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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms

Historical Note:This collection contains grassroots radio programming produced by Judy Gerberand Laurie Simms. This programming primarily occurred during the 1980s and1990s.

Contents: Reel to Reel and cassette tapes.

Major Topics of Focus:

Political Prisoners- Focused on Puerto Rican political prisoners, women political prisoners and the Resistance ConspiracyCase. 

HIV/AIDS- Focused on prisoners with AIDS, AIDS and its impact on women and communities of color, AIDS awareness events.

Latin America- Focused on the Sandinista revolution and government in Nicaragua, civil war, peace negotiations and subsequentelections in El Salvador, the drug war in Colombia and Bolivia, political events in Mexico, and the Cuban embargo. 

LGBTQ- Focused on identity, experiences of LGBTQ folks, civil rights, education, awareness events.  

Health care- Focused on abortion, HIV/AIDS, women’s health in communities of color in the US, healthcare inside US prisons, women’shealth in Latin America.

Important Names:

Laura Whitehorn, Marilyn Buck, Linda Evans, Alan Berkman, Sylvia Baraldini, Susan Rosenberg, Geronimo Ji Jaga, Leonard Peltier, Mumia Abu Jamal, George Jackson, Dhoruba Bin-Wahad, Sundiata Acoli, Oscar Rivera Lopez, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez, Assata Shakur, Alejandrina Torres, Alfredo Cristiani, Archbishop Oscar Romero      


Documents

Warsaw Ghetto/Tal al Zaatar Warsaw Ghetto/Tal al Zaatar
Date: 1/1/1978Call Number: JG/LS 051Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Palestinian struggle, Jewish revolt, Siege of Warsaw Ghetto, Uprising at the Palestinian refugee camp of “Tal Al-Zaatar,” reading of poems, testimonials, and commentaries from Palestinian Resistance. Singing of “The International”.
Political Prisoners in the United States: Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans [mp3] Political Prisoners in the United States: Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans [mp3]
Call Number: null Format: mp3Producers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
An interview with Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans, two North American political prisoners currently serving long sentences at the Federal Prison in Pleasanton as a result of their political activities. Linda and Laura have been anti-imperialist activities for twenty years, most recently in the anti-Klan, Black solidarity and lesbian and women's movements. Part of a series on U.S. political prisoners, produced by Judy Gerber. Note: Since the broadcast of this program, both Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans have been freed.
Resistance Conspiracy [MP3] Resistance Conspiracy [MP3]
Call Number: null Format: mp3Producers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
SAME AS JG/LS 058 & 59. Interviews with Laura Whitehorn, Marilyn Buck, Linda Evans, Tim Blunk, Susan Lisa Rosenberg, and Alan Berkman part of the Resistance Conspiracy case of the late 80s. Charged with "conspiracy to protest and alter government policies through use of violence," these prisoners discuss their sentences, prison conditions, life on the outside, movement strategy, the U.S. justice system, and the need for continued struggle.
Resistance Conspiracy Defendants [MP3] Resistance Conspiracy Defendants [MP3]
Date: 3/20/1990Call Number: null Format: mp3Producers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Judy Gerber interviews 6 activists accused of “conspiracy to affect the foreign and domestic policies of the US government through violent means.” Marilyn Buck, Laura Whitehorn, Linda Evans, Susan Rosenberg, Alan Berkman, and Tim Blunk speak of their trial, imprisonment, and state power, the conditions for political prisoners in the US, and social justice movements worldwide “in the context of greater and greater social control.” The activists stress the importance of support and collaboration within and between movements in the face of government repression and criminalization.