitalistic exploitation of natural resources in various countries. The goal of this publication is to expose imperialistic policies and create international solidarity with leftist political movements. These articles focus on the struggles of countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and include interviews with revolutionaries, cultural pieces such as poetry, analysis, and more.

Please schedule a research visit to access the non-digitized papers in their entirety. Unfortunately, at this time we do not have the resources to scan articles / individual issues by demand.

*All the art works are the right of the artists who created them. They are to be used for personal research purposes only and should not be reproduced for any other purpose without permission from the artist(s).

Documents

Tricontinental No. 49 - 50 Tricontinental No. 49 - 50
Publisher: Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin AmericaYear: 1976Call Number: Volume Number: No. 49 - 50 May - AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Tricontinental
"The Vietnamese Homeland Unified and Socialist" transcript of speech given by Le Duan, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Viet Nam Worker's Party, at the first session of the joint National Assembly of Viet Nam. Le Duan reports on the Vietnamese people's task of wiping out the scars of imperialist aggression in order to build a better society. "Bolivia's Outlet to the Sea: An Imperialist Way Out" reviews the history of The War of the Pacific and its implications in the contemporary politics of Bolivia, Chile and Peru. This article argues that Bolivia's desire to recover its outlet to the sea is backed by U.S. imperialistic designs. "NATO and South Africa" interview with the honorary Secretary of the British Apartheid Movement, Abdul S. Minty. Minty discusses relations between South Africa and western powers and the role of South Africa in NATO's plans. "Propaganda and Advertising: Two Sides of the Same Coin" analyzes the relationship between imperialist government, multinational enterprises, salesmen, scientists, the system's ideologues, and the mass media in the manipulation of consciences and bourgeois lifestyles. According to this article, these relationships invalidates arguments of journalistic neutrality. "East Timor: FRETILIN Speaks" statement from Abilio Araujo where he speaks about the heroic struggle the Timorese people are waging against the occupation troops of the Indonesian fascist regime. Araujo is a member of the National Department of Political Orientation and the Political-Military and Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor and is also the Minister of Economic and Social Affairs of the Government of East Timor. "Puerto Rico: Crisis and Repression" talk given by leaders of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party, Carlos Gallisa and Alberto Perez, concerning the political and social situation in Puerto Rico, colony of United States imperialism. "Angola: An End to the Mercenaries' Myth" excerpt from a book written by Raul Valdes Vivo. This story shares the perspectives of a group of mercenaries who carried out attacks against natives with impunity. In Angola these mercenaries faced resistance from the Angolan people both on a field of battle or in the courts.
Tricontinental Bulletin Especial [Angola] Tricontinental Bulletin Especial [Angola]
Publisher: Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (OSPAAAL)Year: 1975Call Number: Volume Number: Year XFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Tricontinental
Contents: To the Reader; The Economic Interest to Protect (Jacques Bonaldi): Portugal's economic interests in Africa (Oil, Iron, Diamonds, Copper, Bauxite, Manufactured Goods, Agricultural Sector); Escalation of Imperialist Aggression (Jane McManus): The escalation of attacks against the MPLA by South Africa, Western mercenaries and UNITA (pro-imperialist Angolan forces); Angola is Independent and "Ninguem Impedira a Chuva" (Armando Entralgo): History of Angola; What the People Don't Know: Remarks from Major Juju of the FAPLA (People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola); Constitutional Law of the People's Republic of Angola