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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

Viet Nam

This collection features a variety of sources focusing on the Vietnam anti-war movement and the Vietnamese liberation struggle. Our collection includes voices of a movement that sought to end the war in Viet Nam and support the Vietnamese struggle for self-determination against French and United States imperialism. These sources provide glimpses into the reality of the Viet Nam War often ignored by the United States government and the mainstream media. Included in this collection are first hand encounters of the war, flyers for Bay Area anti-war actions, information on Vietnamese political prisoners, stories of how the war affected the women of Viet Nam, and anti-war art. Many of these sources are derived from Bay Area organizations. Our collection includes print as well as audio materials.

Subcollections

  • US Vietnam Friendship Association Collection
    US Vietnam Friendship Association Collection
    This collection contains material collected by the US Vietnam Friendship Association (USVFA), which was based in San Francisco and was organized in response to the invasion of Vietnam by China on Feb. 17, 1979.

Documents

Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh
Publisher: Nancy Barrett, Lincoln BergmanFormat: mp3Program: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese President, in rare recording, speaks in English to express gratitude to people in the United States who oppose the war.
Jane Fonda on the Viet Nam Victory Jane Fonda on the Viet Nam Victory
Format: mp3Collection: Viet Nam
Jane Fonda Speaks shortly after the Fall of Saigon at Pauley Ballroom on the U.C. Berkeley Campus about Vietnamese resistance to U.S. Bombing. on Nixon's propaganda surrounding the Viet Nam Victory, and its relation to the deception of the McCarthy Era.
Martin Luther King Jr. On Vietnam Martin Luther King Jr. On Vietnam
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesFormat: mp3Collection: Viet Nam
Martin Luther King Jr. speaks on the intersection, of racism, capitalism and the US occupation of Vietnam.
Vietnam Reunified! Vietnam Reunified!
Publisher: Indochina Solidarity CoaltionFormat: FlyerCollection: Viet Nam
Celebrate 1st anniversary of the total liberation of Vietnam; Celebrate Ho Chi Minh's 86th birthday and celebrate International Workers Day.
The Politics of Rape in Vietnam The Politics of Rape in Vietnam
Author: Arlene Eisen BergmanPublisher: Peoples PressYear: 1974Format: ExcerptCollection: Viet Nam
Excerpt from book Women of Vietnam by Arlene Eisen Bergman
Newsletter Union of Vietnamese in the U.S. Newsletter Union of Vietnamese in the U.S.
Publisher: The Union of Vietnamese in The U.S.Date: 9/1974Volume Number: No. 13-14/ Sep. - Oct.Format: PeriodicalCollection: Viet Nam
Contents include Voice of the Third Political Front, Vietnam News in Brief, Anti-Thieu Movements, Seven Vietnamese Students Face Deportation to Saigon.
South Vietnam In Struggle No. 185 South Vietnam In Struggle No. 185
Publisher: South Viet Nam National Front for LiberationDate: 2/5/1973Volume Number: No. 185Format: PeriodicalCollection: Viet Nam
Central organ of the South Vietnam National Front for Liberation. Hail Spring of Victory. Why did they kill you? / Dang Thi Ha's poems / A Diary found in a bomb crater / Poetry / A Spring Letter / Appeal of the Central Committee of the Viet Nam Worker's Party and the DRVN Government / North Viet Nam Welcomes 1973 Tet Festival / A Victory Which Belongs to All of Us
Demonstrate! Free the 200,000 Political Prisoners in South Viet-Nam-San Francisco Demonstrate! Free the 200,000 Political Prisoners in South Viet-Nam-San Francisco
Publisher: The U.S. Committee to Free Political Prisoners in South Viet-NameFormat: FlyerCollection: Viet Nam
Flyer for march and rally against U.S. aid to Saigon regime and the freeing of political prisoners in South Viet-Nam. Manifesto is printed on the back of the graphic.
The 83rd Birthday of President Ho-Chi-Minh Celebration- San Francisco The 83rd Birthday of President Ho-Chi-Minh Celebration- San Francisco
Publisher: The Union of Vietnamese in The U.S.Year: 1973Format: FlyerCollection: Viet Nam
Event held to honor the birthday of Ho Chi Minh.
Memorial ceremony for Nguyen Thai Binh- San Francisco Memorial ceremony for Nguyen Thai Binh- San Francisco
Publisher: The Union of Vietnamese in The U.S.Year: 1972Format: FlyerCollection: Viet Nam
Event to honor the Vietnamese student who had been protesting against the US aggression, and was blatantly murdered on Pan-AM 747 on 7-2-72.