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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

The National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners

The National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners campaigned around many issues regarding the 15 Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War. One of the primary focuses of the organization, in addition to building awareness and solidarity with the Puerto Rican Independence Movement, was to make people aware of the distinction between international law vs. US domestic law and further explain why the captured Puerto Ricans declared themselves POWs. The materials contained in this collection range from 1981-1998 and include general flyers and pamphlets about the issues, newsletters from 1980s and monographs which delve into international law and the right to struggle against colonialism, the political stance of the PPs and POWs and their ideas, poems and lives. The 15 prisoners were: Edwin Cortes, Ida Luz Rodriguez, Elizam Escobar, Alberto Rodriguez, Alejandrina Torres, Ricardo Jimenez, Carmen Valentin, Carlos Alberto Torres, Juan Segarra Palmer, Antonio Camacho Negron, Luis Rosa, Dylcia Pagan, Adolfo Matos, Alicia Rodriguez, Oscar Lopez Rivera.

Documents

The Shame of America - Psychological Torture: U.S. Style- the Case of Alejandrina and Susan The Shame of America - Psychological Torture: U.S. Style- the Case of Alejandrina and Susan
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWYear: 1986Format: ArticleCollection: The National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Newsprint article regarding the case of political prisoners Alejandrina Torres and Susan Rosenberg. In English and Spanish.
Tribute to Jose E. Lopez Tribute to Jose E. Lopez
Date: 10/31/1999Volume Number: 31-OctFormat: ProgramCollection: The National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Program from a 1999 tribute to Jose Lopez in Chicago.
25 Years of Struggle, 25 Years of Resistance: Document No. 2 25 Years of Struggle, 25 Years of Resistance: Document No. 2
Publisher: National Committee to Free the Four Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1978Format: MonographCollection: The National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Memorandum from Lolita Lebron re: the case of Puerto Rico and its Nationalist Prisoners from the November 1, 1954 attack on the Capitol and Congress.
25 Years of Struggle, 25 Years of Resistance: Document No. 1 25 Years of Struggle, 25 Years of Resistance: Document No. 1
Publisher: National Committee to Free the Four Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1978Format: MonographCollection: The National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Contents: Introduction; Factual Background; Petitioners; Standing; Exhaustion of Remedies; Accusation; Conclusion; Appendix.
National Committee Update National Committee Update
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersDate: 10/1/1992Volume Number: 1-OctFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: The National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Correspondance and notes
Acto Cultural Con Los Reconocidos Grupos Culturales Acto Cultural Con Los Reconocidos Grupos Culturales
Publisher: Comite Nacional Pro-Libertad Prisoners de Guerra PuertorriquenosDate: 4/2/1983Volume Number: 2-AprFormat: ProgramCollection: The National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Program in Spanish.
POW Update POW Update
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersVolume Number: Vol. 1-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: The National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Contents: Puerto Rican Nationalist Prisoners of War are Free; Vieques Example of Valor; Contradictions of Andres' Funeral; Free Pablo and Nydia; Lares, Cradle of Our Army.
National Conference Against Repression: A Call to Resist National Conference Against Repression: A Call to Resist
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: The National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Proposition of a national conference against repression and fascism to discuss the many ramifications of US imperialist repression, and to develop a national strategy and program against fascism.
The International Campaign for Puerto Rican Prisoners of War The International Campaign for Puerto Rican Prisoners of War
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersFormat: PamphletCollection: The National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Pamphlet about the campaign to free the Puerto Rican Prisoners of War and Political Prisoners, with information on how individuals can support the campaign. The pamphlet calls for unconditional amnesty and immediate release of the Puerto Rican Prisoners of War. It encourages supporters to write to those detained for struggling for Puerto Rican independence and includes addresses indicating where each prisoner is being held.
US Colonialism in Puerto Rico 1898 - US Colonialism in Puerto Rico 1898 -
Publisher: Free Puerto Rico! CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: The National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Pamphlet addressing the following nine questions: What is Colonialism?; What is the history of colonialism in Puerto Rico?; Why is Puerto Rico so important to the United States?; What are the effects of US Colonialism on the Puerto Rican people on the island and here in the US?; What is Puerto Rico's current status?; Many ask What would the Puerto Rican people do without our help?; What has been the response of the Puerto Rican people?; Why is the Puerto Rican independence movement in this country?; Why should North Americans oppose colonialism in Puerto Rico?