Search Help

How does this work?
There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic, specifcally AND/+, NOT/-, and OR operators. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.
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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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.

International Liberation Struggles - General

This collection contains articles, periodicals, and ephemera reflecting a variety of international perspectives on third world liberation struggles around the globe.

Documents

Born of the People: Ho Chi Minh & Malcolm X (video clip) Born of the People: Ho Chi Minh & Malcolm X (video clip)
Date: 5/19/1975Call Number: null Format: Video ClipProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Martha Williams, Gail Dolgin, Rob Kessler, Nancy BarrettProgram: Open Studio - KQEDCollection: International Liberation Struggles - General
Tribute to Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh who share a birthday - May 19th. Utilizes historical Soviet film footage of Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese National Liberation Front and archival film and stills of Malcolm X.
Liberate Cyprus: Free West Asia & North Africa, End Imperialism Liberate Cyprus: Free West Asia & North Africa, End Imperialism
Publisher: Union of CypriotsCall Number: Format: PamphletCollection: International Liberation Struggles - General
Why Cyprus Matters; Strategic Importance and History of Cyprus; Timeline; Against Segregationism and Settler Colonialism; Cypriotism; Cypriots' Resistance Against Occupation and NATO. Pamphlet produced by the Union of Cypriots - an anti-imperialist movement which campaigns for a fully independent and unitary Cyprus free from foreign occupation and NATO bases.
The Volunteer The Volunteer
Publisher: Abraham Lincoln Brigade ArchivesDate: 3/2011Call Number: Volume Number: 28-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: International Liberation Struggles - General
Vol. 38, No. 1 includes both current events and historical material. Articles include a selection from the archives, An overview of Picasso's inspiration for his portrayal of the bombing of Guernica and an award given to a judge who investigated human rights abuses during the Spanish Civil War. Per this publication's website: "The Volunteer is the journal of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives. It is published four times per year." The publication's website explain's further: "The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) is an educational non-profit dedicated to promoting social activism and the defense of human rights. ALBA’s work is inspired by the American volunteers of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade who fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). "